Breaking News: Vote to win this month's free photo session!

One lucky studio fan can win this month's free two hour photo session! All it will take is one vote to be eligible! Cast a $1 vote for my entry in the North America's Cutest Family Photo Contest, email me your receipt after you vote at photos@pictureyourworld.net and get your name into the drawing for the free shoot.

It's that easy!

The more times you vote, the more chances you have to win the session. For example, if you donate $5 (or five votes), your name goes into the hat five times, making it five times more likely that I will pull you name and you will win!

You have until April 7 at midnight MST to cast your vote for The Ryan Family in the 2010 Sandy Puc International Charity Model Search benefitting Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation.



This family portrait contest entry has been accepted into the 2010 Sandy Puc International Charity Model Search for North America's Cutest Family!

But a free photo session isn't the only thing you could win! You could win a new car and I could win an amazing new camera!

Only the family with the most votes from each city will make it into the final round of voting for North America's Cutest Family!

Grand Prize winners in the contest will win:

First Place: A 2010 Hyundai Accent (metallic silver), 4 door sedan, automatic transmission, with air conditioning and valued at $15,460.00. A new Canon camera, a $50 gift certificate to J Crew and a limited edition numbered and signed photo art print from a renowned photographer.

Second Place: A new Canon camera and a limited edition numbered and signed photo art print from a renowned photographer

Third Place: A new Canon camera and a limited edition numbered and signed photo art print from a renowned photographer.

So vote now!

To vote go to the website, and click on the gallery link. The first page will show the top 3 families, click on the link at the bottom of the page to enter the gallery.

From here, you and those you know can search for The Ryan family in Denver. Once you click in the image, there is a blue button that says "Vote." Click here to vote!

Each vote is a dollar, and all proceeds benefit Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Remember, send me email confirming your voting receipt and you will be entered into this month's drawing for a free two hour photo session!

STILL NEED YOUR VOTES for North America's Cutest Family Contest

Thank you to all families who are participating in The 2010 International Charity Model Search! We appreciate your support of the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation.

Just a reminder ~ VOTING ENDS APRIL 8, 2010 at Midnight MDT!!
Remember, all proceeds from votes benefit NILMDTS. Help my studio, Picture Your World Photography, make it into the final round by voting for The Ryan Family for North America's Cutest Family!



This family portrait contest entry has been accepted into the 2010 Sandy Puc International Charity Model Search for North America's Cutest Family!

Here's the link to my client's entry.

Only the family with the most votes in each city will move into the final judging round. Here are the grand prizes:

First Place: A 2010 Hyundai Accent (metallic silver), 4 door sedan, automatic transmission, with air conditioning and valued at $15,460.00. A new Canon camera, a $50 gift certificate to J Crew and a limited edition numbered and signed photo art print from a renowned photographer.

Second Place: A new Canon camera and a limited edition numbered and signed photo art print from a renowned photographer

Third Place: A new Canon camera and a limited edition numbered and signed photo art print from a renowned photographer

Additionally, each city finalist will receive a photo art print by a renowned photographer.

To vote go to the website, and click on the gallery link. The first page will show the top 3 families, click on the link at the bottom of the page to enter the gallery.

From here, you and those you know can search for The Ryan Family in Denver. Once you click in the image, there is a blue button that says "Vote." Click here to vote!

Each vote is a dollar, and all proceeds benefit Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Please encourage your families and friends to vote for you!

VOTE NOW: Vote for my client's family portrait and win a chance for a free photo session!

My first family portrait contest entry has been accepted into the 2010 Sandy Puc International Charity Model Search for North America's Cutest Family!

Here's the link to my client's entry. Click on the TOUR CITY Link and scroll down to Denver!

The Ryan's portrait taken on New Year's Day is now available for voting. Each vote costs just $1, and the photo with the most votes from 52 Sandy Puc 2010 Family Tour cities will qualify for being judged in the final round where the grand prize is a new car for North America's Cutest Family and a new Canon 5D Mark II for me! Plus, each vote benefits the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation, a network of volunteer photographers who shoot newborns and infants who have passed away, leaving a tangent reminder in the form of a free photo to mourning families.

Please support my entry by VOTING NOW! Each vote you make will put your name in the running for a free 1 hour photo session with my studio. At the end of the contest in April, I will draw one lucky winner.

For example:
If you donate 5 votes (or $5) to the contest, I will put your name in a hat 5 times, increasing the chance that your name will be drawn for the free one hour photo session. Email me ASAP as soon as you post your vote so I confirm the votes on the website and put a number of votes by your name!

