I want to start by saying thank you to everyone who entered my Free HS Senior portrait contest and also to everyone who voted! You all almost shut down my email at one point!!! So drum roll please....................the winner of a FREE portrait session PLUS 10 digital negatives with almost 300 votes is.......Finalist #2 Alana!!! Congratulations Alana! I look forward to meeting you and knocking out some killer photographs!

Of course, I want to thank Kayla and Katie for participating and I can't let them walk away empty handed. So I would like to offer you an extra $50 credit ($100 total) for a portrait session. I hope to meet both of you fabulous ladies as well!

Thanks again to everyone for making this such a success. I might just have a child portrait session contest up my sleeve for the future. ;)

Kelli

***This contest is now over***

I want to thank everyone who took the time to enter my Senior Portrait Contest! Here are the three lovely finalist, scroll down to vote on who you think should win one FREE portrait session PLUS 10 digital negatives!

Finalist # 1: Kayla

School: Currently Homeschooled (online) previously attended Redford Union

Kayla would like to attend OCC to obtain her Nursing degree and then transfer to Eastern Michigan. Here's a bit from her entry: "I am a student with all A's and B's. My dad just lost his job and we really can't afford to get pictures taken. My mom also has diabetes and I would like to give some pictures to her to keep of me. She would love that more than anything in the world. This would be a dream come true for me. I am a good person, with a good dedicated heart. I always do what my parents ask. They appreciate my help around the house. I am happy that I have inspired my best friend to keep up her grades, because her dream is to be in the army as well as helping my sister with everything she does."

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Finalist # 2: Alana

School: Redford Union

Alana is considering attending College for Creative Studies for Photography or possibly becoming a esthetician. Here's a bit from Alana's entry: "i'm a great friend/daughter/sister/granddaughter/cousin, i never fail to tell my loved ones how much i appreciate and love them. which includes but is not limited to: taking pictures of them, baking them cupcakes, writing them letters, and telling them how beautiful they really are :-)"

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Finalist # 3: Katie

School: Northville High School

Katie is still deciding where she would like to go to college and what she would like to do but loves advertising, photography and design. She would love to study abroad and loves to travel. Here's a bit from her entry, she was nominated by her Mom: "She is a wonderful daughter who has achieved great grades, managed to perform well on her high school and AAU basketball teams and not get caught up in the pressures of a normal teenager. My husband and I are so proud and pleased that Katie has the drive to succeed in school and recognize that making good grades and good choices in her personal life will benefit her as she looks to the future. She is part of the SADD organization at school that tries to educate students as young as elementary school on the importance of making good choices in their life and staying safe. Katie has worked hard to maintain her tough academic schedule, participate in sports as well as other activities and still maintain a social life. We are just fortunate that she has made such good decisions and has her priorities in the right spot."

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Now email me at Kelli@purpletreephotography with your vote in the subject line to vote for the winner! The voting ends at 11:49pm Monday May 17th!

UPDATE: Ok, you guys are going to crash my email! I have to change it from voting as many times as you would like to once a day per person as of midnight Monday the 10th!

Previous votes to poll daddy were counted!

Kelli

***Edited to add: This contest is now closed. Stay tuned to see who the final three are and to vote for a winner!***

I've decided to give one high school senior a free portrait session! Here's the deal:

This contest is, of course, for someone graduating next year, class of 2011 (craziness) because if you're in the class of 2010 you've kinda missed the boat! :) So if you know a senior or you are a senior, email me at kelli@purpletreephotography.com and tell me why they/you deserve to win! Be creative! It doesn't have to be a dramatic reason, it could be that you've gotten your friends to stop texting and driving or because you managed not to skip your Algebra 2 class this year! Emails must be in by May 3rd to be considered. I will pick the top three entries and post them here to be voted on! Whoever gets the most votes wins! It's that simple!

What is at stake: One free portrait session PLUS 10 digital negatives from your session!

The rules: You may nominate yourself or someone else. Please email me at kelli@purpletreephotography with the subject line "contest" by May 3rd. Please include your nominee's name, email address and phone number. Portrait session must take place on a weekday between now and August 31st 2010. The location of the portrait session must be agreed upon by me and be within 30 miles of 48154. Digital negatives over the allotted 10 and products can be purchased at regular price. Winner may not exchange session for monetary value.

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I'm back to work THIS WEEKEND!!! WOW! Maternity leave went by with a quickness! I still have just a couple weekend sessions available for May and I'm booking for June and July, so if you would like a summer portrait session shoot me an email!

With this little face looking at me, Monday's aren't so bad!

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Kelli

I LOVE Spring! The blue skies, the way it smells, my high hopes for my garden for the year... I couldn't help but take some photos on a beautiful day a few days ago.

Also, I'm now booking July sessions! If you're interested please shoot me an email!

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Kelli