GRAND PRIZE WINNER / BABIES:
Leah Robbins
A giddy little girl celebrates her first birthday!

CHILDREN
Shante Gillette
Water approaching. (Image 1 of 4)

CHILDREN
Shante Gillette
Little girl watching the ocean. (Image 2 of 4)

CHILDREN
Shante Gillette
Portrait of little girl. (Image 3 of 4)

CHILDREN
Shante Gillette
Sisters together watching. (Image 4 of 4)

RELATIONSHIPS
John Krauss
Happy and content while rocking away under the guise of Fidel.

ELEMENTS
Nicole Rae
Without thought or regard... carefree. (Image 1 of 6)

ELEMENTS
Nicole Rae
Color - something we could all use a little more of. Something to help us stand out in a crowd and make us feel unique. (Image 2 of 6)

ELEMENTS
Nicole Rae
The promise of new discoveries, new beginnings, and new life. (Image 3 of 6)

ELEMENTS
Nicole Rae
Radiating and reflecting light... brightness... a new day. (Image 4 of 6)

ELEMENTS
Nicole Rae
Loving life means being open to all that is out there. You don't see the closed doors, only new opportunities. (Image 5 of 6)

ELEMENTS
Nicole Rae
You never know what's out there until you start to look. (Image 6 of 6)

CAMERA PHONE PHOTOS
Sean Conaty
July '11.

KID'S CLICKS
Family's tentative first steps into the cold, foamy shoreline of New York's Coney Island Beach.

PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Maggie Habieda Nowakowski
Nature's Miracle.