I am so excited to announce the winner of  the very first Image Du Jour contest!

The responses were awesome and so much fun to read, it was really hard to choose only one winner because there were three i was torn between…

but the winner is……….drumroll please……………..

Maura Kate Moore

Her description of the Image Du Jour above is..Loafers…

I really loved this description and picked Maura as the winner because the men on the bench were really just Loafing in their Loafers! This image was taken in Lisbon, Portugal last year when i was there shooting a destination wedding. This is one of my favorite images from my trip. I shot it from my waist because i didnt want the men on the bench to get angry so i really wasnt sure exactly what i was gonna get in the frame. As i was shooting this  a man walked into the shot and ended up totally making my picture a million times better. I love it when that happens…i call this a “Happy Accident”.

Anywhoey..enough about me lets hear about the totally awesome girl who just won a GO|BEE Hip Clutch!

First of all Maura has a really cool name and a really cool website and she takes really amazing pictures! This is from one of her recent senior portraits..stunning right???



And then i just had to know why maura wanted a GO|BEE Bag so bad that she would participate in my silly contest….and she said….

“Why do I want a GO|BEE bag? Easy! I am not a fanny pack kind of gal. When I’m shooting weddings, I often find myself having to strap on a shoulder bag or back pack just to keep track of my incidentals (especially those CF cards!) I also do a lot of work photographing people with special needs. The less encumbered I am with gear, the more at ease my clients become. The GO|BEE Hip Clutch will be a perfect tool for all of my sessions and weddings!”
What a perfect answer! I am so happy she won!!
And a little tid bit about Maura you might not have know….

“I’ve been dancing since I was two and a half and have a degree in theatre education. I love melding my two “worlds”; and a lot of my posing is influenced by my years as a director and choreographer”

How cool is that! How cool is she?!

I hope Maura loves her HIP CLUTCH!

This was so much fun…I cant wait to do more contests!..Stay Tuned..New Image Du Jour coming soon!

XOXO

Lauren