There are more babies born in August than any other month! Let’s celebrate life around us by sharing your favorite two photographs of children of all ages, from newborn babies on up in the Children and Babies Photo Contest!

Submissions will be open from August 5th through August 22nd, 2013. Voting and judging will occur August 23nd through September 1st (EST).

A guest judge from Eyeist will choose a winner who will then receive a Live Review and a $100 to spend on a Blurb book! The Eyeist live review is a 20 minute review session to connect and collaborate in real-time with a top industry professional! Imagine having someone that shoots for clients like Gerber, holds the position of Photo Director at Martha Stewart, or serves as the chief curator of a museum critique YOUR photos!

The guest judge for this contest is Ross Whitaker. Ross is a Photographer/Director who specializes in shooting commissioned photos of children and lifestyle for advertising, catalogs, books, and editorial publications such as: American Girl, Cheerios, Kool-Aid, Quaker Oats, Enfamile, Samsung, Fisher Price, Sesame Street, Disney, and the list goes on. Ross also launched Pimzlo Media to produce New Media content, which won the prestigious “Gold Muse” award from the American Association of Museums for a podcast series for the George Eastman House.
One winner will also be chosen by member voting and that winner will receive $100 towards their next Blurb book. Sigma added a 35mm 1.4 DG HSM lens this month as well for the winner of the member vote! This lens is great for portraits and more.