Well, our contest for the Best Wedding Image of 2009 ended at midnight last night, and I’ve spent the morning counting votes. It was certainly a thrilling race, with nearly 600 different people voting! And that’s all individuals, there was no tricky business allowed. Trust me, we sent those ninja cats out to a couple people. I hear they were terrified, but promised never to cheat in an online contest again….
Anywho, you don’t really care about that. What you care about is who won. And whether or not you got that sweet free portrait session!
Since I’m still missing the Olympics, I gave our top three contestants medals for their bravery and dedication to this contest.
Coming in third place, which was the most hotly contested spot….
April & Sheldon! They get a custom 11x14 print for their effforts! Hip hip hooray!
In second place, with an astounding number of votes, the very romantic Laurie & Joseph! They will also receive an 11x14 custom print! Huzzah!
And in first place, the big kahuna, the ones who swept the competition, with an INSANE number of votes…..
SONAL & RAJ!!! YAYYY!!!!111!!!1!111!!!!!
Now, what’s really cool about these two being the winners is that even if I took out all the votes made by friends, family, and obvious co-workers (I can figure that out when I get a million emails all from employees in the same company ;) they still would have won. The votes that I was most interested in were those made by our own friends, family, past clients, and colleagues. We are very honoured to have our blog frequented by other photographers from around the world, as well as stellar wedding professionals, and were so happy to see them getting in on the voting! Those votes, which were completely unbiased in terms of loyalty, were going most frequently to this image. It was the true winner. It’s romantic, exotic, adventurous and unique: everything you’d like your own wedding to be! Congrats you guys!!! They will receive a gorgeous 16x24 canvas, and I definitely think they should pick this shot ;)
Ok, now, the winner of the free portrait session and 8x10 print is…..
Chelsea Luft!!
I’ll be giving Chelsea a shout to see if she is able to claim her prize. We did get a lot of votes from all over the world, so I don’t know if she’ll ever be in Edmonton! So sit tight, and I’ll announce if the prize is indeed awarded, or if we need to draw again :)
Thanks to everyone for participating, it was super fun! We have a little thank you treat for everyone who played, so check your emails :)
Lots of love!
Lauren & Rob
Laura 10 hours, 40 minutes ago
Yay! The one I voted for won!! It was hard to choose though. Your work is stellar! Good job and beautiful pics!