Well, that was fun! We just finished our first giveaway - the 1st Annual Image of the Year Contest. It's been great seeing the numbers going up as the votes poured in. The top spots were only a few votes away from each other.
Drum roll please...
The winner of the event category, and proud new owner of an 11x14 wrap canvas is...
Stephanie and Andrew (May wedding, San Diego)
The runner up and recipient of a $50 portrait session credit is...
Elisha and Gideon (August wedding, Los Angeles)
In the portrait category, the winner and recipient of another 11x14 canvas wrap is...
Jessica and Eric (Engagement session, Ventura... wedding in Feb at Calamigos)
And the runner up and owner of a $50 portrait session credit is...
Whitney and Rick (engagement session, Calabasas... LA wedding in May)
Thank you to everyone that participated. Please contact me to arrange your gifts.
http://karenard.com/blog/2011/02/and-the-winner-is-1.html
Vote now for your favorite image of the year!
I've had so many amazing shoots this year. I thought I'd share my personal favorites of 2010, in no particular order. And how about starting off the year off with a little contest? There are two categories, events and portraits, so make sure to click on both links. Full details below...
2010 Image of the Year - Events... click here to vote
2010 Image of the Year - Portraits... click here to vote
I've been playing around in my head for a fun way to do a recap of the year combined with a contest. So it looks like I'm starting the 1st Annual Karen Ard Photography Image of the Year Contest!
The winner in each category will receive an 11x14 canvas wrap! Two runners up will both receive a $50 gift credit toward a 2011 session!
The details...
- Voting runs through January 31 at midnight, Pacific time
- No multiple voting! Your IP is captured and only unique votes will count
- Send the link to your friends and family so they can vote for you
- Winners will be announced on February 1
- I reserve the right to cancel the contest or disqualify an entry if necessary
- All prizes are final and can't be changed
I'm excited to see who will win! I know I'll be checking everyday to see how this goes. Good luck everyone.
Here are the links one more time:
2010 Image of the Year - Events... click here to vote
2010 Image of the Year - Portraits... click here to vote
http://karenard.com/blog/2011/01/1st-annual-image-of-the-year-contest.html
I've never been a girly-girl. I've always preferred jean's over dresses and bare feet over heels. But I'm not all Tom-boy. I love my teal colored Juicy Couture purse, some fun jewelry, and I adore the flower hair pieces that are in style right now, especially among brides and the oversized ones for newborns. (Much cuter then the gift-wrapping bow my mom used to stick on my bald head so people knew I was a girl!)
I'm so excited to offer my readers some of these gorgeous hairpieces as giveaways in the coming months. Many of you may remember Sandra, one of my beautiful May brides. After her wedding, I sent her hair piece vendor, Ola from Olas Dream World some photos and to my delight, Ola offered to send me a bunch of pieces to giveaway!
I thought I'd start with one that resembles what Sandra wore for her wedding. (I'll do a little girl one next time.)
This white hair fastener is like a billowy cloud in your hair, made from pure silk chiffon, lace and feathers. Here is the one Sandra wore...
To enter the giveaway, head on over to Ola's Dream World's Etsy shop, look around and leave a comment here about your favorite piece. To enter a second time, friend me on Facebook. (Already a fan? Just let me know that in the second comment.) Deadline for this giveaway is Sunday, November 7.
*Please note, if you are one of my up and coming brides and have interest in some of these hair pieces for your wedding, please contact me directly and we'll see if one of the ones I have works for you. Clients, that are scheduled for portraits with their newborn or young daughters, please contact me as well if you'd like one of the non-wedding ones for our photo shoot.
http://karenard.com/blog/2010/11/november-giveaway.html
Masters Degree Online just announced that my blog is being honored in their portrait photography category. Cool. I'll take it!
http://karenard.com/blog/2010/10/master-blog-of-portrait-photography.html
For those of you waiting patiently to see who won the jewelry giveaway, sorry for the delay. My daughter started fifth grade today. Her last year at elementary school and I think it kinda freaked me out this morning. My baby, my last kid, marching right into her new class with barely a wave. So what did I do? I came home and started furiously cleaning my house so I didn't have to think about it. I'm better now. I can see why people turn to wine! lol After some busy work and a few deep breaths (and a client dropping in) I'm back on track!
I'm going to try to do giveaways more often and I already have one for next month so make sure to stop on by soon to check it out. Okay... so the winner for the fan-tabulous (yes, I make up my own words) Tina Steinberg personalized bracelet is.... drum roll please...
Emma: well, I checked out the web site and OMG Tina Steinberg is amazing!!! I saw she is even "connected" with some up and comers in hollywood. That should get the word out pretty fast! In the mean time, Her love touch fingerprint collection is unique and precious while the spirit collection is inspiring and whimsical, but my absolute favorite is the luscious locket collection and in particular the circle of love. It has just the right touch of elegance and tenderness. The lovers names look as if they are effortlessly floating in eternal etherialness (is that a word?) anyway, it brings a touching tear to my eye. just stunning. I think it would be particularly beautiful with the lite box link chain to give it that little vintage look. Good work. I want one!
Yea Emma! Make sure to contact me so I can get you Tina's info. Everyone else, thanks for stopping by.
And here's my baby girl, all grown up with her Twilight keychain on her backpack! (She's Team Taylor, by the way.) And yes she wore shoes. I just pulled her out of the house for photos before she could get on her black Converse sneakers.
emma Says:
karen, your daughter is so very beautiful. she does look so grown up too. Im happy and sad for you both at the same time. Thanks so very much for this opportunity and I am exstatic to have won the bracelet. I love Tina's work and am blessed to have such great friends. Im glad that tinas bracelet will help me to remember my sepcial moments and precious loved ones.
(09.14.10 - 04:28 PM)
http://karenard.com/blog/2010/09/and-the-winner-is.html
Great contest Karen, winners are great! I especially love the Whitney and Rick photo!! Yay!!
(02.01.11 - 01:41 PM)Awesome! Thanks Karen! We loved doing our photo shoot with you and can't wait for the wedding!!! xoxo
(02.01.11 - 05:08 PM)I loved all the finalists. Every one had so much creativity behind them thanks to Karen. My personal favorite has to be Whithey and Rick just because of the spontaneous location and vibe it has.. All the others, I felt, also have such special treatments to them as well. Great work!
(02.03.11 - 05:20 AM)