Thank you, thank you everybody for participating in the amazing contest.I am so lucky, blessed and humbled to see life through your eyes. This was a very hard decision. If I could I would pick all of you as top finalists. You are all capturing life at its finest. I am so so grateful that you chose to share with me your life moments. Here is a little slideshow to honor all of you that have entered in this inspiring contest. Thank you sooo much.
For the top 10 finalists here is what you have to do to win. Invite your friends and family to come and leave a comment on the this post with the number that they choose to be the top winner. I numbered the images in no particular order. The picture that has the most votes will win the Capture Life contest.
So here are the rules:
* You can only vote one time for your favorite picture I will have to delete your vote if you vote twice
* You have to leave a comment saying “I vote for no… ” or just put the number you vote for
* You can vote from now till Sunday 12AM CST any votes after that will be deleted
* You only have one vote so you have to choose one of the 10.. I know a pretty hard decision
* One last thing.. this is not a contest about composition, technique, light or anything like that.. It’s plain simple and that is about Capturing Life
Thank you sooo much…. and here are the top 10 finalists:










I vote for number 8.
Love Number One!
I am going to have to say #1….I look at it and I see my husband in about 20 years when our sons have children who come to see us….That is how I see my future. But all the images are breathtaking!
I vote for number 8
I think they are all great, but I vote for number 10!!!
I vote for #3. I love Beccas photography!!!
#6 is my vote– but they all are beautiful!
I vote for number 2!!
I vote for number 8! A simply amazing photo! =)
I vote for number 8
I vote for number 8…for SURE!
I vote # 9
I vote for #1
I vote for #6
I vote for number 8.
I vote #6…Love it!
I vote for number 8! You can really feel her excitement!
i vote #10
I vote for number 8!! It doesn’t get any better then capturing life at the very moment it starts out of the womb!
Beautiful children i vote no,2
I vote for #8!
#6
WOW all great photos but #8 gives me goosebumps so i vote #8!!!
I vote for #10!!!!!!
I vote number 8!
# 8 Hands down!
#8 has my vote… <3
I vote for picture #2!!!
Love them all, but I love the kids and color in # 2
#2 is just amazing!!!
Me and my 3 girls desided #8. It wasn’t easy, everyone had wonderful photos.
#8 — it brought tears to my eyes.
I vote for number 8!
I vote #1!
The love between a child and their grandparent is unexplainable.
I hold the relationship I had with my Papa very close to my heart.
#8
wow, hard choice, but I vote #2
as a brand new mother, who wanted a water birth…
BEAUTIFUL memory in that photography! Love it!!
I have to pick number 8
This are all incredible photos, so it’s a tough choice, but my vote is for #8. Great job everybody!
All such great pictures! I had a hard time choosing between 1 & 8… but my FINAL VOTE IS FOR #1
You really did have your work cut out for you….That is an amazing montage. My vote goes to #1.
8! Pure, raw emotions; that is capturing life!
You really did have your work cut out for you….That is an amazing montage of Life. My vote goes to #1.
#8!!!
I vote for number 2…it shows the love that siblings have for the newest member of their family! Such a precious moment to capture!
I vote #1
I vote for #2.
I vote for #6
#6!!!!
#6
I vote for #10!! So much fun
I vote for #1 awsome shot and it tells such a great story in that one moment!!
I vote for number 1
I love #2!
I vote for number #1.
all are beautiful images, my vote goes for #1
I vote for #8….capturing Life….literally
#6. All are awesome, but that one “sticks” in my mind.
I vote for #10.
I vote for Number 2.
Number 6
Gotta go with #2!
Wow! Awesome photos! Glad I don’t have your job. I vote for #10, and am only sorry that I can only vote once. They truly are all awesome!
I love 1 and 6, but I’m going to vote for 6! Brings back memories
I VOTE FOR NUMBER 8 !!!
All are good!!! vote # 1
i vote for #2
They are so good, but I am going to pick #10!!
Oh my gosh this is a tough one my votes are between 1,4,& 8! My final vote is number 8 I remember that feeling of first seeing my babies!!! Good luck to all of them
#9 is my choice. The little boy’s shirt and his sister’s expression captured this moment perfectly… It was a hard choice though. They were all amazing.
