THANK YOU FOR VOTING! CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY OVER! WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK!
Happy New Year!! It’s time for my second annual “Best Of” contest. It’s been fun going through my session folders choosing my favorite images of 2011. Now it’s your turn to cast your vote and let us know what you think.
[here are the rules]
1. Each individual person may vote for one photo, one time only. IP addresses will be tracked so please don’t be shady and try to vote more than that. Please and thanks 🙂
2. To cast your vote, just leave me a comment in the comment section below. Please include your comment under this blog post “Best of 2011” and NOT within another blog post comment box. Comments left inadvertently under a different blog post will NOT be counted. Please identify by coordinating image number and image title.
3. If you’re not a Fan on Facebook, head on over and hit “Like” now. Fans, and only fans, will get a ONE MORE VOTE! Please indicate in your comment below that you have “Liked” the Fan Page. Do not comment twice.
Also, winners will be announced on the Bellini Portraits Facebook Fan Page so keep checking there for updates!
4. Please double check to be sure your email is typed in correctly. Very important.
5. Send this to ALL of your friends and family and get them to vote for your little one, too!
[here are the prizes]
1st place : One complimentary weekday session!!!!
2nd & 3rd place : 16x 20 styrene mounted print of the 2nd & 3rd place photos.
4th & 5th place : $50 print credits towards future session.
Contest will end Sunday January 8th at 11:59pm!! So go cast your vote!!
without further ado, here are the images!!
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1. newborn knuckle sandwich
2. winter wrap
3. glow
4. petit aviator
5. pink hat
6. bella nina
7. cozy newborn
8. book time
9. smiley boy
10. newborn smiles
11. pretty in pink
12. baby noah
13. newborn scale
14. kiss of spring
15. yellow flower
16. the look
17. adoration
18. a mother’s touch
19. pink and blue
20. peony
21. white tub
22. window light
23. the purple hat
24. music in the park
25. boy in white
26. straw hat beauty
27. big sis in a boat
28. vintage bathing beauty
29. straw fedora
30. castle hill
31. big balloon
32. family sandwich
33. twins
34. the fountain
35. stork rocker
36. blue flag
37. poppy
38. crowned jewel
39. waiting
40. baby carriage
41. joy
42. butterfly
43. the kiss
44. sail away
45. the fence
46. little wagon
47. waiting for elsie
48. mirror mirror
49. september beach
50. oliviah
51. swirl
52. miss colorful
53. tent
54. family
55. brothers
56. cape cod
57. pumpkin patch
58. mother and daughter
59. happy
60. bonnet
61. forever bond
62. smile!
63. dapper dan
64. momma love
65. window seat
66. Christmas tent
67. brown and blue
68. little beauty
69. lil’ king
70. cheek squish
Marisa - 28 VINTAGE BATHING BEAUTY!
jen gagliardi - 31 big balloon, very hard to choose!!! they all are fabulous!!
Adriana - 54. Family
Julie - 13. Newborn Scale – and ditto to Jen!!
Cristina - So hard to pick just one. I am going with the one that made me say awwww… #6 bella nina.
Michelle Dubois - #31 Big Balloon is my vote!
I have “Liked” your fan page on Facebook – so fun to watch all your work come through!
Kim Stachow - Oh please let it be #68 “little beauty” 🙂 xoxo
Karen Harrington - #68 Little Beauty,
She is such a beautiful baby!!!!!!
Donna Rustigian - # 68 – Little Beauty ….. is indeed a Little Beauty!
Sarah - #68 Little Beauty
Marilyn - 68. little beauty
I have “Liked” your fan page on Facebook
Soknin Ky - #68 Little Beauty!!!
She is GORGEOUS!!
Kristen Giles - Hands down, #68 little beauty!!
Alicia - #68 “Little Beauty” so sweet 🙂
Jen - #68 Little Beauty.
Roger Illescas - “Best of 2011″ I vote (68. little beauty)
Colleen P. Miller - #68- Little Beauty
SHANNON - #68 LITTLE BEAUTY 😉
Jennifer Paiva - #68 Little beauty
esther mathieu - 12. baby noah
Donna - Such a “Little Beauty”…#68
Schiavonn - #22 Window Light
I “like” your FB page :0 )
Brian - #68 – Little Beauty!
jackie seemungal - #13 newborn scale is so cute, they all are but i love this concept and wish i had a picture like this with my kids.
Donna Weiss - #68 “Little Beauty”
Jeremy - 68 Little Beauty!
Sandra Bludau - #65 Window Seat. Love the Colors! She’s Darling. And btw, I swear it took me 40 min. to pick one.
