And the winners are...

Well, the final contest of the year is over and the results are in.

The winner of the Best Senior Portrait is:

Whitney

And the winner of the Best Engagement Portrait is:

Luke & Laura

I'll actually be shooting Luke & Laura's wedding on Monday so I can't wait to tell them the good news!

New Contests!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Now that the holiday is over I'm going to squeeze in two more contests before the end of the year.

Now up is Best Senior Portrait of 2007 and Best Engagement Portrait of 2007. Just email me with your votes and tell all of your friends to do the same!

Best Senior Portrait

Caitlyn


Whitney


April


Bradon


Melanie


Renae


Marianna


Ben


Olivia


Tracey


Lauren

Best Engagement Portrait

Luke & Laura


Erica & Jamie


Brooke & Eric


April & Sean


Jennifer & Corey


Lauren & Randy


Erica & John


Ann & Norm


Rachel & Ben


Nicole & Tim


Lisa & Yaron


Jeremy & Liane


Brad & Danielle

And the winners are...

Holy cow! I thought voting would be slow since the Christmas season is almost upon us but I was wrong. I received over 110 votes for each category. My blog readers never fail to amaze me. :)

The next contests will be Best Engagement Portrait and Best Senior Portrait. I'll be putting up the choices for each on Monday (time permitting) and voting will end Dec. 29. Those will be the final contests of the year so be sure to vote.

And now, without further ado, the winners are...

Best Posed Bride/Groom Photo

Brad & Danielle

Best Posed Group Photo

Aimee & Steve

Best Posed Wedding Photos of 2007

Okay people, this is the Crème de la Crème of the "Best of" contests - Best Posed Wedding Photos.

There were too many photos for me to pick just 10, so what I did was split the contest into 2 sections. Best "Bride/Groom" photo and Best "Group" photo. So that means you're voting for two different photos. The Bride/Groom photos are first and the group photos are second (but then again, that was pretty obvious wasn't it?).

I'm going to have voting for these contests end on December 22, as I doubt most people will be spending a lot of time on the web in the days immediately preceding Christmas so be sure to vote and tell your friends to vote too! Just email me with your votes.

Best Posed Bride/Groom Photo

April & Sean


Danielle & Brad


Brooke & Eric


Allison & Nate


Ann & Norm


Melissa & Steve


Nicole & Tim


Denille & Terry


Trina & Chris


Aimee & Steve


Heather & Jason


Lauren & Randy


Pete & Sandy


Michelle & Chuck


Rachel & Ben


Jeremy & Liane


Nicole & Thad

Best Posed Group Photo

Lauren & Randy


Rachel & Ben


Liane & Jeremy


Christina & Brad


Aimee & Steve


Denille & Terry


Jeremy & Melissa


Michelle & Chuck


Nicole & Tim


Allison & Nate

Erica & John

And the winning "Candid" photo is...

Whew, the past few days have been busy! I did formal photos for the Snowball at Shanksville on Saturday and yesterday I shot family photos for some of my favorite people in the world - the Custer's. I'll try to update the blog with all the goings on as soon as possible, but right now I wanted to post the winner of the best candid shot.

The voting was again very busy and the result wasn't quite as close as last time around but it was still pretty darn close. The winning photo is...

Sheena & Ben

This photo of Sheena and Ben has long been one of my favorite shots and I'm happy to see everyone else thinks so too. The photo was taken by Sharon at our first wedding of '07, way back in January. Congrats to Sheena & Ben and thanks to everyone for voting!

Next contest is best posed wedding portrait. I'll try to get the photos up some time this evening. There will likely be more than 10 so be prepared for lots of choices!

Best of 2007 - Best Candid/Non-posed Photo

The next "Best of" contest is for the Best Candid/Non-posed of the year. The candid (or photojournalistic) photos at weddings are some of my favorites and it was so hard to narrow it down to only 10 photos. But, I had to pick 10 and these are the choices. Voting begins now and ends Monday Dec. 17th at non (eastern time).

I've also had a few people ask me what the prizes are for the voters, so I wanted to clarify that. If you're a client of mine, you will receive a Gift Certificate for $50 to use toward the purchase of prints. If you're not a client, then you'll receive a $25 American Express Gift Card.

And now the best part - the photos!

Dan & Abby


Sheena & Ben


Jeremy & Melissa


Trina & Chris


Rachel & Ben


Sharyn & Tim


Nicole & Tim


Erica & John


Karyn & John


Brad & Christina

And the Best Cake Photo winner is...

Wow! I thought the contests would be a fun way to honor the AWESOME couples I've worked with in 2007 but I never expected to see so much voting! We had over 70 votes! Thanks to everyone who voted in the contest and I hope everyone votes in the rest of the contests as well. Remember that 3 random voters will win prizes!

Okay, without further ado, the winner of the Best Cake Photo of 2007 is...

Michelle and Chuck!

The voting was super close, with only four votes separating 1st and 2nd place and just two votes separating 2nd from 3rd.

The next contest is Best Candid Wedding Photo of 2007 so check the blog soon to see the choices!

Best of 2007 - Best Cake Shot!

Okay, folks. The first contest is ready to go and that is the Best Cake Shot of 2007. I have a bunch of blog cake photos from throughout the year posted below. Email me with your pick for the best cake/cake detail shot. And tell all of your friends to check out the photos and email me too. Voting will last from today (12/9) through Thursday (12/13). If your cake isn't listed, PLEASE don't be offended. I'm trying to get at least one or two photos from every wedding of the year so you'll definitely be featured in one of the other contests! :)

And with that, let's see those cake photos!

Michelle & Chuck


Denille & Terry


Nate & Allison


Danielle & Brad


Nicole & Tim


Brooke & Eric


Sean & April


Alison & David


Ann & Norm


Lisa & Yaron

Best photos of 2007 - coming soon!

In the coming weeks, I'm getting ready to hold the "Best of 2007" contest in which my blog readers get to vote on their favorite photos of the year. Right now I have the below categories in mind but I might add more if I have neat ideas. The categories so far are:

Best Posed Wedding Photo
Best Candid Wedding Photo
Best Cake
Best Engagement Photo
Best Senior Photo

The subjects in the "Best of 2007" winners will get a free enlargement and 3 people who vote will win prizes!

Keep checking back to see the photos and to vote!