07 May 2009

giveaway: family photo shoot

i am thrilled about today's giveaway. i hoped to offer a grandiose giveaway for mother's day and, thanks to ginnie, this is better than i could've dreamed up myself. if you're located in utah or can get there in time for a photo shoot, you are qualified to drop your name in for a chance to win a professional photo shoot with the lovely and talented ginnie j. (if you're stuck in wisconsin, don't worry, there will be another giveaway tomorrow for non-locals.) whether you are a mom or have a mom or want to be a mom or are married to a mom, please chime in.








ginnie specializes in photography. she captures family moments in the great outdoors and has a talent for getting babies to smile. even if it's past their bedtime. a few weeks ago we met up with ginnie for a family photo shoot of our own. i loved the results. lets just say i wish i could take her along every time we head out. not only for the fabulous shots but she is marvelous company too. her cheerful personality makes it easy to be yourself and have fun. believe me, she brings out the easy breezy cover girl from within. i love the natural lighting in her photos and her creative poses for family portraits. she has a magic touch when it comes to creating a perfect atmosphere for shooting.

ginnie is generously offering a family photo shoot to one lucky winner. place a comment on this post to enter. (if you do not have a blog or your blog is private, please include your email in your comment.) comments are open until saturday / may 9 / midnight / mountain time. a random winner will be announced after the weekend. you can read more about ginnie on her hilarious blog or in her on the spot interview.

giveaway details:
• A couple, family or child session (not extended family).
• 1 hour of shoot time on location, in the beautiful state of Utah.
• 15-20 edited full resolution images on CD with a copyright release.
• one 11x14 mounted print of your choice.
* Photo shoot must occur before october 31, 2009.


wahooo. thank you, ginnie!

115 comments:

  1. What a fun giveaway! I love her pictures.

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  2. oh my! i have wanted to get some pictures taken of the hubs + me for some time now! and ginnie is oh so very fabulous! she is definitely a fav local photog of mine.

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  3. How amazing! Thank goodness we're coming to Utah in July! Crossing my fingers...

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  4. wow, we're heading to utah this summer, and think this give-away is the BOMB.com !!

    here's me, wishing & hoping!

    p.s. love your blog, marta. yes, truth be told, I am a blog stalker--- but this give-away has made me come out from hiding.

    you are great. your little boy is darling. and thanks for your goodness.

    the end.

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  5. this would be a great present to give to my mom, she is always asking for a family picture!

    thanks for such a wonderful giveaway!

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  6. i dont live in or anywhere near utah but this is a rockin giveaway! i spread the word a lil bit on my blog juuuust in case someone who reads mine lives near you. :)

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  7. awesome pictures. awesome talent. awesome give-away.
    i'd love to give this to my sister for mothers day. she works hard (as all mom's do) for her little family.

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  8. Pick me! She is oh, so fabulous and we desperately need a family picture!

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  9. We will certainly be making our way over to Utah some time before October! Hooray!

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  10. I would love this! Her photos are gorgeous and I agree with you- the natural lighting is gorgeous. I'd love to be the winner of this generous giveaway!

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  11. oh man, i've never wanted to win a giveaway so bad! i would love a photo shoot with her - her photos are beautiful!

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  12. Wow, so beautiful! What an amazing giveaway!!!!

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  13. oh this would be so amazing! we are in desperate need of pictures for adoption... what an exciting giveaway! i'm crossing my fingers and toes....

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  14. I love her photos!! If I win can I give it to a friend in UT?

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  15. I would love to win! Her photography is fabulous!

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  16. Your photos turned out beautifully! Crossing my fingers!

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  17. oh my good glory! this is an amazing giveaway! I love the ginnie style!

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  18. What a fantastic giveaway! I would love to win.

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  19. what pretty pictures! thanks for the giveaway!

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  20. I'm officially abandoning blog-stalker status to enter this giveaway. I tried to schedule a shoot with Ginnie last year, but finances and timing got in the way. I adore your blog and your sense of style that comes through your posts.

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  21. Gorgeous pictures. I would love to win!

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  22. We'll be in Utah in June, and I'd love to have a family photo shoot on the list of things to do while we're there.....

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  23. I would love some family pictures!

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  24. I would LOVE to have Ginnie do our pictures! the little baby girl would arrive just in time for a new family portrait.

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  25. Love her talent, would love this!

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  26. oh my, family pictures has been on my to-do list for quite some time...i hope i win.

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  27. Great pictures! Very cool!

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  28. I'd love to enter! We will be in Utah this summer.

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  29. love her photos! i also love me some new family pictures! hope i win!

