Best of 2009 - win a free session+prints/canvas | New Jersey children photographer

I want to thank everybody who have made 2009 such a success for me! It was great to meet new clients and make new friends and to watch 'old' little clients grow - thank you for allowing me into your lives and letting me capture memories for you.

As a recap of 2009 I am holding a 'Best of' contest in which you will vote for the Image of the Year. I love all my clients and have favorites from every single session so it was very difficult to narrow down the finalists. After long deliberation, I managed to select my 15 favorite images from this year. Now it is up to you to decide which image gets the title of the Image of the Year at Live Love Laugh Photos - and the prize that goes along with it:)

Vote for your favorite image by leaving a comment in this post to let me know which image you are voting for.

There can be up to THREE winners:
1) Image with the most votes wins. The winner will receive an 11x14 gallery wrapped canvas of the winning image AND a $100 print credit toward prints/boutique items to be used on a regular session in 2010.

2) In addition, to thank you all for participating in voting, I will randomly select one of the comments below and the submitter will receive a FREE spring mini session package valued at $300!

3) And if we get over 250 votes I will give away not one but TWO mini sessions!

So vote for your favorite image, have your friends and family voting and spread the word: blog about it, put it on your 'Facebook' page, etc.

Added Bonus
If you book your session while the contest is going on, you will receive $100 print credit towards any boutique items to be used on a regular session in 2010!

Some fine print:
- The voting ends on Friday, January 15 and I will announce the Best Image and Spring mini-session winners on the blog on Saturday, January 16
- Please keep things fair and vote only for one image - I can check the IP addresses!
- Mini sessions will take place in April in Bergen County New Jersey (location of my choice). If you are not local to the area you can give the mini session package to a friend

Happy voting and good luck!

1: Sam and Alex

2 Maddie:

3 Isaac:

4 Alexa:

5 Paige:

6 Isabella:

7 Niko:

8 Stella and Odysseus:

9 Olivia and Samantha:

10 Natasha:

11 Jayden:

12 Lauren and Amanda:

13 Josie:

14 Sayan:

15 Sylvia and Nils:

EDITED TO ADD: if you are not able to leave a comment below then send me an email at Lena@LiveLoveLaughPhotos.com with the image number you would like to vote for.

Three days young | New Jersey Newborn photographer

I met this little darling this week when she was only three days old! I thought that she would be sleeping all the time but she was awake for a while - giving me an opportunity to capture her amazing eyes - so big and blue!

Enjoy your sneak peek and congratulations again - D. is absolutely beautiful!

'Half-sleeping' beauty| New Jersey newborn photographer

I photographed this little beautify when she was just a week old. Her Mom told me that the day before the photoshoot she slept all day long and had to be woken up for feedings. Well, it seems that she wanted to make up for that because the day of the photoshoot she was wide awake for at least half of the session:) Her Mom and I worked hard to put her to sleep and in the end I was able to get some sleepy, cuddly baby images.

And her big sister was such a doll - at first hiding from me under the table but eventually warming up and giving me some of the biggest smiles I've seen! :)

Bundle of joy | New Jersey newborn photographer

I re-connected with this old co-worker of mine a few weeks ago through Facebook and was so happy to find out that she had just given birth to a son. It was so great to see L. again and to meet the newest member of her family. I met this adorable guy when he was just 10 days old - he was absolutely perfect! I had so much fun during this session and I am quite pleased with the result.

Enjoy your preview and I will be in touch shortly - once I am done proofing the rest of the images.

Brand New | New Jersey newborn photographer

More coming soon....