Friday, November 23, 2012

Images by Bethany Giveaway: Win a Family Portrait Session & 8x10 Print

UPDATE: This contest is now closed! Head over to One Crazy Kid to try again--Brandee's also giving away a family photo session with Bethany. 

I met Bethany Schiedel at the Vancouver Mom Top 30 Bloggers event when she did my headshot. She has the ability to quickly capture the moment--or many moments, as you'll see with our photos--almost invisibly, without being obtrusive.

I was excited to work with her on a giveaway this fall. Bethany provided us with a complimentary photo session so I could show & tell you about how she does family portraits. You'll have the chance to win a free session too (value $350) as well as a free 8"x10" print! All the details & your chance to enter are at the end of this post, after our photos.

When we went to her studio for our family portraits, I was slightly nervous & frazzled from trying to get us all out the door to arrive there on time looking presentable. The weather had unfortunately ruined our plans to shoot outdoors with our bikes, but I'm very pleased with the photos that came of the indoor studio session.

Bethany made all three of us feel at ease as soon as we came in. With a little gentle direction & some furniture shuffling, we did a lot of different poses, though few of them felt stiff in the way that posed photos often do. Being a natural light photographer, the illumination for Bethany's work comes via the tall glass windows in the heritage building where her studio is. It's a great space & I particularly like the classic urban feel of the backdrop in the shot of the three of us.

A few weeks after our photo shoot, we returned to Bethany's studio on evening to view the photos. Bethany had tea & gourmet doughnuts waiting for us, with samples of the products she offers. After seeing highlights in a slideshow set to music, then numerous rounds of deliberation, we picked out the photos to show you here, as well as some to order for gifts & for ourselves. Many of the photos surprised me because I hadn't even realized she'd been shooting at that moment. There were a series of Sprout when he was a bit upset near the end of the session that were really cute & a great one of us playing where he's upside down, which you'll see below.

I commend you if you've read this far & not yet skipped to the photos. I won't make you wait any more. Here are six of the dozens that we loved, starting with my absolute favourite:







Details: Family portrait session will be done on location (Greater Vancouver area only) and will be 1 – 2 hours long ($350 value). Session must be booked for January – April, 2013.  Includes an in studio viewing session, a month long online viewing gallery, and an 8 x 10 print of your choice ($30 value).

A NOTE ABOUT USING RAFFLECOPTER: don't forget to click on 'leave a blog comment' AND actually go down & leave a comment or your entry won't be valid! I know it's an extra step for you, but it's much less complicated for me to administer giveaways including Twitter, FB & the blog when using Rafflecopter. It also gives you the opportunity to enter multiple times & increase your chances. :)


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21 comments:

  1. myself I did a pin up modelling shoot before I had kids around 18 years old. I also don't think that the santa photos I got one year before we had alex counts cause my hubby refused to be in it lol!! As a family never i guess is what I should say :D

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  2. Last year for Xmas - would love new ones, since the boys have grown so much since then

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  3. I did a prego shoot with my first. We are long overdue for an update!

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  4. The last time I had a pro shot done was right after my daughter was born. The pics were okay but didn't capture our family unit energy the way Bethany's pics seem to. Fingers crossed!

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  5. A friend did our wedding, and she does get paid for her wedding work sometimes! Never really had a pro photo shoot though.

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  6. When our son was a newborn, done by a family friend!

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  7. It has been two years since our last family shoot. It would be nice to have a family portrait again.

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  8. Sigh. Last year for Father's Day. An awesome fellow whose passion is aviation did a special deal for some moms in Richmond. The photos were amazing and the girls are so much bigger now!

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  9. When our son was born but you can never have enough :)

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  10. Those pictures are so great Lisa!

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  11. Your pics are fantastic! I am jealous that you are tall enough to wear such flat flats:) We had family pics taken at my daughter's school last month - white background, 10 minute sitting, Emily (2 year old) mostly cried in fear of the photographer and tried to run away. We could use a re-do!!

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  12. Is the studio dog friendly? A family portrait including Minnie would be great ;)

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  13. Bethany says small dogs are welcome. Or she can always shoot on location... :)

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  14. It's been way too long since we've had professional pics done. This would be great!

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  15. Awesome pictures! Your little boy is growing so big! We could do with some new family photos with #2 arriving in the spring!

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  16. Gorgeous pics. I love the lighting in particular. Really genuine and lovely!

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  17. My entry is valid! I remember you telling me about this before I went away. Luckily, I made it back in time. :-)

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  18. Oh, and I have NEVER had a professional photo shoot done, but Tycho has. If we don't win, I may book a session with her anyway.

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  19. I have a good friend who is a professional photographer, and she was kind enough to take some really quick shots of Callum and I a couple of months ago - no cost! The result was gorgeous.

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  20. Hi Lisa! It would be lovely to have some family pics with Tom and Trajan!

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