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2012 // The Top 20 Images

By January 21, 2013January 9th, 2018Around Here

Yes – it’s official – the finalists have been chosen. And they are absolutely amazing – we are SO thankful for your votes on our “Image of the Year Competition“. We’re now in the final round, and we’re excited to see which work of art YOU will choose to be the Image of the Year. The 20 amazing images on this page represent the finalists in this year’s competition.
Cleveland Wedding PhotographerIf you’re a newcomer to Making the Moment Photography, you might not be familiar with our “Image of the Year” competition. To celebrate all that last year was, we nominated 94 images (one from each of our weddings, creative engagement sessions, family fun, newborn, mitzvah, or commercial shoots) to be chosen by our fans to be Image of the Year.
Cleveland Wedding PhotographersOpen Voting was held over the past few days, and the top 20 images were voted on by our facebook fans. Nearly 4000 votes were cast on these 94 awesome photographs, and the top 20 have moved forward to the final round of the competition.

Image of the Year Grand Prize

Valued at nearly $1000 bucks, this is worth fighting for *

  • 24×36 Gallery wrapped canvas of the Image of the Year
  • $250 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
  • A high five from our staff **
Image of the Year Runner-Up

Amazing awesomeness still happens here for our second place winner

  • $191.54 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
  • Limited edition signed/numbered photograph of a member of our staff and a bearded cat
  • A low five from our staff **
Image of the Year Almost Winner (3rd Place)

Amazing awesomeness still happens here for our third place winner

  • $50 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
  • Limited edition signed photograph from someone else’s wedding
  • Some sugar packets from starbucks
When Does Round Two End?

Round Two voting starts right now (Tuesday January 22, 2013). The Second round for voting is much shorter, with voting ending Tomorrow, January 23 at 9:00PM EST.

How Do We Vote for Our Favorite Image?

Contestants, friends, family (enemies too we suppose) are able to vote by simply “liking” the image (or images) they enjoy most on this blog post. There is a Facebook “like” button underneath each of our 20 finalists on this page – just click it while being logged into Facebook and you have voted. Although round one was open to all, in this final round only voters who “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook are eligible to vote in this round of the competition.

How do I become a fan so that my vote counts?

Very easy – just click the “like” Making the Moment Photography Facebook page button underneath each image – easy peezy, nice and breezy mister sneezy! (never heard that before? That’s cuz we just made it up right here and now)

Can I vote any other way?

Nope.

When Will Winners be Announced?

On or before Friday January 25, we will announce the top three Images of the year! We need a full day to tabulate the votes, given all the research we’ll have to do to verify everything – but the wait will be worth it!

How Can I Get Lots o’ Votes?

Simple; tell your friends. Tell everyone! The more likes, the better chances you have of your image winning the competition!

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

Photography Competition Entrant

To Vote for the Image Above to be the Image of the Year

Step 1: “like” Making the Moment Photography on Facebook to register to vote in our competition

Step 2: To officially vote for the image above, click the like button below.

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