It took until almost the end of December but we finally have some real snow! Yesterday's weather made for some great snowy photo opportunities with 2 great families...here's some of what we got:
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Yesterday's 3rd comment came from Kathy...congrats! Kathy please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $50.00 gift certificate. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
I want to thank each and everyone who participated in my 12 days of giving contest and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Keep your loved ones close, celebrate and one of my favourite sayings this year, thanks in part to a very dear friend...BELIEVE.
2009 has been an unbelievable year for my 2nd shooter and assistant Traci & I and we look forward to 2010 and beyond! I/we truly have the best clients PERIOD, thank you all so very much. Thank you for allowing us to tell your story through photography.
The grand prize winner is...........Vivien. Congrats Vivien!
You have won: a free sitting for up to 6 people. a disc with all images and copyright release, a 5X7 photo book and an 11X14 print.
In closing, some images from my recent trip to NYC with a group of amazing gals and one close in my heart:
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Yesterday's 5th comment came from Deanna...congrats! Deanna please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your 25% off gift certificate. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Onto Day 12...the last day to claim one of the daily prizes and the last chance to get in on the final, big prize!
So glad I was able to capture this hilarious moment during a family shoot this past summer LOL:
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Yesterday's 8th comment came from Dawn...congrats! Dawn please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $40.00 gift certificate. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Onto Day 11...I saw this field of what I thought were flowers on the way home one day and knew I had to take some pictures there. Found out later they were weeds and the field was plowed completely about a week after this pic was taken. I'll take weeds any day if they look like this:
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Yesterday's 3rd comment came from jke7698...congrats! jke7698 please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $15.00 gift certificate. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Onto Day 10...what's not to love about a sweet, sleeping baby???
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Yesterday's 3rd comment came from Briar...congrats! Briar please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $40.00 gift certificate. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Onto Day 9...another top contender for one of my favourite images of a bride. I had this vision in my head and this picture turned out exactly as I had pictured it.
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Yesterday's 10th comment came from Melanie...congrats! Melanie please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $60.00 gift certificate. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Day 8...one of my favourite images of the year...if not all time that I have taken. I still can't believe I got away with this one without the use of a tripod.
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Yesterday's 17th comment came from Marissa. Congrats! Marissa, please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $25.00 gift certificate! (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Onto day 7...this picture is pretty "cheeky" :)
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Yesterday's 11th comment came from Cathy...congrats! Cathy please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your free 8X10 print from your next session. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010)
Day 6...this picture has a story behind it...I met up with this wonderful family this year and learned of a sweet, beautiful girl who is flying with the angels. We wanted to include Angel Jade in the photo shoot so I came up with this idea:
Jade is the daughter, grand daughter, sister and step daughter to the 4 people in this photo. You can learn more about Jade and her much too short time on earth here:
http://www.jade-stoner.memory-of.com/About.aspx
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Yesterday's 4th comment came from NatGal...congrats! NatGal please contact me to claim your certificate for a free 5X7 photo book from your next session! Please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your prize.
(All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
Onto day 5...LOVE this capture. Just LOVE it.
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Comment 10 was Katrina R...congrats! Katrina, please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your free sitting fee (value of $100.00).
Day 4 begins and this photo was taken at one of the most beautiful weddings we had the pleasure of shooting this past year :) I love this shot because it shows off the super adorable dress and uber cute shoes the bride was wearing! My lovely assistant and 2nd shooter Traci captured this shot.
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I wasn't even sure I was going to find the time to enter this week but somehow I have :) I couldn't resist entering this sweet photo of my daughter and the cutest bunny on the planet! Bailey the bunny loves the camera and I caught this adorable moment between my little girl and her during an Easter photo shoot:
Make sure to check out the other entries and maybe even enter your own!
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I have to apologize, I know I'm waaaaay late on this one and I actually had randomly generated the winning number a little while ago before I got more comments in. So while it shows 27 comments, there was 23 when I used a random number generator to pick the number and start this blog entry. Comment 23 was Debbie Campbell so congrats Debbie! Please contact me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your free 11X14. (All prizes, including the grand prize, must be claimed by January 1, 2010).
I'm also going to mention that from here on out, all comments to be considered for the current day's post have to be in by 4 pm EST. So for example, if I post a new photo at say 5 pm on a Wednesday, all comments to be considered to win must be made before 4pm Thursday. Hope this makes sense to everyone!
Onto day 3 and this image was captured during one of our local photographer meetings. This sweet girl is the daughter of photographer
Jing-Ling Kao-Beserve and this little girl was such an angel throughout the whole time she was modelling for us all! I love how this image came out, it's not very often that I "shoot" babies this young outdoors like this but I think I might have to try it out more often :)
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Sorry it's a little later than I expected to post but yesterday's winner is
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Comment #17 was left by Stef so Stef, please email me at shayward1@cogeco.ca to claim your $50.00 gift certificate! Congrats! (All daily prizes and the grand prizemust be claimed before January 1, 2010)
Day #2 begins and this photo was taken earlier this year at one of the many weddings I shot this year. I absolutely LOVE the interaction between father and daughter in this photo, such a beautiful moment:
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So we're off! 12 days of Christmas giving begins today and each post will feature one of my favourite pictures that I have taken this year. All you have to do is leave a comment about each days photo here on the blog (under each new blog entry), and you'll be eligible to win the daily prize. Not only that, each of the 12 winners at the end will have a chance to win the grand prize to be announced on December 24th. Winners and their prizes will be announced daily!
So, to start, here is a picture I took just a couple months ago during a fall engagement session. I happen to love pretty much everything about this photo! But, what I love most is that you can almost "feel" the love between these 2 in this moment, which is what I strive to capture in every shoot I do:
Starting tomorrow (Saturday December, 12) I will begin a 12 days of Christmas type giveaway! Each day for 12 days, I will post one of my favourite pictures from one of my weddings/sessions this past year and why it is one of my favourites. In order for you, the reader to be considered for the daily giveaway, you must comment on the photo and tell me what you like best about it! I will announce the winners daily and the prizes will be random, anything from percent off discounts to free shoots, to other surprises! On the 24th of December, the 12 daily winners will then all be eligible to win the grand prize, again, it's a secret :)
So get ready to comment and win starting Saturday December 11th!
I don't want to post without a picture so here's one of my favourite pictures that I took last week during my trip to NYC:
I normally try to keep this blog much more about the business side of my life rather than the personal side, but I saw this video the other day and just have to share.
As a mom to an insanely sweet 5 year old with autism, this one had me in tears of joy and hope.
This post is for Deanna's photography class at Lakeshore High School. I promised a before and after of the pic I was talking about during your class earlier today and here it is:
