For the past 4 years this has always been the most difficult blog post for me because I am terrible with narrowing down my favorite images from the year. 2010 was my busiest year which meant there were that many more images to go through and when I started to pick out which to include my initial folder had 40 pictures in it. I got some help and finally got it down to 17 finalists.
Thank you SO much to all of my clients this year. I am so honored and appreciative and can’t wait to see what is in store for 2011.
There will be THREE winners!
(1) The client whose image has the most votes will receive a complimentary 11 x 14 canvas or gallery mount of either the image from this contest or an image of their choice from an upcoming 2011 session they have with me.
(2) The 2nd place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to put towards a session in 2011.
(3) Leave a comment on this blog post (scroll down under the 17 images). A comment will be selected at random and the person who submitted the comment will receive a FREE Mini Session!! The winner may either keep the prize for themselves or gift to a friend. The Mini Session will be at the studio in Ridgewood between February and May 1 2011. You will receive a 5×7 print of each image in your gallery (between 10-15 images).
For winner #3 only one comment per person but you can earn an extra entry by posting about the contest on your Facebook wall
(let me know you’ve done so by posting on my facebook fan page)
Voting will begin NOW and end on January 8th at 9pm EST.
IP addresses will be monitored – only 1 vote per person
Results will not be visible on the poll and I will announce the winner on January 8th just after 9pm
Scroll down to cast your vote after the 17th image
1. Victoria
2. Baby Pumpkin
3. Daddy’s Arms
4. In the Leaves
5. Alert
6. Sunglasses
7. Colin
8. Nuzzle
9. Dots + Stripes
10. Feet
11. Katie
12. Gavin
13. Ponder
14. Family
15. Slumber
16. Justin
17. Emily
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#8 Nuzzle is an amazing shot. It captured the moment of the true love and happiness that is felt in a mother/child relationship. It really just made me smile and feel all warm inside thinking about my daughter and how I feel about her.
What terrific photos! It was hard to pick one. Great job!
Beautiful Christie!! I had a hard time choosing between Nuzzle and Feet, but As the mother of a son, Nuzzle won me over 🙂
Amazing pictures, as usual Christie!! Happy New Year!
How difficult to choose a favorite, but Sunglasses made me chuckle and so I had to vote for her!!
Good luck to all the entries, though they all have beautiful shots!
It is 34 years later and that “Nuzzle” feeling has not changed one tiny bit…it is a beautiful thing to have captured on film.
Awesome work Christie! Everytime I pass this picture it makes me smile….#3
They are all amazing, but pumpkin baby stole my heart! Wishing you and the family a happy and healthy New Year!!!
All of the pictures are amazing but of course I voted for our little pumpkin!
I love this photo……. so precious!
Beautiful photos! #3
All the pictures are great, but Daddy’s Arms (#3) is special and different.
It was SO hard to pick! Baby pumpkin put the biggest smile on my face though! Love it!
I loved Victoria! Only because her sweet expression implies pure unadulturated LOVE with a pinch of mischievousness to boot.
Great pictures Christie! Of course my favorite is my little Emily 🙂
My second entry!
Love all your pics! Had to go with Masumi & Max though. #8!!
(Can’t wait for your photo workshop!)
Your pics are always amazing, and I have no idea how you were able to choose the pics for this contest. In fact, I am having a hard time picking one!
IMPOSSIBLE to pick just one! Great work, as always!
Love so many of these. “Feet” made me laugh, so I had to go with that one. Happy new year!
Love them all! Can’t wait to see what 2011 brings!
The problem is all of your photos are beautiful and that makes it extremely hard to choose!!!!!
These are all so beautiful it IS hard to choose. You do amazing work!
LOVE the feet pic! amazing!!
Christie – what gorgeous pics!!! I voted for my fav, but it was tough!!!!! I’m in love with that little boy Colin. Gorgeous!
GL to the luck winners!
Such beautiful pictures! I had a hard time choosing just one.
my second post 🙂
As always LOVED them all but Slumber and Nuzzle were two favs!
Beautiful pictures … it was hard to choose just 1 to vote for .. great work!
Victoria is so beautiful! she got my vote!
Beautiful pictures, as always!
