{"id":4460,"date":"2012-03-01T15:28:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T22:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonweddingblog.com\/?p=4460"},"modified":"2012-06-13T08:20:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T15:20:07","slug":"houston-wedding-photographer-wins-huge-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weddingsinhouston.com\/blog\/houston-wedding-photographer-wins-huge-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Wedding Photographer Wins Huge Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWe always knew longtime Weddings in Houston<\/em> vendor partner Joe Cogliandro<\/a> was among the finest fine-art wedding photographers in the world. And now many, many more people across that world are gonna know it, too. At last week\u2019s annual Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) trade show in Las Vegas, Cogliandro took home the prestigious Grand Award in the Wedding Division of WPPI\u2019s Awards of Excellence 16×20 Print Competition.<\/p>\n

The award\u2014WPPI\u2019s top honor in a competition featuring entries from thousands of photographers from across the globe\u2014went to the photographer\u2019s portrait of Houston bride Lori Hillman Knop (shown above), in which Cogliandro used the bride\u2019s veil to create a dramatic couture look. In the words of world-renowned Beverly Hills-based photographer and WPPI judge Roberto Valenzuela, \u201cThis is just the most ultimate and the most exquisite bridal portrait I have ever seen. This should be at the Louvre for a photography exhibition.\u201d Amen to that. The stunning pic also took top honors in the competition\u2019s Bride and Groom category.<\/p>\n

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As for Cogliandro (shown above), who has won 70 international awards and set himself the goal of winning WPPI\u2019s Grand Award while attending his first WPPI convention in 2007, he told us, \u201cI am humbled and thrilled to be honored by such an elite group of internationally recognized photographers. I\u2019m still wondering if I\u2019m dreaming.\u201d You\u2019re not, Joe. Trust us.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if you\u2019re thinking that gorgeous bridal portrait looks familiar, you\u2019re right. Cogliandro\u2019s award-winning image just happens to have been featured in the full-page J. Cogliandro Photography ad in Weddings in Houston<\/em> magazine for many months running. We are thrilled to have brought this magnificent photo to our readers, thrilled for Joe Cogliandro and his spectacular win, and\u2014we\u2019ll go ahead and say it\u2014just really darn proud of Houston today.<\/p>\n

We have no doubt Cogliandro will be deluged by Houston brides hoping to have their own wedding immortalized by one of the world\u2019s top wedding photographers. So if you\u2019re one of \u2019em, we suggest getting in touch with J. Cogliandro Photography<\/a> right about NOW.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Joe, and keep up the amazing work!<\/p>\n

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\nPhotos: J. Cogliandro Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We always knew longtime Weddings in Houston vendor partner Joe Cogliandro was among the finest fine-art wedding photographers in the world. And now many, many more people across that world are gonna know it, too. At last week\u2019s annual Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) trade show in Las Vegas, Cogliandro took home the prestigious Click here to read the rest of this post \u00bb<\/a> […]<\/p>\n

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