Thursday, February 16, 2012

A Valentine's Day Date

This was my first stylized shoot I have done.  I had the idea in my head but Kiwi and Kiki's Pinterest contest helped me pull it all together.  My two little models were perfect and had a great time on their date!

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Aspin Photography 1K Facebook Fan Giveaway!!!


The winners are posted below!  Congratulations to everyone who won and thank you to everyone who participated!  If you are a winner, please email me at Brandi@aspinphotography.com to claim your prize.  Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prize.

 
Wow!  This is truly exciting!  1,000 FANS!  It is an amazing feeling to know I have over 1,000 supporters.  I am so thankful to each one of you.  Thank you for clicking the “like” button, thank you for leaving love on my page and work, thank you for sharing my photos with your friends and family and most of all, thank you for believing in me! 

To celebrate, I have teamed up with some incredible vendors to do my first giveaway!!!  Here are the details:

There will be ONE winner PER prize.  Each person has THREE chances to win.  

Entry 1:  “Like” my Aspin Photography Facebook page.  Then go and “like” each of the vendors pages as well.  You can tell them that Aspin Photography sent you!  Come back here and leave one comment that you have liked all pages. 

Bonus entries…

Entry 2:  Share a link to this blog on your Facebook page tagging Aspin Photography so all your friends can learn about our giveaway as well!  Leave one additional comment letting me know you have shared. 

Entry 3:  Book a session with Aspin Photography or purchase an item from any of the vendors.  Comment here letting me know who you purchased from.

The giveaway starts today, February 1st and closes on Sunday, February 12th at 9:00 pm pacific time.  The winners will be chosen using random.org and will be announced here on the blog on Wednesday, February 15th.  Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prize or another winner will be selected.

The Legal Stuff: You must be 18 years or old to participate. The shipping on each prize is up to the vendor. Prizes do not have a cash value and there will be no refunds or exchanges. This giveaway is in no way endorsed, sponsored, administrated or associated with Facebook.

Thank you so much to each of the vendors for donating!  You are all amazing!


Kiwi and Kiki



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$25 gift certificate to Kiwi and Kiki’s shop
Use ASPIN15 to take 15% off any purchase made


Amelia Calvin



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$20 gift certificate to Amelia Calvin
Use ASPIN to take 10% off any purchase made


At A Glance Printing




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1,000 4x6 Full Color Printed Flyers, $95 value


Country Porch Crochet


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$10 gift certificate to Country Porch Crochet


Sugar Babies




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Mud Pie Heart Tunic and Biker Short Set
$32 value


Just Be Happy




JBH Bow Hat
One Vintage Inspired Hat with Bow
Winner chooses size and color, $22 value


Inspirations By Carri




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One Item of Choice from Carri’s Shop
Up to a $20 value
Contact Carri to take 10% off any purchase


Cutie Pie Goodies





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$25 Gift Certificate to Cutie Pie Goodies
Use FS2012 for free shipping

At A Glance Magazine

 


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2 Month Contract for 1/6 Page Ad  $630 Value!
  (Winner Must be in the Thurston County Area)


Sweet Pea Hatchery



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Two Custom Made Headbands, $20 Value
Use ASPIN to take 25% off any purchase made, email sweet-pea-hatchery@hotmail.com to purchase

Tiny Tops- Newborn Hats and Photography Props




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One Tiny Tie, $20 Value
Use Tiny20 to take 20% off any purchase made

Aspin Photography



Aspin Photography 1K
One Simple Session along with an 8x10 custom print and an 8x10 frame in your choice of color from The Organic Bloom, $140 Value
The Simple Session is a 30 minute shoot with up to 4 people.  Session will take place at a location of the winners choice within Thurston or Pierce County.  12-15 images will be available to order from.
Book a session by February 12th and receive 10% off your print order




 

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Project 52, Week 3… Winter Wonderland

How many of you are experience this CRAZY weather we have had in Western Washington this past week?  In Lacey on Wednesday, we were hit with 13” of snow in less then 12 hours.  That was on top of the 3 inches we already had.  For the Olympia/Seattle area, this is unheard of.  Olympia/Lacey totally shut down.  On Thursday we were hit with freezing rain and temps in the 20’s causing almost everyone to lose power.  We are SO lucky that we have not lost power at our house!  SO LUCKY!!!  Most homes and businesses are still without power, some going on 4 days now.  Good news is that it is starting to warm up, a lot of the snow has melted and life will hopefully be back to normal by Monday here.

So with all that, of course I thought WINTER WONDERLAND would be a great topic for week 3!  And here is my picture of my adorable (yes, I know I am biased) daughter:
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Now let’s see yours!  Follow these steps to link up your photo:

1. Post a photo you took this week to your blog, Facebook page (must be public for us all to view it), Flickr, Pinterest, Twitter, or anywhere else you post on the web.  Include a little comment about the photo telling us why you chose it. 