I vote for number 8! {But it was really, really tough to choose!}
#2 of the kids loving on their newest sibling
So precious!
No. 10
That slideshow… WOW…. 3 words…
GOD IS AMAZING.
#1 caputred my heart.
I think they all captured life beautifully, so hard to pick but I vote for #1
I am voting for #8!
And thank you to all who are also voting for this picture. I took it and it really was an amazing moment for me and this family. I think it does represent “Capture Life”
Thanks!
a.tonagel photography
I vote for #8.
I vote for #8!!!
My vote is for No. 1
I vote for #1 , very hard choice between 1 and 8 for me, but they are all winners for making the top 10!!
I vote for #1
#8 is breathtaking!
I am voting for #8, the picture says it all. SIMPLY AMAZING!!!
#8!!!!!!!
I have to vote for number 8. There are beautiful shots, but that captures all that I love and adore.
NUMBER 2!!!!!!!!
I vote # 8.
No 8 gets my vote!!! It was a hard call between 4 and 8!!!!!
Number 8!
Voting for # 8!
Love #8!
I vote for #8! I LOVE this captured moment by Amanda…brings tears to my eyes:)
#8!
#8
I vote for #8!!!
I vote #8. Number 4 was a close second. They were all great pictures.
I vote for #3! I love the light.
LOVELY PIC
#8!
LOVELY PIC I VOTED #2
I vote for #8
Amanda Tonagel was my first middle school teacher and cheer coach, and all of her work is absolutely amazing. The other pictures are great too, but the moment that a mother first sees her newborn child is one that nothing could possibly compare to, and its wonderful that this moment has been captured. I VOTE FOR NUMBER 8!!
I vote for #1…love them all!
I vote #9
I vote for # 8!
I vote # 9, brotherly love !!!!
#8!! Amazing!!!
what a celebration of life, they are all beautiful. I vote for #1
I vote for #8!! Well done, Slicer!!
#8 is my vote; it’s such a split-second magical moment to catch!
I vote for #8
I vote for #9….ADORABLE!!
I vote for #8!
Love #8!
#8 is my favorite. I actually know the mom in that picture and I loved it when I first saw the picture! There is nothing more precious than a mom first holding her child!!!
I vote for #3!!! ALL THE WAY!!!!
I vote #9!!!!!!
I vote for number 2
#9 for me!
I vote for #3
I vote #8 as well! Great image and emotion
I love number 2!!!!!
vote for 1
vote no# 9
#8 !!!
i vote for 9
Gary and I both vote for #9. Love the expressions on their faces. Hopefully, this will count as 2votes.
Gary/Aleta
Somehow our vote was not posted. We voted for #9. Both Gary and I are voting so hopefully it will count as two.
Love, the expressions on both the boy’s and girl’s faces. Love the Tshirt the boy is wearing.
Very creative.
Gary and Aleta
#8 all the way!
#2, reminds me of myself with 4 younger sisters [and a brother later]
number 9 great pic
I vote for number 4
Makes my heart smile.
No. 09!
i vote for # 9 That picture is so great
I am voting for the gorgeous image, #8!
i vote for number 8
I vote #4! Love the photo!!
I vote #2!
I vote for #6.
I choose number 8. It is such a pure and natural moment that brings me back to when I first looked at my own children. So beautiful!
#1 – because part of a life well lived is nurturing talent and passing on skills. the fact that it’s a wonderful moment shared between two generations only reinforces the message.
#2 but all great!
I vote for number 8! Life was definitely captured in this sweet delivery!
I vote for the beautiful #8!! Amazing!!!
I vote for no 9
I vote for #8…stunning!
i vote for #8
#8!
i vote for #8
Love them all, but my vote is for #6
# 9 !
i vote for #8 – amazing picture!!!
I vote #10!!
I vote for #8. Amazing!
I vote # 9
I vote for #3…….those are my girls!
. But all the pictures are amazing!
#6
I vote for #3 but they are all really good.
I vote #5!!
I vote for #8
I vote for #9. They are all wonderful photos.