Good luck to you, The Ryans and my photo studio!

From My Portfolio: Ryan Family Portrait Session

I LOVE this fun shot taken during the Ryan's New Year Family Portrait Session! The expressions on Crystal and Shawn's face as well as the utter joy in Bradley's eyes and smiles as he's hoisted in the air is infectious. I'm going to ask the family if I can enter this photo into the North America's Model Search for America's Cutest Family, a fundraiser to benefit the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation.

Here is the original RAW shot



The edit includes a simple process of masking out the studio background for a high-key white look. Some sharpening, curves and level adjustments round out the image.

Book a family portrait session now for only $50 to have your favorite image entered into the contest. The grand prize is a brand new car for one lucky family and a new Canon KD Mark II for me!

Model Search Special:
$50 entrance fee includes:
60-minute photo session
one free 8X10 and one image submitted to the national gallery. Once the photo has been uploaded to the gallery, send the url to your friends, family and co-workers and have them vote for the image!

Get Out There: Only one Denver Entry for North America's Cutest Family Photo Competition

Right now, there is only one Denver photo entry in the running for the "North America's Cutest Family" competition benefitting the Now I Lay Be Down to Sleep Foundation. The 2010 Sandy Puc International Charity Model Search is on the look for the nation's best looking family. Only one finalist with the most votes from each of the 52 tour cities will move on to the final round of judging round. The grand prize winner will drive away with a new car!

The Denver finalist should be YOUR FAMILY. But you can't compete if you don't have a photo taken by a participating photographer. You're in luck because PICTURE YOUR WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY is a registered participant in the model search!

Call NOW at 303-548-6112 to book your Model Search Special session and be eligible for the contest.

Model Search Special:
$50 entrance fee includes:
60-minute photo session
one free 8X10 and one image submitted to the national gallery. Once the photo has been uploaded to the gallery, send the url to your friends, family and co-workers and have them vote for the image!



The image MUST have been taken on or after November 1, 2009 through the end of the submission deadline date of April 5, 2010. So contact me today!

Have your family photo standout by one after a fresh Colorado seasonal snow!

Breaking News: America's Cutest Family Could Win a Car!

Are your loved one’s North America’s Cutest Family?

PROVE IT!

Picture Your World Photography is participating in the International Charity Model Search to select North America’s Cutest Family, and you’re invited to enter the competition!

Many prizes will be awarded and the Grand Prize winner receives a NEW CAR! Now is definitely the time to update the family photo!

Call NOW at 303-548-6112 to book your Model Search Special session and be eligible for the contest.

Model Search Special:
$50 entrance fee includes:
60-minute photo session
one free 8X10 and one image submitted to the national gallery



Finalists will be determined by on-line votes. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from votes benefit the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS.org). Official voting begins 1/4/10 and ends 4/8/10.

The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation (NILMDTS) administers a network of almost 7,000 volunteer photographers in the United States and twenty-five countries. At a family's request, a NILMDTS Affiliated Photographer will come to your hospital or hospice location and conduct a sensitive and private portrait session. The portraits are then professionally retouched and presented to the families on an archival DVD or CD that can be used to print portraits of their cherished baby. I have known about this program for quite some time, but I haven't yet found the strength to participate because just thinking about the loss of a newborn child brings tears to my eyes and I doubt that I would be able to photograph those final moments. But helping the organization raise money like this IS something I can do!



But wait! For those who did not qualify – you can still earn rewards! Send this email / postcard to friends and families and tell them you referred them to Picture Your World Photography. If they book and complete their photo session with the studio, you can earn the following print credits for 2010 usage:

2-5 referrals:
Receive two 5x7’s from your most recent session or on a future session 2010 (FREE!)

6-13 referrals:
Receive one 8x10 from your most recent session or on a future session in 2010 (FREE!)

13-20 referrals:
Receive one 11x14 from your most recent session or on a future session in 2010 (FREE!)

21+ referrals:
Receive one 20x30 from your most recent session or on a future session in 2010 (FREE!)

I know one of my client's family have GOT TO BE America’s Cutest Family!

The grand prize international winner will be determined from the 52 city finalists. The winners will be selected from the finalist gallery by photography and modeling industry experts. The winning family also receives a session with the renowned portrait artist Sandy Puc and international recognition. Call 303-548-6112 now to enter your family in this exciting contest.

*Contest open to residents of the US and Canada. For more information, visit http://sandypucmodels.com/.