Monday, August 29, 2011

700 Fan Appreciation GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!

I have been looking forward to this for a long time! My giveaway is finally HERE!! I am so thankful, and so LUCKY to have such amazing friends, family, mentors, and clients who have BECOME friends. You are the ones who believed in me and pushed me to keep going during some discouraging times. Your kind words, constant faith in me and my work, as well as some constructive criticism from some incredibly talented, inspirational photographers got me to where I am today and keeps me going everyday!!! So, THANK YOU. This giveaway is for each and every one of you!!

So, enough with the mushy stuff! Let's give some stuff AWAY!

This is how this is going to work. I have below, a list of my amazing vendors, as well as what they are giving away. Please click on each vendors name above their image, go 'LIKE' their FB pages, and leave them some love! Remember, you have to tell them on their walls that NKS Photography sent you for the 'LIKE' to count. And obviously, you have to 'LIKE' my FB page also. ;) Then, come back here, and comment below THIS blog that you liked each page and leave your email address. Please only ONE comment per person. Multiple comments will be deleted. THAT'S IT!! You're entered! I will choose ONE winner using random.org Friday, September 2nd at 12pm EST (winner will be emailed before being announced).

So, here are the great vendors, and most of them just so happen to be good personal friends of mine!


You know all those ADORABLE hats you see in my photos? They're hand
crocheted by my friend Melissa who is INCREDIBLY talented. She is
giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to her shop!!


This is a brand new page! So definitely show my friend Myschel lots of love!
And while you're visiting her page, ya know, buy something! ;) She is giving
away The Beverly. It is a simple and pretty large glass plate lined with ivory floral lace.
The Beverly would be great for centerpieces, as a display piece, or even as a guestbook for your wedding!
(candles not included!)


My friend Tiff makes some amazing paper products! She crafted my
Baby Shower invites last year, and I could NOT have been happier with them! She
also creates some awesome video tutorials so you can make your own stuff!
She is giving away a set of 12 note cards with envelopes, with a matching box to keep everything together. Can be personalized using any solid colors the winner chooses!




There has been SO much buzz over the infamous headband you have
probably seen on my baby girl in her 9 month photos (if not, look down!). This headband
is amazing people. It is the cutest stinkin thing EVER! My lovely new
friend Courtney of BreezyBug Boutique, is giving one away to the winner!

(giveaway is for headband, NOT adorable baby!)




Aimee of TLC, specializes in Handmade, One of a Kind,
Newborn Hats, Headbands, Photography Props & More! She is
giving away a $20 gift certificate to her shop!




I am giving away a FREE mini session ($115 value) to one of my local fans!
If you are local and would like to win this, please include in
your comment on this blog, 'I would like to win the mini session!'. If the grand prize winner
of the giveaway is not local, I will choose another winner ONLY
for the mini session via random.org.



So, there ya have it! Please, even if you don't win this giveaway, patronize these fabulous vendors! Good luck to everyone!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Welcome Back!

Hello again! This summer has been busy and I have really neglected my poor bloggy blog. As you can see, I have revamped it a bit, and made it a little more bright and happy, like me! :) I can't believe the summer is already coming to a close. Seems like just yesterday was my big 30th birthday party! Kids go back to school in a little over a week, and we are scrambling to get all of our back to school shopping done (ohhhhhh, how I loathe it!). I hope everyone has had a fabulous summer, and please stick around as I am looking forward to some fun things this fall including a wedding, some engagement sessions, as well as lots of maternity and newborn sessions! I'm pretty sure there is a pregnancy epidemic running rampant among my friends and family right now! As long as it's not meeeee! ;)

So, again, thanks for sticking around, and I really hope you all enjoy what's to come! So, I will leave you with some images from some recent sessions (and a few personal ones thrown in)! :D





































Photo Contest Winner Ava Lyn!

     I had the pleasure of photographing our contest winner, Ava Lyn yesterday! She just turned the big ONE years old a few weeks ago. Ava was not a happy camper, unfortunately, so I got very few (maybe three?!) shots of her smiling. HOWEVER, she is ridiculously adorable, so even her little 'serious' face was fantastic. And I got LOTS of serious faces! She wasn't too thrilled with the grass, and she definitely was not having the balloons. Which is why there aren't any balloon shots featured here. :) The thing about shooting baby and toddler sessions, is that they are unpredictable. But we worked around it, and ended up with a ton of amazing shots! And I'll be totally honest. Picking just a couple to feature here was HARD. I love all of them. These are just a few of my favorite......



So.much.CUTENESS!!!!





Even in black and white, she has the most amazingly gorgeous eyes.





There's that wonderful serious face! I love it!!



Really. If this post contained anymore cuteness, I'm pretty sure it would self destruct. Thanks so much, Auburn, for the opportunity to photograph Miss Ava, and congrats again for winning NKS Photography's very first photo contest!