#9
All of the photographs are so wonderful! I vote for #10.
I vote for no 9!!!
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I love #1!!!!!!
I vote for #8!!!
I vote for #4! Love Lily’s smile!
#8
I vote number 4
I vote for #8!
I vote #1!
My vote is with #4!
I love number 4!
love number 9!
# 4
can you imagine being that happy and living life when your life is so challenged? How wonderful is that beautiful smile? <3
I vote for number #1
awesome photos!! my pick is #8!!
I vote for #2.
#8–truly captures life, and God’s miracle!!!
Love them all, but I vote for number 4.
#8
My vote goes to #2!
number 8
Love, love #2!
I vote for photo number 1
My vote is for #9
I vote for number 4! Look at that beautiful smile!!!
I vote for #4
#8 ALL THE WAY!!!!
My first choise is number one,love everything about it followed closely by number 8, beautiful moment.
My vote is for #2!!! perfect
My vote is for 2… perfect
I love number 1, everything about it. Number 8 is a very close second though.
I vote for number 8! I love how this picture captures such an INCREDIBLE moment! Nothing but pure joy! She is an absolutely amazing photographer!!!
#2
I vote for number 8.
Beautiful #2!!!!!!!!
My vote is for #4, her pure joy
My vote is for #2.
#8!!
I vote for number 2.
I choose #8
vote for number 9
I vote for #8 all the way! Absolutely incredible moment!!
I vote for number 2–it is just too sweet.
My vote is for #8.
Number #8 is the essence of life…beautiful.
I love picture #8. There is no more special time than when a new life comes into a family.
I vote for number 8-a new birth is so exciting for everyone!
I vote for #8! What can say ‘Captioning Life’ better than a picture of a new life? Seeing the pure joy of the new mom is priceless! *what amazing photos by all!!
#8!!!!
I vote for #2. It is too sweet.
I vote for #1…wonderful group of pics to choose from!
I VOTE FOR #8! such a wonderful photo!
Voting for number 4..
I vote for number 8
I vote for #1.
I vote for number 2. Love this picture!
I vote for #1. They are all great. #9 was a close second!
I vote for #6
#8!
I’m voting for #8. BEAUTIFUL!
I’m voting for #8.
I vote #8!!!
I vote for #2
Definitely #8…gorgeous!
I vote for #8, beautiful!
So hard to choose! I vote for number 8. What an amazing image to capture. Once in a lifetime photograph!
I am voting for #8
1 the light is beautiful
WOW! This was tough…they are all so great! I vote for #6!
I vote for number 4. All the photos are great, though!
8! Love birth photos!
My vote is for #8!!
#8 gets my vote! – Absolutely beautiful and heartwarming!!
Voting for #8
Gives me the goosebumps every time!
#10 – I love it!!! Hard decision – they were all really great pics!
#8 is my pick!
Number #10 Hands Downs!!! Love it!!!!
I absolutely love picture #10!!
#8!
I vote for #8… Such an amazing capture with so much excitement and pure joy!
I vote for #10. Love it!
I vote for number 10
I love number 8!!!!!
I vote # 8!
I love #10. It reminds me of playing in the pool with my father when I was a kid. Thanks!
Wow. Breathtaking photos… It’s gotta be #8 for me. That woman’s joy is profound…
#8
My vote is for #8~! Her joy is so spontaneous and unstaged.
I vote #9
#2 is breathtaking!
i vote #9!
I vote #6 as the girl with the broken arm is my daughter, but all were great.
I vote for #2… sibling love! Beautiful moment <3
I vote for #8!!!
I vote for number 10
I vote for #6
#6!
Love #8!!! There is nothing that captures life more than the moment a child enters the world!
excellent action photo, number 10!!
I vote for #8. It’s fantastic.
I’m voting for #8. She’s a talented photographer and captures life beautifully!
I vote for #8
I vote for number 8! Pure joy at the sight of seeing her baby for the first time!
Definitely #2 !!!!!!!! beautiful !
I vote for #6 for sure!
number 2 !!!
I vote for number 8. That picture is priceless!
#8 captures life.
I vote for number 9!!!!!
