SNOW JAM 2011 -- FUN CONTESTS FOR OUR FANS!!

SNOW JAM 2011 CONTEST!! WIN 1/2 PRICE PHOTO SESSIONS WITH CHUCK WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY

WIN a HALF-PRICE PHOTO SESSION OF YOUR CHOICE (Infant, Maternity, Child, Family, High School Senior, Engagement) WITH US!

EACH CONTEST WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE WINNER, MAYBE MORE! You can't win unless you enter and vote!

***LAST DAY TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY IS WED 1-12-11 at 11:59 pm

AND

***LAST DATE TO VOTE IS THURSDAY, 1-13-11 at 11:59 pm
Wow! What a snow! I don't recall having seen this much snow in such a short period in many years. Glad it came this time at night instead of mid day!

So, we were just thinking of a fun way you could share your SNOW STORIES, SNOW PHOTOS, SNOW VIDEOS and SNOW MEN/SNOW SCULPTURES with us and that lead us to think that it might be fun FOR YOU if we gave away some 1/2 price photo sessions to go along with it.

So here's the deal.....and it's really "SWEET"

We're having 4 different contests. Each contest will have AT LEAST ONE WINNER if not more! Here are the contests and the rules:

CONTEST #1 - SNOW JAM 2011 STORIES

Have an amazing, a funny, a sad, or any type of interesting story from SNOW JAM 2011? We want to hear about it! If anything happens to you that you think would be of interest to others while we're covered in snow.

We'll get our fans involved to pick the best story (or stories) and the winners will receive a 1/2 price photo session with Chuck Williams Photography!!!

2. CONTEST #2 - SNOW JAM PHOTOS

Did you take photos during SNOW JAM 2011? It's not too late to get those cameras out. Choose your ONE favorite photo and email it to us. It could be a beautiful photo, a funny photo, a creative photo, a photo that would make anyone smile or laugh hysterically. Get REALLY CREATIVE and email your one favorite photo to us.

We'll post your photos along with your name, location etc. and will get our fans to choose their favorites. Winner (or winners) will receive a 1/2 price photo session with Chuck Williams Photography!!!

3. CONTEST #3 - SNOW JAM VIDEOS

Ok guys....this could be REALLY FUNNY! We're looking for your best, most innovative and creative, funniest, SNOW JAM 2011 VIDEOS that will make people laugh!

Send them our way! Our fans will choose the winner (or winners).

AND FINALLY.....

4. CONTEST NUMBER 4

SNOW MEN AND SNOW SCULPTURES

http://www.facebook.com/chuckwilliamsphotography?v=app_6009294086&ref=ts

TO ENTER A PHOTO OR VIDEO:

1. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE

Invite 20 new friends to our FB page. Doing that is EASY! Just click "SUGGEST TO FRIENDS" underneath the main photo on our FB page. Invite 20 friends and that's it!

3. Email us your entry or entries. Photos, Videos and Stories must be YOUR OWN. ONLY ONE entry per contest per person!

Email your entries to us at:

beverly@chuckwilliams-photography.com

We'll begin posting photos, videos and stories as we receive them.

We'll have our Facebook Fans vote on their favorites. YOU can vote too AND you can have your friends vote!

All voters must be a FAN of Chuck Williams Photography in order to be able to votes.

All photos/videos/stories must be from ATLANTA SNOW JAM 2011.

Can you enter more than one contest? Absolutely! But only one entry per person, per contest please!

4. ENTRY INFORMATION

When you email your photos, stories and videos to us....

Please include the following information:

a. Email Subject Line : SNOW JAM 2011 (story, video, photo -- whatever it is that you are entering). Please also include:

b. Your name

c. Your email address

d. A phone number where we can contact you if we can't reach you by email

e. Your location - where was the video or photo taken? Or where did your story take place?

f. Let us know how many friends you invited to our FB page

Its THAT EASY!!! Good luck to everyone! Send us your entries!!

Here's a link to our entries so far...__

Photos:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150115437183933&set=a.10150115436983933.313440.66114778932

VIDEOS:(SNOW JAM VIDEOS ONLY)

http://www.facebook.com/chuckwilliamsphotography?v=app_2392950137

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5. VOTING

VOTING IS BY EMAIL ONLY (Due to new FB rules below) -- To vote for a specific photo, please send an email to:

beverly@chuckwilliams-photography.com

a. Subject: SNOW JAM CONTEST

b. Include: YOUR NAME - TITLE OF PHOTO - PHOTO NUMBER

RULES PER FACEBOOK'S NEW CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS....

You cannot condition entry to the promotion upon taking any other action on Facebook, for example, liking a status update or photo, commenting on a Wall, or uploading a photo.

We know photographers and other small businesses who have had their Facebook page permanently deleted without warning by Facebook for violating the rules and we definitely don't want this to happen....

So, once we post your entries, we'll have people email their votes to us. You can still "LIKE" a photo or an entry and you can "COMMENT" as well, but those will NOT COUNT as votes.

