5.15.2009

CONTEST!!!!! -- 7 days only!! (updated!)

When I think summer there are many words that come to mind: flip-flops, the pool, lemonaid, ice cream, popcicles, teeny tiny polka-dot bikinis....and THE BEACH!! I'm taking off most of June to re-coop from a very busy April & May, and am also staying at the beach for a week! Darci is beyond excited and keeps asking us "How many more days!?" ...The beach is one of my favorite places in the world...and a great place to take photos!

So...without further mindless babble..IT'S A CONTEST!

Here's the details: It's going to run for three 7 days starting........NOW!

Leave a comment about how much you want to win A FREE BEACH SESSION (and your name & e-mail) and you're in!! The name will be revealed Friday night...around 8pm :-)


30 comments:

Kerri said...

Since I'm the first one to leave a comment it shows how much we would LOVE to win the BEACH shoot! We have already taken Brock to the beach this year and his immediate comment was "I love it Mama...love it." So precious. So many smiles to capture! We also haven't had any family shots since Brock was nine months old! I was trying to wait until I lost some of that baby fat (or should I say PHAT! j/k). So please consider our family for the contest! PLEASE...Please...p..l..e..a..s..e!

Kerri said...

ohh forgot to leave the details. Name: Kerri
email: kerbear922@windstream.net

Hollie said...

Okay Dana, we are in need of some bella blue in our lives so badly!!! You are the last person to take a family photo of us and we need you to do it again...at the beach...!!! Come on, you know I've already got the frames all set up in our house, now we just need some updated pics in them!!! PLEASE! We promise to 'work the camera'! ha!
hollietaylor@windstream.net

Monica said...

I would LOVE to win the Beach Shoot! My boys are growing up SO fast! What a great way to "freeze" time! Their last beach shoot was 7 years ago, and man, have they changed! I would love to have you capture "a mom AND her three sons at the beach" - especially while they're still boys! It would truly be a treasure! Please choose us!

Monica Gowen
mpg66@yahoo.com

The Panke's said...

We would absolutely LOVE to win a beach shoot!! You've done such a great job with our photos before and I would love for you to do them again, especially at the beach. It would be great to capture more memories of our family at the beach. Pick us please, please, please.!
Kristen
kmtaran@yahoo.com

lbrinson said...

I love contests, I love the beach and I love your photos so it seems like it was meant to be. I hope you and your family have a wonderful, relaxing time in June.

Amy said...

Dana, what a better way to get back at Gannon than to make him sit in the sand, at a place he "can't stand" and hold his wife's hand (oh that rhymes) all the while doing your magic behind the camera! We need a warm session with you to counter our last family session when we all froze! Hope you have a relaxing beach week :)

Wanda said...

I will be very short . . . we've never had a family picture made!

wandaconner@windstream.net

jcclifton said...

Oh my - I have to enter this contest. For one - you are awesome! Second - EVERY family should have pictures taken at the beach and we have not done that yet! and third - your pictures are awesome! Pick me, pick me... jeanne@websandmore.com

PS: Hope your vacation is wonderful. I KNOW that it will be-Darci is at the perfect age for a beach vacation.

Judi Music said...

How exciting!

Since having to cancel our session with you a few months ago.... things here have been looking up! Darren was able to find a new job within weeks of losing his last. Phew!

I check your blog and site everyday and just fall in love with your style over and over again. I adore the fresh approach you take with each family, baby or couple. The whimsy/romance is captured in every frame.

I think it would be so much fun to do what you suggest and see the magic you deliver.... especially at the beach which has always been so special to us as a family!! We're open to ANYTHING!!

Fun, fun, fun!!

monica said...

My boys love the beach. Since that is a location that keeps them busy...I bet that we could capture some smiles too. What would be special about those smiles would be the memories captured in your photos Dana! Please consider my boys and I for the beach. We would appreciate them and treasure the memories from those photos.

Abbi said...

ok this is for me!! we haven't had a professional family potrait done sense we've had Kennnedy!!! She hasn't had her first trip to the beach yet and I KNOW she would love it!! she loves playing in the dirt and LOVES the water!! i want her first expereince of the beach to be with bella blue photography!! how awesome would that be???!! so please dana we NEED a family potrait and it would be Kennedy's first trip to the beach! you could capture the first time there!!! so PLEASE!!!!!
abbitaylor04@yahoo.com

Kerri said...

We left you something on our blog...maybe it will help us win:-)

Daphne said...

Since I've never had a beach shoot I definitely think I should be a shoo in! OOPS Dana says being her mother disqualifies me..

Anonymous said...

