Hi Everyone! SO, I've never held a contest before! And I'm really excited to do one! I figure it's a new decade and it's time to do something new and fun with my business. I have another fun idea up my sleeve too, but I need to stew on it a big longer before posting anything about it. :) I also want to credit my fabulous friend Beth for the inspiration to do a contest!
Below you will find one photo from every photo shoot or wedding I did this year. 68 sessions! Wow! No wonder I crashed so hard this winter. Especially since raising two beautiful children is my full time job. But that's why I love my photography so much. I'm able to occasionally get away for an hour and be creative and then have some evenings of editing after the kids go to bed. Josh will hang out with me while I edit which makes it even sweeter.
So this is how the contest will work... like I said, below I've posted one photo from every portrait session or wedding that I shot in 2009. There are so many beautiful faces! Your job is to vote on your favorite photo by leaving a comment below. Click on "comment" and leave me your name, email, and then which photo you are voting for. Each photo has a number ABOVE it, so be sure to put the photo's # in the comment box.
Who wins? What do they win?... the photo that receives the most votes will win a mini photo session (30 min shoot), with the cd of high res images! PLUS, this is where it gets even sweeter, (I feel like I should be holding a skinny microphone right now and have a model in a shiny dress about to reveal this for you) I will be giving that winner a beautiful 5x5 album, like the one shown here in my last blog post) displaying the photos from your winning session and the winner will get to choose their album fabric cover too! Ooooo! :) I'm excited already, are you? BUT WAIT, it gets even sweeter! (Now I sound like a tv infomercial) I will also choose a random winner from all of the voters who left comments (using random.org), and they will also win a free mini photo shoot, cd of images and album! So it's extra important to leave your correct name and email so I can contact you if you win.
Important info... You may only vote on ONE image. If you happen to be in one of the images below, by all means vote for your own photo and get all of your friends, facebook friends, and family to vote for you too! If you booked multiple photo shoots throughout the year and have more than one image up here, any votes you get on your images will count toward your total vote.
Voting will end on Tuesday, January 19th at midnight (the day after the holiday weekend). Winner's sessions will be photographed in the Portland, Oregon area and must be redeemed before April 1, 2010. If a winner lives too far away and cannot redeem their session they may give it away as a gift to someone they know who could use it before April 1st.
These photos start back at January 2009 and make their way to December 2009. Happy viewing and Happy Voting! :)
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Monday, January 11, 2010
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1 – 200 of 228 Newer› Newest»#9 PLEASE! :) This is awesome Bethany. Nicole Springer nicspringa@comcast.net
Um, number 30 might be the cutest little girl I've ever seen! :)
#9.... No Contest!!
#9 looks good! beespringer@comcast.net
#9 is awesome! Tiffany - tiffanyannbrandel@comcast.net
#30, The beautiful Sophia! (Ashley Mackley anmackley@aol.com)
I dearly love the models behind 28, 40 and 46 but the little bugger in #20 is cute as a bug! My vote is for #20!
Bethany,
You know I love ALL your work! It was so fun to see this snapshot of your '09 in review. Whew! SO MUCH beauty!! I have to throw my vote to #49. It's so creative, and just so... Oregon! What a fun contest. Can't wait to see which one wins!
Blessings,
Jamie
jamie.zanotti@gmail.com
# 20 is the cutest newborn picture ever! remenak@verizon.net
#30 gorgeous little girl :)
I don't think Sophia can take a bad picture.
Carrie Alleman
calleman_34@hotmail.com
Your work is so beautiful. And what a great idea!It is so hard to choose but I think that my vote is for #46. I could just eat him up!
Evangeline Oriakhi
evangeline.oriakhi@gmail.com
#30... love my Sophia, but don't pick me to win unless you want to travel to the beautiful state of Ohio :o) Holly Seckinger
#49... I love every single picture you took at that wedding.Actually, I love pretty much every picture you've ever posted!