LOVE the Nuzzle image!! Such a great moment to have captured!
Also, posted about the giveaway on my FB wall. 🙂
All the entrys are so beautiful!!!!
My second entry 🙂
Cute cute cute..
what beautiful pictures. you show the true beauty of each precious child!
#17 – Emily truly made me laugh out loud. You are so talented Christie!
This is my second comment 🙂
All of the pictures are amazing, but I had to vote for #1. She is not only No 1, here, but also in my heart. Good luck to all the finalists.
You do amazing work!!
Here is my second entry! And can I say I love that you are capping it at 2- so many contests are 10+ and it is so hard to keep up, lol!
I love this photo of you two!!
You’re right – so hard to choose!!!!
Beautiful pictures! #5 Alert is my favorite, but just how precious is #11 Katie?!!
Ooh, they are all so beautiful! But, I am in love with Nuzzle!
They are all such amazing photos! Just beautiful work, as always. I have to go with that gorgeous black & white of Katie!!
They’re all beautiful, tough to narrow it down!! I voted 🙂
Such beautiful pictures! I can’t wait to take your class later this month and see the studio!
Victoria is beautiful!
I love picture #1!! Victoria has the face of an angel!
I love the photo of Katie!
#11 Katie is the most precious photo! She should win, hands down!
#17 should also be called smush- love that face
Also posted on my facebook wall!
All beautiful but nuzzle stole my heart!
“feet” deserves an honorable mention! so adorable!!
All photos are great but #3 is so adorable. Precious baby!
I am addicted to your work Christie! You are a true artist. Of course, those six little feet are my favorite!!! I’ll never get tired of hearing them them running, tip toe-ing and dancing through my house 24/7 🙂
One of the best children’s photos I have ever seen!!!!! I love it!!!
oops #10 that is!
I don’t know how you were able to choose only 17 photos. Must have been tough with all the amazing photos you had to choose from!!
#11 Definitely
oh goodness – this was very hard to choose! each one captures something special. these are lucky families to have your portraits!
my second entry!
I love #11 what a beautiful baby…and a beautiful photo!
Beautiful work! Just love those eyes in #11…
Christie, your pictures are beautiful. I saw the set you did for my friend (the picture in the contest is ‘Feet’)and they are awesome! Truely amazing work!
You take beautiful photos. mY HEART BELONGS TO #5 aLERT!!
This is my first visit and I have to say you are indeed talented. What beautiful pictures you have taken. It was very hard but I went with the precious Daddy’s Arms shot.
Carol L
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#10 – Feet
Children’s feet are amazing and this picture captures them at 3 different stages. You can tell the middle one is the youngest, and the right is the oldest. There is something so innocent and pure about a child’s foot. It’s like they haven’t really walked a day in this world yet, their feet are unworn and soft to the touch.
Hi Christie,
This is my second entry – thanks again for selecting Emily! 🙂
2nd entry – i posted on my facebook wall and yours 🙂
You are a gifted photographer….I am biased toward one particular picture being the Aunt of the beautiful girl…but they are all lovely!
I have to vote for my best bud, Colin! I love you!
I love daddies arm. This was such a sweet and innocent picture
They are all absolutely gorgeous as always!!!! But I must go with sweet little #5. ALERT is simply stunning!!! xoxoxo
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR PICTURES You have a wonderful eye!! It was hard to vote for just one!!
My vote is for Katie #11!
All the finalists are great, but feet is my favorite!
Christie – These are all SO great! So hard to pick. I love “feet” and “nuzzle”…but also “ponder” and “Katie.” All sooo amazing!
I’m voting for #1..Victoria is beautiful!
They are all gorgeous photos!! Your work is beautiful.
Christi – I so love my granddaughters’ feet, but you should see their faces !! Oh that’s right, you have. They are pretty special. Donna Sardo
COLIN is by far one of the cutest babies I know (besides my nephew Aldo of course) good luck little man!!! oh and Happy 1st Birthday=)
These are all great but the picture of the feet is especially sweet
All of your photography is absolutely breath taking. Each child is so precious…I have to say I’m partial to #7 Colin!! He is perfection!