Okay, so I will even drive 2.5 hours to have some photos taken by you! :) Enter me in your contest, please!

Becky Bonfanti
rbanditt@yahoo.com

Tara Libby said...

We would LOVE to win your beach shoot! We have taken Cale once and he loved it. Havent tried the water yet, but the sand is great for him!!!
Tara
taralynn9282@windstream.net

Jenn C. said...

I have recently grown very fond of taking Taryn to the beach for our "girls time". It's so relaxing and peaceful and we love it. I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this to be our first session together. We all adore your work and never get tired of the countless compliments on your pics! Although a new pic would cause me to finally take down one of my oldies in my office.... I don't have any more room :-(. Can't wait to see the lucky session preview to come!!
My email is cockerh1@yahoo.com.

Leslie said...

We would love to add one of your wonderful family beach photos to our collection!
rudyred1@windstream.net

Brooke said...

I'd love to have photos taken of our family at the beach!

I hope you enjoy your vacation!

Name: Brooke
Email: Brooke.lynn12@gmail.com

charlotte.nelson@yahoo.com said...

the nelson family would love a family picture at the beach walker is older now and crawling how cute.. so please keep us in your thoughts. off the record ..girl tough choice have fun this is such a cute idea!

Steffi said...

Ok, So I hope I don't enter twice .... I did something wrong the first time.... So Lets try again !
What perfect timing .... I just finished decorating my bedroom with the pics I took at the beach. The only problem with those is that I am not in them ! I would love to have you take our pic again, just the grow ups this time ... Kevin and I have not had our pictures taken together in like 8 years. Either way girl, you are truely talented and anyone who wins will be recieving a beautiful gift.
Wishing you great sucess.
Stephanie Drew-Lairsey
smdrew_lairsey@yahoo.com

Elese Stover said...

Like the flowers need the rain,
And a preacher likes to preach
The Stover Family would love to have
Some pictures at the beach.

Our kids are grown
And we're gettin' old too
Please take these pictures
Or we'll be really "Blue"!!!!

Lara said...

Dana,

D.C leaves us LONGING for the beach! We'll be home in June for a month and we would LOOVE to get a family picture. We don't have one yet!! And I'd love to have some shots of Jack Berry on the beach. Pick us, please!

Lara said...

oh yea. here's my e-mail. berryluvr08@gmail.com

~Andrea~ A Burns Life/The Losing Side Of Life said...

Ok Dana...We would LOVE the beach session! You took Riley's first pictures and we've only had 1 more set taken:( I promised I wouldn't be the mother who neglected her 2nd but I am...so we really need some family pictures and the beach is perfect for summer. So here's my e-mail: logansmom1@windstream.net, and we're begging for some Bella Blue at the Ocean Blue;-)

~Andrea~ A Burns Life/The Losing Side Of Life said...

Oh yeah I forgot to mention it would be Riley's first time at the beach...can't wait to see her reaction to sand (if your picking us that is:)

Unknown said...

Well! As you know, my belly is getting bigger from the sweet little baby boy growing inside! So, I won't be able to do the beach body pictures :( But that's okay! I got a fabulous idea! As you also know (because you did the photography), I got married in March and I have no idea what to do with my wedding gown now. So, I thought it would be a fun photo shoot to body surf at the beach....in my wedding gown. In other words, I want to trash my gown...sort of! Bama and I would have so much fun with this! Please pick us! My email is aelizdavis@gmail.com.

Anonymous said...

Tried once...didn't go through so here it is again.
The real reason I want to get a beach session is because I have absolutley NO pics of me and my guys! I am always the one behind the camera. I don't even have any pics of myself & Billy (not even wedding photos-our photographer was sent to prison for child molestation before he ever processed our prints and his bitter wife won't give them to us!)I want to be able to look back at pics of our whole family not just the boys and Billy. We need some great pics in a casual setting instead of sitting back break straight with a cheesy grin in a studio!
Kristen Ray
KristenJackson11@msn.com

Jaime said...

Ok... we would LOVE to win a beach session with you!! I love your work and we NEED a complete family photo. I have plenty of my son and my husband... a few with my son and myself... and well I think maybe 2 professional pics of us all together. I would much rather have you take our pics than go to a studio. Oh.. and have I mentioned that my kid is a total HAM!!!

jaime.bare@yahoo.com

Nicola said...

Dana, please consider our little family for a Beach Session! I would love a canvas of both girls, Logan laying in the water, laughing as it hits her, and Palyn with whatever expression she might have with her feet in the water. Of course a family portrait would be nice with my babies and sweet husband! Thank you! Nicola