Mike - I like 29. straw fedora best
Dynamic Images - Many Choices,but have to agree that
#68 “little beauty” is the one.
Great Work!
Lisa - Love them all but I vote for Vintage Bathing Beauty #28 😉
jaime - Love #29 straw fedora!
catherine - #29 Straw Fedora 🙂
Liz - I vote for “little beauty” number 68.
Jen - So hard to choose but I like #31 and the last one is so precious too!
Stella - #68 little beauty for sure 🙂
Rachel - 29 straw fedora
Kristen - OMG! How do you even choose a favorite? Your talent is incredible girl and all the little one’s are just the cutest!!! My ultimate favs are 6. bella nina 13. newborn scale and 22. window light…but if I must choose one then I say 22. window light…And it’s all because of a feeling
Jafet - #68 LITTLE BEAUTY! A TRUE BEAUTY!!
BP - #68 Little Beauty
Kara fisette - Adoration…..I have been blessed to have that moment twice in my life. Beautiful family photo and the most memorable and special time of life.
Deb - #29 straw fedora
Karina - #10, smiley little cutie!
Sarah - #68 “Little Beauty”
boris - #10 newborn smiles
missy - Number 29 Straw Fedora!
Loriani - #10 newborn smiles!
Cindy - 68 Little Beauty.beautiful photots, and beautiful children but #68 stole my heart! she is beautiful!
Sheree - #68 “little beauty”
What a doll!!!
Wendy Gosselin - 68 little beauty!
Zahira - #68 Little Beauty, beautiful indeed!
Johnny Damon - Even I can see that # 68 – Little Beauty, is the hands down choice!
Amanda King - #10!
Sharon - Twins #33 double winner!!
sharon - Twins #33 is a double winner!!!
Lauren - 26. straw hat beauty. I like your page on Facebook. 🙂
Becky - #68 Little Beauty 🙂
Denise Murphy - #33 Twins are Fabulous, Beautiful girls…..their mother should be very proud!!!
kim - #33 twins….a couple of beautiful little girls
Katherine White - I vote for either #22 Window Light or # 25 Boy in White. These are all amazing shots!
kara - # 33 twins Hands down the winner!!!
Tim White - #22 Window Light or #25 boy in white
Deb - #33 Twins…Awesome!!!
Igor - #10 is an angel
Annie - #33 Twins are so beautiful, full of innocence and love. I really like the outfits that they are wearing.
nancy - # 33 twins a couple of beautiful redheads
nancy - # 33 twins beautiful!
Gina Kmito - #33 TWINS <3
cheryl - 3 33 twins
steve - 33 twins
Maggie - 33 Twins
Beautiful pictures of everyone. Love the twins.
lisa - #33 twins, I love the red hair!
joyce - # 33 twins, fan of red heads!
theresa - 33 red headed twins…. so adorable!
alyssa - # 33 red haired twins
deb - 33 twins Love the curls & clothes
MaryEllen - #33 Twins – Gorgeous!
Eddie - #10 newborn smiles!
Dan - #33 Twins – Beautiful curls.
Sammi - #33 Twins – Love the clothes!
Bill - #33 Twins – Awesome!
Adam - #33 Twins – Absolutely adorable!
Erin Santiago - #49 September Beach. I’m a fan on facebook as well.
Joyce - #33 Twins, beautiful
Katia - Number 7, but love many others. Beautiful work!
Andy Hall - #49 September Beach
laura - #49 September Beach!
Caitlin - My vote is for #49 September Beach. So adorable! I liked your facebook page
Jessica Little - #49 September beach is the best.
Michele Zakashansky - I vote for #10, hands down!
Witold Gawryś - #49 September Beach
Kathy Carpenter - #33 Twins
Deb Sollowin - #33 Twins
Colby Williams - #33 Twins
Tina Fegan - #33
Kevin Carpenter - #33 Twins
Veronica L. - #49 – how precious!
Dusica - #49 September Beach.
Laura - It’s so hard to choose, especially with all the little baby pics!! But I am going to go with #42, the butterfly 🙂
Kelley - #68 Little Beauty
Meghan - #68! She is adorable
camille - # 33 twins
narimane_dz - #49 September Beach
Nick Apostolides - I vote #42
Josh Gilbert - without a doubt – #10
Contest over
Kelly - My vote is for #10… absolutely beautiful! 🙂
Josh Gilbert - # 10, hands down, contest done.
Nicole Alexandra - #42 The Butterfly…Gorgeous girl!!
Amanda Taciak - #68 little beauty! 8
Lynne - #22 Window Light
Lynne - #22 Window Light (posting again since I became a facebook fan)
Bert - 22 Window Light – definitely!
