It is warm and gorgeous outside. I even got a little hot when I was playing with my kids out front. I can’t remember the last time I actually felt hot from the sun. I feel like a big grizzly bear coming out of hibernation.

I am so excited for Tulip Festival! It starts tomorrow. I’ve been going every year since I moved up here. I took the shots below last year with a macro lens that I rented. I’ve never fallen in love so fast. It was love at first focus. I adored that macro lens not only for the close up shots, but for portraits as well. Some of my favorite photos of my kids were taken when I rented that lens for a weekend. Needless to say I immediately bought one for myself and I use it for almost all my portrait sessions. It’s tack sharp… and I love it.

Happy Spring!

This is officially the first week of Spring. Around this time of year, Oregonians feel like they’re starting to come out of hibernation after a long winter of cold, dark, wet and dreary days. I am loving the longer days, warmer temperatures and colorful flowers blooming all around. It makes me want to be outside taking non-stop photos. SPRING is the theme for this contest.

Here’s how it’ll work:
1. Send me a photo that just screams spring. It can be of yourself, your kids, a flower, whatever, but you must be the person who took the photo. You have until Sunday, April 4th to send it in. Email it to krissy@krissyallori.com. Only one photo per family please.
2. On Monday, April 5th, I will upload all of the photos to an album on my Facebook Fan Page.
3. Fans will then be able to vote for their favorite photo. In order to vote, the word VOTE must appear as a comment under the picture (don’t worry – you won’t get a million emails every time someone votes… an email notification will only be sent out if I leave a comment under that picture). Voting will be open for two weeks and will close at midnight on Monday, April 19th.

The Prizes
1st Place: $500 credit
2nd Place: $250 credit
3rd Place: $100 credit

Terms & Conditions:
1. Only one vote per person. Any duplicate votes will be deleted.
2. Prizes must be redeemed no later than June 30,2010. The credit will not apply to any sessions that take place after June 30. The session must take place in the surrounding areas of Portland, Oregon. Credit to be used only towards the purchase of one of three Collections offered by Krissy (see my website for Collection details and pricing). If entire credit is not used, the balance may not be carried over to additional sessions.
3. To qualify, a signed model release will be required prior to the session.

Let the fun begin!