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Announcing Holiday Mini Sessions! Take advantage of the spectacular Fall color that Oregon has to offer. Use this opportunity to update your family photos without making your husband do a full blown session (I base this generalization completely on my husband’s unwillingness to have our family photos taken for 1-2 hours). Enjoy a 15-20min session, at least 10 images to choose from in a private online viewing gallery, two affordable packages to choose from, and you get the high resolution digital images to use however you wish. How easy is that?

I am only having a very limited number of sessions this year so don’t delay – if you’re interested contact me asap to get your name in my calendar. A retainer of $250 is required to hold your spot. This will cover the Mini Collection, but you always have the option to upgrade to the Full Collection (see below) after you view your photos.

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Guess what? I’m going to start sending out occasional newsletters letting you know about upcoming specials, give-aways, mini sessions, casting calls, etc. I promise I won’t fill up your inbox with a ton of spam. I’ll only email out when I have something new and exciting to share that I think you’d be interested in. If you’re on my distribution list, you’ll be the first to hear about all the good stuff – waaay before everyone else will hear about it from my blog or facebook.

Just to give you a hint, because hints are fun… in the coming months I plan to do more casting calls for HS Seniors, an awesome deal for all inclusive wedding photography with very limited number of dates available (keep your eyes open for this one if you or someone you know will be getting married in the next year), holiday mini sessions (short sessions at a great price with digital files and holiday cards included), and the occasional free give away or discount just because I feel like it.

To sign up for my newsletter, click HERE and fill out your name, email, city and state. Don’t wait… there might be a goodie in store for the first people on the mailing list!!!

What a great contest! All the photos were just what I was looking for to officially kick off Spring. Voting ended last night at midnight. Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo as well as every who took the time to vote! It was a very competitive contest indeed!

Here’s what I promised:
1st Place: $500 credit
2nd Place: $250 credit
3rd Place: $100 credit

My intentions were to only give away three prizes. Here’s what I’ll give instead. The results for first were so close between Britney and Shelly. The results between Kathleen and Christine were really close too. So… here are the prizes:

1st Place: $500 credit Britney Edwards and Shelly Didway
2nd Place: $250 credit to Kate Ryan and Christine Savage
3rd Place: $100 credit to Lisa Neumann, Amy Van Riessen, Kim Fritz, Jennie Perry, & Heather Kendall

I couldn’t help myself. :)

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!

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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!

I was so excited to get a package this weekend from a fabulous knitter. Everything in her etsy shop is just beautiful. She has the cutest hats and diaper covers – I want them ALL. Here’s the link to her Etsy shop: Lil Miss Cheeky.

I want to use these new hats so badly that if you know someone who is expecting, refer them to me, and if they book a newborn session with me within the next week, I will give you 50% off your own custom photography session and collection!

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If you’ve ever inquired about my sessions, you’ll know that I keep things simple and only offer three collections – all with full resolution digital images as well as 5×7 prints. My top two collections, however, feature this fabulous image box. Its large enough to hold 100 5×7 prints so that you may add to it over time. I custom design the cover to show your favorite photos from your session. I even send an optional clear CD hub that you may adhere to the inside cover should you want to keep your session disk with your image box.

You will love it!

Here is the cover
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and the back…
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It is such a beautiful image box
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The corners are wrapped with such perfection.
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This ribbon lays underneath your prints so they may be lifted out easily.
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Let me start by thanking each and every one of you for voting and an extra special thanks to those who submitted your photo. I had a great time getting the submissions and checked the contest several times a day. I couldn’t wait to see which cutie I’d have in front of my lens.

I decided to make things interesting and I’m adding additional awards as a special thank you to all who entered so that no one will be left out.

Grand Prize: Complimentary on location session with your favorite 10 images on disc.
Whitney

Runner Up: Complimentary on location session with your favorite 5 images on disc.
Jeni

All other contestants: 50% off any collection to the first person who books. 25% off to all others.
* Must be booked no later than December 31st and session must occur on or before March 31st, 2010. $200 retainer must be paid at time of booking.*

Congratulations and thank you so much for your interest! I can’t wait to take pictures of these cuties!!!

- Krissy

I’m a sucker for photo contests! This is a win-win situation… I get to “ooh” and “aah” over your absolute favorite photo of your child, and you get a chance to win a complimentary photo session with a disc of your 10 favorite, full resolution, images from your session ($850 value).

Here are the details:
1. Have a little photo session with a child in your life (or you can submit a recent picture, if you prefer!)

2. Send your ONE favorite picture to me via email at krissy@krissyallori.com. I will then post them to a special contest album on my facebook fan page.

3. Join my facebook fan page by either going to Facebook and searching for Krissy Allori Photography, or by visiting my facebook fan page directly here: Fan Page

4. Send people (your friends, family, co-workers, etc.) to join my facebook fan page and VOTE for their favorite picture (i.e. YOURS!). See rules below regarding the voting process.

5. The winner will be announced on December 7th based on the total number of votes for each entered image. Votes are counted as comments on each individual image/entry. A person must be a fan of my facebook fan page to vote. Votes from people that are not fans will not be counted!

And here are the rules:

- Entries must be submitted by SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21st. I will post all entries on Sunday, November 22nd, and the voting will begin immediately!!

- ONE entry per person.

- ONLY separate comments to a picture that state “vote” will be counted as a vote. Simply clicking “like” by the picture will NOT count as a vote!

- ONE vote per person!

- Voting will continue from November 22nd through December 13th. Winner will be announced on December 14th, 2009!!!

- Submitted images must be of a child or children under the age of 18.

- For obvious reasons, photos taken by professional photographers will not be accepted.

THE PRIZE!!!

The winner will receive a complimentary custom photo session, up to 2 hours at the location of your choosing, with a disc of your 10 favorite, full resolution, images from your session ($850 value).

The session is non-transferable, must take place in the surrounding areas of Portland, Oregon, and is to be redeemed by March 31st, 2010. A signed model release will also be required prior to the session.

Let the fun begin!!!

I have lots of stuff to add to the blog… I’m just in the process of converting everything over to a new and improved blog. Updating will continue soon. :)