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  30. This would be the best mother's day gift for my mom! The last time she was able to get a photo shoot of us was 10 years ago haha. Ginnie sure is talented!

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  31. Anonymous10:12 AM

    Gorgeous photos! I would love to win. Thanks!

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  32. I would absolutely love this!

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  33. Yahtzee! Nothing like a photo shoot with unlimited frames (within reason)!

    Tyra would be proud...

    "Wanna be on top.."

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  34. Holy Moly! Oh how I want this. Gorgeous photography, and just the perfect gift for my sweet mama bear. Thanks Marta!

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  35. This is one of the best give-aways I've seen... I so hope to win!
    p.s.... one of those cute families in your post live in my neighborhood.
    Such amazing pics... I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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  36. ahhhh! i really want this!!!

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  37. I hope I win!!!!!

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  38. Anonymous10:39 AM

    If I win, I'll turn the photo shoot into a vacation road trip!

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  39. I'm sure hoping luck is on my side for this one. what a wonderful giveaway!
    allidcj@yahoo.com

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  40. Oooh my goodness. I'm in Michigan, but I think I'd definitely drag my husband out to Utah to get us in these kinds of beautiful shots! These are just precious. What a talent.

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  41. What a fun giveaway for mother's day. Would love to have someone take pictures of my family--with ME in them. jkmail@sfcn.org

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  42. Stunning shots. Such talent! Wish me luck!

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  43. This is a fabulous give away. I so hope I win!

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  44. I really really want to win this. I'm desperate for family pics! shelbygilliatt@gmail.com

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  45. Anonymous11:39 AM

    She takes great photos!! I am really excited about this giveaway!!!! I hope I am lucky, crossing my fingers!!!

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  46. Wow! what a great giveaway! I hope I win!

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  47. How nice it would be to win!!!!

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  48. what a great giveaway. here is to hoping it is me! i'd love a new family picture!

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  49. This is fantastic!!! My husband and I were just talking about getting a family portrait taken.

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  50. We definitely need a family photo shoot--we had one last summer before I got pregnant with #4. Now we've outgrown our house and need new photographs for our walls before we move into a new house. (Beautiful ones that include all 4 kids!) Pick me Marta--since you lived in my house in Utah for a year!

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  51. Ginnie is the best what can i say!!! truly love that picture of you and daniel..you are the true top model. i would love her photo me & jas or do a surprise for ms abby with little jakey..this is great!!!

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  52. What an amazing talent. Our little family needs an update, I suppose!

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  53. How beautiful! I have a million pictures of the rest of the family, but I would love a family portrait (with me in it :))

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  54. Geesh Marta - could you be more stunning?!?! The pictures of your sweet family on her site are fabulous - you are quite a looker.

    I would love to give this as a gift to my brother's family - she is just amazing - someone to aspire to.

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  55. Anonymous1:26 PM

    hi marta, this is maryirene's husband. i figured i'd say hi and enter the giveaway at the same time - two birds with a single stone...

    anyhow, i enjoy reading your blog and i love your creative ideas - keep it up!

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  56. What a great giveaway!
    Not much beats a great family picture on the wall:)

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  57. need an updated family picture and love the photos on her blog.

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  58. um yeah!!! Count me in for sure. What a girl that Ginnie is.

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  59. Gorgeous pictures! I would be soo lucky to win!

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  60. sign me up, sign me up.

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  61. count me in. i've been wanting to have her take our pictures....but don't make the trip home to utah too often. so this would make the trip more than worth it!

    krista-manning at hotmail dot com

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  62. Oh how wonderful! I would love to have a shoot with my little one. I'm always behind the camera and my little Elle needs to know what her mama looked like without a ponytail and sweat pants!

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  63. Oh, what a fantastic idea! Ginnie's work looks amazing. Coming to Utah in Aug., so maybe it could work.

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  64. This is such an awesome giveaway! We will be in Utah in July, and would be soooo lucky if we had this talented photographer take photos of us! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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  65. Ginnie, Pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, pick me, PICK ME!!!!

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  66. I am in NEED of a updated family portrait!! I have lost weight since the last one and need a picture before I possibly put the weight back on again. Love Ginnie J Photos!!!

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  67. Beautiful photography! What an awesome giveaway.

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  68. Would love to have ginnie photograph our family!

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  69. Please me! I'm Dustin's friend, and he wants you to do this for me.

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  70. ooh! i've been wanting a family portrait now that our son is a year.

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  71. how fabulous! we haven't had pictures since our wedding... so this would be so fun. or to give to my neices and nephew!

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  72. we don't live there...but it's HOME and we'll be there in JUNE! crossing my fingers. :)

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  73. would love to have that talented lady take some pics of my little family.

