Olyn again won one of the categories at the Tallahassee Professional Photographers’ Guild meeting!  Each month, the local professional photographers get together for print competition, education and networking.  Olyn has had a really great year competing each month and I am so proud of him!  This month, Olyn won in the challenge category, which gives a different topic each month.  This month was, “Use of an Unconventional Light Source”, and this was his image of the gorgeous Miss Hannah!

Each winning print earns points and at the end of the year, the photographer with the most points is named “Tallahassee Photographer of the Year”.  I won the award last year and Olyn is competing hard to win it this year.  This award has a lot of significance to us, as it is something earned through photographic excellence and it is from a group of our colleagues.

Next month, we are thrilled to be presenting to the Tallahassee Professional Photographers– we are preparing a program on streamlining workflow, so for all the photographers who regularly read our blog, please come out to the meeting to see us!  Our speakers normally come from all over Florida and the Southeast, so we are very honored to be considered in the same light!  The meeting is August 26th at 6pm at Beef O’Brady’s on Thomasville Rd.  We have some amazing companies who are helping sponsor our program and they have supplied some awesome door prizes.  Olyn and I promise that while the topic might seem boring, the program will be fun and you will go home with at LEAST one major time saver!    For more information about TPPG, go to our website at www.TallahasseePhotographers.com

Effective August 1st, we will be adjusting some of our print pricing.  Small prints such as 5×7s and 8×10s will see a small increase, while some of the larger sizes and framing options will now include some more affordable options. We are also broadening the lineup of albums that we have available for portrait clients.   We are always committed to providing our clients with the widest range of products and price points and we will continue to search for new, innovative and contemporary products.

All sessions booked for the month of August will receive current print pricing, and any sessions scheduled after August 30th will receive the new pricing.  As always, we are happy to answer any questions you may have.  Please feel free to email Linda@LongsPhotography.com

After checking and double checking all the votes and email addresses, we have a winner in the Cute Kid Contest!  Thanks to everyone who participated and who voted!  In the end, the contest was REALLY close between the top three, so we are naming one winner and two runners up.    Congratulations to our winner– Kid #14!  And also to our runners up– Kid #2 and Kid #16!  The winner is receiving a free session with Linda and Olyn Long and a framed 11×14 print!  The runners up are receiving free sessions!

We will be gearing up for our next contest in a few weeks, but this time it will be a Facebook only contest!  So, if you have not already joined as a fan of Long’s Photography, be sure to go add us so you won’t miss any of the fun!

Cute Kid Contest winners and runners up must complete their portrait sessions no later than August 15th.  To schedule your session, call the studio at 850.339.5799 or email Linda@LongsPhotography.com.  Sessions may be scheduled Tuesday through Friday from 9am until 4:30 pm.  Free session is valid for a single child session only and is non-transferrable.  Sessions are subject to photographer’s availability.

Olyn and I are celebrating all the new backgrounds and props we have here at the studio with a portrait special!  For the month of July we are offering Whimsy portrait sessions for only $39!  The session includes a 45 minute studio portrait session with your choice of Whimsy set and can accommodate one child or two siblings.  This offer is only available in the month of July and is a savings of more than 50%!

To schedule your session, contact the studio at 850.339.5799 or Linda@LongsPhotography.com  All session fees must be paid at the time of booking.  Sessions are available Tuesday through Thursday from 9am until 4:30pm.   Sessions are available only in the studio with our Whimsy sets and is valid only for children 18 and under.  Don’t miss out– July is already ticking by!

Some examples of our new Whimsy Sets!

It’s voting time again!  This time we are looking for Tallahassee’s Cutest Kid! Voting will be open from July 7th until July 14th.  You may vote once per email address, but the voting rules are very strict!!  Be sure to read over the rules and also spend some time choosing from the adorable kiddos that have been entered!  So glad I don’t have to judge contests and can just leave it up to the votes!

VOTING RULES:
Votes will be accepted from 1am on July 7th until 11pm on July 14th.  If you vote more than once per day with an email address, all votes from that email will be disqualified.  You may only vote with your own email address!! If you use other people’s emails to submit votes those votes will all be thrown out and the contestant will be disqualified.  All email addresses will be verified by a contact to that address.  All invalid address votes will be disqualified.  Please vote only with an email address where you can receive mail– if you are not allowed to receive personal email at an address, please do not use it for voting. 

Voting is now closed.  We are verifying the email addresses and will announce the winner shortly.

We have been overwhelmed by the success of our Cute Baby, Cute Toddler and Cute Couple Contests this year!  We are thrilled to be accepting image entries for our Cute Kid Contest!  To enter the Cute Kid Contest, just email a nonprofessional image of your child (ages 4-10) along with their name, date of birth and your contact info to Linda@LongsPhotography.com  Entries will be accepted until 10pm on July 5th.

Once we have received all the entries, they will be posted to www.LongsPhotography.com for one week for voting.  You may vote once per day per email address, so be sure to let all your friends and family know!  The winner receives a complimentary portrait session and a framed 11×14 print– a $375 value!

We can’t wait to see how many adorable little ones we have in Tallahassee!

Thank you to everyone who voted and participated in our Cute Couple Contest!  Even though we had to switch up the voting rules, we still received more than 2,000 votes.  The top two couples were only separated by SIX votes!! There was only 48 votes separating the top five couples!

So, we are awarding our winner as well as four runners up!

The winning couple is…… Couple 12!! The receive a complimentary portrait session with Long’s Photography and a framed 11×14!

Our runners up are: Couple 7, Couple 14, Couple 1 and Couple 27!  They each receive a complimentary portrait session with Long’s Photography!

All sessions must be redeemed by July 20th and can be scheduled Monday through Friday from 9-4:30.  Session is valid only for the winning couple and cannot be transferred or used for any other type of session or subjects.  To schedule your session, contact the studio at 850.339.5799 or by email Linda@LongsPhotography.com

That’s right– its hot outside and we want to play in the studio!  So, for the next month we will be accepting a LIMITED number of newborn model sessions!  To qualify, the baby MUST be younger than 7 days!  For what we are looking to do, we really can’t make any exceptions.  The session can last anywhere from 1 hour to 4 hours depending on the little one.  For your time, you will be given a free session along with an 8×10 print of your choice and if you choose to enroll in one of our Watch Me Grow plans, we have some discounts and specials to offer. 

If you have a newborn, or you are due before July 20th, just email me at Linda@LongsPhotography.com and we can get you all the details!