Here are the winners of our Candid Clicks Cute Kids Contest;  Congratulations to all!

1st Place Winner - Jocelle Bayle
Complimentary “Near-Ultimate
Package” photo shoot ($405 value)

2nd Place Winner - Quentin Jacquez
Complimentary Family Photo Shoot and $100 in Candid Clicks Credit good
for print and products ($200 value)

3rd Place Winner - Ariel Sol Plandor; Age 5
Complimentary Family Photo Shoot and a Free 8×1o ($129 value)

Candid Clicks is proud to announce our first “Candid Clicks Cute Kid Contest”. (Say that 10 times in a row).    We’re opening the contest to any and all kids ages Newborn to 12 years  but we will only be able to honor the prizes here in San Diego.  With that said, if you reside outside of the San Diego area and still want to enter, either because you think you may come to San Diego to redeem it or you have an unbelievably cute kid that you want to show off then feel free to enter.

 We will have prizes for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners based on the most votes they receive.

-  FIRST PLACE WINNER will receive a complimentary “Near-Ultimate Package” photo shoot ($405 value)

- SECOND PLACE WINNER will receive a complimentary Family Photo Shoot and $100 in Candid Clicks Credit good for print and products ($200 value)

- THIRD PLACE WINNER will receive a complimentary Family Photo Shoot and a Free 8×1o ($129 value)

We will be using FACEBOOK as our Contest Machine…meaning that all voting will be accomplished through our Facebook Profile.  Here is how it’s gonna work:

1.  Enter your child’s photo by emailing it to info@candid-clicks.com  Please include their Name, age, and if it’s OK to post their name and age with their photo entry submission.

2.  Within a day or so, your photo will be placed in our Cute Kids Contest album on the Candid Clicks Facebook Profile Page:  http://www.facebook.com/candid.clicks.photography.san.diego

3.  Next, in order to vote, you will need to “Like” our Profile page (formally known as becoming a Fan).

4.  Once you “Like” us, you can vote for your child by placing  the word “VOTE” under the comment section of that photo (Sorry, you can only vote for each child once, but you can submit multiple photos of children and vote for each of them. (Just once though).

5.  Finally you may invite  your family and friends to vote for your cute kid by doing the same in steps 3 and 4. (And step 5 too, they can invite their friends to vote also.)

Just so we’re clear, here are the rules  (arrrgahhh rules …yuck!)

-The contest begins today and will run through midnight on June 20, 2010 (that’s when the photo submission and voting stops).

-We’ll post photos as soon as we can from when we receive them. Obviously the sooner they are submitted the sooner they get posted allowing for more time to accumulate votes.

-Only a parent or legal guardian my enter a child into the contest .

-One photo per child, but you can submit multiple children (We know Mom can’t have favorites!)

-If the photo you’re using was done by a Professional, make sure you have the rights or permission to use that photo.

-Winners will be announced on our Facebook Profile page on 21 June.

-Vote for as many children as you want, but vote only once per child.

- A vote will only count if the word “vote” is posted as a comment on the photo. (All other comments will be removed…even if they are funny).

-The winners will based on photo that has the most votes.  Therefore it makes sense to get as many people you know to vote for your child.

-Only one photo per child can be entered into the contest.

Ok, here is the latest contest we’re launching! Since it’s summer time and many of you will be taking fun filled vacations we thought it would be great to see some of your funny pictures.

Submit to us your funniest vacation photo! We will collect all the photo’s and post the top 5 that we find the most funny on the blog. You then can vote for the funniest one of all! The photo with the most votes WINS!

The WINNER will receive a Gift Certificate for a “NEAR ULTIMATE PACKAGE” (a $405 Value)

All we ask is that the photo’s be mailed to us in .jpg format (small file sizes work better)NLT Aug 31st, 2008

The address to mail your entry is candidclicks@photographer.net (Please do not correspond to us at this address for any other reason other than to submit your .jpg file. For all other queries, use our contact page.) By sending us your image, you agree to it being posted on our blog and in promotional material for the use by Candid Clicks Photography).

SAM!!

Sam came up with the line:  “You mean you ate that….I thought I told you that the dog treated it like a fire hydrant.” for the What’s my line contest.

Sam has won a case of the new XS Peach Tea Energy Drink - A tasty, low-carb, and sugar-free blast of energy.  Peach Tea Blast delivers the sweet taste of summer peaches, plus potent B vitamins to help boost mental and physical energy. It is loaded with antioxidants and contains EGCG, which gives white tea its calorie-burning power.  All this and only 10 calories!  Don’t like Peach?  There’s like 10 other flavors to choose from.

Here’s a funny picture of our friend Mark and Sean who were taking headshots for their new ”R & J BBQ Sauce”.  I doubt they’ll use this this particular image for thier label, but it’s a great photo to run another contest!!

Here’s the deal:  Submit your caption using the the comments feature of our blog.  We’ll pick the one we think is the funniest (that’s clean funny) and then award a prize.  We’ll let this play out till the end of the month and in the beginning of February we’ll anounce the winner as well as the prize.

Here’s an example to help get your creative juices flowing: 

“Mark, great pose, but you forgot to put on your pants”.

Let’s first discuss what you can win.   The winner will recieve a Ghirardelli Gift Album valued at $75.   It has more than a dozen different collections of premium rich chocolate assortments to choose from.   So whether you like milk, dark, or simply all chocolates, there’s something to tantilize your tastebuds.

This is a gift album found on ordermygift.com which has a ton of great giftcards/albums for Christmas presents.  We like them as we can pick the amount of $$ that we’re going to spend.  Albums range from $25 all the way to $750 and have many differnet specialities…like the the Chocolate Lover’s  album were going to eat give away.  If you want to finish your Christmas shopping in a few minutes and within your budget we highly recommend checking out the album selections!

 Ok, ready to play?  Here’s the deal…

The first person who leaves a comment with the correct answers will win (keep in mind we moderate the comments, so if you don’t see your posting right away, be patient, we’ll get to it.)  There are five questions, and you must get all five answers (according to our sources) correct.  READY?

1.    In the Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”, who lost the $8,000?

2.    What one reindeer is never mentioned in Clement Moore’s Poem “The Night Before Christmas”?

3.    What do Children in Japan Call Santa Claus?

4.    What best selling Christmas song did Gene Autry record in 1951?

5.    What American President barred the Christmas Tree from being displayed in the White House?

GAME ON!!  UPDATE:  We have a Winner…

Congratulations Laurie S.  with the correct answers:

1. Uncle Billy
2. Rudolph
3. Santa Kurohsu  (We would have accepted Santa or Santa Claus as well).
4. Frosty the snowman
5. Teddy Roosevelt