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  74. Wow- how fun and what beautiful photos!

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  75. ooh, just lovely photography! what a fabulous giveaway! happy mothers day!

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  76. gorgeous stuff!! Sign me up!

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  77. i know i'm too far away for this one, but i just had to comment on how amazing that family photoshoot of yours is, marta! oh my goodness, oh my goodness. stunning. you all take such beautiful photos!

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  78. this is a dream giveaway! i'll be thinking lucky and random thoughts all weekend.

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  79. Pick me Pick me! I haven't won ANYTHING in 16 years. SERIOUSLY.

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  80. Oh man...we are SO in need of a family photo!! Her pictures look incredible!! We will be in gorgeous Utah this summer....PLEASE, pick us! PLEASE! :)

    lindsay dockter
    docktercrew@gmail.com

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  81. what fabulous photos!

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  82. she is an amazing photographer, that's for sure!

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  83. These shots are beautiful. It's fun to see your family grow. I live in AZ but will be visiting UT this summer and would love to meet with Ginnie. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

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  84. Sign me up! Just like old times, but in Utah now...

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  85. looks like Ginnie is in high demand! Sign me up and pick me!
    lpolly@hotmail.com

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  86. How did you know just what I needed?
    mcdfamily@wyoming.com

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  87. wow! just what we need, haven't ever had a professional one.

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  88. Marta- Sign me up! I can be in Utah in anytime. I have been searching for a good photographer! I bet yours are so cute of little Benji. Also... tag blanket? Let me know when!

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  89. I've wanted Ginnie to take my photos for a year now! I even emailed her about my next child (although I'm not even pregnant). Pick me, pick me!

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  90. what i'd give for an updated family photo! pick me! pick me!

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  91. Oh my. She is one talented woman!

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  92. I'm off on a mission, my sister's headed to her first year of college, my other sister's just about to brave high school---I would love to have my family captured in this moment, the calm before such growing and transition. Really beautiful photos, a marvelous giveaway.

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  93. What a great giveaway!

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  94. Happy Mothers Day everyone!!! What a blessing it is to be one,have one, know one, love one, learn from one, and cherish one. Mothers are the best! Well I live in AZ, but am coming up to Ut all the time to see family. Does June or July sound good?! Hoping for the best. What a fun giveaway.

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  95. oh boy, oh boy, i so want to win this AND we are headed to Utah in about 6 weeks so it would be perfect. we really need a family photo with our newest addition!

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  96. It is my dream to have Ginnie take my family pictures and we are coming to Utah in June!! Yeah! I hope I get picked!!

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  97. What a fun giveaway- I'd love to win!

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  98. I would love to see what Ginnie could do with my multicolored family. I follow her blog and love her photos.

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  99. She does beautiful work! I would love for her to do my little family!

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  100. Count me in! Lovely photos.

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  101. OH...Pick Me, Pick Me - Please!!! (Am I begging? ABSOLUTELY!!) We love Ginnie! I'd love to have my hubby "work it, work it - own it" in front of the camera! It would definitely make my Mother's Day!!! ;)

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  102. Oh I am soooooooooo crossing my fingers here! I wanted Ginnie to take my maternity pics but decided I resembled a beached whale and decided against it. Now that baby is here...IT WOULD BE PERFECT!!!! marilyn.cutler@gmail.com

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  103. Wow!! Her pictures are breathtaking!! I would love to have her photograph my little family. What an awesome give-away!!

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  104. LOVE ginnie's style. i've admired it from afar for a while now. would love to win a session. thanks for the opportunity!

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  105. oh. pick me, pick me, I'm random! I want a couples shoot with my hubby and my big fat prego belly (;

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  106. beautiful pictures! (and i love the last comment, "I'm random!")

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  107. Love her style! Thanks for the chance!

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  108. Pick me Ginnie! -I love your work. Our new baby girl should be here in June. We would love family pics.

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  109. I adore Ginnie's work and would love to win! I live in Southern California but my family will be visiting Utah the last week of June. I would be over the moon if I won!!!

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  110. Her pictures are a work of art. I would really like to get pics done of my family. I think she does an amazing job.

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  111. I'm one of Ginnie's stalkers, have bought her actions and would absolutely LOVE to have her take my family pictures! She does amazing work and it would make the trip to Utah so worth it!

    christen.millburn@gmail.com

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  112. What a great excuse to visit family in Utah!

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  113. I think picking us would be a good excuse to return to PA for memory's sake. I'm just sayin'. Whomever the local winner truly will be, they are lucky. You take amazing pictures. Keep it up! You have talent.

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