So with baited breath we waited, having just watched a slideshow of the final entries in the annual click and fresh photographer of the year awards.

We had been delighted to hear that we were shortlisted, and the excitement grew as we found from the original 300 entries, our 6 entries had all reached the final 24. (12 for families/babies), and 12 for makeovers.

The crescendo of anticiaption reached a peak as the master of ceremonies announced that the winning images were....... not ours!

It's difficult to describe the emotion of delight and disapointment at the same time. Realistically reaching the final judging, with such a number of entries is a huge achievement, and we look forward to next year's competition, and this time not being pipped at the post.

If your coming along to the studio over the next few months we've several competitions that we're gunning for this year, so don't be surprised if we ask you if we can enter your images!

The images are below, in fact there was one more, that i hadn't realised had been shortlisted... so for completeness, here is is: