Indigo Skye Photography

Today is the Day!!!

Today is the day for two important things. 

First today is the LAST DAY to enter your baby in the "Baby...You're Beautiful!"  photo contest.  So this is it, you can't put it off any longer if you are wanting to enter.  The entries end tonight at midnight!!!!!!!!!!! 

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature in one of my upcoming ads in Belle Magazine, as well as on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birth date.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Secondly...today begins the BIG Labor Day Sale!

To celebrate Labor Day, we will be having a sale on all of the Great Expectations Portrait Packages from today, Friday August 31 until Monday September 3. Even if you are not currently pregnant, but are planning on becoming so within the next year, you can still purchase one of the packages. You may also purchase one as a gift for someone else. The sale is as follows:

The Maternity & Newborn and First Year Packages are on sale for 25% off (a savings of $75 to $100).

The Maternity & First Year Package is on sale for 40% off (a savings of $360).

You must pay for the entire package on the day you order to qualify for the sale. We will accept any form of credit or debit card through Paypal, or you can drop of a check at the studio.  We will be out of the office until Monday, so you can either post a comment back to this post or email me with your name, phone number, email address, and which package you are wanting to purchase.  I will then contact you for your payment.

Labor Day Sale!

To celebrate Labor Day, we will be having a sale on all of the Great Expectations Portrait Packages from Friday August 31 until Mondeay September 3. Even if you are not currently pregnant, but are planning on becoming so within the next year, you can still purchase one of the packages. You may also purchase one as a gift for someone else. The sale is as follows: The Maternity & Newborn and First Year Packages are on sale for 25% off (a savings of $75 to $100). The Maternity & First Year Package is on sale for 40% off (a savings of $360). You must pay for the entire package on the day you order to qualify for the sale. We will accept any form of credit or debit card through Paypal, or you can drop of a check at the studio.

ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT TO ENTER THE

Time is running out for all you procrastinators!!! Get those photos in before you miss out on your baby's chance to win.

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature in one of my upcoming ads in Belle Magazine, as well as on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

An The Winners Are...

This week's blog riddle must have been easier. Either that, or you guys liked this week's prize better. Either way, we have our four winners. Amy S., Jennifer R., Karen C., and Heather D. will all receive 50% off on custom designed Christmas cards. Congratulations ladies. Remember that they will need to be ordered by November 16. You can chose to use any previous portraits from this year for your cards, or if you preffer you can schedule another session. If you chose to schedule another session, you need to schedule it for a date prior to October 19.

ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER

Well this is it. It is the last week to enter the "Baby.... You're Beautiful!" photo contest. No more procrastinating, it's is down to the final few days. I named names on Sunday. Some of those named have stepped up and entered their beautiful little ones, others of you have not. So I am naming names again!!! Jennifer R., Julie M., Jodi S., Pam R., Toni H., Sonya M., Jennifer P., LaDonna U., and Sara F. ~ where are your entries??? Every one of you have beautiful babies that you should be entering into this contest. Okay, I have said my peace.

I just finish by reminding you of the great prizes to be won in the contest:

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature in one of my upcoming ads in Belle Magazine, as well as on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Last Chance to Enter!

Well this is it. It is the last week to enter the "Baby.... You're Beautiful!" photo contest. No more procrastinating, it's is down to the final few days. And yet, there are several of you that I know have babies and have yet to enter the contest! I guess it is time to name names! You have forced me to do this, so here it goes...Tonya H., Jennifer R., Julie M., Jodi S., Pam R., Toni H., Sonya M., Jennifer P., LaDonna U., and Sara F. ~ where are you entries??? Every one of you have beautiful babies that you should be entering into this contest. Okay, I have said my peace, I won't hound you guys anymore.

I just finish by reminding you of the great prizes to be won in the contest:

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature in one of my upcoming ads in Belle Magazine, as well as on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Onto other news...