2. Submit the link to your post using the InLinkz button below. You must submit the actual post link (permalink), not just your website URL. NOTE: do not include http:// in your link

3. Submit your photo for week one any time between now and Saturday, January 28th. 
If you have any trouble, contact me at brandi@aspinphotography.com

Thanks for participating!



Saturday, January 14, 2012

Project 52, Week 2… WATER!


Being a mommy was a little extra challenging this week and the cause for my delay on week 2.  I apologize but know all you other mommies out there understand! 

I am going to start announcing the topic for the week every Sunday.  You will have from Sunday to the following Saturday night at 11:59pm PST to submit your topic.  For week two, you will be able to submit until the end of week three as well.  Did I totally confuse you yet?

For now, let’s move on to week 2, WATER! 

This is a photo of my daughter’s new fish.  Sometimes his name is “Fishy” and other times his name is “Dorothy” (as in Elmo’s goldfish).  It just depends on when you ask.  I took this photo this week while I was taking photos of her new, big girl room.  Check back later this week for those if you are interested in seeing it. 
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Now it is your turn!  Follow these steps to link up your photo:

1. Post a photo you took this week to your blog, Facebook page (must be public for us all to view it), Flickr, Pinterest, Twitter, or anywhere else you post on the web.  Include a little comment about the photo telling us why you chose it. 

2. Submit the link to your post using the InLinkz button below. You must submit the actual post link (permalink), not just your website URL. NOTE: do not include http:// in your link

3. Submit your photo for week one any time between now and Saturday, January 21st. 

If you have any trouble, contact me at brandi@aspinphotography.com





Sunday, January 8, 2012

Project 52, Week 1… Happiness!

Well I thought we would just post photos to my Facebook page but then I realized it wasn’t as easy as that!  So I am sorry about all the confusion and delay but I finally got this figured out! 

You will now be able to post the photo on your own Facebook page or blog and then connect it right here!  This should be exciting!

The topic for week one is HAPPINESS!

I chose to use this picture of my sweet daughter.  She fell asleep holding on to a photo of her boyfriend, Easton.
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Now, link up your photo for week one!  Here is how:

1. Post a photo you took this week to your blog, Facebook page (must be public for us all to view it), Flickr, Pinterest, Twitter, or anywhere else you post on the web.  Include a little comment about the photo telling us why you chose it. 

2. Submit the link to your post using the InLinkz button below. You must submit the actual post link (permalink), not just your website URL. NOTE: do not include http:// in your link

3. Submit your photo for week one any time between now and Wednesday, January 11th.  (Normal posting time will be from Monday to Sunday but I am a little off this week.)

If you have any trouble, contact me at brandi@aspinphotography.com







 

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Project 52!

I have never been good at setting “resolutions” at the first of the year.  I would rather always have goals I work towards whether it be January or October.  How many of you make New Year’s resolutions?

I do however see the first of the year as being a GREAT time to start a big project.  I wanted to do a 52 project last year but never got around to starting.  I would LOVE to one day do a 365 project but that intimidates me a bit right now. 

This is the year!  I am going to not only start a 52 project but I WILL finish it and I would LOVE if you would all participate!  Each week, I will post a topic… You interpret it how every you would like and show us through a photo you take that week.  Anyone can participate regardless of your photography level.  Use your DSLR, point and shoot or even your phone to capture the moment.  (I LOVE taking photos with my phone!)  Then I want you to share your photo on my Facebook wall.  http://www.facebook.com/aspinphotography

Here are my goals with this project:  Be a better blogger!  Capture more moments for myself and not just my clients.  And most importantly, connect with all of you a little more! 

The best part is I am going to motivate you by giving out random prizes to anyone who participates.  This doesn’t mean that you have to participate each week.  Post whenever you would like and however much you would like!  But there will be some GREAT prizes throughout the year!

So this weeks topic?  Happiness!  Show us what happiness mean to you?

I will be posting my photo on Friday!  Have fun!  I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Monday, January 2, 2012

2011 Review… a Few of My Favorites!

First off, I want to thank all of my AMAZING clients for making 2011 such a fantastic year!  Last January I would never have imagined that the year would be so good to me.  I am so excited to see where 2012 takes Aspin Photography and I am even more excited to share with you new projects I am working on, sessions I will be offering and new products I am in LOVE with! 

But before we move completely into 2012, I want to share some of my favorite images I captured in 2011.  In no particular order…

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Tomorrow I will be posting details about my Project 52 I am going to take on.  I hope to get many of you involved regardless of your photography level.  The goal will be to post one new photo each week and I will have some give a ways to keep you motivated!  My goal for the project is to keep me blogging!  Make sure to check back!