Happy New Year!! It’s time for my 8th annual photo contest! It was such a challenge to pick a few of my favorite images from the past 12 months. In 2015 I shot 203 client sessions which is a record for me in my 9th year of business! So clients, if you don’t see one of your images in this list, please know that I have loved every session this year and I enlisted the help of my husband and daughters to narrow down my list.
When I opened in 2007 I never imagined that I would one day get to photograph over 650 families from all over New Jersey and NYC at my beautiful studio in Ridgewood as well as outdoors. I am so grateful to all of you and I am so excited about 2016!
there will be three winners!
(1) The client whose image has the most votes will receive a complimentary 11 x 14 gallery mount of either the image from this contest or an image of their choice from an upcoming 2016 session. Scroll down to cast your vote AFTER the last image.
(2) The 2nd place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to put towards a session in 2016.
(3) Leave a comment on this blog post (scroll down under the last image). 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 my studio in Ridgewood on a weekday between January and May 1 2016 and you will receive 3 5×7 mini mounts.
for winner #3, one comment per person but you can earn a second entry by sharing the link to the contest on your facebook wall. just come back and post a second comment.
Voting will begin NOW and end on January 11th at 8pm 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 11th after 8pm
scroll down to cast your vote after the last image
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So many great pictures
Love it!
Love your work!!!
Love seeing the photo of my two handsome guys and the kids of my friends!! So lucky to have a great neighborhood photographer 🙂
So honored that my munchkin was among your favorite images =) Thanks Christie!!
Beautiful work!
Beautiful work Christie! So hard to choose!!
Beautiful pictures!
Beautiful photos! 🙂
So hard to choose just one – they all look great!
Sweet little D – she doesn’t even look like this anymore! What a difference a year makes – no more baby, now a big girl!
My 2 loves!!! Beautiful pictures. Thank you
Gorgeous pictures! Very honored to have our daughter part of this beautiful group of photos! Loved having our photo shoot with Christie!
#30 is the most gorgeous baby I have ever seen!!!
Beautiful pictures
Wow~~great photo ~~ Very impressive work and baby is adorable!!
I adore the image you chose of my three babies. Thank you for selecting it to be part of the contest.
Awesome contest! Youre a great photographer Christie! Couldn’t imagine anyone better to capture pictures of my little angel!
What an honor! Thanks for choosing our little bundle of joy
Lovely pictures!
11 all the way!
-Jackie?
Great pic!
Number 11 is my beautiful niece and her handsome daddy! Good luck guys!
Thank you SO much for capturing the beautiful image of our newest family member. We will treasure it always!
#13 is a beautiful picture of my precious nephews and niece. Those boys adore their baby sister and you captured their love for her perfectly!
Love your work~beautiful photographs of everyone~~especially my “grand niece”
Your pics are just wonderful!
All beautiful!
#13!!
so honored to be among the chosen photos! #2! thank you!
I love picture#11.Beautiful picture!!
Such beautiful photography!
Love # 14!!!
Beautiful work…love #13
Number 17, Chase all the way. So precious and cute.
Love that squishy face! She is a beauty
#12 – What a beauty!
#13 Is a beautiful picture of three of my precious grandchildren. I LOVE this picture! You did a great job Christie!
What gorgeous pictures! Great work, Christie.
Love the picture #23 he is adorable!!!!
Beautiful work!!!
Love all the pictures!!
What a great smile and positive attitude for the first day of school. Number 14 is a winner all the way!
So honored and excited that Dillon’s photo was chosen! He is such a sweetie pie and this photo shows his personality perfectly.
Father and Son magic!
#17. Chase is super cute!
All the photos are fantastic!
Beautiful girl!!!
Chase #17 is a cutie pie!!!
All are great! But #27 is my fav 😉
# 30……you are a beautiful joy?
Loved number 30 , such a beautiful baby !!!
All are beautiful but #5 is my favorite 🙂
#18! I’m love when kids are missing their two front teeth! 🙂
Beautiful photography!
