Dear Spring, Please hurry. Love, Me. P.S. Contests rule. HOLLA!

So I spent a few hours writing up what turned out to be an extremely long blog post. After reading it over, I decided to put a pause on it and post up a contest.

Yeah, I’m easily distracted.

I think it’s the cabin fever. It happens here and there during the winter season and towards the end I’m begging spring to get here faster. Seriously. I love snow and I love the holidays… But after a few weeks, I’m done and ready to move on. I can only take so much of it before I’m itching to poke my eyes out.

So in honor of the new season that’s about to grace us with its presence (yeah, I know it’s still a little ways away… I’M EXCITED), it’s time for some spring cleaning and (drumroll please) a CONTEST. Spring will mark the beginning of the new website and blog (it’s long overdue). Lots of things need to be updated and there’s no better season to celebrate “out with the old, in with the new” than spring. But before that happens, let’s throw a contest out your way!

I love lifestyle sessions and unfortunately I rarely get to photograph them. I’m not sure what it is but I don’t get many families wanting to do them, which is sad because, uhh- THAT’S WHAT I DO. But as Bob Dylan put it best, “These times, they are a-changin’.” You’ll be seeing more lifestyle sessions on my blog in the near future. So for those of you wanting to get one of these rad sessions done, this contest is for you. For those insisting that they just sit in front of a camera saying “cheese”, please exit to your left (or stick around until I can get you to fall in love with this particular style).

What do you have to do and what will you win? I like simplicity. So all I want is for you to tell me WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO and WHY I SHOULD PHOTOGRAPH YOU DOING IT (let’s keep it clean, folks). Foreals. If you like to skateboard, HOLLA! I’ll ride up along side of you with my camera documenting your love for the wheels. If you and that love of your life love pillow fights, HOLLA! I may just jump in and smack some peeps in the face after I take a few shots. If you and the fam love to fly kites, ride horses, or even play leap frog…. Um, HOLLA! I’d love to be there snapping photos.

I will choose a few finalists and I’ll have my readers vote. And what does the winner get hooked up with? A complimentary session, a private online gallery, AND a $150 print credit (yes, you can buy extra prints, but there is absolutely no obligation).

So let’s go through this with a little more info:

1. Send me (in a MINIMUM of 100 words) what you love to do, and why I should be there to photograph it. This can be a solo session, or a group session. You can write it in essay form, or poetic verse- whatever floats your boat. All I ask is that you rock my world.
2. The deadline is at midnight March 5, 2010.
3. ENTRIES MUST BE EMAILED TO S@SHERYLL-LYNNE.COM (You will get a confirmation reply that your entry has been received within 48 hours).
4. You can only enter ONCE per household.
5. Sessions must be done in 2010 (during available dates), and print credit will expire within 30 days of your session.
6. The big bad prize ain’t transferrable. You won it for a reason, right? Take it advantage of it!

Finalists will be announced during the third week of March, and voting will commence soon after.

And before I leave you to think up some wonderful entry ideas, I’m posting up a photo that has been up here before. It was a lifestyle session done last year (but it’s one of my favorites). The father figure in this family loves to golf, but his love for that is trumped by his sons’ love for wrestling.
Send those entries in!

xoxo, Sheryll

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