Today's featured sponsor - Paperie Boutique!

SO excited to have Paperie Boutique as a sponsor for this year's contest! 

"Robyn L. Pollman owns Buttons and Bows Photography, LLC, in Orlando, FL. She has been in business for over four years and specializes in maternity, newborn, infant, and baby portrait photography in both studio and natural lighting settings. Robyn is a member of the Professional Photographers of America, Inc. (PPA), Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), and recently was named the 2009 “Best Family Photographer” winner for Orlando by Parents Connect and goCityKids.com (a national city directory owned by Nickelodeon / Nick Jr. and MTV / Viacom).

Robyn started Paperie Boutique on July 18, 2009, as an expansion of her popular Fit to Print set on Flickr. This set featured favorite packaging photographs, marketing ideas, and new photography-related product shots. Since the first full month of posting in August ’09, Paperie readership has increased over 600%.
Photographer Robyn Pollman, Paperie Boutique, and Buttons and Bows Photography, LLC, were featured in the May 2010 issue of Rangefinder Magazine. Robyn now writes freelance for “The Goods” & “Profit Center” columns in Professional Photographer Magazine – her articles appear in summer, fall, and early winter 2010 issues – and she will appear in all 12 issues for 2011 as a contributing editor. In summer of 2011 she began writing as an online columnist for the “Web Exclusives” section of the Professional Photographer Magazine website. She was also a professional photographer presenter at the May 2010 PDN Virtual Trade Show / Photo District News Wedding & Portrait Expo." taken directly from her What I AM section of her website)

Paperie Boutique is donating a "Buy the Entire Fit to Print Store" package! This is her ENTIRE store worth of templates in one shot! 5x7 promotional pieces, special delivery tag templates used in newborn  maternity shoots, moo sticker templates, business cards, sample templates for Welcome Kits, templates for custom binders, & just ebout everything else you can ever imagine needing for your business! Priceless! 

Stop by and check out her Facebook page as well!

Thanks again Robyn!

Today's featured sponsor - Portfoliositez!

Today's featured Competition Sponsor is Portfoliositez!

"Portfoliositez.com was started in Oct. of 2007 by Jamie and Jen. Jamie graduated with a Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Photography, and Jen had been programming website templates for photographers since 2004. We felt that there wasn't an easy cost effective way to get a website when you are just starting out which led us to the 'leasing' idea. We came up with a business model where clients could lease a template for a low fee and switch templates when ever they would like, as often as they would like, for a small setup fee. We also wanted to prove that a company can exist and grow without having to be cut throat, shady, and/or skimp on customer service. We are very proud of the fact that we can run a successful business without outsourcing any support, programming, or anything for that matter" (from their About Us page) 

Portfoliositez is offering THREE prizes... a year service, or individual flash template to be hosted offserver, a flexsitez service for a year, or free flexsitez to be hosted offserver, and a free flexcart! That means a brand new website for you with some amazing bells whistles! I've always had a Portfoliositez template & not only love the what they offer but their Customer Service is unparalleled! If you're not yet familiar with their products & services, go check them out!  Find them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter!

 Thank you Portfoliositez, for your generous sponsorship for this competition!

Check out some recent submissions for the contest!

The Light of Love by Lisa M. Pescay

 

1 by Leah Deslandes

2 by Leah Deslandes

Laughter Sparkles by Pogue Photography

Mischievous Miracles by Pogue Photography

There's still time to enter! :)

See the Light! An International Portrait Competition

Welcome to See the Light! An International Portrait Competition. I want to know how YOU See the Light!

This competition is fairly open in rules, but there should be something that correlates to the See the Light theme, whether that be shadow/light play, Flare, back light, or just great catch lights, and it can be natural light or manipulated. Wanna know what you can win? ;)

Portfoliositez is offering THREE prizes... a year service, or individual flash template to be hosted offserver, a flexsitez service for a year, or free flexsitez to be hosted offserver, and a free flexcart! That means a brand new website for you with some amazing bells whistles! I've always had a Portfoliositez template & not only love the what they offer but their Customer Service is unparalleled! If you're not yet familiar with their products & services, go check them out! 

Paperie Boutique is donating a "Buy the Entire Fit to Print Store" package! This is her ENTIRE store worth of templates in one shot! 5x7 promotional pieces, special delivery tag templates used in newborn  maternity shoots, moo sticker templates, business cards, sample templates for Welcome Kits, templates for custom binders, & just ebout everything else you can ever imagine needing for your business! Priceless!

Sandy Puc University is the ultimate educational experience for photographers looking to super charge their studio and inspire their creativity! Sandy is offering a 6 month membership, an invaluable experience for education and inspiration! Did I mention, she's also a guest judge?!

Simply Color Lab is donating a $200 Gift certificate towards any Canvas Gallery Wrap order! I have one of their canvas gallery wraps in my studio, hanging on the main wall and it is BEAUTIFUL! All of my orders from them have been top notch in quality as well as customer service!

Tracy Joy of The Joy Bag is offering a $75 gift certificate to our winner to be used on anything in her store! She has camera bags, parasols, marketing templates, etc. I have two of her bags that I use regularly! Functional & fashionable ;) Tracy will also be on our panel of judges!

Lensbaby is providing a Composer Pro with the double glass optic! Lensbaby lenses are the perfect way to get creative in  your shoots!

 

Tiffany, of Leaving Prints Photography & Design is offering a custom logo design for our winner!

And Jessica Price of Bella Valentina Photography is offering a $200 cash prize to our winner! 

Judges will be:

Tracy Joy 

Sandy Puc

Jessica Price

Our online submission form can be found here. Please do not send full resolution images, only sizes fit for web. Submission is $10 for 1 entry, or $15 for 2! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a great charity to be announced shortly. Contest will run from present until November 3oth.Please Follow this blog to see future entries & further updates throughout the competition!

See the Light Portrait Competition Online Submission Form

****If for some reason this form doesn't load for you, please send payment to my paypal address at jessica@bellavalentinaphotography.com and email the images to me instead**