Here is the family that nominated the winners of the contest. They are such a sweet family. It did not help that it was freezing cold, as you can probably tell in some of the pictures. The littlest one did not want to have anything to do with the camera, but I don't blame him, he probably just wanted to be in a warm car or home.
If you have not been following, or missed the contest, click on the links to read about the free session contest I held.
http://kimwheelerphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/free-holiday-photo-session-contest.html
http://kimwheelerphotography.blogspot.com/2010/09/winner-of-free-photo-session.html
The only reason why the winner was announced anonymously was because the family had not yet told anyone (expect a few people) that the husband was joining the army. But now that he has his departing date and it is now not a secret, I can share with you the pictures from the session. I am so grateful I was able to do a session for this family, they are a really great family and had me laughing a lot. The kids were so sweet with each other. It melts my heart when I look at these pictures.
Such a beautiful family!
I love this candid shot! I laugh every time I see it
I wish the best of luck to you guys!
Thank you for those of you who participated in the contest.
As soon as I got this particular email, I knew right away that this family was THE one I wanted to a free photo session for. They truly deserve it. I have picked them as the winner and have contacted them to let them know. I have asked both the winner and the person who nominated this family if I could post the email that was sent to me. They have both agreed but I am making it anonymous and have changed the names.
"I wanted to nominate some of my best friends, The ---- Family. They have had a really hard year. Mike's parents separated and Mike's Mom moved away; and that is just the tip of the iceberg. For the last year, Mike's family has been going through a very personal and difficult (even traumatic) situation that has been very hard on everyone. Mike has also been unemployed for several months and has had a very hard time finding any kind of work; so that of course has put great financial stress on them. Mike decided to join the army and will hear back any day now when he will leave for bootcamp; but that of course means that he will leave his family for great lengths of time (I think he will be gone almost a year without a visit home), leaving his wife to be almost like a single mom. Mike's estimated time of departure for bootcamp is right around Christmas; and I think that some very precious and well done family pictures would be just perfect for them. They have not had any kind of even semi-professional family pictures done ever and I think that this would be such an awesome Christmas present for them to cherish for the very hard months coming up."
I am really excited to do a session for this family. But I am really touched because the person who sent this email has had some financial stress as well with unemployment, yet they were willing to nominate their friends instead. So I have not told them yet, until right now, that I would like to do a free session for their family. I think they deserve something for being so thoughtful and selfless. Thank you so much and I look foward to do a session for both deserved families!
Kim Wheeler
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