If you pick me, pass it on to our friend Christina Thomas!
#9 for Nicole and Brandon!! :)
Lisa Merriman
merriman.lisa@gmail.com
30...cutie!
#25 hands down - Shana and Greg's photo is so beautiful. Love them.
Thanks, ~Mindy Schmidt mindy.schmidt@med.ge.com
503-504-3517
#33
Mindy Olson
minduckols18@gmail.com
#22 of course!
#39 Gorgeous!
Meant #30, so for the mis-type!
#30 Sophia is adorable, shes also my grand niece
#30 is my favorite, absolutely. Many great pics; I recognized several people.
they are all GREAT, but love Miss Sophia #30!
lisa.tyacke@comcast.net
#30.... the cutest girl/ niece an aunt could ask for!
Curlygirltoo@hotmail.com. Lacey Robison
p.s Bethany this is a great idea!
#30!!
#30
Charlie, charliemd@comcast.net
I vote for #22-the cutest baby.
Allee Zapp
#22, no doubt about it.
#63... just something about his sweet reddish hair against the grass and his green sweater. Beautiful profile!
Mindy.strauss {@} gmail.com
#9 Totally Cute!
Sarah Brocius
willow11682@hotmail.com
I must agree with Shannon. Number 30 is the cutest kiddo ever.
#9 - Great pics.
#9. Bob and Sandy Prazeau. rsprazeau@msn.com
#9 please :) beautiful work!
#66 The innocence of life!!! Nice job friend on 68 beautiful shoots!! Bethanyr27@msn.com
#22!!! What an Angel!!!
Kim Greig Kim.greig@yahoo.com
#22!!! What an Angel!!!
kim- Kim.greig@yahoo.com
#30 Gets our vote!
(14 and 64 runners up)
I couldn't just put one they are all beautiful pictures.
kimberlyd210@hotmail.com
All of your photos blow me away Bethany! I'm a blog stalker of yours for sure:) What an amazing God given talent you have. Personally, um....#57!
i love puggles!!! so I'll have to go with 62.
voting for #37 :)
voting for 52
I cast my vote for #30. Although the colors are not entirely "tonal" they are all friends and perfectly compliment each other. The blurred background really frames the picture and draws the focus into the mom/son. It's also evokes a happy and loving emotion. Well done.
All of your work is amazing. But even if I wasn't biased, #64 hits me pretty good. =) Fun idea!
Tough decision, but I'm gonna have to go with #12
Sarah Nelson
westfasa@onid.orst.edu
I think #20 is priceless. The way the hammock makes the infant look secure and set apart from the rest of the world . . . amazing!
Mandy Mattos, mandylea@hotmail.com
#64 - he is a cutie.
amytarnold@gmail.com
#14....absolutely darling. nicolelouiseb@hotmail.com
#64~ What a precious lil man. Love how you captured the look in his face:)
ananunez_143@hotmail.com
#64 - those eyes! What a great capture!
#64 Sweetest boy ever
Jillian, jilliancm5@gmail.com
OOOO how fun!! I really love the people in #36 and think everyone should vote for them because I am. I also love #20 and #66 but my vote is for #36 because of what it captures for me personally. The beauty of adoption and the beautiful faces of people I love so dearly. If I win the random I'll have to give mine away but I think we'll be in P-town at some point this year and we WILL be booking a session. WOO HOO! My info is Erica Shubin - erica dot shubin at gmail dot com.
#14 she is darling and looks like she is ready to talk to you!
I love the sister picture -- #13, please!
Kate Murray
katebrynn@gmail.com
Number 36! Cutest family EVER!!!!!!
~Brooke
moonrige@aol.com
# 16.
I have loved that one since the moment I saw it. SO Portland...so beautiful. However, there are many many lovely faces.
That's my vote.
Janine Arthur
jajarthur@gmail.com
:)
#14 - like the eyes and the expression!
