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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! I took the week after Christmas off to spend time with my family and it was wonderful – a perfect way to end an already wonderful year. I have lots of sneak peeks coming this week, but I wanted to do a quick calendar update. I’m already booking for the spring of 2012, so please don’t wait to book your session!

January – 2 simple sessions
February – 1 signature session, 2 simple sessions
March – 1 signature session, 1 simple session
April – 3 signature sessions, 2 simple sessions
May – 3 signature sessions, 2 simple sessions

Here’s a quick peek from my very last session of 2011, precious little Reese…more of her, two other newborns, and a brand-new one-year-old to come this week!

newborn baby girl in austin, tx

This fall is shaping up to be a crazy, busy, exciting time! I’m thrilled with all the sessions I have coming up (and still have a couple more session openings, if you’re waiting to book!). In an effort to keep a better balance on my life this holiday season, I’m going to be trying to adhere to the following office hours:

Tuesday – Friday: 1:00 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed

I’ll be conducting sessions as usual on Saturdays and Sundays, but trying to keep myself away from my email unless it’s a scheduled work time so I can help myself find balance in this intense season. Hope you guys are enjoying the last few weeks of hot weather and have gotten off to a great start to your 2011-2012 school year! I can’t wait to see all my favorite families again this fall!

And since I can’t post without a picture – an oldie but a goodie of my boy…so peaceful while he sleeps!

sleeping boy in Round Rock

Summer is rounding the corner (or at least I hope it is) and the kiddos will soon be heading back to school. With that comes high school football games (my very best memories from high school!), cute kiddos in costumes, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas! We had family in town last week and Friday morning we ate at the fantastic Monument Cafe in Georgetown and then took a stroll around the Square…we went into one shop and they already had Christmas ornaments and decorations out…it warms my heart! :) Fall is by far my favorite time of the year and this fall is sure not to disappoint!

My schedule has already filled up and I have very limited spaces for fall/winter sessions left! If you are interested in booking a session for holiday cards or gifts, please contact me as soon as possible.  I’ll be opening up booking for 2012 in December and if you’re interested in getting on the calendar, please book early! We have some exciting changes happening in our family and I will be taking on limited sessions in 2012. If you’re still wanting a fall session with me, this is what’s available.

  • September: 2 Signature Sessions
  • October: No sessions available
  • November: 1 Signature Session
  • December: 2 Signature Sessions

Happy Monday to everyone! Enjoy your loved ones this week…I know I will be!

Changes at Libby Ann Photography
I’m not quite sure how it became the middle of 2011 already…I mean, seriously, wasn’t it just January?! Either way, 2011 has been great so far. I’ve worked with so many fantastic families this year and I have loved every second of it! I’m really excited for the fall – not only because the weather will (hopefully!) cool off, but because I have some great ideas for fall mini sessions and have some FUN templates for holiday cards this year!

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing some research into how I can provide better services for your family. The most common question I get asked is that about digital files. When I held spring mini sessions, nearly every family I photographed jumped on the chance to purchase all the digital files from their session on DVD. I know when I have family pictures taken, it’s a big deal…being on the other side of the camera is just as stressful, if not moreso than being the one doing the picture taking! It’s something that I want to be able to remember, from start to finish, in high-resolution JPEG format. I don’t want to stress over how many 5x7s I need to order to make sure all family members get copies of pictures or worry that if I don’t purchase a hard copy of each photo that it will be lost forever.

Beginning in August 2011, I will be moving to an all-inclusive session fee. What does that mean? It means that now included in your session fee will be a disc of all the high resolution digital files included in your gallery. If you’ve booked a signature session, that means you will get a disc with at least 30 images on it after your session! I will still be offering specialty products like Gallery Mount Prints (those have been so popular this year!), Image Boxes, and Albums, but I will no longer be selling prints that cannot be hung on the walls.

The clients I’ve shared this with so far have been incredibly excited for this new change – and I hope you are too! If you’re interested in seeing pricing, just send me an email. I’d be more than happy to walk you through the new changes.

