The Finalists in the Summer Fun Photo Contest 2008
Wow! The response was overwhelming for our Summer Fun Photo Contest sponsored by Skinny Cow.
While making our final selections last night, Janice had her husband go across the border to purchase some more Skinny Cow Ice Cream, including Skinny Dippers. She’s hooked I tell you!
There were over 400 submissions and some amazing photos. It’s always so hard to choose only 20 finalists. Please forgive us if we didn’t choose your shot – it was so hard to decide.
If you are selected as a finalist, feel free to announce it on your blog, facebook, twitter, etc and get your friends to vote for you. That is fair game. But please play fair and do not use proxy servers or other black hat methods of increasing your votes. If we do discover unfair practices, we will have to disqualify the parties involved. Remember the spirit of our site and play nice!
Please note: Democracy Poll only allows one vote per computer. If other family members wish to vote, they will have to vote from different computers.
Voting will end Friday, August 29th, 3pm EST. We will announce the winner the same day!
Be sure to vote, because the winner receives $500.00 courtesy of Skinny Cow!
Here are the photos:
1. Pogo Stick
2. Alissa
3. Embrace This
4. Worth It All
5. One Thing
6. New Green Mama
7. 3 Girls Mom
8. Buhtafly Wings
9. Mama Harder
10. Shelley Smith
11. De In Paradise
12. Pre-Med Mommy
13. Choosing My Own
14. Stacy Ness
15. Mary Elizabeth
16. The Only Thing I Know
17. Hannah
18. Short Stop
19. Om Mami
20. Email Entry From Jessica
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70 Comments
I love Number 17!!
These are some great pictures – i only wish there would have been more amateur photos or at least more amateur looking photos as there are plenty of contests out there for professional photographers. Still fun pictures though.
Buhtafly Wings picture #8 has to be one of the cutest darn pictures I’ve ever seen. What could be better than playing in the pool on a hot summer day. The goggles are way cute. Very special shot! Go vote for this one!!
It may be a cute pic, but others are MUCH cuter and more polished looking. Just my opinion. And how did she go from not even being a contender to leading in like a day? Pretty shady…
Jeez… I’m thinking if you don’t have anything NICE to say- just don’t say it at all. I’ve been watching this contest from the beginning and I’m pretty sure Buhtafly has been a “Contender”!
(Can’t get much cuter than that!) Plus All the pictures are “contenders” thats why they are in there!
Good Luck to All!
I have been watching the comments on this photo contest, since the finalists were posted. I must say, it’s pretty sad to see a bunch of adults acting like children.
Mean things have been said, accusations have been made.
This is an awesome thing that the lovely ladies at 5 Minutes for Mom have been able to do, and it’s so sad to see so many respond in such a negative way.
Everyone has played by the rules.
The rules had mentioned that the finalists could promote their picture to help to receive votes, that means posting about it on other sites, if need be.
Can’t we all just be nice?!?!?
And just so you know, I am not a finalist.
And thank you 5 Minutes for Mom for putting up with all of the crud that was said. You ladies are awesome.
I am disheartened by the comments that were made on this site. Each child is beautiful.
I voted for Buhtafly Wings photo b/c to me it represented what summer is all about. The colors are eye catching and vivid. The photo is real and true to life. It tells a complete story, just as a photo should. It reminds me of when I was a kid. The simple times. The good times.
I’ve never met the person who took this photo. But I am sad that she is under attack b/c her photo has taken the lead. It’s a great picture.
Play nice. Play fair. This is a great thing that 5 mins for mom has provided.
I agree that some of the comments are out of line… Although I like to call myself a pro, I am 100% self taught, by reading on photo forums, checking out books, and following tutorials, so that doesn’t make me a pro in a lot of people’s eyes.
For a VERY long time all I used was a canon rebel xt, which can hardly be called a pro camera. It’s more soccer mom quality, but is capable of a lot when using it’s manual settings.
Congrats to all the entries! Mine is the one of my kids sliding….. I forwarded it all over the place, but have topped out on my votes, I can’t seem to get any more!
Wow, it is amazing how catty women can be.
First off, just because a signature is on the picture does NOT mean it is a “professional” shot. It comes down too mothers taking shots of their children doing wonderful summertime activities. To be honest, I bet, to get that perfect shot it took more than 1 time down the slide and playing with bubbles, or that puckered lip of enjoyment over ice cream. Honestly, they all look professional.
Second off, because someone else didn’t have a lot of votes when first finding they are a finalist and then bam have multiple, all 20 contenders are mothers. Mothers=busy, which again equals maybe not being able to get the word out to friends and family until a few days later. I can’t believe someone would call that shady.
It is about networking and getting it out to others that your picture is in a contest. Be it via online friends/playgroups, emailing all your co-workers, emailing family to email all their co-workers, it all comes down to networking. Again, who knew networking made things shady.
Also, this is about 5 minutes for mom being generous enough to allow mothers submitting pictures of their children to be voted by the public.
Ok ladies, it’s getting to the point where the chastising comments are every bit as ridiculous as the ones they are chastising.
Let it go!
Okay, I would like to officially retract my comment. I am NOT a finalist, but I got caught up in the competition and rooting on my friend’s photo and I almost instantly regretted what I said. All of the photos are wonderful in their own way and while I do have a favorite I regret that I didn’t just keep my thoughts to myself. Can we all just move on now? Thanks and sorry again.
I love #8 Buhtafly Wings! That just screams summer to me!
Number 8 is a beautiful picture and my pick because it does make me think of summer, it is reminiscent of my childhood spent playing with my little brothers. Those kids are adorable and Buhtafly Wings is very talented.
I am so saddened that competition evokes the ugliest in some people but glad to know that one was mature enough to apologize.
Weird how #15 keeps going up at the same time as #8, so she stays just a little bit ahead in the vote. It almost seems as though she is using a router to change ip addresses and voting multiple times from the same computer when she watches #8 get more votes.
How embarrassing that an adult would act the way the “shady” name caller did. I voted for Butafly Wings because it is a “real” picture taken by a “real” mom representing “real” children in the summer time! Priceless. All the pics are great, but we can only vote for one! I hope that people making comments like that one doesn’t ruin fun games/contests like these! They are a great idea and shows how many talented busy moms are out there with beautiful children. Way to go all the mommies!!!! I wish I was as talented as you all. Of course I have the best looking kid….but don’t we all
Two comments at the exact same time from the exact same person…
it’s obvious lady.
Well I already apologized and since I can’t give you people my blood that’s the best I can do. My comment wasn’t any ruder than all of the jabs at the professional photographers and what Lola most recently said. So go ahead and keep standing on your soap boxes. My conscience is clear.
I’m confused about what’s obvious???
Go,Go,Go NO#8 ALL the pictures are wonderful but as already stated this 1 really captures the meaning of summer fun! Buhtafly wings you have got my vote!!!!!
I think it’s REALLLY clear that there was major cheating going on, maybe using blackhat methods by learning to do so on youtube, since they tell you how?? I know there were two that were clearly in the lead, and then all of a sudden, in NO time, the winner got 400 votes. LITERALLY.
Hope there’s some way to disqualify her. And I do think it’s shady to give away stuff from around your house to solicit votes, too. reposting was fair game, but buying your votes? No, that’s not.