The results are in!
Sorry for not posting these last night. The Time Warner server must have been experiencing some 'hiccups' and the service kept going in and out. I finally gave up and went to bed!
This was a tough task for me. The submissions were great! It was fun to see your images but reading your reasons why the image was important to you and why photos in general are an important part of your life was wonderful. The way your connection to the photograph was expressed in words was a very important part of how I determined the winner.
So....here they are!
The Winning Entry will receive a photo session with me, an online gallery of the images from the session, an online slideshow of select images from the session and a matted and framed 8x10 of their choice.
WINNING ENTRY-FAVORITE IMAGE CONTEST
There are so many photographs that are invaluable to me- pictures of my family, pictures from my childhood, my dog (she's like my child), and especially those from my wedding day- it is hard to think of one that is my absolute favorite- like, if my house was on fire, which picture would I grab? An impossible question to answer! Instead I am submitting a picture that, for some reason, has just stuck with me since my childhood. The picture is, I believe of my great-grandmother Betty and two of my great-uncles, Spalding and Grant. It was taken where they all lived in Hawaii and is probably from about 1925.
There's an inscription on the back that reads, "...after spending the day with Mrs. Crowles. You see, our bathing suits are not big enough to reach. We call these 'bare backs' of Hawaii." I don't know who wrote it, who they wrote it to, or who Mrs. Crowles was. I don't even know which of the women is my great-grandmother, or which of the kids are my uncles. No one is facing the camera- there's just a slight side glance from one of the kids- which makes me wonder what their faces look like, what are they looking at, are they happy? It seem like this would have been a fairly insignificant moment in my family's history- one my great grandmother would probably think is strange for me to love- but I am attached to it because it makes me wonder about the people in it.
Photographs have always been an important part of my life, in no small part because I grew up in Alaska, far away from most of my family. Part of the way I got to know people in my family was seeing them through old photographs. You may not have been there or known the person at the time, but you can become a witness to history and have a personal face-to-face encounter with someone, even if they are miles away, or decades away in time- when you see them sometimes in a picture.
Submitted by:
Robyn Schnaible
South Portland
Congratulations to Robyn! Please contact me to schedule your session!
Because there were so many great entries I decided to also award a few 'honorable mentions'. These individuals will receive a $100 gift certificate from me that can be used towards a session fee or prints.
This shot is of Erik and my Uncle Nick. This picture was taken in my brother's backyard in Yarmouth, Maine. When I took this picture I was feeling what I feel every time I look at it...like my mom is watching. My mother passed away about 9 years ago...long before I met Erik. It breaks my heart that the two most important people in my life were never able to meet, never able to take a walk, or share a hug or a laugh. It makes it all a little incomplete. My uncle, my mom's brother, more than anyone, shares her spirit; he has that same twinkle in his eye that she had in hers and looks at me the way she used to. I am so thankful that I still have my uncle here to give Erik an idea of what she was like; so warm, so protective, so loving.
So I guess this picture feels like there are three people in it...people who mean the world to me!
Effie Eraklis
It really is my favorite and it makes me smile every time I see it. Jack is now 2 ½ and this picture is when he was 5 months. The look on his face was precious. It wasn’t really a smile, although he was happy. It was almost skeptical-that one eyebrow higher than the other. Also, his personality as an infant was sort of skeptical. I will never forget how his hair used to stick up on top. It also reminds me of my other son Nolan who is now almost 5. His hair stuck straight up at the same age. And those few hay like strands that yield to the sides….so cute. Everyone who sees this picture always stops in their tracks and admires it. It’s just one of those looks that is one in a million I think. Also, his size compared to my hand always reminds me that yes, he was that small once………
Ellen Matthews
This picture brings me back to the day we spent playing with my grandson, building a fort. We all had a Great time. The crisp day and the snow is a great background that brought out the bright colors of his eyes and his rosy red cheeks. I also see the innocence in his starry blue eyes one that I will never forget as he grows older.
The snowman is now gone but the pictures bring it back like it was yesterday. Living in Maine ,I believe every kid is a winter kid and we should catch that image more & more to show off on our shelves. I would love to have portraits of my grand kids in all four seasons hanging on my living room walls.