They're all amazing Bethany, so hard to choose but I think I'll go ahead and go with #6:) Love you! Such a great idea!!
#12. So beautiful and FULL of emotion. I love the expression! But...how can you ask to choose? They are all so wonderful and SEVERAL just grabbed me!
Jodi
yoderhaz@gmail.com
#30 for Sophia! Cute cute cute!
#9!! love the pic!
Stephanie Wild
Stephers729@msn.com
#30... SOPHIA!!! Such a cutie:)
Bethany....they are ALL soooooo beautiful and you are so incredibly talented!!! I am going to have to go with #16 because of who's in it, plus it's an AWESOME photo....but they were all fantastic!
#47. I have to pick my Derek. Bethany yours are all amazing!
Jen
jenisler@yahoo.com
#64
Lisa
magpiemorning@gmail.com
how can you resist #30? we can't. she's got our vote.
klarissa.oh@gmail.com
#30 for sure!! I love Sophia!!cutest niece I could ever ask for!! :)
Hannah Boland, bolandh@onid.orst.edu
#30....What a cutie. jmthompson_dental@yahoo.com
Oh, #36 is so so cute! Those two little ones are tooo precious!
erynkesler@gmail.com
love # 30! she is too cute!
#20! So precious! Kayla
Skyler.kayla@gmail.com
#49 is an amazing picture.
# 30 is my favorite, but # 33 is a very close second!
The Robison's choose #30 with #33 our second choice.
36!!!!!!!!!
As a photographer your work is an inspiration to me! I love to check on your blog and smile through your pics! I had an incredibley difficult time choosing, but I love #10, it looks like they don't know you're there and I love to capture those moments! You rock, Bethany!
I have to pick #23...it's my favorite photo ever of Katie and Zach! I love the vibrant colors!
Marie Buttles
marie.buttles (at) gmail.com
#30 has my vote! She is DARLING!!!
They are all so great! Hard to chose just one. But #30 has my vote!
>B< Papa Olson
#64- He looks ready for anything !!
donoleolson@yahoo.com
I vote for #30, the cutest grand daughter ever!
Papa Joe
Megan Coleman
megancoleman82@hotmail.com
#64
#30...adorable! (Holly - calypzoh22@yahoo.com)
#30, the cutie!
Nicholas Coleman nwcoleman82@hotmail.com
#64-the little man!
The Conrad's are voting for #9. You did such an awesome job, every picture is absolutely beautiful!.
Rochelle Conrad rcinhw2005@aol.com
#30 is pretty dang cute! erinescott@hotmail.com
#30 my vote is for Sophia
love, Uncle Matt
matt.robison@hotmail.com
#30!! So cute!
Whitney_thill@hotmail.com
I am going to have to say #64. Sharon at srmacklin@gmail.com
I vote for my friend Sophia! (#30)
Love,
Grace
gmbrownlee@gmail.com
#64
merrick.brownlee@gmail.com
#30
hannah@crownrep.com
The handsome Mr. E gets my vote! #64
Love, Claire
(my mommy's email address is hannah@crownrep.com)
#30
rachaelrmelhorn@yahoo.com
What an adorable little girl!
#12. I love all your photos, Bethany, but the ones you did of Ian and Sarah are some of the best I've ever seen. Lovely. kaelaschamp@gmail.com
#30 GO SOPHIA!! Amanda Buell (osusurfergirl@hotmail.com)
#30! It captures her gorgeous little smile!
amylauseng@hotmail.com
#9 THE SPRINGER'S PIC. MARILYN LOMNICKY MLOMNICK @LHS.ORG
what a neat idea Bethany
but then again you are sooo full of amazing ideas and creativity
I vote for #6
capturing the joy and love of a very sweet family
Danya Blythe
danyablythe@yahoo.com
#49 I love all of your photos!