We'll post the guidelines on voting on our Facebook so that everyone's clear as to how to cast their votes.

DISCLAIMER:

"This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Chuck Williams Photography and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for SNOW JAM 2011 CONTEST ENTRIES"

Chuck, Beverly and Chris Williams

Chuck Williams Photography

404 925-2921

http://www.chuckwilliams-photography.com

OUR ENGAGEMENT CONTEST IS STILL GOING ON!

You have until the end of January to enter!

Don't forget about our HUGE Engagement Contest Extravaganza!

It's for ALL ENGAGED COUPLES who are planning to be married in 2011. All you need is a WEDDING DATE to enter!

EVERYONE WHO ENTERS the contest WINS SOMETHING!

Tell your friends because if you tell your friends...and they enter, YOU WILL WIN SOMETHING TOO!

Everybody Wins!! THIS CONTEST IS AMAZING!!

So far we have only have about 15 entries, so your chances of WINNING ARE GREAT!

You can't win if you don't enter.......Check out the details here:

http://chuckwilliams-photography.blogspot.com/2011/01/engagement-contest-details.html

It's Time To Cast Your Vote!!

IT'S TIME TO VOTE!!!

All submissions have been received for our "Take A Photo" Contest and the voting has begun! As of this writing, over 100 VOTES have already been cast!

We have 7 fabulous, creative entries -- you can tell when you see the photos, that each person who submitted an entry, spent quite a bit of time thinking of creative ways to spell out the words "Chuck Williams Photography".

Voting continues through Wednesday, September 29th and ends that night at 11:59 pm. We hope that ALL of our FB fans will take a moment to vote for your favorite entry(entries). You may vote for as many entries as you'd like.

IMPORTANT Voting Guidelines:

1. You must be a fan of Chuck Williams Photography's FB page in order to cast a vote. To become a fan of our page, visit our page here and click "LIKE" on our main page. Once you do that, you will be a "fan" of our FB Page.

2. To vote for a photo, click "LIKE" underneath the photo(s) for which you'd like to vote.

3. After you click "LIKE" - you must leave a comment underneath the photo telling us "WHY" you like the photo. Say something as to why you like the photo -- simply saying "vote" will NOT count. If you do not leave a comment, your vote will not count.

4. Voting ends THIS WEDNESDAY, Sept 29 at 11:59 pm. Winners will be announced as soon as all votes have been tallied and verified.

Here's a LINK to the Photos where you can CAST YOUR VOTE!

Good luck to all of our contestants and thank you for submitting such amazing entries! You are all winners in our book!

Thanks also to everyone who has become a fan of our Facebook Page - Chuck Williams Photography and to everyone who takes the time to view the entries and cast a vote.

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Chuck Williams Photography is scheduling photo sessions now for October, November and December. We specialize in the following:

* Weddings

* High School Seniors

* Infants and Children

* Families and Extended Families

* Engagements

* Tweens and Teens

* Birth Photography

For everyone, we have a WONDERFUL referral program - where you will receive $25 in credit that can be used towards a session or towards prints from a session -- for every person you refer to us who schedules a session. So tell your friends about us!

Professional Affiliations

We are members of PPA (Professional Photography Association) and WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International).

We have also been selected and are affiliated photographers with the following Non Profit Organizations, where we proudly donate our time, our talents and our photography:

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep -

Providing complimentary Infant remembrance photography

http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/

Inspiration Through Art - Formerly The Littlest Heroes Project

Providing complimentary photography to families of children with terminal illnesses and/or life altering disabilities

http://www.inspirationthroughart.org/

Wish Upon A Wedding

Providing dreams come true for couples facing terminal illness and life altering circumstances. Wish Upon A Wedding is the world's first non-profit wish granting organization, providing weddings & vow renewals for couples facing terminal illness & serious life altering circumstances, regardless of sexual orientation.

http://wishuponawedding.org/

Chuck Williams Photography

Chuck, Beverly, Chris and Katherine Williams

404 925-2921

www.chuckwilliams-photography.com

HURRY!!-- Little Girls Tutu Photo Sessions Are Here!!

Little Girls' Tutu Photo Sessions!

Recently, we invested in some cute and colorful tutus, hats, headbands and accessories for little girls and we are now offering Little Girls Tutu Photo Sessions!

Our tutu's range in size from Little Girl's Size 4 to 8. Take a look at how cute they are!

We're Making It More Affordable!

If you would like to schedule a Little Girl's Tutu Dress Up Session with us, give us a call. To make it more affordable, we are offering our Little Girls Tutu Sessions for little girls and their friends! Get your friends together and split the session fee! Maximum number of girls per session is four. The session fee is $75....so if you split it between four people, that would be less than $20 per girl for the session! If you schedule a session with your friends, we will be sure to take plenty of photos of the girls as a group and of each of them individually as well. Call your friends and tell them about our Little Girls' Tutu Sessions. We are scheduling sessions now for July and August (and still have a few dates left for June).

