Thanks to all who have submitted entries to the yoÜ Are Ümla Contest! I am happy to announce that we have a winner! Things didn't go quite as planned today. I meant to have my daughter and her friends serve as judges for the photos, but she developed a fever this morning in reaction to getting the flu shot yesterday, so our day was pretty much turned upside-down. I did, however, promise that we'd announce the winner today, so I wanted to make sure that in the very least, she would pick the winner. I also decided to take a video of her picking the winner. I do apologize that the video is totally out-of-focus until the end. It's a good thing that I'm a photographer, and not a videographer. :) And please excuse the fact that you see my watermark on the photos in the album. My image gallery service by default affixes a watermark to all photos in my albums, and I forgot to turn that off for that gallery, after uploading the images (they are not publicly-viewable). I am NOT taking credit for your fabulous photos.

Without further ado, here's the video of her selection!

And the winner, in case you're wondering, is Jessica P, with the Santa Claus picture submission. I'll be in touch with you, Jessica, to make session arrangements.

I did promise that the runners-up would get a 50% discount off of their next session with ÜmlaPhoto. Since we had a smaller number of submissions, all of the photos submitted were reviewed by my pint-sized judge, rather than the top 5. I did, however, pick the 2 runner-up photos, who get a 50% discount on any regular ÜmlaPhoto session package:

1. The beautiful heartwarming photo from Lindsay K of her daughter and daughter's grandmother.

2. The pouty face photo submitted by Jen N, of her daughter.

Thanks to all who have submitted entries, and congratulations to our winner and our 2 runners-up. I absolutely loved all of your photos! Keep your eyes peeled on the blog and on Facebook for the next Ümla Contest!