Katie Stember
k.stember@comcast.net
#9! Becky Schlegel. babybec20@hotmail.com
#30 IS the cutest little girl I've ever seen!!!!
# 30.....the cutest birthday buddy you could ask for
love grandma
skboland321@hotmail.com
#22.... What a sweetheart!
Such a difficult decision, all the pictures are amazing. I think I would say that #12 is the best though. The look, the emotions all captured wonderfully. Great picture.
Sara
cera@mail.com
#30 and #66 are photos I would like to have in a frame on my desk, and I don't even know those kids. But #33 gets my vote for best picture. Bethany, you get my vote for favorite photographer.
Although I love my brother and sister-in-law, I think my good friend has a bit more interest in this :) So I vote for the adorable Ms. Sophia #30! amberamandi@gmail.com
I've gotta go with the handsome couple in #42 :) So many great photos, Bethany, if I wasn't related to one of the contestants, it'd be so hard to choose! Leticia (chadleticia@netzero.net)
Beautiful work! How fun to look at all the photos. My vote goes to #14...pure innocence and sweetness captured in a photo. Darling little gal.
Ok, the babies are all too cute, can not choose between any of them, I have to vote for Ian and Sarah. You really did an amazing job with heir photos. I have gained much inspiration from them!
#36 is my fav!!! An it's not just because they are my God children. I really LOVE the picture!!!
Jamie
jkv03@yahoo.com
My choice is #30....what a great smile!
I know it is taboo to not vote for my family ... but I have LOVED #33 since the moment you posted it on your blog. Purely from a photography standpoint, it is outstanding in my eye, so gotta go with that one. Hugs to all our little friends in all of these pics and of course our little guy ... such a fun 2009 memory walk!
jessicalanejordan@hotmail.com
#12 caught my eye! All were great...you should do a book, Bethany.
Have to go with #12! All of the engagement photos you took of Sarah and Ian were great and we continue to get compliments on them. All of your work is just beautiful Bethany, this was not easy, but as their mom I am biased a little too. mo4jc@hotmail.com
#9...Mr. P is so cute! Brandon Prazeau bprazeau@gmail.com
Number 9 for sure!!
I forgot to leave my email address!
kristen.wilson0@gmail.com Go #12!
#59 is my favorite. So beautiful.
Carly Hill
carly.e.hill@gmail.com
#64, so cute! (Krista - Kristacuo@hotmail.com)
#47 Beautiful! Michelle msy719 at gmail dot com
#64 brings peace, warmth, and joy to my heart.
#64 - How handsome! Love the hat.
My vote is for #30. With #33 coming in a close second :)
Sharon Bjornseth
sharonkay@Netscape.com
#64 gets my vote, he's darling!
Camille - periquita07@hotmail.com
#64! Absolutely precious!
I vote #30! Brooke Morrison
I'll go with 64! 14 is a close second!
I vote for #64. I love him
oops I forgot my email address in my vote for #64. Hayley9595@aol.com
#12!!
Alise Fleming
alise.furtherupandfurtherin@gmail.com
#56.. Very cute. :)
Danielle Hamm
dhamm18@msn.com
#56.. She is so cute!
dhamm18@msn.com (Danielle Hamm)
#13 That is the sweetest pic I've ever seen taken!
Alison Haupt
alisonhaupt@yahoo.com
#36!! They are such a sweet young family, parenting with passion and vision! And they're an adoptive family, like ours!
# 16, 20, 29
Lovely
Vicky
contato@vickyrodrigues.com.br
I vote #9!
I vote #13.
#64 is the cutest! leahleicester8@msn.com
Great, great photos, Bethany!!! Darling duo in #57, but, my vote goes to Mr. E in #64!! To know him is to love him!!!
lynnmerit@aol.col
Awesome photos!! #9 please - a beautiful family! Bernie Andreotti baa.walk@verizon.net
They are all awesome but I would have to say #9 is number one!
Great job Bethany!!!!