Amazing pictures! Number 8 is my vote.
Number 4 is so sweet. LOVE IT!
I VOTE FOR #10
I am voting for #8…what an awesome capture of mamma seeing her baby girl!
I vote for number 8!
numero 8
My picture is #7 and I’m so honored that it was included in the top 10! But, my vote absolutely goes to #6… that image screams childhood to me!!
# 6 Broken arm and bandaids–truly a summertime photo.
I vote for #1!
#8…the expression of love is not easily captured in such an amazing moment.
My Vote is for #8!!!! What a breathtaking moment!!
8! Couldn’t imagine any other picture that captures life more perfectly than that!
I vote for no. 8! It brought tears to my eyes… beautiful photo and I can feel the mom’s joy! Love it.
I vote #6
All great pics but I vote for #8.
I vote for #10 Living dangerously.
I vote number 10
No 8!
I vote for #2!! They are precious!!
Number 8!! A mom’s first glimpse of her baby…priceless!
I vote for #4
I vote for #1!
I vote for #7. I love McG Images work, and how their pictures make me smile. I can’t wait until I can have them take pictures of my family
I vote #8…makes me think of the first time I saw my son…amazing!
love #8!!
I vote for #8….awesome picture!
I vote for #10!
I vote for #6 !
I vote for #8
#8!!
#8 brings a tear to my eye! Amazing
They all are!
I vote for #8
#9…..Awesome!
#2
Another vote here for #8!
#8! go amanda!!
I vote #8.
#8
My vote is for #8..a beautiful picture. They were all great but this one is pure joy!
I vote for #2!
My vote is for #8..a beautiful picture. They are all great but this one is pure joy!
No. 8 all the way!!! This photographer is AMAZING!!! She captures life in such a way that no one else does, and this picture proves it!!
#6
I vote for #8!
#8
i love number 9
#8!
I vote for #8
My vote is for #10! They are all wonderful, but this one is my favorite!
#8
I vote for #10
I vote for #8.
All incredible! #1 makes me happy.
I vote for #8.
I vote for number 10!
i vote for #10
I wanted to place a vote for number #10 please.
Love #8! This child obviously has no trust issues. He looks perfectly comfortable flying through the air.
I VOTE 5!
I would like to vote for #10!!!
I vote for number 8!!!
I vote for #10. Each photographer did a wonderful job capturing life. But #10 captured a moment of the life *I* want to live: adventure, risk, and the bond of trust with those I love.
I vote for #6
i vote #8
wow this is really difficult! they are all so amazing! but I have to go with number 8!
Number 10 is an awesome action shot.
Wonderful photos. I’ll vote #8.
I vote for number 8.
#8!!! Nothing tops the expression of a mother seeing her child for the first time.
They are all wonderful and truly do capture life but my vote is for #8
I love #8 – what a precious moment.
I vote for #8!
I vote #8. How beautiful!! This totally captures one of the the true meanings of life “birth”. Amazing shot!
I vote for number 8!
Number 8!!
I’m voting #10. Awesome shot!
I vote for 10
I vote #10!
I voted for #2….ADORABLE!!!
I vote for #8! LOVE IT!
I vote for number 8!!!!!!!!
Number 8 fo sho.
I vote for number 8!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE #2!! Beautiful shot, shadows, lighting.
#2 is adorable!
I vote for number 8! It shows what every mother feels as she takes the first look at the gift from God!
This mama votes for the marvelous #8, and her boys vote for #10 (that’s 2 for 10–not sure if they count).
I vote #2!!
I vote for number 8. Gives me chills. So beautiful!!!
I vote for #2!!!
I vote for #8
I vote for #8, so beautiful!
Love #8!
’3 – so cute!
i vote for #10
I vote for #9.
definitely # 8 – absolutely wonderful!
Love # 8!!!! Great Capture of the Joy of Birth!!!
I vote for #2!!!! Love it!!
I vote for #8
I vote for number 8!!!!
#9!
I vote for #8- capturing life.. Doesn’t get any better than that! <3
Most definitely #8!
I vote for number 8.
Number 10 has my vote! What a cutie!
