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

Meet 10-year-old Heart Patient, Yancey Duncan

Meet Yancey Duncan.....

Ten-year-old Yancey came to us through an organization called TheLittlest Heroes Project. The Littles Heroes Project is a non-profit organization made up of professional photographers nationwide that provide complimentary photo sessions to children who are terminally ill or who suffer life altering disabilities.

These children are our nations "Littlest Heroes". Through the power of photography, we are giving back and taking a stand for these children who sometimes feel forgotten because of their illnesses. We are here to let them know that they are heroes to many, and to share their inspirational stories and photos with the world.

The day that Yancey Duncan, Jr was born, his parents, Susan and Yancey were delighted. Their second child seemed to be a normal, healthy baby boy. Their family was complete....They already had an adorable blonde haired, little girl whom they had named Kayla, and the addition of a little boy delighted their hearts. At one week of age Susan and Yancey took little Yancey to their pediatrician's office for his one week check-up. During the check-up, their doctor detected a heart murmur and referred them to a pediatric cardiologist.

One week later, Yancey was seen by a pediatric cardiologist who delivered the worst news this family could ever imagine.....Although their baby seemed quite healthy, the cardiologist examined him and said that their precious baby was actually in full blown heart failure and needed hospitalization immediately. As you can imagine, this news was not only shocking, but was completely devastating. Sick with worry, they were transported directly to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston Hospital.

Susan and Yancey spent 10 days at Egleston Hospital in Atlanta with little Yancey. Many tests were run to determine the extent of his heart condition. They stood by and watched in disbelief at all that was happening. It seemed so impossible that their sweet little boy, who appeared so healthy and happy, could actually be so ill. Doctors at Egleston hospital diagnosed Yancey with Pulmonary Atresia (born without a main pulmonary artery), VSD (hole in the heart) and congestive heart failure. They inserted a nasogastric tube and sent him home for a year in order to help him gain weight in order to undergo open heart surgery.

At 1 year of age, doctors determined that Yancey's oxygen levels were not adequate and they inserted a BT shunt to improve his oxygenation. Again, they were sent home to "wait".

At 1-1/2 years, Yancey had his first open heart surgery to repair his pulmonary atresia and close his VSD. This surgery was successful, but as the years passed and as Yancey grew taller, they determined that the heart tissues were not growing as they should, and so another surgery was scheduled.

Yancey's next surgery was at 9 years of age. Doctors performed yet another open heart surgery to replace Yancey's pulmonary valve with a porcine (pig) valve.

Yancey is now 10 years old and is loving life! He is a junior green belt in Taekwondo and loves his Xbox!!! Yancey is always smiling. He is fighting a good fight and he will always his parent's hero.

Yancey continues to monitored regularly by cardiologists at Children's Heathcare of Atlanta. Susan and Yancey are grateful to God for every minute they have had with Yancey. They are thankful for the doctors and nurses at Egleston who have taken care of Yancey and are blessed to have friends, family and others who have been there to support them through this journey.

Visit Yancey's Caring Bridge website HERE

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Chuck Williams Photography

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Carmen Yeager - Adorable 4 year old little boy

Meet Carmen and his mom, Lauren, and his great grandfather, Tom....

Beverly has known Lauren since she was a little girl and recently reconnected with her on Facebook. Lauren now has an adorable four year old little boy named Carmen. Carmen is full of life and is full of curiosity.

We started off Carmen's photo session at his house. He showed me around the home where his mom grew up and climbed up into his tree house. Then we jumped in the car and headed down the street to visit his great-grandparents, the Yeagers.

Carmen's great grandfather, Tom Yeager is the proud owner of a couple of classic cars, one of which he brought out and offered to us as a part of our photo session.

After visiting Carmen's great grandparents, we took a break from photography to let Carmen play for awhile on a nearby playground. While we were there, Carmen spotted a little frog.

At first he was scared of it but Beverly decided that a 4 year old little boy and a frog would make a great combination for photos and so she very hesitantly, picked up this very wet, slimy frog and brought it to Carmen.

Following Carmen's lead, the frog was also a very well behaved model, and allowed us to photograph him with Carmen. Every now and then he'd try to jump off the bridge on to the ground, and every time, Beverly would pick that little frog right back up and give him back to Carmen. LOOK CLOSELY and you will see THE FROG in photo number 2! :)

By the end of our photo shoot, Carmen was brave enough to reach out and touch the frog and Beverly could pick him up without squirming. :)

Thanks Carmen, Lauren and Tom for a really fun afternoon!

CHECK OUT CARMEN'S MUSIC VIDEO HERE......

Meet Sara, David and Addie!

Meet Sara, David and Addie.....a beautiful family who is expecting a baby girl in early July. We had the pleasure of photographing them for a family/maternity session recently.

Chuck met Sara several years ago through Team In Training (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society), while they were both training to run a marathon. Sara is an active runner and is already planning her next running event which she will participate in after baby "Sadie" is born this summer.

This family was so much fun to photograph! They are so sweet, full of life and are so excited about the arrival of baby Sadie. The love they have for each other is evident in all that they do and Addie is a precious soon-to-be three year old who is excited about becoming a big sister.

Check out our music video here from their session....

Thanks for a great photo session Sara, David and Addie! We are so excited for you and wish you all the best!