Family Session

Thinking about scheduling a Family Session with us? Have little girls in your family? Another option that we are offering for a limited time is this....

Schedule a family session with us for July or August and if you have a little girl, we'll bring the tutu's to your family session too! We'll photograph your family and will also take some extra photos of your little girl in one of our adorable tutus!

Either way, these are great deals....so call us today and take advantage of this offer before it's gone! Sessions last approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Check out the full gallery of Tutu Photos on our Chuck Williams Photography facebook fan page...

CLICK HERE

Chuck and Beverly Williams

Chuck Williams Photography

404 925-2921

We have a WINNER!!!

ANNOUNCING OUR CUTEST KIDS CONTEST WINNERS!!!

Drum Roll Please...............

We have a winner of our Cutest Kids Contest! The race was amazingly close to the very end, but at 11:59 pm on Memorial Day.....the votes were counted and our winners were determined.

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner...

Little Miss Helena Apple, age 3

Helena's photo was submitted by her mom, Amanda Apple and was our winner with 170 total votes. They have won:

* Complimentary Photo Session with Chuck Williams Photography

* $75 complimentary virtual gift card to be used for ordering prints from your photo session.

* Complimentary Photo Tote Bag - Perfect for displaying photos from your photo session

* Complimentary $25 Gift Card to Starbucks

We are also excited to congratulate our 4 - RUNNER UP WINNERS who will receive:

* 1/2 price photo session from Chuck Williams Photography

* $25 complimentary virtual gift card to be used for ordering prints from your photo session.

Our four runner up winners are......

Dimaya - Age 14 months - 168 total votes

Savannah - Age 4 - 91 total votes

MacKensie - Age 2 - 78 total votes

Asher - Age 2 - 76 total votes

Congratulations to all of our winners!

...And thank you to everyone who entered our contest. Everyone's child is adorable and we enjoyed seeing all of the entries. Thanks also to all everyone who voted and to all of our facebook fans.

Cutest Kids Contest - SUCH ADORABLE FACES!!

Wow! Our "Cutest Kid Contest" has been crazy! So far we've received over 50 entries of photos that have been submitted by parents and grandparents!

If you haven't checked out the photos, you should. All of these children are adorable....seriously...there are really some cute kiddos out there! The most unbelievable part about this to me is all the cheering on of contestants that is taking place on our facebook page under the contest gallery. These parents are REALLY SERIOUS about this...many have enlisted the help of their friends and family to vote. It's been fun to read all of the comments cheering each other on. I love the enthusiasm!

It's not too late to enter a child in our Cutest Kids Contest.....Here's are the contest rules and guidelines...

http://www.facebook.com/chuckwilliamsphotography?v=app_2347471856

We also just posted a gallery of some of our favorite photos from our 2010 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS....I would LOVE to see these teens and their parents/grandparents get as excited about their gallery as the parents of the little ones do.

I know there's "just something" about the excitement of being a new parent and having little ones....but I honestly have LOVED every age and every phase that my own kids have gone through. Looking back, I would tell you that every age was my favorite as my two were growing up.

When they were babies....I would have said that the infant stage was my favorite...

When they were toddlers....I would have said that I loved that age the best.

Elementary school....same thing...and on and on it goes....

Now that my two are grown, I totally LOVE about this age too. Chris is 21 and Katherine is 17 and just graduated from high school last week. I guess I can honestly say that I have loved and enjoyed them every minute of their lives. The truth is, every age is amazing and has it's own unique things to offer a parent. God blesses us each and every step of the way.

Originally, I had intended to featuring all of our Cutest Kids Contest Entry photos on our blog...but since we have over 50 entries already, I don't think my blog will even hold 50 photos in one writing! Therefore, I decided at this point, to feature a few of the photos....So, without further adieu, here are some of the photos that have the most votes so far, for our Cutest Kids Contest.

Keep the votes coming....and thanks to all of you who have voted. There are still some really cute kids that need more votes, so take a look at our facebook page and vote for all of your favorites. Only ONE vote per child....but you can vote for as many different children as you wish. Be sure to read the contest details so that you'll know the proper way to cast your vote.

And if you're a senior or a teen, or the parent of one, be sure to cheer yourselves and your friends on too in the Senior 2010 Photo Gallery that we just posted on our facebook page. You guys should be FILLED with spirit just from the sheer joy of being finished with High School and because you are moving on to bigger and better things! Congratulations to each of you and best of luck to you as you pursue new adventures in life.

* We're Booking Sessions NOW for June, July, August and September

**Infants and Children

** Families

** Teens

** Rising High School Seniors - GO CLASS OF 2011~~~

** Parties and Events

** Engagements

** Weddings

** Maternity Session

** Birth Photography Sessions

Now is a GREAT TIME TO SCHEDULE a session....We are offering UNLIMITED CLOTHING CHANGES for a limited time during your photo session, so call now to get on our calendar!

Chuck and Beverly Williams

Chuck Williams Photography

404 925-2921

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