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And since we love posts with photos, how about a look at our new logo – we love it!

While we are going to pretty mum on the topic, we will tease you with a sneak peek of one of the many changes coming. Simply pick up the newest copy of Area Woman (February-March) at your local Fargo-Moorhead grocery store. As far as when you can expect to see the new changes? We’ll just say soon. Very, very soon.

But seriously, her hard work and amazing talent has brought her recognition from judges that are some of the top photojournalists in America yet again. Isn’t this the type of photographer you’d want to trust capturing your wedding day?

Fifth Place – Groom Getting Ready

The judges said, “I haven’t got a clue what is happening in this photo but the beauty of a great photo is that we don’t need to know because the image has a voice of its own. That’s how moments work.”

Ninth Place – Reflections

How’s this comment from one of the judges? “Here’s a first. I’ve judged tens of thousands of top level wedding photos from some of the best photographers on the planet but I can’t remember ever seeing this scene. But, the onus is on the moment. Thus, not only is this photo unique (at least to my experience) it also includes the bride and groom. Mostly I like the ’seeing’ of this scene combined with its wonderful execution by the photographer.”

Eighteenth Place – Departure

The Reflections photo and this Departure photo are both from Tahnee and Greg’s July wedding.

Dave’s photos:

Britta’s photos:

Britta placed in last year’s contest and now a photo of Dave’s won first place in the Bride and Groom category for 2010. The photo of super-couple Laura and Reid is one of only 10 images to be published in the current issue of BRIDES Magazine or online at Brides.com. The contest was open to Wedding Photojournalist Association photographers around the globe and the first-place images were selected from over 3,200 entries.

First Place – Bride and Groom

“In the middle of a chaotic day, the couple found the time to steal a few seconds for themselves. The sweet kiss on the end of her nose, her lace veil, his wedding ring—they tell the story of the day in a single close-up. A dramatic snapshot like this works best in black-and-white.”

It’s an honor to represent North Dakota and the entire upper midwest with our award winning work. Other winners of the annual contest spanned the globe from New York to Milan and Moscow.

We’re so lucky to be able to do what we do. We get to hang out with awesome people, they give us great moments like this and we get to tell their stories. Who wouldn’t love it?

Thanks to all our fantastic clients that help make us a worldwide top-10 WPJA studio!

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Here’s a little background on the contest: The WPJA consists of over 1,800 wedding photojournalists from around the world and not just any photographer can get it, you must apply and be accepted. Their were over 10,000 images entered in the latest contest which the judges narrowed to 140 place winners in seven categories. The contest was judged by some of the most well-known and award-winning photojournalists and editors in the country.

Among those 140 place winners from 10,000 images by 1,800 photographers Britta and Dave had four place winners. I’ve mentioned it before but I’ll say it again: We’re really proud that we’re able to make these international, award-winning images right here in North Dakota and Minnesota. No mountains, no 500-year-old cathedrals and no tropical locations – just great clients that allow us to make great images.

Our hard work places us in the top 10 in the world for the number of WPJA awards we’ve earned, imagine what we can do on your wedding day!

Dave placed in the top 10 of the Getting Ready category with this image of a bridesmaid relaxing before Kelly and Tom’s wedding.

As I mentioned, Britta rocked the Kids (Being Kids) category by having three images place in the top 20. This image of a ring bearer from Sara and Rick’s wedding snapping a photo placed seventh.

Two places behind at ninth is this photo of Jeanmarie trying to give a ring bearer a kiss before her wedding to Preston.

Rain didn’t stop Ame and Sean’s wedding at all and it made for a great image of these boys attempting to catch rain drops.

How international is the contest? Photographers from England, Poland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Australia and many more countries had photos place. We love that our North Dakota wedding photos do so well against the rest of the world. More proof about how great our region is!

Britta placed in the Emotion category for this photograph of Tahnee hugging a friend at her reception earlier this summer. Yet again Britta captures one of those fleeting moments that makes a wedding day so special.

Dave placed 10th for his photo of Sara and Alec posing in a comic book store in downtown Fargo. It’s a great photo because we’re all in on the joke – the viewer gets to enjoy the graphic elements while Sara and Alec love the American Gothic aspect.

For the past five years we’ve offered our wedding services in five packages… you started out with the basics and if you wanted more time you got more products too. But we decided a more customized approach would serve you better. It’s simple: You choose how long you want us there and then pick one of four product bundles. The world is getting increasingly tech savvy  and we’ve noticed a demand for digital files.  Starting now, all our wedding packages include all of the edited, high resolution digital images, giving you more freedom to do what you will with them. Likewise, we’ve made digital images available for our portrait and graduate clients as well.

We’re still offering all of the same great products we did before… high quality prints, canvas wraps, albums and more. But now you get to choose exactly what you want and  what you don’t. It’s a simpler way to make your budget meet your dreams.

You can now find wedding and all our pricing right on our redesigned web site. We’ve made it more fun to view, easier to navigate and added more information to help answer any of your questions.

Are you one of the growing number of people with a smart phone or Internet-capable device like an iPod Touch? The new site detects when you’re using a mobile browser and automatically reformats the entire site for better viewing on a smaller screen – we love technology! Don’t have a device that supports Flash? (*ahem* iPhone *ahem*) You can still view all the photos on our site in non-Flash versions so you won’t miss a thing.

We hope these and more upcoming changes improve your experience with Milestones Photography and keep you coming back again and again.

And now a new picture of Dave and Britta by the very talented Shawna Widdel of Shawna Noel Photography. We have to give credit to her super-duper side kick Kory Wallen too. He’s the best reflector holder this side of the Red River.