Just a fun little bit of news to share this morning. I entered a couple of my favorite images into the photography contest at the Erie County Fair this year. My portrait entry received “best of” and was in consideration for the tri-color ribbon - yay! My pictorial entry received an honorable mention. It made trekking down to the fair 8.5 months pregnant with 4 kids and a husband in tow totally worth it.

Early November sessions are currently booking and October is extremely limited with just one weekend session left - please book now!

Here are a couple of iphone pictures from last night at the fair. . . .

“Best Of” - Portrait

Honorable Mention - Pictorial

Its Fan Friday again! Up for grabs this week is a complimentary 12×12 4 Image Collage with the purchase of your session fee ($160 value). All you have to do is leave a comment below and say why you would love a session with SH Portraits, would love a collage, or have loved working with SH Portraits in the past. Anything really! I’ll use a random number generator to determine the winner. And. . .because I totally forgot to post a Fan Friday last weekend - I will leave this one open to comments through 11:59pm TOMORROW and announce the winner on Sunday. So be sure to share the contest with your friends and family too!

I have some fun exciting news and things in the works that I will be able to share in the next few weeks too. I am just bursting to tell everyone but have to wait - so be sure to keep an eye out.

For now - here is an example of what the collage would look like and it is mounted on my standard styrene to protect it. Just frame and hang!

Its Fan Friday! Today i will be giving away a gift certificate woth $50 that you can use or give to a friend! Just comment on this blog post saying why you would like a session with SH Portraits. Yup - it really is THAT easy! Tomorrow I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

Of course I have to include a picture with the blog post so I am posting one of my kiddos, from two years ago (well almost). Hard to believe he was this tiny - I love his wrinkly little feet here.

Specials for the month of July. These are some great ones everyone! Valid 7/1/10 through 7/31/10. Not valid with any other offers.

Oh man I am soooooo behind on blog posts it is terrible - but I have to share these faces for the 2010 Summer Faces Contest! Each of these adorable faces came out for my mini sessions and are now entered to win a set of 4×6 images from their session! Just one vote per day per cookie/ip address (gotta keep it fair folks!) Voting ends at 11:59pm on Friday, June 26th. Share on Facebook, Twitter, email - anything - but get voting! You can click on each thumbnail to see a larger image too.

I will be on Long Island for a very limited engagement June 4th-7th please let me know asap if you would like a session! Details below!

Its CONTEST time!! This is an easy one too. Simply “like” SH Portraits on Facebook by clicking the link here (Become a fan NOW!) then suggest the page to your friends. To do this you can either copy the url or you can click on “suggest to friends” once on the page. Tell your friends to “like” SH Portraits as well. After they do this then tell them to write on the wall that they are a new fan of SH Portraits and who referred them (thats you!). This is super important because it is the ONLY way I will be able to tally up who has the most referrals at the end of the contest. You have till May 14th at midnight to get your referrals over and the winner will be announced sometime over the weekend. The best part. . .the PRIZE! The fan with the most referrals will win a mini session and set of 4×6 prints from the mini session - over a $400 value!! Ready. Set. Go!!

So whats all this about? Tomorrow morning from 9am-10am you can listen to me (SH Portraits) live on 1520am with the Buffalo Works radio show! Myself and 3 other local women who are also MOMS will be talking about being Mom’s and business owners here in Buffalo. Be sure to tune in! I am sure it will be an hour of great information and FUN! Plus - I am super excited. If you have a chance to listen - come on here and post too let me know what you think. Here is a link to the stations website. http://www.kb1520.com/

I have a few things up my sleeve for the blog here to keep things fun and moving - so keep an eye out this coming week. ESPECIALLY on Wednesdays. Here’s a hint - if your child’s photo pops up on Wednesday on the blog and you see it - you will get something special from me. More details to come this Wednesday. . .but keep in mind you won’t be notified of your kiddos picture so you’ll have to keep looking!

On another note - as we are quickly approaching the summer weather here in Buffalo my schedule is filling fast. Beginning May 1st I will be opening up Wednesday evenings for outdoor sessions and continue my Wacky Wednesday special from last year (it was a huge hit!). The Wacky Wednesday sessions will be $99 (a savings of over $50 on your session fee) and must take place outdoors at a park within the Buffalo area. Choose from a list or suggest one to me. I will begin booking these sessions this week for May through July! Contact me for more details!