So many beautiful and creative pictures!
Yay!! So excited to see Sky and Grant on your list!! LOVED our Valentine pics!
The love just oozes from those two Big Brothers in #13. Love those Yankee Babies!
#13 is the sweetest photo I’ve ever seen. Such a sweet little photo.
Love the beautiful sisters in #27!! ❤️
You always capture the moment. The baby in #36 looks like he is so soothed by sibling love.
Love #7
All are great photos, but Love #30! Thank you for an amazing photo shoot with our little one.
# 28 is absolutely precious!!
Gorgeous pictures, as always. Beautiful!
all the photos are lovely.
I am loving the capture of 12…
what a genuine smile & beautiful twinkle in the eyes.
Ah, to be young again.
Photo #36 captures two beautiful, angelic boys….my Grandsons! Love, love, love this picture!
All gorgeous pictures!
Every photo is perfection and a winner in my book! Thank you Christie!
Beautiful pictures!
Thank you for entering my girls!!
They are just beautiful
Truly love them all but the 3 sisters gets me every time ! ?So many of my friends have used you and I can’t wait to have you capture my little boy and girl.
Wow…Baby Sophia No. 30….what a beautiful pic…you did a great job depicting such angelic picture of life at its best!
#5!!! What a beautiful moment, captured, between two sisters!
#2 Regina Flath… What she went through to have her litte girl was definitely a “labor” of love.
#23 is just the cutest little man.
Thank you for including my little munchkin in your contest. We had such a great time and are eager to work with you for a 1st birthday shoot!! Love!
Always hard to pick! It’s a big toss up but I think 36 is the sweetest!
Gorgeous photos!
Love how you captured the love the little girl in #5 must have for that baby ?
Thanks for including our family photo in your contest! We can’t wait to see you again for Jonah’s first birthday shoot.
#27 The picture captures their sweet personalities and special bond as sisters!
go #27 – you girls are getting so big so fast!
#7 Love how cute these two look!!!
Beautiful photos capturing beautiful moments! My favorite is #30!
My fave no. 14!
Pic #22! That family is gorgeous!
#11 is beautiful! God bless Milani.
What a cutie!
Oops! Cutie= #14; love the photo and subject!
Thanks Christie for choosing my three cuties! #26
Your pictures are always amazing. You place your subjects with expertise that they look like they were just that way naturally. This helps you get lovely feelings between those being photographed!
So many beautiful photos Christie!
Let’s go Zidane! #21
Love you!
All great pics, thanks for choosing one of Emily! xoxo
Awww such a serene photo! Had to vote #30 ! All the pics are stunning <3
# 14 adorable
All wonderful pictures.
You captured such a tender moment between my beautiful niece and her Daddy! Love #11!! ❤️
I had such a hard time choosing, Christie! Beautiful shots.
One portrait is more beautiful than the next and it’s wonderful to see all those joyful faces! Well done!
LOVE The composition of #24 but they are all beautiful!
Beautiful pictures #6 is my favorite! There is nothing more beautiful and pure than the love of three sisters. Such sweet and adorable girls!
Go #19! Her cheeks are adorable!
Such beautiful photos!
#13 is my absolute fav! Those sweet faces are toon precious!
All amazing pics! But I voted #1!
#2 Beautiful picture!
#23 – love those cheeks and face!!!! Your work is beautiful.
so many beauties!!
So many beautiful pictures, hard to choose!
my 1st grandson #21 love you
Too en-vogue! Love the style and the genuine expression of fun these girls have on their faces!
Perfect in every way!
Love it! Thanks for including us.
They are all so pretty. I went with #3.
beautiful children, beautiful people…love the photos.
#36!!!! My handsome little angels! And being included in this list is like being nominated for an Academy Award!!! 🙂 Thanks for the beautiful shots Christie!
#16 is such a cutie — and that full head of hair!!!
Great pictures! It was difficult to narrow to one choice!