Diane Green
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone that entered! This was harder than I thought it would be but definitely a lot of fun. Keep checking the blog....you never know when I may have another contest!
This was a tough task for me. The submissions were great! It was fun to see your images but reading your reasons why the image was important to you and why photos in general are an important part of your life was wonderful. The way your connection to the photograph was expressed in words was a very important part of how I determined the winner.
So....here they are!
The Winning Entry will receive a photo session with me, an online gallery of the images from the session, an online slideshow of select images from the session and a matted and framed 8x10 of their choice.
WINNING ENTRY-FAVORITE IMAGE CONTEST
There are so many photographs that are invaluable to me- pictures of my family, pictures from my childhood, my dog (she's like my child), and especially those from my wedding day- it is hard to think of one that is my absolute favorite- like, if my house was on fire, which picture would I grab? An impossible question to answer! Instead I am submitting a picture that, for some reason, has just stuck with me since my childhood. The picture is, I believe of my great-grandmother Betty and two of my great-uncles, Spalding and Grant. It was taken where they all lived in Hawaii and is probably from about 1925.
There's an inscription on the back that reads, "...after spending the day with Mrs. Crowles. You see, our bathing suits are not big enough to reach. We call these 'bare backs' of Hawaii." I don't know who wrote it, who they wrote it to, or who Mrs. Crowles was. I don't even know which of the women is my great-grandmother, or which of the kids are my uncles. No one is facing the camera- there's just a slight side glance from one of the kids- which makes me wonder what their faces look like, what are they looking at, are they happy? It seem like this would have been a fairly insignificant moment in my family's history- one my great grandmother would probably think is strange for me to love- but I am attached to it because it makes me wonder about the people in it.
Photographs have always been an important part of my life, in no small part because I grew up in Alaska, far away from most of my family. Part of the way I got to know people in my family was seeing them through old photographs. You may not have been there or known the person at the time, but you can become a witness to history and have a personal face-to-face encounter with someone, even if they are miles away, or decades away in time- when you see them sometimes in a picture.
Submitted by:
Robyn Schnaible
South Portland
Congratulations to Robyn! Please contact me to schedule your session!
Because there were so many great entries I decided to also award a few 'honorable mentions'. These individuals will receive a $100 gift certificate from me that can be used towards a session fee or prints.
This shot is of Erik and my Uncle Nick. This picture was taken in my brother's backyard in Yarmouth, Maine. When I took this picture I was feeling what I feel every time I look at it...like my mom is watching. My mother passed away about 9 years ago...long before I met Erik. It breaks my heart that the two most important people in my life were never able to meet, never able to take a walk, or share a hug or a laugh. It makes it all a little incomplete. My uncle, my mom's brother, more than anyone, shares her spirit; he has that same twinkle in his eye that she had in hers and looks at me the way she used to. I am so thankful that I still have my uncle here to give Erik an idea of what she was like; so warm, so protective, so loving.
So I guess this picture feels like there are three people in it...people who mean the world to me!
Effie Eraklis
It really is my favorite and it makes me smile every time I see it. Jack is now 2 ½ and this picture is when he was 5 months. The look on his face was precious. It wasn’t really a smile, although he was happy. It was almost skeptical-that one eyebrow higher than the other. Also, his personality as an infant was sort of skeptical. I will never forget how his hair used to stick up on top. It also reminds me of my other son Nolan who is now almost 5. His hair stuck straight up at the same age. And those few hay like strands that yield to the sides….so cute. Everyone who sees this picture always stops in their tracks and admires it. It’s just one of those looks that is one in a million I think. Also, his size compared to my hand always reminds me that yes, he was that small once………
Ellen Matthews
This picture brings me back to the day we spent playing with my grandson, building a fort. We all had a Great time. The crisp day and the snow is a great background that brought out the bright colors of his eyes and his rosy red cheeks. I also see the innocence in his starry blue eyes one that I will never forget as he grows older.
The snowman is now gone but the pictures bring it back like it was yesterday. Living in Maine ,I believe every kid is a winter kid and we should catch that image more & more to show off on our shelves. I would love to have portraits of my grand kids in all four seasons hanging on my living room walls.
Diane Green
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone that entered! This was harder than I thought it would be but definitely a lot of fun. Keep checking the blog....you never know when I may have another contest!
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