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The mother looks at the father and baby while lying next to them and eating pizza. https://www.stlouisbirthandbaby.com/blog/how-to-win-photo-contests monthly 0.5 2025-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/bd73fef5-0da0-4175-a6cb-89a1403ba03b/BBY+2023+Image+Showcase+Birth+Team+2nd+Place+Dana+Jacobs.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out An image I entered into the Birth Becomes You 2023 Image Showcase and placed 2nd for the “Birth Team” category and 3rd overall for the “Experienced Birth Photographer” category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/1afb274c-ebc7-4bad-8fef-04139f4ca2d1/Judge+Dana.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/3d332aca-adde-4370-a844-f574bbb0053b/BPOTY+2024+highest+winner.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out A collection of photos from photographer Bo De Saedelaere, who was the overall winner of the 2024 Birth Photographer of the Year award. Notice that each of these photos is technically precise, has sharp focus without distracting elements, beautiful white balance, thoughtful, straight cropping, and an interesting or compelling subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/1b108663-793a-43a8-933a-7190aefc94fb/BPOTY+2024+6.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out These beautiful birth photos by Marjolein Roossien are perfect examples of unique perspectives and compelling subjects, framed and cropped perfectly, and edited with technical precision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/9a698172-e123-4b60-9509-a4286b2dd8e4/Best%2Bin%2BLabor%2BPhotography%2BAward+IAPBP+2021.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out A photo I won “Best in Labor” in the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers 2021 Competition. While I did chop a hand in the framing of this photo, the crop was mid forearm and not at a joint. But I personally think that judges overlooked the limb chop because the perspective of the photo was interesting, the subject was sharp, the photo was straight and without distracting elements, and the title helped tell the story within the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/790aa52f-a548-4757-8142-08ef0458b95b/320-Dana%2BJacobs%2B-%2BJacobs-Dana-01+BBY+2020+Image+Review.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out My Platinum Award Image in the Birth Becomes Her 2020 Image Review. Notice that your eyes go to the brightest and sharpest part of the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/1ea7c70f-7b55-4691-bf82-acadfcbe43a4/scoring.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out My scores for my Platinum Award Image in the Birth Becomes Her 2020 Image Review. Not every competition will use the same scoring rubric, so pay attention to how a photo will be judged if that information is available to you when preparing to enter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/cc94260a-88b5-4c42-a132-bb632ff85988/BPOTY+2024+2.jpg Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out This photo has so many beautiful and compelling elements. The emotion of the parents (whose faces are in sharp focus). The masterful storytelling — the details of the image itself, along with the title, tell a complete story in one frame. With nothing distracting around the edge of the photo, and because of the sharp focus, careful crop, and thoughtful naming, the viewer’s eye is drawn right to the story — the parents reaching out, yearning to hold their new baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/1ef9b8fd-235f-40d8-a9f1-1aae14af3720/Birth+photographer+of+the+year+gold+distinction+image+by+beth+lindsay Blog - How to Choose award-winning photos for competitions - Make it stand out One of the winning images by Beth Lindsay that I had the pleasure to judge. I will never forget this image! 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She holds a blue bag and appears to feel nauseous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/1723229689886-B51EYC3NXRMCKOLI8WDB/60-St-Louis-Birth-And-Baby-Steitz-Birth-Photos-04378.jpg Blog - The Birth of Otto: A Repeat Cesarean Story A laboring woman lies on her side in a hospital bed and looks at her partner who is sitting next to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/1723229693511-MWAR1ZPEVRX2K5ENRJ6M/65-St-Louis-Birth-And-Baby-Steitz-Birth-Photos-04388.jpg Blog - The Birth of Otto: A Repeat Cesarean Story A midwife sits next to a laboring woman who is in a hospital bed. 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The father leans in, embracing both mother and baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/2991177c-56c8-469e-8145-066a6e736ec1/43-St-Louis-Birth-And-Baby-Aken-Birth-Photos-01473.jpg Home - Birth Services During a cesarean birth, an obstetrician guides the baby's head out of the opening in the mother's abdomen. The baby's eyes are scrunched closed, and she is covered in creamy white vernix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/80d6a025-d562-4418-98ea-c8ed3efdf46a/168-St-Louis-Birth-And-Baby-Heffner-Birth-Sneakpeak-Photos-7867.jpg Home - Birth Services A baby lies in a hospital warmer for an assessment. Her legs and feed are covered in vernix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6568eda052e9833925731d8c/afc4f898-b12e-48bc-a37b-d25a97f20b07/St-Louis-Birth-and-Baby-The-Birth-Of-Archie-9470.jpg Home - Birth Services A laboring woman lies on a couch in front of a window at a home birth. 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