#8 So adorable! Great contest B, you rock my socks!
Gina Cornelius | mattngina2@comcast.net
#8 So adorable! Great contest B, you rock my socks!
Gina Cornelius | mattngina2@comcast.net
Photos are awesome. Number 9 is my favorite!
John Snell jsnell2964@msn.com
#9 all the way!
Bonnie S.
Bonniebsnell@msn.com
I vote for picture #13. Check it out everyone.....so cute!!
#30! :)
#30..that little peek-a-boo...too cute!!
I love your photography! #9 is my vote! Sue Corey scorey62@gmail.com.
Your photography is beautiful!
#9 is our favorite!
Kspringer2005@netscape.net
20. I love your newborn pics. Beautiful!
emgillam@gmail.com
Peek-a-boo cutie number 30
#13 Absolutely!! Those girls are adorable!!
#30 is the best!
opps! Forgot my email after my vote for #30(was just thinking you could contact via my blog, and forgot)
kelly@tofslie.com :)
#16 :)
dreams.r4.ever@gmail.com
#9 is where it is at! Beautiful Family!
#30 is the cutest girl, ever!!!
Jojo Haren
Jojorides52@me.com
Too cute! #13
#30 Cute little Sophia! Andrea Allen layneandrea@hotmail.com
#35 ! Cutest Family Picture. You do beautiful pictures. Carrie Smith carrieasmith79@yahoo.com
#49
Rebekah Williams
rebekahjoy@comcast.net
#49
Rebekah Williams
rebekahjoy@comcast.net
Gotta go with #40. That little girl is pretty dang cute! Kelly Klos, nelsokel@yahoo.com
#12 all the way. Your photography is beautiful..
Lauren Beeghly
Leba362@aol.com
#30 I think that picture is sooo cute of that little girl! How adorable. I hope she wins!!! :)
candicerosekramer@gmail.com
Hi Bethany, I'm an amateur photog just starting out in the Seattle area and I love your work! They're all great but I think #13 is super adorable!
-Lanette
www.justnetters.blogspot.com
#9 MBLACKMA@lhs.org Melveda Blackman
Number 9! Treva Vetter
Trevavetter@yahoo.com
#13 - so cute!!!
#9 - Not a cuter family out there.
My vote is Number 13. Ny precious little grandchildren.
Winnie Strickland
winnies@cableone.net
#24 just looks like everybody is having such a good time! Beth Juarez jorgebethj@gmail.com
You are an incredible photographer. It is really hard to choose but I have to go with #67 - cutest family ever.
beth
drblanghorst@comcast.net
#54
musicmaster1805@gmail.com
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#64 - those eyes and smile get me every time!
50
#30 - the most beautiful girl the world.
Matt Rider
mjrider22@hotmail.com
#30 please
Although I will add that you are a fabulous photographer and all of the photos are amazing!
Brett Ockerman bebrow@yahoo.com
Wow! These pictures are amazing. So hard to choose, but I pick #64.
Leanne Sype
leanp@msn.com
#29 has two of my three favorite people in the world. Plus they are really good-looking.
Drew Coleman
Drew@DrewColeman.com
#64=Stud
Aaron Nawrocki
aaronn@mtgadvocates.com
#64 is adorable! What a perfect baby picture! Great shot.
Oh those blue eyes in #64 have to be my favorite!
I'm told to vote for #64
Bryant Jaksic
bjaksic@gmail.com
The little man in #64 is the winner in my eyes!
Awesome photos!
Veronica Park
veronicapark@comcast.net
#4 is awesome
jakem says #64 is the cutest sweetest of all.
jakem_603@yahoo.com
#64. I have that same hat.
#64 is pretty darn cute so I vote for that!
#64 . . . no comparison!
Put another one down for #64 from the Greenes!
#29!
Number 64, please! What a cutie patootie!
#64 - Those eyes are begging for a vote!...
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