Really neat Video

I don't usually post videos on my site, but my mother just sent this to me and I was totally impressed, so I thought I would share it!!

Contest Announcement

It's time to announce the winner of the I-Tunes gift card!!! I have 2 different blogs that have the same content and were running the same exact contest; www.kimberlyjarman.net and www.xanga.com/Kimberly_Jarman.

I put all the names from both blogs together and randomly choose a winner for the ITunes Card and the winner is.....


Jessica Francis from my Xanga Blog.

I also decided to choose a runner up from my kimberlyjarman.net blog and this winner will get a $5 I Tunes card. The runner up winner is:

Tami Proffitt

Congratulations!!!!

Thanks for everyone who participated!!! It was a lot of fun to see who is reading the blog!

Keep tuned for more contests.. we are going to run one at least once a month!

Last Day for the Contest!!

This is the last day for the contest!!! If you don't know what i'm talking about click here.

We will be announcing the winner on Monday, so make sure to check back!

Shelley's Maternity Session

Yesterday I met up with Shelley and John Robbins to shoot a maternity session with them. I photographed their wedding in 2006 and i'm so glad that they called me back up to shoot this session. We had such a great time and it was so good catching up.

I still have a ton of pictures to go through but I had to share this one. This was the last part of the day and I had a vision when I saw this location and this is exactly what I envisioned! I think this shot is absolutely gorgeous and I LOVE it! Once I've had a chance to go through the other pictures I will share more!

The Price of Photography.....

I'm always on other photographers blogs and reading what everyone is up to. Today I was checking out a local photographers blog, Ana Frias , and I loved a post that she put up on the Price of Photography.

Many people often wonder why photographers charge so much for their services. It is hard to explain all the details of what go into a shoot or a wedding, but once you understand everything that professional photographer does to make sure that you get the PERFECT image, I think it starts making more sense.

Ana pointed out an article from another photographers website and I think it really does a good job explaining everything, so I wanted to share it. You can find the article here.

Sharing the Love of Contests...

Today's Post is to share with you all about a contest that one of the most amazing stores in Downtown Mesa is running right now!

I am blessed to have my studio in one of the coolest buildings in Arizona and the owners of the building, Dan and Kristen, have 2 amazing stores downstairs from me, Domestic Bliss and Baby Bliss. If you have not had the chance to check out these stores you must! They have the cutest things ever; I drool every time I walk by to go to my office.

Well, Kristen just announced on their blog that they are doing a contest for you to win a gift certificate to their store. All you have to do is leave a comment on their blog and you will be entered into the contest.

To read more about it check out their blog post at http://domesticbliss-domesticbliss.blogspot.com/2008/03/celebrations-and-gift-certificate.html

Blogs and contests are so much fun!!! I love it!!

For those who use Blogger... a little tip.

I have loved getting everyones comments lately... I think I'm going to run a contest every couple weeks to make sure you all keep commenting!!!

However, the bummer thing with blogger is that if you don't have a blog with blogger I am not able to email you back to thank you for commenting... and the people who do have a blog with blogger only some of you have your settings set up so that I can quickly email you back. So I thought I would hand out a blogger tip that I recently found out about.

How to allow people to email you back when you comment with your blogger account.

You will find everything in the profile view of your blogger account.

1) When you log in to your blog go to edit your profile.

2) In the first section you will see a bunch of questions under Privacy. Make sure show your profile is clicked and also the show my email address box. - This will allow people to see who you are and when you post a comment on someones site they will be able to directly email you to thank you for the comment or answer your question.

3) Under the identity section make sure you put in the email address you want people to email you back at.

It's really simple to do and makes a huge difference for those who want to get to know you a little better when you comment!

Let me know if you all have any questions and also if this was helpful.