Are you a show off? 

you should be

Have you had your photos taken by focal point photography? 

you could win!!

$50 visa gift card

do I have your attention now?

I should

think about what you could do with $50. that new spring purse, date night, starbucks, new TOMS, a donation to your favorite missionary, groceries, a pedicure, a babysitter, um... money towards your next photo session... I had to say that

Ok, read on

details spelled out below.. there is a bonus

Get the idea? 

I want to see what you have done with your images.

Think large scale (canvas, enlargements, frame wall) or think small scale (Christmas card, frame). Digital images still living in your computer's hard drive do not count. I want you to enjoy these pics. I want to encourage you to do something with them. Family photos on the wall make a house a home, and kids LOVE to see themselves. 

Its easy to win...

#1- snap a quick photo (can be cell phone quality if that is the best you can do) and email it to me at focalpp@gmail.com by midnight on April 5th. With your smart phone, this is easy, no excuses. We are talking $50 bucks here. 

On April 6th I will gather the entires and post them on my blog. Each entry will be numbered. The voting will be begin as soon as I launch the post (in a perfect world, this will be April 6th). 

#2- share.. this is easy. send an email to your friends and family with a link to my blog post, all they have to do is comment on the post with the number of your entrty (this will make the non facebook people happy) 

create a post on your facebook wall and tag focal point photography (you do know how to do that, right?? type the @ sign before focal point and it will link them to my page) there will be directons on my wall about how to vote, or if you are super techie, just post a link to the published blog post in your feed (while on the blog post, highlight the top bar web address and then copy it, paste it in your facebook post) 

talk about it on instagram, or whatever you may be on.. just get the word out. $50 is not all that is at stake...

remember the bonus??

You don't think I want to love on only my current clients do you? we have to spread the joy here... 

#3- surprise... one voter will win as well. thats right, one of your friends or family could win just for voicing their opinion. Once the blog post is live on April 6th, the voting starts and it ends at midnight on April 10th. On April 11th I will use a random number generator to choose a winner. 

And what do they win, you ask? 

A FREE SESSION. yep, you read that right

A free mothers/fathers day spring special session. These are going live soon, with all the details. 

Get exctited!!

Shall we recap? 

snap your photo and email me, 

share it everywhere and get some votes

and wait for winners to be announced

over and out

p.s.- if you have any questions, please ask here or email me at focalpp@gmail.com. I will be calling some of you out, I have seen what you have done with your photos. You can't hide....

Thank you so much for entering the birthday mini session giveaway. I have tallied the votes and added extra entries for those who earned them. 

Speaking of, 16 exta entires were earned. Thanks for sharing focal point photography with your friends. This is the main way my business grows. Word of mouth and referrals. I am launchng a referral program in the new year. You will be rewarded for telling others about us. 

Ok, back to business. There were 77 entries. I went to random.org and typed in this info. They chose a winner. 

drum roll please....

So, lucky number 11 wins. I counted 11 comments from the top. Winner is.... Lisa Nelson. 

Lisa, contact me to set up your session. Must be scheduled before 12-31-2012.

Congrats. 

p.s.- Suzy Selin earned 6 extra comments, and I want to thank her. She has never even met me or had her photos done. That is amazing. Thanks for loving my work. I would like to offer you half off the session fee (this is $75 savings). Discount expires 12-31-2012. Contact me if you would like to get your family pics done. 

Its been 3 years since I started this crazy journey. I have learned so much. They say that over half of new businesses fail in the first 3 years. I am happy to report that focal point photography has beat the odds.

Because of you. My loyal clients and friends. Thank you!!

You come back here to the blog, even when I don't update for months. The dry spell is over, I have many fun things planned for the fall. But, you didn't come here to hear all this. You want to know about the mini session giveaway. Spill the beans already...

what: free mini session

when: to be used by Nov 30 2012

where: location to be mutually decided upon between winner and myself {within 25 miles of stanwood}

who: up to 6 people/pets {great for kids birthday photos, familiy, couples, cousins, just because, holiday gifts, etc}

why: birthdays are worth celebrating, and we are turning 3

well: I know many of you are thinking that you just bought a mini session {thanks} so you can use this one as well or give it as a gift

*******To enter the giveaway- comment under this blog post. Comments on facebook do not count. They must be here on the blog. AND, you can earn more than one entry. If you share this with your friends, and they enter the contest and tell me who sent them, you will be given an extra entry. For example, if you enter the contest yourself, then share with your friends and 3 enter and give you credit {for example.."I would love to win, and was sent by Wendi Hansen} then you will get 4 total entries. Fun new twist, huh? I want to reward you for telling others about me. So, to clarify, you get one entry when you enter personally and one entry for every friend you send my way {they must type your name in their comment}*********

Contest starts now and will close Friday evening. Winner to be announced Saturday Oct 6th. 

Thanks to all who entered the free session giveaway. I have enjoyed reading your comments. I have big plans to cover all the things you mentioned and more. Stay tuned. 

Ok, I know you are really here to see if you won the session. So, here is the winner....

How fun. Marcy Imus....You have won. I will be sending you an email today. 

Hope the rest of you didn't stop reading though, I wanted to give you something too. It is valentines day, right? So, if you book a full session before Sept 1st 2012, I will give you an 11x14 mounted print and the digital image of that pose for free. And they are really amazing. {I am going to do a post soon to show you just how great they are} Just remember to tell me at the time you order your goodies

And what would a photography blog post be without photos? 

Here is a picture of my valentines....

and the kids valentines:

P.S- you too could have cute valentines like these next year... 

p.s. in your comments, could you please let me know if the right side of my blog is cut off on your screen, and if so, what browser you are using. The techy guys are trying to fix it.