Fall 2011 Calendar
I have opened up my calendar for booking fall 2011 sessions and already, October is nearly full!. If you’re interested in getting something set up for family pictures this fall, please do not wait! I am booking a limited number of sessions this year to allow me time to spend with my family. I will be offering mini sessions this fall – they will be announced later this summer as always.

To My Current Clients
Be on the lookout next week for a fun summer mini-session special in your inbox! I am so excited about this that I could burst…but I’m trying to hold my excitement in for another week so I have images to share with you all! You do NOT want to miss these, that’s for sure!

Thank you all for your support this year. I hope the rest of the summer treats you well!

In just a couple weeks, Libby Ann Photography will celebrate two years in business! I can’t believe it’s been that long – it feels like just yesterday I was filling out all the paperwork to get my business licensed and all the legal stuff squared away. In those two years, I’ve met some fantastic people, taken a whole lot of pictures and created lots of fun memories. To celebrate this milestone, I’m going to be giving back to my wonderful clients who have trusted me to be their photographer. How? I’m going to hold a Facebook contest!

The details:
I’ve uploaded a gallery of a favorite picture of mine from every single client I’ve worked with. Some of you have held multiple sessions with me, however I just picked one picture from all of your sessions. These images are uploaded into an album called “Anniversary Photo Contest.” To win, you need to have the most number of “likes” on your photo in the album. Super simple!

The photos are loaded in alphabetical order by last name, so just locate your photo in the album. You can tag yourself if you’d like, share the album with your friends, solicit “likes” through email, message boards – whatever you like! I know some people have moved since their session and if you’d like to participate, you’re more than welcome. You can either come back down to Austin to claim your prize or gift it to a friend/family member who lives within travel distance of Austin.

To “like” your photo, the person must first “like” Libby Ann Photography on Facebook. If you’d like to share the contest on your profile page, you can link to this blog post or click the “Share this Album” link at the bottom of the Anniversary Photo Contest album. If you have any questions about how to do this, just email me – I’d be more than happy to help you out! :)

What will you win?
A Signature Session + all the edited digital files from your session!

Rules:
- Contest ends 3/29/11 at 7:30pm CST.
- “Likes” must be on the PHOTO itself. They will not count if they are on the photo album or a post on the wall.
- Winner receives a 1-2 hour signature session with 25-30 proofs in an online proofing gallery and all images displayed in proofing gallery on DVD in high resolution form with a print release.
- Session must be held before 12/31/11 and must be held within 15 miles of the 78665 zip code.
- Winner must sign a model release and contract to be eligible.
- Prize may not be redeemed for cash.

I am so excited about spring mini sessions this year! I announced it on my Facebook Fan Page a few days ago (one perk of being a fan is that you get updates before they hit the blog) and I’ve already booked quite a few sessions. One thing I’m doing this year that is a little bit different than years past is that if you would like to pre-purchase all the digital files from your session, you may do so at the time of booking for $200! Typically all the files from your mini session it would cost $500, so I don’t need to tell you how awesome this deal is :)

The first date coming up in just a few weeks is held at one of my new favorite parks, Katherine Fleischer Park. It has some great photo op locations there and a fantastic playground if you end up wanting to stay for a bit after your session! If there are no bluebonnets on April 2nd, this will also be the location of the April 2nd mini sessions. On April 10th, we’ll be heading to downtown Georgetown for some fun with modern architecture and bold colors. Both of the recent maternity sessions featured on my blog were photographed in downtown Georgetown – it’s so much fun! Finally, we’ll be down in Central Austin at Mayfield Park for the last of the mini sessions. If you haven’t been down there, you should definitely go! It’s a classic Austin location for pictures and is gorgeous with ponds full of fish, peacocks, gorgeous stone walls, and flowers. This session was held last summer in Mayfield Park.

