At the recent AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPA), presented at a gala dinner at the Pullman Albert Park Hotel in Melbourne, Canberra photographer, Dan O’Day was named the 2016 AIPP Australian Wedding Photographer of the Year, where more than more than 450 of the country’s best professional photographers gathered.
No stranger to awards, O’Day was a runner-up to the national title in 2015, while last year was named 2014 AIPP ACT Wedding Photographer of the Year. Finalists for the 2016 title were Nathan Maddigan and Kelly Tunney. In 2015, Tunny took out the title.
The APPA have been held annually for the past 40 years, and are the only professional photography awards in the country that require physical prints to be submitted for judging. More than 580 entrants submitted a total of almost 2,200 images to be judged as part of the AIPP APPAs. The 2016 awards were peer-judged anonymously over three days by some of Australia’s most recognised photographers.