Congratulations to Chicago’s Sara Sobkoviak on winning first place in the Bella Life portion of June’s contest. Great integration of the family and skyline.

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Kimberli Nelson (Chicago) is our second place winner. Beautiful use of back-light!

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And we must mention… [top] Carol Milligan (Chicago); [bottom left to right] Jasmine Lopez (Chicago) and Laura Manzano (Chicago)

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How adorable is this? First place for Bella Baby goes to Melissa Gale (Washington).

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Tied for second place are two very talented photogs– [left to right] Michelle Bailey (Colorado) and Tina Skiver (Chicago)

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June brought in a lot of honorable mentions! Our gifted photographers make it hard to choose! [top left to right] Amanda Anttila Oza (Washington) and Carol Milligan (Chicago); [middle left to right] Kimberly Stotlar (Chicago), Christine Springer (Pennsylvania) and Lesli Gresholdt (Chicago); [bottom left to right] EJ Fleck (Ohio) and Heather Brooks (Nevada).

First place winners receive a $75 gift card and second place winners receive a $50 gift card. To view all of June’s entries, click here and enter the password “contest”.

Congratulations to Bella Life first place winner, Carol Milligan (Chicago)! We love this unique shot!

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Lauren Kennedy (Washington) photographed this cutie and is awarded second place.

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More Bella Life talent to show off! [top left to right] Laura Manzano (Chicago) and Tiffany Diamond (Washington); [bottom] Jackie Burke (Chicago)

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Isn’t this photo beautiful? We had to give this first place for the Bella Baby portion of the contest. Great work, EJ Fleck (Ohio)!

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What a great photo! Second place winner, Mary Liput (Colorado), captured this moment.

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Many more talented photographers to mention– [first row left to right] Heather Harty (Chicago), Nicole Goodenow (Iowa) and Kimberli Nelson (Chicago); [middle left to right] Abigail Junge (Chicago) and Laura Manzano (Chicago); [bottom] Stephenie Lindsay (Pennsylvania)

First place winners receive a $75 gift card and second place winners receive a $50 gift card. To view all of May’s entries, click here and enter the password “may”.

Congratulations to our Bella Life first place winner, Amy Romberg (Chicago)! We love this classically beautiful photo.

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Second place goes to Melissa Naldzin (Pennsylvania). How can you not love this face?!

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Check out these honorable mentions– [top left to right] Cecilia Moyer (Iowa) and Michelle Bailey (Colorado); [bottom left to right] Kathryn Poole (Pennsylvania) and Liz Reese (Virginia).

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This beautiful shot is our Bella Baby first place winner. Great work, Pam Schofield (Michigan)!

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It was too hard to decide, so we have a tie for second place. Mary Kalhor (Washington) [left] and Robin Carbaugh (Tennessee) [right] took these amazing shots!

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And here is the wonderful work of our honorable mentions– [top] Nathania tenWolde (Washington); [bottom left to right] Shannon Foote (Georgia) and Virginia Harold (Missouri)

First place winners receive a $75 gift card and second place winners receive a $50 gift card. To view all of April’s entries, click here and enter the password “april”.

Congratulations to Megan Swederski, our February Parent Photo Contest winner! She wins a free Bella Life sitting for this adorable photo of her little guy, Currant Swederski. Bella Baby first photographed Currant at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, IL.

Don’t forget submissions to the February Parent Photo Contest are due on the first of every month. You could win a free Bella Life sitting ($150 value). The sky’s the only limitation to your imagination…..the only requirements are that your baby is in the photo, you are not a professional photographer, and that your baby was originally photographed by Bella Baby Photography. Send your entry to contest@bellababyphotography.com with “Parent Photo Contest” in the subject line.

Please include: your baby’s name, mom’s name, and the hospital name, city and state that Bella Baby photographed your little one.

Each month the winner will be posted on our blog. Good luck!!! We can’t wait to see your photos.

Congratulations to Tiffany Diamond (Washington) on winning first place in the Bella Life portion of our contest. We love the crisp focus of this photo.

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Congratulations to [left to right] Kimberli Nelson (Chicago) and Paige Poelman (Chicago)! They are our second place winners for Bella Life!

