Tom Russo

This was shot at a barn in a town close to where I live. I saw the way the light was hitting them through the doorway. I stopped everyone and said, hold. Please, I snapped a few, waited for my video team to get that shot, and we moved on. When we were walking to the next location, I scrolled through the images from that spot, and my videographer said to me, "this will win an award one day." This wedding in all was beautiful, and I had so many images it was hard to choose, but I am honored to have been chosen to win this prestigious award!

We traveled out to Pennslyvania to a secluded park where the river is a mile from the parking lot. One of Maddie and Scott's requests was to do a part of their session in the river. There was so many photo opportunities to shoot while we were there, it was hard to decide.

I saw this fallen log and knew immediately how I wanted to position them to create this beautiful perspective shot. After viewing their gallery entirely, this stood out as the money shot from the session and I immediately wanted to submit it!

I am super excited that this photo was chosen for an award and honored to be a part of this amazing community.

Joel and Lillie had their engagement session on the beach in New Jersey, and from start to finish, their session was terrific. This photo, in particular, was chosen because I felt like they were up in the clouds, and it gave off a very dream-like feel. It was tough to choose the right photo from this session to submit, and I am so honored to have been selected to win this award!

This was taken on my drone. I had asked Jake and Nicki to run along the shoreline with Jake leading her a little bit. The moment he turned back to look at her I snapped the photo. It was a picture-perfect moment. This entire session was! Couldn’t ask for a better couple to photograph!