Lithuania wedding photographer, Lina Ruskyte Lukoseviciene was awarded the coveted Photographer of the Year by The Societies during the Awards Dinner at their annual Convention, for the photo shown above. Lina said, “The image was taken of a bride while she was preparing for ceremony, she was standing in another room and her brother was correcting her veil. I took the picture from the space in front of the open doors.” In addition to receiving her trophy Lina also walked away with a VIP trip to The Societies' 2015 Convention.

Press Release

The Societies' Photographer of the Year Awards 2013

The Societies have announced the overall winners of their Monthly Image Competition.

Lithuania wedding photographer, Lina Ruskyte Lukoseviciene was awarded the coveted Photographer of the Year by The Societies during the Awards Dinner at their annual Convention. Over four hundred guests were present at the Awards Dinner in London Saturday January 18. 

The judges commented, “A creative image with input from the photographer captured at a moment elegant and beautiful.'”

Lina said, “The image was taken of a bride while she was preparing for ceremony, she was standing in another room and her brother was correcting her veil. I took the picture from the space in front of the open doors.”

The competition is a truly international success with entrants from all four corners of the globe entering monthly. 

In addition to receiving her trophy Lina also walked away with a VIP trip to The Societies' 2015 Convention, set to take place in the Hilton London Metropole hotel in January next year 21-26 January 2015. 

The Societies' Awards 2013 winners

Monthly Image Competition Results

The Societies' Photographer of the Year 2013 - Lina Ruskyte-Lukoseviciene, Lithuania

The Societies' 2nd Place Photographer of the Year 2013- Christina Lauder, UK

Advertising and Commercial - Dave Wall, UK

Architectural - Martin Castein, UK

Baby - Nicholas Frost, UK

Boudoir and Beauty - Vadim Fasji, UK

Children - Maria Shickle, UK

Digital Art - Dale Alexis Goldstone, UK

Events - Dimitris Evlampidis, Greece

Fashion - Dominic Wright, UK

Landscape - Kevin Mullins, UK

Macro and Close-up - Jonathan Boshoff, UK

Maternity - Angela Adams, UK

Media - Darrin Zammit Lupi, Malta

Monochrome - Larry Lourcey, USA

Nature - Chris Blaser, Switzerland

Open Avant Garde - Nerijus Kundrotas, Ireland

Pet Portraiture - Christina Lauder, UK

Pictorial and Fine Art - Adrian Henson, USA

Portraiture Avant Garde - Angela Adams, UK

Portraiture Environmental - Sean Conboy, UK

Portraiture Studio - Christina Lauder, UK

Pre and Post Wedding - Viktorija Vaisvilaite, Lithuania

Sports - Chris Blaser, Switzerland

The Mario Acerboni 4-in-1 - Matthew Bishop, UK

Travel - Lee Blanchflower, UK

Wedding Avant Garde - Mauro Cantelmi, Australia

Wedding Photojournalistic - Mauro Cantelmi, Australia

Wedding Traditional - Lina Ruskyte-Lukoseviciene, Lithuania

Wildlife - Bridgena Barnard, South Africa

Highest Gold Award - Dave Wall, UK

For full details on The Societies’ Photographer of the Year Awards 2013 please check out the website:http://www.swpp.co.uk/image_competition-2013/poty/

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