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And the winner is...

And the winner is blog comment #9 (thanks to the random number generator at random.org):

Melissa Knutson!

Melissa, email me or send me a message when you get a chance and we can talk details about when/where you'd like your photo shoot done! :) Looking forward to meeting you!

Thanks to everyone who entered -- I'll be doing another drawing like this very soon so keep checking back! :)

Labels: Personal, Portraits

It's almost my birthday so I want to give YOU a gift!

It's almost my birthday and I LOVE to give gifts so now is the perfect time to do a giveaway! I'd love to give one lucky person, family, or couple a free photo shoot valued at $200! Included is a 1 hour outdoor photo shoot in Colorado Springs, CO, a full set of 4x6 prints from the shoot (60-80 images), one CD of all the edited high resolution images, and the copyright to the photos.

What do you have to do to get this?

1) Become a fan of Megan Hardre Photography on Facebook AND tell your friends about this drawing by sending out a "suggestion" or posting it on your status update. Click here to go directly to my fan page: Megan Hardre Photography. If you're already a fan, you only have half the step to do. Just recommend me to your friends!

2) Come back to my blog and post it in the comments below that you did both of the items in #1.

3) Be willing to do the shoot sometime in June, July, August or October 2010 and be available to be in Colorado Springs, CO for the shoot.

My birthday is March 9th, so I'll do the drawing on Tuesday the 9th for one lucky winner by using a random number generator. Make sure you leave me a comment below (on my blog!) so I know to enter you into the drawing!

Even if you're a past and/or current client or my friends... everyone needs more photos (hello, Christmas cards?) so please feel free to play along!

EDITED to add: Please be sure to not leave your comment as "anonymous" -- if you win, I will have no way of knowing who it is or how to contact you!! Thanks!! =)

Happy March everyone!

Megan

Labels: Personal, Portraits

beyond the 4x6

I give a fully edited CD with the copyright for all my packages so I rarely get requests for reprints. However, recently I've been playing around with other options to offer you guys and I had fun with these photos on mats. The ones shown below are 11x14 in size on a black hard foam core and I LOVE how they turned out. I couldn't post these before Christmas because they were gifts for our good friends Holly and Nick... and I couldn't chance her seeing them on the blog. However... here they are.

I put them on an easel but you could also frame these and they'd still look great. I like how they added a bit of variety from the typical "framed photo" when on the easel.

They come in smaller sizes too and the photo below shows just how thick they are. Love it!

Anyway, just thought I would share these with you! They are always available to order and fun to give as a gift or keep for yourself. :)

I hope you had a great Christmas. We sure missed having our families around this year, so it was quieter than normal, but wonderful nonetheless. Wishing you an awesome beginning to 2009!

Megan

Labels: Colorado Springs, Engagements, Newborns, Personal, Portraits, Weddings

Shannon!

You remember Shannon from last month. I met her in June to do head shots for her new website but due to the weather, we did them indoors. Last night we went to Garden of the Gods and had some fun! The bad weather held off while we were out and it was beautiful there (more so than normal) since it had just rained and the red in the rocks really stood out. I heart Colorado.

Check out that red rock! Love the contrast!

Thanks Shannon! I hope to see you again soon!

Labels: Garden of the God's, Portraits

Hellloooooo Edi!

Please give a warm welcome to my new assistant, Edi! She's my assistant during weddings and helps out with everything from crowd control, hair arranger during poses, big thinker, my right hand... but above all she's my new friend. We went out for a 'fun' shoot and coffee (of course!) around town this evening and had a blast.

Labels: Colorado Springs, Portraits

Shannon - Head Shots

Shannon is the owner of Summit Nutrition in Denver. She's super sweet and I am thankful to have met her and have had the opportunity to do some head shots for her new website soon to be up in August. We had a plan to head outside and have some fun, but alas it rained AGAIN! Does it always rain every afternoon during the summer here? Geesh! So, we shot inside and she'll be back in July to do more... this time without the rain!

Labels: Portraits

Karl & Amy

Las Vegas, NV - My husband and I met Karl and Amy in September of 2006 and we became fast friends. They moved here from Arizona by way of Idaho and were new in town. Karl is a pilot and recently took a job in Colorado Springs, Colorado so we don't get to see them very often anymore but this shoot was a blast because they are such a fun couple! I took this a few months ago, but thought I would post a few since they are so dear to my heart.