A few weeks ago I posted an opinion poll asking if you were enjoying the Weekly Photo Tips that I have been doing. I am sad to say that I had a very few respond to the poll. Those that did liked the tips, and wanted me to continue with them. But since the were less than 15% of the readers responding to the poll, I will take it that the majority of you either don't enjoy them or are indifferent to them. So sadly, I won't be doing them anymore, at least not for awhile.

Next....
I didn't have a weekly riddle contes last week. The last one I posted must have really stommed you guys. No one even venture to guess. Here was the riddle:

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you may still not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

The answer is... there are no E's in the entire paragraph. E's are the most commonly used letter in the alphabet!

So shall we try another riddle? I found a great one this morning on the internet. This week I am taking the first FOUR to get the riddle correct. These winners will receive 50% off the price custom designed Christmas Cards (design fee as well as card prices). Yes, it is that time again, time to start planning for your family's Christmas portraits.

**The catch:Prize must be ORDERED by November 16, 2007. That means you will have to have your family portraits taken by October 19th in order to have them processed in time to design a card. Prize may not be used in conjuction with any other prize won or any advertised special. THIS TIME you will be eligible to win even if you have won anything in the past 6 months. You must be one of the first four people to either enter a comment back to this Post, or email me with the correct answer. Please include the following in with your reply to be eligible: Name, complete address & email address. I will respond to your guess and let you know if you are correct or not. Please don't enter if you aren't interested in the prize. I have given away alot of really great prizes this year that were never used.

Here is your riddle:

I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?

Good Luck!

Where Did Everybody Go? It's Riddle Time!

Last week I gave you guys a riddle that I said would be a little more challanging, but I didn't think it would totally stump you! In all fairness I did have two people get it correct, but they were not eligble yet since they have been winners in the past six months. So I know that it isn't that difficult, even my 17 year old son got it. So I am going to give you guys another shot at it this week. This week's winner will receive a free 8x10 portrait.
Here you go:

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you may still not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

Good Luck!

**The catch:Prize must be claimed by October 21, 2007. Prize may not be used in conjuction with any other prize won or any advertised special. You are not eligible to win if you have won anything in the past 6 months. You must be the first person to either enter a comment back to this Post, or email me with the correct answer. Please include the following in with your reply to be eligible: Name, complete address & email address. I will respond to your guess and let you know if you are correct or not. Please don't enter if you aren't interested in the prize. I have given away alot of really great prizes this year that were never used.

Last week I also sent out a poll for you to take to let me know if I should continue on with the weekly photo tips. Out of everyone receiving the Blog Broadcast, I only had a measely 7% take the poll!!! You guys can do better than that. It is really easy, just check one or two boxes and hit send. I promise you that nothing will happen to you. Although I have really enjoyed doing these weekly photo tips, they are very time consuming. So I would really like you guys to take the poll to let me know if you think that they have been helpful or not and if I should keep them coming or not.

Opinion Polls & Market Research

The "Baby...You're Beautiful!" photo contest is well under way. But I must say, there are several of you out there that I know have babies to enter into the contest and have yet to do so. I will start naming names if you guys don't send in you photos. Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today!!! There isn't much time left, the month is almost half way over.

For those of you new to the Blog, here are the official rules and prizes for the contest.

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Remember, help us to make this a successful contest, forward this to everyone you know!

Let's Have A Show Of Hands...

So far I have had 2 correct answers to the weekly riddle.  However, neither were eligible at this time because they have won something in the last 6 months.  So there is still a good possibility that you can win.  But you can't win if you don't enter!!

Just wondering if the weekly photo tips have been helpful to anyone. Although I have really enjoyed doing them, they are very time consuming. So I have a poll for everyone to take to let me know if you think that they have been helpful or not and if I should keep them coming or not. Please take a moment to to pick the best two answers on how you feel about these weekly tips.

Opinion Polls & Market Research

The contest is well underway. I must say that there are several of you that receive my Blog mailings that I thought would be entering those sweet little ones, and I am very surprised that you have not done so! Don't make me name names!!! You know how you are! Also, I would like to thank everyone who has forwarded the broadcast of the Blogs to their family and friends, and ask you to continue to do so. Remember, the judging of this contest is not going to be by Artistic Portraits but by you guys and your friends and family. Once we have all the applicants, the photos will be posted on this blog and there will be an online voting system that you will use to cast your votes. Very much like the voting poll above, only with the baby's name & photo.

