It gives us great joy and honor to present to you our winners for this years “Image of the Year”” competition at Making the Moment Photography. Congratulations to all of our 133 nominees, as well as our top 21 finalists. It was a hard fight for you all, with nearly 7000 votes being cast over the last week. We proudly anounce the top three images of the year!
Rustic Beauty
Crafted by Brett, this image of Megan shines – the stark contrast of Megan’s natural beauty over the rusted out shell of an abandoned building help make this image a winner. Brett took a risk crafting this image – and risks pay off. On Megan’s wedding day Brett saw the potential in this location, and Megan trusted Brett’s instincts. Megan is lit completely by a a shelf of natural light peering in through an adjacent window.. Over 400 votes were cast for this image – amazing. Read more about their day here– it is such “A Beautiful Story“.
Pretty in Pink
Second place doesn’t mean that this image doesn’t rock – the vote margin between this image and first place was razor thin. Roughly 20 votes separated this image from winning first place. Ben crafted this image and we’re in love with the perfect placement of two wonderful people. Something you can’t see in this image – the wonderful kindness and joy of two great people. Mega and Ben are two folks we love dearly – read more about them here.
Floral Fun
Heather and Yanni also fought hard for their image from their fun Cleveland Wedding to win the prize, and also came super close to taking it all. Created by Vince, this super fun and playful image warms our hearts. Heather’s bouquet crafted by Neil Leeson carries the weight of the image, while Heather’s smile and her friends laughter carry our hearts. You can read more about Heather and her fun day right here.
The Image of the Year Competition
If you’re new to Making the Moment Photography, you might be unfamiliar with our Image of the Year Competition. Just this week, we nominated 133 images – one leading image from each of our weddings, engagement sessions, mitzvahs, family & creative senior image sessions. Each image was then submitted to our facebook fan page for open voting by our awesome community of friends, clients & fans. Here’s the original nominees if you had missed themAfter a few days of open voting, we selected the top 20 Images from the open voting to move forward to a second round. These images were voted on by nearly __________ people, and they represent the best of our creative cleveland based photography company. If you’d like to see the top 21 finalists, here’s the post on our top 21 [since there was a tie for 20th place], and where the final round of voting took place.
Image of the Year Grand Prize
Megan & Matt have won our grand prize for this year’s competition;
- 24×36″ Metal Wall Art Print with B.A. (bad-ass) Metal Stud Post Hangers. Yes – complete awesomeness.
- $250 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
- Our team will toilet paper the person’s house of your choice **
Image of the Year Runner-Up
Meg & Ben are still getting hooked up for their awesome image;
- $187.15 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
- Limited edition signed/numbered photograph of Brett drinking a wee bit much at this year’s openhouse
- A high five from our staff ***
Image of the Year Almost Winner (3rd Place)
And not to leave Heather & Yanni in the dust – they still get some pretty awesome stuff from us too;
- $50 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
- Limited edition signed photograph from someone else’s wedding
- Luke will give a strangely long awkward hug to the person of your choice
The Fine Print
* Do not hit, bite or otherwise hurt other contestants
** People never read the fine print. So sad. Actually, we will be toilet papering your house. Yes. Yours. Enjoy the gift card, the metal print, and picking up lots of toilet paper.
*** Wash your hands. At least one of us is a severe germophobe and we don’t want to get all pukey because you don’t wash your hands after you pee.