You really can’t go wrong with any of the locations! The session times that are still available are:

March 26 – 3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm
April 2 - 8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am
April 10 – 4:30pm, 6:00pm
April 16 -8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am, 9:30am

Please take a second to share these awesome mini-sessions with friends and family. As always, if you refer someone to me who ends up booking a session, you’ll receive a $50 credit to use toward a future session or prints and the friend you refer will receive a free 8×10 from their session…so you could wind up getting your session + some prints for free just by referring a friend! If you’re interested in a session, please email me at libbyann@gmail.com and I’ll send you more information on the discounted mini-session pricing, information on the locations, and walk you through booking a session.

I am completely blown away by all the entries to this contest…you guys are so awesome! After adding in all the extra entries from people booking sessions, there ended up being 179 entries total…crazy!! Then there was the issue of figuring out how to draw a winner. My printer was on the fritz this afternoon, so I ended up inputting all the entries into Excel in the order they were entered, adding in the extra entries in the order they came in, and then drawing a random winner using www.randomizer.org.

Before we move onto the winner, I want to let everyone know about a very neat special that I’ll be running through the next week. Because I wish that I could give away sessions to everyone who entered, I want to offer a special to make custom photography a bit more affordable for everyone. That was one theme that ran through the comments – you wish you could, but you just don’t have the money right now. Believe me, I understand about financial hardships! :)

Very exciting, huh?! Your session can be anytime in 2011, but it must be booked before January 8th. Choose any one of the incentives – and trust me, the surprise is one you’re going to LOVE! :) If you’re interested, send me an email at libbyann@gmail.com. In the end, though, there could only be one winner…which I know you’re all anxious to hear about!

and commenter #110 is….

CONGRATULATIONS, Amanda!! Please email me at libbyann@gmail.com to claim your session! Thank you all for entering and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I told you you’d want to check back here today for a neat little surprise….well, it’s here! I’m giving away a mini-session to one of my lucky blog readers! 2010 has been such a phenomenal year for me – I’ve gotten to meet lots of incredible people, I’ve gotten to photograph too many adorable kiddos to count, and I’ve gotten to share a little piece of life with my clients. I am so thankful for the blessing you guys have been to me in 2010 that I want to start 2011 off with a bang!

Mini-sessions were new for Libby Ann Photography in 2010 and they were quite a hit! What do they include? A 30 minute session for up to three people in the Round Rock area, at least 7 edited proofs in an online viewing gallery, and 5 of those images in high resolution on DVD in a leather DVD case. I’m giving away the entire package, valued at $300 for FREE! No session fee, no order required. A totally free session that you have not one, but four chances to win!

You do not have to live in Round Rock to qualify for this session, but you must be willing to travel. Too far away to drive? Consider entering for a friend for family member that lives in the area! Please let your friends and family know about the giveaway as well so they can have a chance to win custom photography too!

So how do you enter to win this session?

  • Leave a comment here with your name, last initial and a valid email address. Tell me why you’d LOVE to win this mini-session.
  • For an extra entry, go to my Facebook page and “like” Libby Ann Photography. Come back and comment here again once you’ve done that and tell me about it! ETA: If you already like Libby Ann Photography on FB, you can get a second entry too…just come back and leave a comment letting me know you’re already a fan! :)
  • For a third entry, post on your Facebook page about the giveaway and include a link to this blog post. Come back here and leave another comment. Note that your Facebook page must be public for me to verify this!
  • Email me and book your 2011 session before the end of this contest. All sessions, mini or full, booked this week will be entered into the drawing! If you win, I’ll refund your session fee and give you a print credit for any extra!

The giveaway will run from tonight, 12/27 through Friday, 12/31 at midnight. Winner will be announced on New Year’s Day, 2011!!

“Fine” Print: Winning session must take place in January or February 2011. Winner must agree to sign a contract and model release upon winning. Winner will be drawn at random and announced on the blog. Winner has 72 hours to contact me via email to start the booking process, otherwise a new winner will be chosen. Prize is not redeemable for cash.