For those of you that are just learning about the contest, here are the rules and prizes:

The first place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Another Suday, Another Riddle

Well, it is time for another riddle and another chance to win a great prize. This past week, I only had two winners out of three. The riddle was:
I soar without wings, I see without eyes.
I've traveled the universe to and fro.
I've conquered the world.
Yet I have never been anywhere but home.
Who am I?

The answer is Your Imagination!

This week will be a little more challanging, more of a pun than a riddle. This week's winner will receive a free 8x10 portrait.
Here you go:

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you may still not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

Good Luck!

**The catch:Prize must be claimed by October 14, 2007. Prize may not be used in conjuction with any other prize won or any advertised special. You are not eligible to win if you have won anything in the past 6 months. You must be the first person to either enter a comment back to this Post, or email me with the correct answer. Please include the following in with your reply to be eligible: Name, complete address & email address. I will respond to your guess and let you know if you are correct or not. Please don't enter if you aren't interested in the prize. I have given away alot of really great prizes this year that were never used.

The "Baby... You're Beautiful!" photo contest is under way. The contest is open for any baby newborn to 24 months. We will accept any snapshot of your beautiful baby by email, no professional photos please. You can email them to domandme@charter.net throughout the month of August. Once we have closed the entry to the contest, we will post all of the entries on this Blog Page and everyone out there gets to vote on their favorite winner.

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature on our website and blog page.
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait.
The third place winner will receive a free session.

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Weekly Riddle Update

I have two winners so far for this week's contest. Both Catherine F. and Brannon F. have guessed correctly. There is still time for another winner, this week's prize will be awarded to the first three to guess the riddle correctly. Here is the riddle once again:

I soar without wings, I see without eyes.
I've traveled the universe to and fro.
I've conquered the world.
Yet I have never been anywhere but home.
Who am I?

Each winner will receive a FREE Portrait Tile Pendant with any paid session (necklace not included). Here are a few examples of these beautiful pendants:

Also, don't forget the Baby...You're Beautiful! Photo Contest is now underway. This is another great way to win some fantastic prizes including free sessions and portraits! So forward this Blog on to all your family, friends and co-workers so they too can enter their little ones.

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

The Baby... You're Beautiful! Photo Contest Begins Today

Horray! It is finally time, today we begin accepting photos of those precious little babies of yours for the Baby...You're Beautiful! Photo Contest. I can't wait to see those sweet little faces. Remember, this contest is open for any baby age newborn to 24 months. This is your chance at winning some great prizes, including free sessions, free wall portraits and having your baby's photo featured in an upcoming Ad fetured in Belle Magazine. Let's see how many entries we can get into the contest. I am challanging you guys to forward this Blog to as many people as you know. The judging of this contest is not going to be by Artistic Potraits but by you guys and your friends and family. Once we have all the applicants, the photos will be posted on this blog and there will be an online voting system that you will use to cast your votes.

The 1st place winner will receive a free portrait session, a 16x20 wall portrait and a feature on our website and blog page. Over a $230 value!
The second place winner will receive a free session and an 8x10 portrait. A $110 value!
The third place winner will receive a free session. An $80 value!

Official rules:
1) entries will be accepted August 1 - 31, 2007.
2) photo entries will need to be emailed to domandme@charter.net .
3) only one photo per entry please, so send your very best.
4) no professional portraits will be accepted, only snapshots.
5) please include the following information along with your entry photo: your name, address and phone number, your baby's name, age and birthdate.
6) winning sessions will be held in our studio or within a 20 mile radius of our studio. If you live outside of this range you may still enter and are encouraged to do so. However, know in advanced that travel arrangements will be your responsibility.

Remember, help us to make this a successful contest, forward this to everyone you know!