So Round 1 of the "Essence of Childhood" portrait contest has come to an end. Thank you everyone for making the first round so successful. I can't believe the Blog turn out for the last week and a half during the voting. The final count of hits to the Blog was 2553! That is SO INCREDIBLE! The final total of votes caste was 1707, with the farthest coming from Australia, Greece and the UK.
So I guess it is time to get right down to business. I know what you are all waiting to find out. You want to know who the winners are that are moving on to Round 2, don't you? Okay, okay, keep your pants on! Let me just recap how the points were totaled to get the winners. The Blog poll votes counted for 40% of the total. My personal favorites counted for a measly 20% of the total points. And the panel of judges COMBINED scores counted for the other 40% of the total points. So even though it might have appeared that one was far behind in the Blog poll votes, there was still a possibility that they could pull ahead of the others. So here we go.................
Poll #1 (0-24 months)
The top two winners are:Addison & Anna Kathryn
Poll #2 (0-24 months)
The top two winners are:
Camdyn & Karis
Poll #3 (2-5 years)
The top three winners are:
Avery, Boone & Claire
Poll #4 (6-13 years)
The top three winners are:Sawyer, Keeleigh & Kendall
For those children that didn't move on to Round 2, you are all still winners in my eyes. I have never met a smile that I didn't want to photograph and each and every one of you are certainly no exception. And let's not forget, you will each still be receiving a prize for entering the contest.
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