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Here are Bella Life’s honorable mentions! [left to right] Melissa Naldzin (Pennsylvania) and Shellie Jaksen (Michigan)

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Amy Romberg (Chicago) is Bella Baby’s first place winner. What beautiful light and composition!

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We have a tie for second place– Tiffany Diamond (Washington) and Ashley Ingram (Chicago)

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Wrapping up February are many more talented photographers we must mention: [1st row left to right] Anna Jones (Iowa) and Ashley Glasco (Virginia); [2nd row] Elizabeth Whitaker (Georgia); [3rd row left to right] Jessica Desrosiers (Florida) and Kristin Bobb (Maine); [4th row left to right] Liz Reese (Virginia) and Paige Poelman (Chicago)

First place winners receive a $75 gift card and second place winners receive a $50 gift card. To view all of February’s entries, click here and enter the password “february”.

Looking for some inspiration for your entry into the February Bella Baby Parent Photo Contest?  Then check out Bella Baby’s own Senior Photographer, Carol Milligan, featured in the February 15, 2011 Chicago Tribune article, Take better baby photos.

Don’t forget submissions to the February Parent Photo Contest are due on February 28th. You could win a free Bella Life sitting ($150 value). The sky’s the only limitation to your imagination…..the only requirements are that your baby is in the photo, you are not a professional photographer, and that your baby was originally photographed by Bella Baby Photography. Send your entry to contest@bellababyphotography.com with “Parent Photo Contest” in the subject line.

Please include: your baby’s name, mom’s name, and the hospital name, city and state that Bella Baby photographed your little one.

Each month the winner will be posted on our blog. Good luck!!! We can’t wait to see your photos.

Bella Baby CEO/Founder, Kelly Billington, announced the “Bests of 2010″ at the Bella Baby Winter Soiree in Naperville, IL on January 29th. These are not only outstanding photos, but people, that Bella Baby wanted to recognize.

Photographers voted for their favorite Bella Life and Bella Baby photo from the winners of our monthly photographers contest. And the winners are…

Liz Reese, of Virginia, won Best Bella Life Photo of 2010. This shot is not only adorable, but unique and well-executed. Congratulations, Liz!

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Best Bella Baby Photo of 2010 went to Pam Schofield of Michigan. Pam’s photo exhibits classic Bella Baby beauty.

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Our 2010 Photographer of the Year was Rose Kasinecz of Chicago, IL. Rose has been with Bella Baby Photography for 2 years. She keeps a great attitude and is a team-player. Rose not only shoots full-time at Prentice Women’s Hospital, but is also a Bella Life photographer.

Bella Baby is also extremely appreciative of its support staff. 2010 Support Staff Member of the Year is Claudia Crawford of Chicago, IL. Claudia is the lead Customer Service Representative for Bella Baby’s corporate office. She has been with Bella for almost 3 years. Claudia is a hard worker and very dedicated to her position. She provides clients with excellent customer service and goes above and beyond to help her fellow Bella Babes.

All winners were presented with a cash prize.

Our fourth and final winner is Kyle & Jill Glosson and their daughter Kiera! The Glosson Family will enjoy a free photo session at our Naperville Studio this week, just in time for the holidays! Our senior photographer, Rose Kasinecz, will have the joy of photographing this very deserving family. Congratulations!!

Adorable and beautiful… that is what Bella Baby is all about. Congratulations to our Bella Life first place winners Liz Reese (Virginia) and Shellie Jaksen (Michigan)!

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Second place for Bella Life is awarded to Lisa Schramm (Glenview, IL). We love how this photo shows the “life” in Bella Life Photography!

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Honorable mentions go to these lovely ladies…[top left to right] Cecilia Moyer (Iowa) and Gen Lamky (Michigan); [middle left to right] Nathania tenWolde (Washington) and Sarah Moore (Maine); (bottom) Tammy Harrow (Virginia)

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First place for the Bella Baby contest was hard to choose… so we have two 1st place winners! Great job, Amanda Anttila-Oza (Washington) and Pam Schofield (Michigan)

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For all of you mommies out there, you know just what this feels like. Jessica Thomsen (Washington) took this adorable photo and is awarded second place.

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Sending in more great photos are Emily Horton (South Carolina) and Jennifer Welenc (Chicago).

First place winners receive a $75 gift card and second place winners receive a $50 gift card. To view all of October’s entries, click here and enter the password “contest”.