What a whirlwind 7 days it’s been. Since announcing the 2012 + 2013 Thank You Client Contest last Tuesday, there have been 8 winners already on the Crabapple Photography Facebook page.  Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote on the blog post, there were around 800 votes (I export all of the comments to excel and scrutinize and scrub clean before tallying). Largest number of votes yet! So many winners, so little time. There are 2 extra 5th place winners. Scroll to read why, and why you should always participate in any contest I’m running since I’m a huge softie and there always seems to be more winners than I originally intended!

Without further ado, here are the winners of the Thank You 2012 + 2013 Client’s contest, congratulations!

FIRST PRIZE! wins a FULL FREE SESSION for 2014! AND $150 to spend in their gallery! AND SO DOES A FRIEND! Session may be maternity, newborn, baby, child or family. Up to 5 people. You can choose who you’d like to share the prize with.

1st Place Winner: Baby C

SECOND PRIZE! The second prize winner receives a FREE SESSION. AND $75 to spend in their gallery. And SO DOES A FRIEND! Session may be maternity, newborn, baby, child or family. Up to 5 people. You can choose who you’d like to share the prize with.

2nd Place Winner: Baby T

THIRD PRIZE! The third prize winner receives a FREE MINI SESSION. AND $25 to spend in their gallery! And SO DOES A FRIEND! Session may be maternity, baby, child or family. Up to 5 people. You can choose who you’d like to share the prize with.

3rd Place Winner: Baby A

FOURTH PRIZE! The fourth prize winner receives $100 to spend in their gallery (on any prints, digital files, canvas storyboards, albums and other fun stuff!) or $100 towards a future full session. AND SO DOES A FRIEND!  You can choose who you’d like to share the prize with.

4th Place Winner: Baby L

FIFITH PRIZE! THERE ARE THREE WINNERS! The fifth prize winner receives $75 to spend in their gallery (on any prints, digital files, canvas storyboards, albums and other fun stuff!) or $75 towards a future full session. AND SO DOES A FRIEND!  You can choose who you’d like to share the prize with. I made a slight goof when I was writing the “rules” in the original post. I had mentioned that if a client had extra many sessions during 2012 and 2013, I would choose one image and the client would automatically get votes for extra sessions. It *should’ve* said 3 extra votes per session, for a total of up to 15. Not 15 per extra session. So I worked the numbers both ways and the only people affected were the 5th place winners. We have 3 winners because, yeah, I’m a softie. A 5th place winner if there were no extra votes, a 5th place winner if 3 votes are added per extra session and a 5th place winner if 15 votes were added per session.

Tie for 5th Place Winner: Babies C + W

Tie for 5th Place Winner: Baby C

Tie for 5th Place: Babies L + M

And the random.org winners for the 8×10’s are:

1. 5th comment: #13!

2. 753rd comment: #114!

3. 72nd comment: #99!

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2012 and 2013 Thank You Client Contest Giveaway. I personally had a blast all week! I’m learning I might be one of those parents that does want all the kids to go home with trophies! Thanks for playing. See you next year 🙂