Jamie - #33 Twins!!
Chrissy Hogue - #42 – The Butterfly! Good luck, Laura~~~
lauren - #49
cosima - 68 little beauty omg beautiful
Sharmistha - No. 42 Butterfly..
Amy Pagnano - #42 Butterfly
Jane - # 34 The Fountain
Kristen Duever - #49 September Beach
Qls - #49 September Beach!
Kelly - #29 straw fedora absolutely!
Colleen - #22 Window light. So sweet!
Nancy Walker - #34 The Fountain Love those big blue eyes!!
Maureen Butler - #34 The fountain is adorable, love the red sneakers!
Mike - #42–butterfly!
Natasha - #34 The Fountain – adorable!
Tammy Jeske - No brainer! Go #34!
Jessica - #42 – Butterfly
Christian F. - #49 September Beach
Mary Helen - Window Light # 22. She is beautiful
Debra Crosby - I am voting for Butterfly #42, but all of the photos are quite exceptional.
Miranda Horniak - #68 Little Beauty! She is just so adorable! And I’m already “like” Bellini on FB : )
Carrie - #34 The Fountain – what a cutie pie! 🙂
Aaron Parham - I vote for number #42-butterfly!! It is a really cute picture.
Krislamb2@yahoo.com - #13 Newborn Scale – all so good though
andy - 68 is my fav
lauren salemme - I vote for # 33…those twins are beautiful…..
Elizabeth Noel - #68 and i liked on fb
beth - My vote is for #68 little beauty. But my ‘runner’ up is #14 kiss of spring, its the best connection between mother and child. I really love it. Of note also #37 Poppy, #2 winter wrap, #40 baby carriage, #47 waiting for elsie, #33 twins and #57 pumpkin patch
Irene Gilbert - #10 – Newborn Smiles
Sara - #14 kiss of spring
Lynne - I like #34 the little guy in “The Fountain” is so cute !
Farrah - #68… little beauty.
Rob - #68 little beauty
Robert - #68 little beauty
Lynne - #34 “The Fountain” is a very great photo and I “liked” on FB too
Mickey - #68 little beauty
Bob - #68 little beauty
Darlene - little beauty #68
Peter.Gdad - #34 is a terrific picture of a fantastic boy!
Voting for # 34 in the lineup, number one in our hearts!
Jenn - #68 little beauty, also ‘liked’ on face book
Trisha - #29 straw fedora
Jeanne Spencer - #33 UNIQUE TIMES 2
William Lynch - Beautiful
Michael - TWINS #33
Marianne Griffith - 49. September Beach
patricia - #34 the fountain!
Angela - #29 Straw fabulous fedora!!!!!!!
Martin Tynan - #49 September beach is the best
brandon - # 33twins a vote for my beautiful twins from one proud dad
amanda - Gorgeous pics! #42 best all the way best of 2011
amanda - Gorgeous pics! Butterfly #42 best all the way best of 2011
sheri - 33 twins great pic!
terry - 33 twins love those girls
teri - twins #33
kleo - 33 twins
sylvia - twins #33
cleopatra - love those twins #33!
Luanne - I vote for #49 September Beach
Sean Factor - #49 September Beach.
Dub & Ally - We LOVE # 68 “Little Beauty”
Bonnie - They are all great…..the winner is, of course, #10 Newborn Smiles!!!
Keri - #49 🙂
Mary - I like #33 So Cute!!!
Keri - I’m sorry, I mean to say #49 September Beach
dena anderson - #49 September Beach
Alysia - I LOVE number 68! Little Beauty!
Tina - Number 68! Little Beauty
Lana - #10, newborn smiles- so beautiful!
Lana - #10, newborn smiles – the best!
Keri - Twins #33 and I am already a facebook fan. But I LOVE all of your photos…
fay - #59 Happy
Definitely!
Jim - #68, “Little Beauty” is adorable…
Karen Johnson - #22 – What a captivating and angelic face, just beautiful!
susan hahesy - #29 Straw Fedora is the best
Michelle Barbour - Liked on Facebook! My vote is for #42 Butterfly! Love your work – wish I lived closer!
Beth - number 29: straw fedora for sure!!!!
maggie - 33 twins, love how you capture their true beauty
deb - 33 twins
cindy - # 33 twins love the outfits!
erica - 33 twins good luck!
Barbara Sporn - She was so cute!
Barbara Sporn - I just love that Girl! She is a winner.
Alan Sporn - She is so beautiful! I just want to eat her up.
Jackie - #10 is sooooo beutiful must look like her momma:)
Jackie - #10 is sooooo lovely must look like her momma:)
Brianna - i vote for #10 because Simone is the cutest baby on the planet!!!!