The photos are amazing. They make me think about all those sweet memories of my baby. It’s so amazing you were able to capture these moments to remember forever.
Feet…Looking at this how could you not love feet! I can only the imagine how much giggling and laughter was going on at the time of this photo!!
they’re all so cute!
Beautiful work, Christie!
Ive loved the feet on the bed since you first posted it a while back! Love your talent and would love to win a mini session with you!!!
Beautiful, beautiful images! How do you pick just one!
Your work is amazing!!!! Now I just have to start saving my money.
Love them all – I don’t know how you narrowed them down!
They’re all so amazing, it was hard to pick just one favorite.
OMG – I had so much trouble picking. These little one’s are all SO cute!
Love Emily! Newborns get me everytime!
So many beautiful photos – so many beautiful models! 🙂
Although it is super hard to choose because they are all so awesome I absolutely love the 4th picture the innocence and smile on that little girls face is priceless
So hard to choose but Victoria’s eyes got me. What a beautiful little girl and an amazing shot!
love all of the photos. you can really see that you captured each of the different personalities. you hada tough job picking these 17 photos. would love to win the mini session.
Number 8 is such a great photo! Lots of cute kiddos and great shots, but 8 is just awesome 🙂
So hard to choose just one – gorgeous photos as always Christie!!!
Love your work! All the photos are fabulous!
Such great pictures!! Here’s to 2011!!
2nd entry, posted on my FB wall 🙂
Hi Christie! Wishing you lots of luck and success in 2011. Love your work!
NUZZLE rules! The beauty in this pic is un-describable.. a mother’s love is priceless.. plus that woman is gorgeous and her son is an angel from heaven..
Who doesn’t love babies? This makes you just want a cuddle.
Beautiful choices!
It was hard to just choose one image…they were all beautiful!
Beautiful pictures!
How do you pick just one??? Good luck to everyone!
Your photography is gorgeous!
Second entry for sharing on facebook!
love the feet!
I know your photography is amazing because it touches my soul. Thanks for your beautiful work.
These are all such great shots. It was hard to chose!!
Absolutely love all of the pictures. You are a very talented photographer who helps families capture moments in their lives. Love the “feet” photo such a playful moment between siblings.
I love #17, her squishy little face is so like a “newborn”..I love it!!
All the pictures are beautiful!! Good luck to everyone!!
Christie, you always do such beautiful work. Good luck to everyone. But Victoria is truly beautiful inside and out.
I posted on my FB wall too!
My niece Victoria is GORGEOUS!! Your pictures are works of art! Love how you capture the natural beauty in all the kids you photograph! GO VICTORIA!! WIN WIN!!
all so so cute- Hard choice- 🙂
He’s adorable John, love the pic!
Katie’s black & white photo is quite captivating. Her eyes are are stunning and pull you in to the photo. Excellent photography, I will recommend.
I received this link from a new mommy friend of mine, Vanessa Forte, and just wanted to comment on how beautiful the photos were. My sister is expecting in the next two weeks. I will be sure to point her your way. Had a fun time voting!
Great photos Christie but of course I had to vote for my little guy in #13…hard to believe he’s turning 1 next month! Hope 2011 brings you great things!
I loved “feet” because of how fun and sweet it is. I can picture the little owners of the feet giggling and rolling around 🙂
All of these pics are absolutely breathtaking! Amazing work
Very nice pictures!
Miss Katie #11 is a winner!!!
My friend was right- your talent is priceless. These Pictures are amazing!!!! I hope you can capture some images of my little girls one day.
love, Love, LOVE picture number 1! Victoria’s eyes just shine through this picture.. It truly captures her beauty.. wonderful pictures!
I love this post. It is so much fun to go through the pictures. It was hard to pick a favorite!
Love #8 Nuzzle… Great candid moment! Awesome still shot!!!
Mateo is a beautiful little one!!!
All beautiful, so hard to choose one!
All are amazing, took a long time to decide but dots & stripes had me at hello. I’m usually a stickler for things that match and I like things in order. I am surprised that my favorite has a hint of mismatch to it. You make everything shine! The little bubble in his mouth- what a delight!
#17 ….little e rocked her photoshoot. Love you emmy !!!
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