Yesterday I photographed my last wedding of 2010.  This is the bride.  I will load some pictures from yesterday and show you those soon.  Happy Monday everybody.

10 years ago today my Daddy went to his heavenly home.  I miss him so much and so wish that we had been able to have one last family picture taken with him.  Some people don’t realize how important those pictures are until it’s too late.  So, today I am giving away an extended family photo session (I usually charge $100 for these sessions).  You can use this session as soon as you win it if you like and your family is here this week or next and we can get something scheduled.  Just email me to enter fotobydeedra@aol.com

Please don’t leave me messages on this website.  I never get notifications for them.  Always email me!  fotobydeedra@aol.com

On the 7th day of Christmas my photographer is buried in a pile of wrapping paper and presents and trying to get it all done in one day (and by all I mean, laundry, finish shopping cuz the Folmars are having Christmas tomorrow!  Yikes!  wrap it all, get the dog to doggydaycare, get to the office to meet people for final order pickups, and the list goes on and on…holla to all you mommies out there who do the same everyday of your lives!  Moms don’t get enough credit sometimes)….but I digress….today I am giving away a kid session (or kids session if you have more than one).  I haven’t met many kids I can’t photograph, all these 10 years of experience and that minor in Psychology are coming in handy.  Email me to enter your kid(s) for today.  fotobydeedra@aol.com.  Garrett chose the winner this morning, Destiny K, so Maverick or maybe Kevin is up tomorrow for the bribery!  hahaha, seriously we don’t take bribes.  Happy Friday to everyone.  Go enjoy all those school Christmas parties today.  My boys tell me not to come (love those boys, so independent).  Remember no giveaways over the weekend, see you on Monday.

On the 6th day of Christmas a photographer gave to me…..a Senior 2011 portrait session and 48 free wallets.  Senior sessions are always fun.  I do them all in crazy places full of color and texture.  It takes about 2 hours and you can bring as many clothes as you can change into and take pictures in in that amount of time.  It’s just a good time.  I love High School Seniors!  Hope everybody has a great Thursday.  Email me to enter and feel free to enter for other people if you aren’t a senior yourself.  fotobydeedra@aol.com (please include their name)

First, now pay attention people, don’t email to enter this one until after 8am tomorrow morning!  I am doing this early because I have an appt. in the morning that is probably pretty much going to make me cranky for a while and I don’t want to keep anybody waiting on their daily giveaways.

On the 5th day of Christmas my photographer gave to me a 5×5 minibook from a past portrait session.  Email me the session you would want to use if you win.  fotobydeedra@aol.com.  As always the winner will be chosen randomly by the first child who gets out of bed the next day!

I had my last family shoot last night and I am not really sure if the Dad was for real.  It was his idea to take the pictures, he took the day off and got everything ready for the shoot, he even took his daughter to the salon to get her hair curled!  Woman reading this right now are jealous…

So, on the 4th day of Christmas, I know this guy was not the norm and most guys haven’t even shopped yet, your photographer is giving a $100 gift certificate away…but this one is only for the men (feel free to use it as your gift and take total credit for it.  I don’t have a problem with that at all.)  You know she wants it, she knows you hate it, but take one for the team (the family) and have some family photos taken!

Our winner for yesterday is a sweet little preggers named Ashley and she is due February 16th!  Congrats.

Email me fotobydeedra@aol.com and remember boys only!

On the 3rd day of Christmas my photographer gave to me…as she sits and listens to a hilarious story being told to her by her preggo assistant!…it’s so funny, but sorry I am so not going to tell you about it…anyway, back to the free stuff…today I am giving away 3 sessions for one pregnant person!  You can win your maternity, newborn and 1 year session!  3 sessions for one preggo, that’s right.  Go tell all your friends!  Email me to enter…and please don’t need your maternity session until January 2011!!!!  fotobydeedra@aol.com.  Please include your due date in the email.  And yes, you can enter for your friends, but still include the due date.

Monday updates…I am here until 11am today if you need to pick something up.  I just posted a few “first sight” emails from my wonderful brides.  You can see those on the Photo[e]motion facebook page under discussions.  I will be adding more soon.  Today you can enter to win a free wedding package for a wedding in 2011!  Email me for this also.  I need to know some info though, names, dates, locations, etc.  Just tell me all about your wedding, how you met, engagement, etc.  The winning couple will be chosen on January 7th.  The package includes:

6 hours of coverage, 1 photographer at your wedding and reception, 1 8×8 storybook album.

Please do not enter if you are not willing to do a first sight at your wedding.

Kevin said he was feeling #27 today and I believe him…congrats to Jay and Kristy for winning their CD from their first portrait in the park session! This year I am taking weekends off from the giveaway. I will see you on Monday and I will give some more stuff away…including a wedding package!!!!!!!