Elaine - #33 Twins…Great picture!
Pam - #33…Adorable Twins…
matt - #33…Definately
Sue - #33 love the twins
Mary - #33 So Cute!!!
Greg - #33…Hands down!!
Loide - #33…They are all great pics, but I just love the twins!
Colleen - #33…Fabulous picture…
Michelle - #33
Nikoletta - They are all gorgeous but #13 is, of course, my favorite. Love it.
I like your facebook page–love following your work.
Paul - #33
Andy - All good, but #13 Newborn Scale
starling - #13!!
aymsley - # 33 twins, beautiful!
john - 33 twins
Kate Rubenstein - I vote for #10 Newborn Smiles
laurie - # 33 twins, my fave!
laney - # 33 fan of the redheads!
Andy - all are good, but #13 Newborn Scale
Denise - # 13 too cute
joanna - Love your work. My pick is #13 baby scale. Good luck.
Frank - Cute little guy. Sure like the red shoes.
Afroz - #13 – Newborn Scale is an amazing photo!! Very hard to choose though.
Vickie - Cutest little blond boy and the smile warms your heart. So, #34 is my choice. Liked the fan page.
Frank - Forgot to mention that the cute little blond boy is #34 and my favorite. Also, liked the fan page.
Mike - #13 – so cute
Pete - #13 Baby Scale – is my vote.
Leanne Bishop - Every image is beautiful, but #61 is exceptional. I am so moved by the quiet strength that you captured in that newborn baby girl. Of all of these beautiful images, this one has the most emotional depth and teaches us all a lesson in love with one shutter click. Well done.
norman - # 33 twins
nicole - # 33 twins…. soooo cute!
mary - twins 33 gets my vote!
Diana - #66 – OMG so adorable!!
Shannon McDonnell - #33 The twins are absolutly beautiful!!
Shannon McDonnell - My vote is # 33 the twins!! They are beautiful!
Rachel - Love 13 the baby scale cutie!
esther - # 33 love those girls!
kim c - # 33 twins fabulous
maggie - # 33 love that pic!
Lori Blumenfeld - I vote for beautiful baby #10.
Bill - #68 “Little beauty” is so beautiful
Roula - #13 Beautiful!
judy ferbert - The photograph of the twins 33-sweet and unique!!
Randall - #68 Little Beauty, Looking right at ya!
wendy amaro - #37 Poppy though it was EXTREMELY hard to choose!!!
Vula Lalas - Absolutely love #13 Baby Scale…So cute!!
Tami - 61 forever bond (and I like your facebook page)
Elizabeth Holden - I vote #33 Twins
Gen - #33 – I am partial to the twins, seeing that I too have twins!!!
Sandi - Such an adorable baby #10 is a winner!
Ed - My vote is for #49 September Beach. I liked your facebook page too.
Ed - My vote is for #49 September Beach. I liked your facebook page too.
Ed - Sorry, just realized that I clicked it twice so there are two of the same comments.
Amanda - #66 Christmas Tent
Joshua Tarkan - I vote for newborn scale, #13.
Debbie M - #33 Twins. Absolutely stunning!
Debbie M - #33 Twins. Beautiful pic!
Jessica - #49 September Beach
Julie Sheehan - love #13!
Brittany - #49 is nice
karen - I vote for #29 straw fedora
karen - #29 straw fedora…liked on Facebook 🙂
Maegan - number 69 lil king 🙂
Alli - Love photo #13!
Brenda - #66 Christmas tent by far the best! 😉
Susan - #13 is my very favorite…such a beautiful baby!!
Missy - WOW, so hard to choose!!! My first vote is for #64 “momma love”. Beautiful photograph.
I am amazed by your talent. You have such an amazing ability to capture true connections! I remember the photograph you took of a little girl and her mom outside on a quilt. The mom was looking down at the little girl and the girl was looking at the camera. It is the best photograph I have ever seen!
Missy - I am also a facebook fan :o) My second vote is #22 “window light”. Another beautiful photo! Awesome light and beautiful eyes!!!!
Melissa Cauff - My vote is for “Momma Love” #64… Beautiful Girls & Bump 🙂
Joe - Great work!! #68 Little Beauty is my real Beauty!!!
Angel - #49 September Beach
Loving the use of mason jars
DS - Love your work!
I pick #68 Little Beauty
richard - #29 straw fedora, definitely the winner
Molly - # 68 little beauty
Fred - 70. cheek squish! There all a pleasure to look at.
Bill - Did not say #33.
Katie Walker - #34 The Fountain… all your pictures are beautiful!!
Andreya - #13 – Baby Scale – adorable!
