Welcome to our premier wedding photography competition, Top Knots: The New School of Wedding Photography. The contest was judged in 5 categories: ceremony, party, portraits, details, spontaneous.

Our esteemed panel of photography and wedding photography experts in various fields reviewed the entries and selected those pieces that best represent overall excellence, creativity and impact. The judges selections for Best of Category and Grand Prize are presented here as well as other images that were runners up.

Congratulations to The Best of Category winners, Suzy Clement, Jesse Leake, Charles Maring, Meg Smith, and Liz Banfield, who will receive the following prizes from our generous sponsors: A Fujifilm finepix S20 Pro Digital Camera, 20 Pack Fujifilm Professional Color Negative Film, $200 Discount coupon to an Authorized Participating Studio Master Pro Lab, PhotoServe Portfolio, Tamrac's Rolling Photo Briefcase

AND congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner Meg Smith who will receive the New Fujifilm Finepix S3 Pro Digital Camera (upon its debut this year)

PDN would like to thank our major sponsor of Top Knots, FujiFilm, whose generous support made it possible to put this issue together.

TO CHECK OUT FUJIFILM'S PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS Go To WWW.FUJIFILM.COM OR CALL 1-800-800-FUJI.

We also want to thank the judges for taking the time out from their busy schedules, and the photographers whose creativity shows us new ways of looking at age old rituals.

Jung Lee and Josh Brooks, WEDDING PLANNERS, FETE
As the founders of Fete, Jung Lee and Josh Brooks have established one of the most sought-after wedding planning companies in the country. Well-known for their creativity, sense of style, and distinct business approach, Lee and Brooks are continuously featured in InStyle Weddings, Modern Bride, The New York Times and Bride's. They are also regular contributors to the Style Network's Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?

Natalie Flemming, ART BUYER, KIRSHENBAUM BOND AND PARTNERS
Natalie Flemming is an art buyer at Kirshenbaum Bond and Partners. Her accounts include Target, Timex, Netjets, and Citi/AAdvantage. She has a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts.

Reuel Golden, SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR, PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS
Reuel Golden is the senior editor of Photo District News and is responsible for the "Pix" section of the magazine, which covers digital developments and issues. He also writes about trends in advertising, wedding and fashion photography. Golden also serves as editor of Photoserve.com, the Web site that allows photographers to put their images online and is sourced by leading art buyers and photo editors.

Tricia Balatico, PHOTO EDITOR, ELEGANT BRIDE
Tricia Balatico comes to Elegant Bride from Victoria magazine where she spent just over two years serving in various capacities, most recently as the art associate. She has also freelanced as the photo editor at Elle Decor and Hearst Magazines. Prior to her career in publishing, Balatico was a television reporter and fill-in anchor for MediaOne Cape News in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Originally from Tennessee, Tricia received her Bachelors of Arts degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.