I vote for #2
#2
voting for #2
I vote for #8. The awesome joy of new life.
I vote for #8
Love # 8!!!!!
number 8 for sure
I vote for Number 8!!!!
I vote for number 3. Great job to all the finalists.
Vote #8. Fabulous. No question about it!
#4
I absolutely love number #10!!! I hope this photo wins!
I vote for Number 8 too!!!!
#2!! Love it!
Number 2
#6!
I love #2!
My vote is for #6! Everything about it makes me happy.
Wow, these are all great, but my vote goes to #2!
I vote #6, what better way to spend a summer than running through the sprinklers with friends?
I vote for Number 10!
I vote for number #6. Love this photo of little girls having fun.
#2 is just precious
#6 ROCKs and gets my vote!!!
My vote is for number 6! Number 8 is a close seconds. All these are wonderful pictures!
Wonderful photos- I vote for #6.
Love number 9
I vote #8! Amaaaazing!
1. picture-precious picture
Some beautiful images….I’m voting for 6!
#8 is great!
Beautiful!! I vote for #2!!
I vote for #2
#8 is absolutely a beautiful miracle of life!
I cast my Vote for number 6…those little girls were just having so much fun on a hot day…sheer jubilance!
Nothing better than a mothers love. I vote #8
I vote for #8!!!
I vote #10
I vote for #8.
#8!!!
I vote for number 8!!!
I vote for number 2
I vote for #8
I vote for #2
Number 8
#2!! So adorable!
I vote for #2! So adorable!
All pictures are wonderful, but my vote is for #6…so much fun in those little girls’ faces!
#8!!!
#8, #8, #8!!!
Vote #9
I vote for #6 – 4 little girls capturing the essence of summer.
I vote for #8.
I vote for #8!!!!
#8. It’s beautiful!
My vote is for #1!!!! love it!
I vote for #8!!
I vote for Number 8!!!!!!
I vote for #4
I vote for Number 8!!!!!!
I vote for Number 8!!!!!!
I vote for Number 8!!!!!!
I vote for #8. God’s greatest gift to mankind. . a child.
I vote for Number 8!!!!!!
#8 is awesome!
I vote for #6. Sprinklers in the summer are my favorite!
I vote for #8!
#8. Amazing!
#8…LoveLoveLove
I vote number 8!
#6 please! : )
I vote for no. 10!
…and the winner is…#10
# 8 for sure. I love it!
I vote for number 10
I vote for #10!
#6, four girls a cast, a bandaid and oh yes a sprinkler
I vote for #8. Beautiful.
Gotta go with #2
I vote for #8, the miracle of life captured beautifully.
I vote for Number #8
Number 10.
I vote for # 10
I vote for # 10
I vote for #10
I love #2!! They are too cute!!
#9
I vote for 10 it is so awesome! Daddy and son having so much fun in the pool!
I vote for #9!!!
Number 8!!!!
All good photo’s but #10 takes the cake!
I vote for #1 I’m a musician and family man and this hits close to home. I also love interaction between generations, that’s how we pass along so many wonderful lessons to the young.
9
My vote is for #10…AWESOME!!!
I vote #10. Great photos!
I vote for No. 10!
I vote for #8…one of the most emotional photos I have seen!
I vote for # 8
#7 all the way
I vote for #9
I vote for #10 – Love it!!
all lovely, but I vote #10
vote for number 9
I vote for Number 9! Love it <3
I vote for #10….amazing photo!
#8!
I vote for #2!!!
#2 all the way!
I vote for #2
I vote for number 9!
#9
I vote for #10! Awesome!
Have to choose between #8 & #10- in the end I have to vote for #8~ expression expresses what every mother feels at that exact moment! They are all so wonderful.
I vote #9 So cute!
I vote for number 8, to capture that first physical connection between mother and child is very touching!
I love #2……So sweet!
#8, for sure! Amazing images, everyone.
Number 8 is great!
I vote #8…amazing!
8
I vote for number 8. What an amazing job of capturing the moment!
No 4
My vote is for #8–truly a beautiful moment to celebrate!
