After much deliberation, our panels of five judges has come to a decision.
Here's how we judged:
There were 5 judges - myself, three historical seamstresses of high skill, and one professional photographer. In the interest of privacy, I will not reveal the names of the judges, but they are all people I have known for years, know to be fair and unbiased, and trust absolutely.
Each of the judges independently chose their top 10 photos from the 90+ entries on the basis of overall composition, mood/feeling, costuming prowess, and photography. From the top 10, we narrowed it down to 7 that all five judges had included in their top 10. Then, each judge was asked to score each of the 7 photos with a point system - their first choice received 10 points, second choice 9 points, and so on.
The points from each judge were added, and the winners are as follows:
1st Place - 47 points
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Karolina Z. "Christmas Love Letter" |
3rd Place - 34 points
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Maija - "Dressed up warmly for a stroll in the park!" |
Runners Up
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Kathryn G. - tied for 4th place (33 points) |
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Pro Aris Et Focis - tied for 4th place (33 points) |
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Peryn - 5th place (31 points) |
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Alessandra - 6th place (28 points) |
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Wonderful choices. Congratulations to everyone!
ReplyDeletegreat job! you chose the ones I wanted to win so we must think alike ;-)
ReplyDeleteThese are such amazing costumes! I want most of them, please! :P Great work, everyone, you deserve the prizes!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations everyone. Good judging! I have to say that I'm completely charmed by Lauren M.'s photo, since I grew up in a part of the country where there was no snow. I'd buy Christmas cards with that photo on them any day!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!! Good choice!
ReplyDeleteWow, congrats to all winners! Lovely photos they all are!
ReplyDeleteSadly, blogger did something hideous with the photo :/ I had the same issue while publishing it on my blog. I suspect it has something to do with the new autocorrect feature.
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all of the wonderful, gorgeous entries! Maybe you should do this again some time, and narrow it to a specific time period. Congrats to the winners....
ReplyDeleteLovely winner! I saw Maija's riding habit in person last week and she looks amazing in it!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the winners, and thanks for choosing my photo for runner up!!
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