Valentines Day Contest

We have officially begun the voting for our Valentines Day Contest. Posted are the contestants for the cutest couple. You may vote for your favorite couple in two different ways.

1. Make a comment for the couple on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/shutterspirephotography)

2. Leave a comment on this post stating which couple you are voting for.

You may vote only once per site per day. Open voting will be from February 1 - 13, and the winner will be announced on the 14th.

The winning couple receives a free portrait session!

Let the voting begin! =)


Rachel Zimmerman



Jackie Baker



Faith Brewer



Charlotte Lowe



Brandie Ann Ramos

International Charity Model Search

ShutterSpire Photography is participating in the International Charity Model Search to select North America’s Cutest Family and to raise funds for the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation. (NILMDTS.org)

Are your loved ones North America’s Cutest Family? We’ll give you the opportunity to prove it! Many exciting prizes will be awarded, and the grand prize winner receives a new car!

Model Search Special:
$50 entrance fee includes a 60-minute model session, one image submitted to the national gallery, and an 8 X 10 of that image for you to keep.

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Each vote is $1 (no limit on the amount of votes you can cast), and all proceeds from votes benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS.org).

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 214-516-5088 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/.

Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Award 2010

For Immediate Release

Crandall, Texas – January 22, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced ShutterSpire Photography has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for photography!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

ShutterSpire Photography is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that ShutterSpire Photography is among the very best photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/shutterspire-photography-crandall/efe6228f68bf2d5b.html.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of www.MarthaStewartWeddings.com. For additional information, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

Valentines Day Contest

We are running a Valentines Day Contest, and we want you to be a part of it.

Send me the cutest, funniest, sweetest, best picture of you and your love between now and January 31. I will be posting all of the images on Feb 1 for open voting. Your friends and family, along with all of my friends, family and fans are welcome to vote BOTH on this blog by commenting under the pic that is their favorite and on Facebook by 'liking' the picture or making a comment. To get to the ShutterSpire Facebook page, just go to www.facebook.com/shutterspirephotography.

The winner will be announced on Valentines day and will receive a free session with us.

Can couples from outside the DFW metroplex join in on the fun? Sure! Just remember, if you win, you need to either travel to the metroplex or pay traveling expenses for us to come to you.

I am looking forward to seeing all of your pictures!

Grand Wedding Giveaway

Congratulations goes out to Diana Simmons for winning the Grand Wedding Giveaway!

Earlier this year, ShutterSpire was involved in planning a bridal show. Unfortunately, that show was not able to continue, but several vendors were generous enough to continue to offer their services for the Grand Wedding Giveaway. Now, Diana Simmons and her groom will receive some very nice services, free of charge.

• ShutterSpire Photography is giving them a bridal and engagement session, an 11X14 to show at their wedding, and eight hours of wedding day coverage.
  
• Events By Secmele is giving the bride and groom full wedding coordination.
  
• Roman Video Productions is giving the couple ceremony coverage with highlights.
  
• Make-up by Beauty Is...
  
• Curtis Miller Jewelers is giving away a very nice wedding planner.

Again, congratulations to the lucky couple! We will see you in October for a spectacular wedding!

Valentines Day Contest

We are going to run our first contest!

Send me your favorite, cutest, funniest, or best picture of you and your love by January 31. I will post the pictures and your friends and family, and all my fans can vote on the favorite. The couple with the most votes by Valentines Day will win a free portrait session.

Send in your picture as soon as possible! You can email it to christina@shutterspire.com.

Good luck!