Wow! What a lovely picture
21 ?? ???
So many beautiful choices!
Certainly I am biased towards photo 28 since that is me ( new mom) with her newborn daughter. However i want everyone to know that all of these photos are an amazing and your families are a blessing. Christie is so kind and patient and our family came from westchester county ny to work with her despite there being many photographers in our area. We truly appreciate her and her talents
voted #21 … What a cutie 🙂
21!!!!! What an angel
#11 is the perfect example of a beautiful bond between a father and his daughter. ❤️
Grandma Cookie – My vote goes to #9. Something about a sleeping baby that warms your heart. Since these little ones grow up so fast, it’s so nice to have these great shots to remember them at every stage of their lives. Puts a smile on your face everytime you look at them!
All adorable but #21 has my vote!!
Beautiful pictures.
Chase is beautiful! ! #17!!!!
Thanks for including our girl #29. One of my favorite pictures!!!
I think #29 is my favorite
The pictures are absolutely beautiful & everyone that sees the pictures are so impressed with your photography.
Marilyn S.
Henry James Barger such a happy child
So pretty!!!!
Such a cutie!
Beautiful photos! Thrilled to be included! Of course I’m partial to #32…I can barely remember our little guy that tiny! So grateful to have such amazing pictures to remind me. Thank you, Christie!
Number 30 is the most precious!!
Number 3! She’s just so peaceful in that picture.
#1! Love the sweet simplicity 🙂
So many beautiful pictures to choose from! Nice work!
So many to choose from!!! beautiful work always Christie! love #13
#11! So great seeing the love a dad has for his new baby 🙂
All the pictures are breathtaking ….. You are so amazing at what you do!
They are all beautiful. My vote is for #28.
Your pics are amazing! They capture something so pure and innocent and captivating. I can look at your photos sll say long. My friend calls taking professional photos every year- her guilty splurge. She got me into it! I need to book!!!
Your work is amazing! You capture something incredible in each photo. I need to book a session!
Always such beautiful pictures! You do such amazing work! Can’t wait to get my girls back in sometime soon 🙂
Amazing photos! Love the sisters in #24.
Wow, 21!!! is just so percious!
#2 what a gorgeous magical shot!
Love all these gorgeous pictures ❤️❤️❤️
beautiful pictures
You did a wonderful job capturing these wonderful moments that I’m sure the parents are going to cherish for the rest of their lives.
Brotherly love
Together for ever
They are all beautiful! But #11 was my vote.
Chase is our little man!! I loved getting his birth announcement! The photo is gorgeous! From here in LA- his aunt thanks you!
Thanks, Christie, for the beautiful photos of our daughters.
So sweet!
As always, beautiful pictures!! So difficult to choose a favorite ?
#24- I love watching these little girls grow through your lens every year!!
Love every picture! You’re amazing Christie…amazing! The picture of my girls (#24) is another priceless shot that will help me remember how they were in 2015 when I am old and gray. You always capture their personalities spot on. Happy New Year and THANK YOU!
What a beautiful collection of pictures! We had such a wonderful experience at your studio and wish we could get more ?
My granddaughter is beautiful! #11
Love the sisterly love of #24!!!
Love the girls Roxy— #6- 2015
Love the big hug of the three beautiful sisters. Go #6!!!
you always seem to catch the spirit of my granddaughters in #24. Aren’t I lucky to have a new picture every year!
All beautiful pictures! Memories for life!
#24 is my pick, love those girls! ❤️❤️❤️
These photos are beautiful, but I must say these three girls are precious!
My handsome little dudes (#36)! I can’t stand how cute they look!
#24 is my choice! Beautiful girls & sisterly love set into such natural setting!
Loved them all but Number 6 warms my heart having three sisters myself!
Beautiful girls….beautiful picture.
Thank you for including my daughter and I
Loved looking through all of these! So hard to pick a favorite.
Can’t wait for the results!
#14
ADORABLE!!!!
Hi. All of those pics are so nice!?????????