It’s been quite the competition
Without further ado…..
Without further pause……
Without stretching this out any longer…..
The votes are cast and the re-grams are re-grammed.
The chips have fallen and the aesthetically plump lady has exhausted her vocal cords.
It gives us great joy and honor to present to you our winners for this year’s Image of the Year at Making the Moment. Congratulations to all of our 124 nominees, as well as our top 21 finalists! the battle was intense and hard fought. We’re proud of each and every one of you. ‘Twas a valiant effort, with thousands of votes being cast over the last week. We proudly anounce the top three images of the year!
First Place – #alignedunveil
Vince, Hallie, and Pavan crafted this image at the Cleveland Art Museum. We love how Vince played her flowing veil against the perfectly symmetrical lines. This image showcases a real moment between them that’s both parts art and feeling.
Second Place – #BravingtheBridge
Second place doesn’t mean that this image doesn’t hold it’s own – Katie and Brent stand surrounded by old steel and ivy. Brave indeed! Sara captured the moment of this killer couple. We’re loving how the veil surrounds them!
Third Place – #Sunuhlight
This glimpse of Katie and Jim’s engagement session at Stan Hywet bought to you by Marcus. Plainly seen, the streaming sunlight couldn’t have been better for this image. A truly candid moment that yours truly is quite proud of 😀 Excited to photograph their wedding this coming year!
THE IMAGE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
If you’re new to Making the Moment, you might be unfamiliar with our Image of the Year Competition. Just this week, we nominated 124 images – one leading image from each of our weddings, engagement sessions, 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 them. After a few days of open voting, we selected the top 21 Images from the open voting to move forward to a second round. These images were voted on by nearly 7000 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]! Basically, all of you lovely people took over Facebook and Instagram, liking up a storm!
IMAGE OF THE YEAR GRAND PRIZE
Valued at over $1000 bucks, this is worth fighting for *
- 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 re-enact your favorite movie scene to our terrible ability and share the result**
- Limited edition, One-of-a-kind award crafted of love and a paper plate
IMAGE OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP
Pretty good stuff still happens here for our second place winner
- $187.15 gift card to the Making the Moment Photography print lab
- One (1) bottle of Brett’s Bald Beautiful Balm – An innovative product from our very own Brett***
- A poorly Photoshopped photo of our staff poorly Photoshopping a photo from Photoshop
- A paperclip actually used by Renee to hold paper together against other pieces of paper
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
- One (1) over-the-phone serenading of “My Heart Will Go On” performed by Marcus
- Vince will give a strangely long awkward hug to the person of your choice
- Sara will arrive at a pre-designated destination to laugh at your friends for no reason
THE FINE PRINT
* Do not hit, bite or otherwise hurt other contestants
** Scarface preferred. Christopher Walken to be praised. No Frozen. No My Little Pony. K, maybe….
*** Bald head required for use
**** There’s not even a four-star notation….sucka…..
