So, let’s get right down to it.  Totalling well over 600 votes, the competition was fierce! 

1st place winner of the 16×20 gallery wrapped canvas is Kate!  For those of you who know sweet little Kate and her family, you know that for all they’ve been through in her first year of life, they are more than deserving of this gift!  Congratulations!

2nd place winner of the $100 print credit on a 2012 session is Leah!  I mean, really, who could resist voting for a newborn baby with a huge grin like that?

And the 3rd winner of the mini session package (chosen by random.org) goes to the comment made by Lorilee!

It’s time for my photo of the year contest!  I just love putting this together because it is so much fun looking back through a year’s worth of photos, reminiscing about each session with my amazing clients and, once again, gushing over how adorable each child is.  The bad part…it’s so hard to choose just one favorite from each session!  It is such an honor for me to have the opportunity to photograph all of these babies and families, and I am humbled when I look back at all of the support my client’s have given me in 2011.  I can’t say it enough…THANK YOU!

Onto the contest…I’m giving away two prizes for 2011 clients, and also throwing in a bonus, open to any and all.  So, there will be THREE prizes up for grabs!  Clients, you’re going to want to share this with all of your friends and family for your chance to win!  Call, email, text, Facebook, Twitter, whatever you need to do!

1 – The client image with the most votes will receive a 16×20 gallery wrapped canvas ($350 value) of the image of their choice from their past session or an upcoming session in 2012.

2 – The client image with the second most votes will receive a $100 print credit toward a session in 2012.

3 – Leave a comment on this blog post below.  Only one comment is allowed per person, but an extra entry can be earned by posting about this contest on your Facebook wall and then letting me know you’ve done so by posting on the Everyday Art Photography Facebook page.  One comment will be choosen, at random, to receive a complimentary mini session ($600 value)!  The mini session will include a 20-30 minute session with me, an online gallery of 10 images to choose from, and 5 digital files of your choice.  The mini session must take place in the Bismarck area before October 2012.  It is limited to immediate family members only, and cannot be used on a newborn session.  If you are not able to use the mini session, you are welcome to gift it to someone else.

• Voting begins now, and will end on January 12, 2012 at 9 pm CST.
• Only one vote per person.  IP addresses will be monitored. Results will not be seen on the poll. 
• I will annouce the winners on January 13.
• Scroll through the images and then below them, cast your vote and leave your comments. 

GOOD LUCK!

1| eden

2 | molly

3| kya

4 | leah

5 | maggie

 6 | liam

7 | kate

8 | aubrey

9 | avery & abel

10 | tyler

11 | levi

12 | gaege

13 | dawson & carson

14 | the peterson family

15 | max

16 | the whitted family

17 | taylar

18 | andrea

19 | william

Please make sure you like the Everyday Art Facebook page so you don’t miss the update on the winners!  Click the icon below…

And while I’m at it, I may as well share this one that has been up for quite some time now.  This is a 24×36 gallery wrap hanging above the couch in our living room.  You can see what a difference it makes when you go large with wall prints.  Imagine if I had hung an 8×10 or even an 11×14 there?  Especially in a room like this that has vaulted ceilings.  I love this image of my kids so much.  Even more than a year later, I still love looking at it every day.  (Sorry for the wonky lighting in this photo.)

I know many of my clients have purchased large prints and wall galleries for their homes.  I would love it if you all would share them with me on my Everyday Art Facebook page, now that you have them all hung up!  I may even have a $25 Target gift card for one lucky person who posts a photo of how they have their prints displayed between now and the end of January!  And, well, if you still don’t have them hung up yet, here’s an incentive for you to get to work.

Merry Christmas from my family!  This was the card we sent out this year, using some of the photos that my dear friend Erin, of Erin Vournas Photography, gave us.  It was a folded card, so the bottom image was the inside spread, and it folded on the left edge.  I think this cards is one of my faves! 

 Everyday Art Photography | Bismarck, North Dakota infant and newborn photographer

Thank you to the F family for a great session.  It was a delight to meet you all!

 Everyday Art Photography | Bismarck family and child photography

We were so lucky to have such beautiful weather for this session, and this family was so fun.  These girls are just beautiful!  Taylar was so sweet and quiet, and Hailey had me cracking up the entire time.  I especially loved her rendition of Hakunah Matata!