Chad - #34 is very handsome!
Judy Sweet - #33 Twins
What an amazing photographer you are!!! They are ALL so beautiful.
Judy Sweet - #33 Twins
What an amazing photographer you are! They are ALL so beautiful.
Alicia perkins - I’m gonna have to go with the most beautiful portrait of twin baby doll’s that I have ever seen! Go #33! beautiful photos! Such talent!
tabetha - #49 september beach
Lisa - #33 twins, so cute and I liked on facebook 🙂
Ryan - number 33
All pics are amazing but this is my favorite
DJ- - #33 TWINS!
tara jean - #49 september beach
tara jean - didn’t take first time but #49 september beach
Tonja - 10. Newborn smiles
Amy Warchol - #13 – newborn scale – ADORABLE!!!
cindy woods - #13 Leah!! Amazing shot!!!
Jaime - Best of 2011
I think that #37 Poppy is the winner! What a great shot. So simple (just a child sitting in a bucket with green grass around), yet the expression on the child’s face is priceless. All of the photographs are amazing, but this one is too sweet! Bravo on work well done.
Megan - My vote is for #33… but all of these pictures are beautiful! Great photography.
Victoria - #63 Dapper Dan- Love his eyes and little teeth!!!
Kimberly O'Neill - Your pictures are gorgeous. So many cuties and such great photography. I loved #33. Lots of color, hair, and my favorite part, sisters holding hands = best friends for life. Very sweet.
Kristine - #13 is my favorite!!!!!! Gorgeous!
kim a - # 33 twins gorjuss!
sarah m. - # 33 twins
Emily Trent - Stephanie – Such great shots all year! Of course, I’m already a fan. I just had to vote for my munchkins
#36 Blue Flag & #37 Poppy
marsha - # 33 twins such beauties
lana - # 33 great work!
dennis - twins 33
Valerie Blathras - #33- So adorable
Barry Gilbert - 10. newborn smiles
Heidi Goldberg - My vote is for #10 newborn smiles for sure!!!
sarah h - All are so wonderful but #10 newborn smiles gets my vote!
Sharon's Underwood - Good Luck
#49 September Beach
CruisinS
Dan - #33 is the best
Kristi - #33 is awesome
Jaime - #10 is such a little cutie!
Kim - Perfect #10 !
Ginny Goldberg - #10 This beautiful girl gets my vote!
JoAnn Burke - I am casting my vote for #33.
jen - # 33
Conrad Goldberg - I vote for Number 10!!
tory d - #33 Gorgeous!
margo - #10- such a cutie 🙂
Erin Smith - #68 Little beauty is super cute!
scott bollitier - my vote is for # 10.
Crystal Pimpinella - #68 Little Beauty!!!
Amber - #68 Little Beauty is the best!
Kerin Dalesandro - I vote for #33 twins!
jenn - # 33 twins!! good luck girls!
kathy - # 33
Christi Bryant - #33 red headed twins!!!!
Vaune - easy. #22. window light.
elaine - # 33 twins red-haired beauties
jen - #33 twins all beautiful photos, but I have to go with my little buddies
Janet Quintero - #66. He is such a cutie!
Ellen - #68 “little beauty”
Megan - I love #49 September beach. I am a fan on facebook also.
Addy Ascencio - #49 September Beach! (: That was soo cute and adorable! 😀
steph - #39. so sweet
Jenny - #49 what a cutie
desiree - #49 September Beach
Traci - #20. Peony. 🙂
Kim Zimmermann - #49 Sept. Beach
Syreeta - #49 September Beach
Tina - #49 September Beach
Susy - All so very good but got to go with #10.
Logan Maas - I vote for #49 September Beach! Devin is such a cutie.
Gabriel - 66 Christmas Tent
Sara - 66 CHRISTMAS TENT!
Evelyn - #28 Vintage Bathing Beauty <3
Lanette Robertson - 68 little beauty…. cutest little girl, love those curls!
Lee - #10 “newborn smiles” gets my vote.
mm - 61. forever bond
unbelievable.
all of your work is. i’m a fan.
LESLIE - 67… brown and blue for me!
Ali Mackall - 39 Blue Flag
Melts my heart. It is gorgeous!
Kim - 31 – big balloon
Taryn Boyd - Forever bond!! Love it!
they are all so beautiful!
Tatha - once again Stephanie you have outdone yourself!! they are all amazing but i have to go with Christmas Tent – that little guy with those eyes is gonna break some hearts!!!
LUCY - 49 BEACH!
lisa - #33
Anna Satalino - #10 newborn smiles. 🙂
Davita - I love number 68 🙂 she is a gem!