All You Need is Love Photo Contest!

Have ever loved somebody so much that you wish you could stop time and live in the moment forever? I have a love like that with my best friend, my dear husband and because I love him so much I want to spread the love with a photo contest! All you need is Love photo contest is for those who are married, who are wanting to get married, or those who are getting married. All you have to do is submit a photo of you and the one you love the most and have your friends and family vote for it on Facebook by liking it, saying they like it will not be counted. So the photo with the most likes wins :) and you can either use this for yourself, or gift it to a friend or family member :)
How awesome is that? So get out there and spread the word and send me your photos :)

Here are a few details about the All you Need is Love Contest, I hope you enjoy and spread the word :)

• Send a photo of you and the one you love the most to info@photosmithsphotography.com with ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE CONTEST in the subject line.
• One photo per entry
• Entry must be sent by February 12, 2012, 11:59 pm CST
• Then photos will uploaded to the ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE album.
• You are then responsible for getting your friends, family, and anybody else you can think of to vote for your photo by liking it, any comments do not count, it has to be a like.
• Voting will end on February 16, 2012 11:00 pm CST 
• The winner will be announced on February 17, 2012 at 10:00am CST
• If you are the winner, and are outside of the Hopkinsville/Ft. Campbell area, you are responsible for any travel arrangements to claim prize.
• You will be contacted by email with 24 hrs of winning with further instructions.
• Prize must be used within 9 months of contest end, unless otherwise agreed upon by Cindy Smith, owner PhotoSmiths Photography.

PRIZES:

• The winner will have a choice of either a FREE engagement session or family session with either a Silver print package or a print released disk with upto 20 edited photos from your session.
• Or 35% off of any paid package from your booked wedding session.

Jessica and Taylor on the blog

It was so hot the day that Jessica and Taylor had planned for their wedding, but it was also so beautiful and the sun was shining so brightly. I got the privilege to go and photograph two people so very much in love that day at Sugar Grove Carriage House in Oak Grove KY. (http://www.sugargrovecarriagehouse.com/)  It was a beautiful scene with a barn to host a beautiful reception. The bride's grandmother had made the bride maids' dresses and her mother-in-law had made her dress from the ground up. Jessica looked radiant as she walked down the aisle to marry her best friend, Taylor. I don't think I've ever seen anybody smile more that day then those two. Thank you for letting me come and be part of your special day!

Summer....come and gone

Well, summer has come and gone and I haven't kept up with my blog :( but I have been very busy :)  Between weddings and newborns and family photos, life has been very full. Yesterday I got to meet with a bride and her future mother-in-law and future husband, and let me tell you I'm so looking forward to photographing their wedding. It's gonna be a blast! We get to be out at Sugar Grove, here in Hopkinsville, and it is beautiful! So, I'm off to edit wedding photos, but drop on by and say hi! When was the last time you photographed anything????

Snow Day

15/365 .... one photo a day keeps the....

So, how do you pick what to photograph on what day? I try to remember that there is life outside of my customers, so I really have to concentrate on what to photograph. Today I focused on one of my best friends, my dog. She is all of 3 1/2 and she is a great buddy just to hang out with, and if you are cold an awesome heat blanket (which only weighs 75 lbs).

We usually remember to photograph important things, like kids birthdays, lost teeth and sporting events and family vacations, but what about everyday life?

Sometimes I wish I had a camera with me, instead of leaving it at the house in my camera gear, when I see something truly great. Or if there is somebody I really would like to meet, and create a memory with by taking a photo, and all I have is my little 3mp camera phone :( I really hate letting a great opportunity pass me up just for the fact I don't have my camera.

So what has caught your eye today?

Something great created by your child?

Love and laughter between siblings? 

A loving parent who when they pass, we wish we had taken more photos of them?

A love in your life, even though you are busy, you never make time to take a couple's photo?

An inspirational Bible verse?

A loved pet?

Yourself?

There are many things we can photograph, we just have to take that leap and do it.

Happy Photoing :)

How much do you love the smell of fresh bread? With butter? and jelly? I got to make 5 loaves today for my family, and they loved it :) Yummy onion-herb bread for ham sandwiches and white bread to go with your peanut butter and jelly. There is nothing better than fresh bread out of the oven.

Photo project 365: #13

This happens to be my favorite bird, a Eastern Blue Bird (found in Western KY). I got to see 3 of them today, and if we are lucky, we will get a mating pair in our little blue bird box (try saying that 5 times fast), at the back of our yard. Sunny skies, blue birds, life is great!!

12/365

Can you imagine how short I felt (well shorter than I am already) when I stood next to this very old tree in our backyard? I love this tree, it provides shade in the summertime, and doesn't block out God's warming sun in the wintertime.

10/365

 I love the colors :) Isn't is so simple to please a child when you are only 7 or 8? Usually you can get out just plain paper and crayons, and they have a blast for at least a while. I love them even more now, because my children can create works of art with just a new little drawings.

So what have you photographed today?

9/365

What have you photographed today? How about some cuteness? I've gotten on a streak where I'm making baby caps :) and this is where I'm at so far, not bad going from a know nothing about crocheting to caps in about 15 minutes for the simple ones :)

And they lived Happily ever after

And they lived oh so happily ever after.

Who's your team?

In honor of a friend's wedding day tomorrow, his favorite team colors. Can you guess who?

Fishing Around

Gone Fishing, will return on Monday ;)

Blocked???

Back home in Virginia there is a little town called Chilhowie, and this was one of the last stamped blocks from the Chilhowie Block company.

It has traveled through 4 states and 16years to finally stand guard at my flower garden, to protect it from three very roudy little boys and their big dog :)

I love where I grew up it, and I love that I have a little piece of "back home" with me everywhere I move to.

Friday Night Games

Oh what the love of a child will make you do.

When you use to go and party

now, the party comes to you

in the form of little men that you get

to walk around a board.

Oh what the love of a child will make you do,

forget the high heels

and makeup.

Bring on the dice,

and share a night

off the town

with the ones you love.

Sweet tooth?

As a homeschool teacher, I'm always ready with a good reward for a job well done.  So, what are your grades like??

Brownie Points?

I remember when I was young, my father had a collection of these Kodak Brownie cameras in our den. They were all little square bodied cameras that according to him took a beating and kept on working. Well today, you can't even buy film to give them a whirl anymore, but they are still oh so cool to look at. I was blessed with this little beauty one summer by my wonderful son, who knew that his mom needed this more than anything else for her birthday :)  To get similar photos now, you can make a pinhole camera ( http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=11865&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=42787 )