VLV Photography

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!! My sweetheart is away so I get to spend it with the three, little loves in my life- oh, and with the Bachelor on ABC! Laugh, I know…drama-sick chicks desperate for love….it’s just fun watching the claws come out!   I might just have to have a candlelight dinner with my kiddos tonight though with some sparkling non-alcoholic drink!

Anyhoo…bet you’re all wondering who won the contest huh? There were over 1,400 votes cast! Can you believe it? I sure can’t! Thank you to everyone who participated. It makes me so happy that this was a success and makes me look forward to doing this for 2011! Although, the competition will be stiff as there will be several newborns included, and what’s not to love about a newborn, aside from getting pooped/peed on?  Now, I didn’t win the France Photography 6-week mentoring {boo} so the grand pize won’t include the mini-accordions but the prize package is pretty sweet as-is.  But thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to all those that voted for me.   

So….onto the announcement already!! VLV Photography’s Grand Prize Image of the Year Contest Winner is……Image #3-Brian & Carrie. You can view their full engagement session sneak peek HERE.  I’m super-excited for this wedding and  Trash-the-Dress session post-wedding {planning is already in the works};  can you say 1940′s theme?…eek!  They won by a land-slide and actually came from behind sometime last week.  They received over 60% of the votes at 543!  Thank your voting troops guys-it paid off!  You can thank one of them by choosing them to win a $50 gift certificate to be used in 2011!!  You two love-birds win a 16×20 float wrap of this winning image, $100 gift certificate {which pretty much makes your Trash-the Dress session FREE}, and most importantly-status of “2010 Image of the Year Winner” for the whole year!  

Now onto the runner-up! Drum roll……Congratulations to Image #14-Colin!  You win a $75 gift certificate to be used in 2011!!  This should bring a smile to your mom’s face!   You can view Colin’s full senior session sneak peek blog post HERE.

Congratulations to the winners!  I look forward to future sessions in 2011!  It’s been a pleasure working with all of you!  Thank you for participating in the contest and Happy Valentine’s Day!  

*All policies & procedures apply for 2011 contest winners and are non-transferable.  Thank you!*

In other news…it was a busy weekend with newborn sessions both Saturday and Sunday.  I have another one on Tuesday, an engagement session on Saturday, then nothing scheduled until early March with another newborn.  A lot of sneak peeks coming up!!  Come back here tomorrow for new baby girl Eily’s sneak peek!  Then another sneak peek on Wednesday with babe Jedidiah James {love this biblical name}.

Also,  I will be making some updates to my website in the next couple weeks, including a separate wedding site.  The information for weddings and portraits is so different and I think it’s a necessary upgrade.  The client areas for both weddings and portraits will be more streamlined and organized and you will be able to view all the information you would need to know right there, at your fingertips.  You will be able to fill out all your forms there and hopefully this makes the process easier and possibly save the email time back & forth.  I will be adding my products over time to both sites, so it is easier to see the products/layouts I offer.  This will all take a little time but I do hope to get this all done before the snow melts and the busy season starts.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine’s Day and are able to spend it with the one{s} you love.  Until next time…Live, Laugh, and Love with the one you’re with….the calendar says so!

We come to love not by finding a perfect person,

but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

-Anonymous