I vote for number 6
#8 is simply priceless; capturing a mothers joy at the birth of a child…
#8 is simply priceless; capturing a mothers joy at the birth of a child…I vote 8!
They are all winners to be in the top 10!!! But I vote for #8.
I love #6! True pic of life with kids.
#10
I vote for number 8. The photo caught one of the most precious moment for mother and her child.
Definately #8! Priceless!
I love no 8. It is truly capturing life!
I vote for #10. It’s a 10!!
Erin Hacker’s picture (#10) is the best!
I really am impressed with all of the photos, but my vote goes to #10!
#10 is the best!
#10 is awesome!
I vote for #8!
I give it a 10!!!
Number 10 please…
I vote for number 8!
#10 all the way.
i vote for #10
i vote for #10
Ii vote for #10!!
I vote for #10!! Great shot!
I vote for #10!!
LOVE number 9!!
I love #10!
Wow! Great photos! I vote for #10.
I vote for #8. Amazing moment.
#9
Another vote for #9!
#9
Being a teacher of special needs children and having an uncle with MR (mental retardation) I vote for #4. No matter how many people may feel “sorry” for those who have special needs, they just want to be treated just like everyone else. So I see this precious girl who is full of life!
I vote #2!
#10
Love #9!!!
Love Number 9 !
I vote for #9! Reminds me of my brother & me (11 mo. apart). All ten are amazing!
#8
I vote for number 10
I vote for number 10
Number 10 all the way!
#10
Please cast my vote for number 10!
I vote for #10
Love all of the pics, but I vote for #10!!!
I am a fan of number 10!
I love the fun in #10! Makes me smile!
Number 10!
#8 is my favorite!
New life! I vote for #8
I vote for #8
My vote is for #8!
I vote # 8
#8 to win, love it.
I vote for # 8
I vote for #8. Pure joy in a Mother’s face.
I vote for #8! amazing!
I vote for #9! so precious!!
I vote for the beautiful moment in #8!!!
#10
#9 for sure!!!!
I choose 9
9
Love them all, but I vote for number 1
I vote for #10
i vote for number 8!
Number 10
I vote for #8! Awesome photograph!!!
#8 gets my vote!
#1 it shows life not so staged!!
I vote for no. 10!!
I vote for #8. Love the ladies expression of instant love
#8
#8…such a beautiful moment!
I vote for #8!
I choose #8.
I vote for number 9
I vote #10!
I vote for #8
Number 9~A true moment of emotions captured. Soo cute/
#8
I vote #9!
I LOVE number 10!!!
I vote for number 10!!!
#10
Love them all! #10 has my vote!
Look at that boy flying through the air! Number 10 captures life best in my book!
I vote for #10
I vote for #10
I vote for #8. What a priceless moment.
I vote for #2!
Love number 2!
My favorite is definitely #2!
ohhhh, gotta be #8!!
I love and vote for #8!
I really like #8- love the look of delight on mama’s face.
#8 is the best picture for capturing Life
I vote for #10
#8
#10 Wow!
I vote # 10, it is amazing!
#9 is awesome.
I vote for #8. Such a special moment to capture
While they are all AMAZING I vote #8 almost made me cry looking at that such a beautiful moment
i vote #9
# 9
I vote num 9 for my sweet grandbabies
I vote for #9,so cute
#9
I cast my vote for #10
#10 has my vote!
#2 is absolutely beautiful!
i vote #10
I love #10!
#10
I vote for #10!
Absolutely #10!
#10!
I like the fact that #10 was not taken by a professional photographer. This picture was spontaneous and you can tell!
#9 !!!!!
Number 10!
I would like to vote for #10!!
9
I vote for number 10!
I vote for number 10!
Love # 9
#9!! Good luck to all.
number 9
#9 Love it!!
#10
I would love to vote for #10!!
Number 10!
Number 10
I vote #10
I think these are all great, but I have to choose one….#10!
#10!
Hard choice, but #10 is my favorite!
Wow! Number 10 for sure!
I vote for Number 10!
I vote for no. 8. What an incredible moment beautifully captured!
My favorite action is Carnival Lights! I tell everyone I know about OhSoPosh!
I vote for #1! absolutely love it!!