The End of Year Contest | Vote for your favorite photo here!

I am so excited to post this! I've thought long and hard about what kind of contest I wanted to do since I've never really done one before. As 2010 comes to a close, I loved the idea of looking back on all of the wonderful people that I've been able to photograph. As I was preparing the images I was able to watch myself grow as a photographer and I was reminded of all of the great memories from each and every session. The photos here represent ONE image from each individual session that I did in 2010. It was nearly impossible to choose only one photo per session, but I went with my gut and chose my personal favorite. What a wonderful year! I photographed weddings, engagements, families, seniors, maternity, kids, toddlers, newborns, baptisms, boudoir, sports teams, couples, twins (4 sets of them!), and basically, I feel like the luckiest photographer on the planet :) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! HOW IT WORKS:

- Each person may vote for TWO photos. Each person may vote only one time. - To vote, comment to this post and state the photos that you wish to vote for, identifying them by number. - Make sure to include an accurate name/email address when you comment. - You may encourage family, friends, and people you know to come and vote! The more the merrier!

THE PRIZES

1st place - 11x14 Gallery Wrapped Canvas of the winning photo 2nd & 3rd place - 11x14 print (traditional e-surface paper) of the 2nd/3rd place photo

Also!! I will use an outside source to randomly choose 3 of the people who voted to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card!

Okay.....get voting!! Don't forget to tell your family and friends to come and vote - you can help your favorite photo win a beautiful canvas and you can also be entered to win a gift for yourself!

Contest ends on Sunday, December 5th at 6pm. No votes will be counted after that time. Winners will be announced that evening! Prizes will be delivered before December 23rd.

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The fine print: Bre Thurston Photography reserves the right to make a change to the contest at any time, at her discression. If you had a session with me in 2010 and do not see one of your photos represented here, please contact me ASAP at bre@brethurston.com. Participants may not ask Bre Thurston Photography to change the photo that she has chosen to represent their session. You may notice that certain people are represented more than once. That is because they had multiple sessions with me this year. I included one photo per session. Lastly, have fun and thanks for participating in my contest!

...and new baby makes 4! | San Francisco Maternity & Family Photographer

Yet another day in paradise, otherwise known as a warm, sunny afternoon in San Francisco! This great family is due to welcome their 2nd baby boy any time now. When they mentioned that they wanted photos done, I couldn't help but jump at the opportunity since I was already planning on making it up north to Sacramento to visit my family for 5 days. I had the privilege of doing their son's 1st birthday photos last October, so things really came full circle!

Now that they have photographs crossed off the list, next up is choosing the little guy's name ;)

Also, please make note of the awesome abstract photo courtesy of the sweet 2 year old boy that you see here! 2 year olds have quite the obsession with pressing buttons so I love holding my camera and letting them snap away. They look so satisfied with themselves when they hear that great shutter sound that DSLR's offer. I was so impressed with his work that I just had to include it on the blog! Future photographer, perhaps??

Karrie's Maternity Session

My very first maternity session was with my sister (see post below) last Saturday. On Wednesday, I did my second maternity session. I LOVE MATERNITY. I will shout it from the roof tops! Anyone who knows me knows that I have a major passion for weddings. Well, I have the same for maternity. I feel so blessed to be able to photograph such a special time in a woman's life and I truly hope that these gorgeous woman can recognize just how stunning they are. Karrie, her hubby and their 3 year old daughter drove all the way up from the Stockton/Modesto area to have a shoot with me. I was telling my husband that I get a  bit nervous when people drive an hour and a half just for my photos. I joked with Karrie and told her the same thing...her response, "Well, I'm obviously getting something out of it!" hehe. We spent a little over an hour at the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area in Granite Bay. Everything was green which won't last long around Folsom Lake! Karrie is pregnant with their second baby girl, due in April (doesn't she look fab?!)

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