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Picture of the Year!!!

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The first day of 2010! So many thoughts going through my head of all the great weddings that I have gotten to photograph here in Knoxville and East Tennessee and best of all, all the great clients and brides that I have gotten to meet and befriend. Being a Knoxville wedding photographer is a job I love and I can’t wait for 2010! I could go on and on but I think I’ll save it for another post:) Because today we are announcing the winner of the picture of the year!! Yay!

Knoxville wedding photographer: picture of the year!

The winner, with over 40% of the votes, #11!!!!

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I heart Casey and Courtney so much! They were married back in May just outside of Knoxville in Historic Rugby TN and had a beautiful wedding complete with diy amazingness, slideshows, a giant tent, and a little Miley dancing…I mean, what else can you want! :) A huge congrats and a thank you for letting me photograph your beautiful wedding!

Knoxville family photographer: picture of the year runner up!

Also! More funness! I decided I didn’t want to leave the also impressive runner up out.  With over 20% of the votes, #7!

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I love this shot because its all about family. As a wedding photographer for a majority of my time, I love those sessions where I get to photograph families doing what they do best, loving each other and just being themselves. This picture is of a family new to Knoxville and I’m so happy to have gotten the privilege to capture their beautiful family! Second place is also going to get a full session in 2010 and a 11×14 print! Woohoo!

There is more awesomeness, you say!

Of course! Tomorrow (or later tonight…if Lena cooperates because she will be the Vanna White!) we will announce the winner of the comment contest! Those who left a comment on the nomination and contest posts all get entries in it and the winner gets awesome craftiness from the wedding photographer turned etsy lover and a lil’ sumpin sumpin (it’s a session but I just wanted to say sumpin sumpin on the blog:) )

Congrats to the winners and nominee’s! I’ll be emailing soon!

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let the voting begin!

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Some pointers and reminders:
-Vote below for your fave picture!
-Leave a comment on this post or any of the other nominee posts to be entered to win a fun prize!
-Contest will run until 12/31 noon EST and winners announced on 1/1/10.
-Spread the word and get more votes! (the link to send them to directly is www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog)
-Have fun!!!!

A couple things to point out:
-to see the pictures associated with the numbers, either scroll back through the blog or put your mouse over each number and click on the details button, that will show you the picture for that number.
-When the results show up after you have voted, on the bottom left you can click on “share on twitter” or “grab embed code” to share that way if you want. Or you can just send the link out as www.shannonkelleyphotography.com/blog .

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and a partridge in a pear tree…

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

The 12 Days of Pixmas are over and we now know all the great nominee’s for picture of the year! Yay! It bears repeating that I am the most luckiest Knoxville photographer ever and have amazing clients that allow me to do what I love and capture these great pictures. Thankful doesn’t even begin to describe it. When we moved to Knoxville a few years ago having a photography business here was a hope, dream, and a wish and I am so psyched about what is to come. ok…on to the contest!

So, here are the goings on for the contest once again…
-The contest will begin on 12/26.
-Spread the word you nominee’s….it’s American Idol style voting but online so let them know to come to the blog to vote.
-Contest will run through 12/31
-And leave those comments on any of the nominee posts including this one…winner from the comments will be drawn on 12/31 as well! Winner gets an awesome surprise gift! Wootwoot!

Here are all the nominee’s in one fun place! Enjoy!

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#13

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

So, as I alluded to yesterday…we are making it a baker’s dozen. Because I couldn’t decide on between the 12th and 13th nominee and because isn’t it always nice to have a baker’s dozen. I mean, you expect it at a cool little bakery so why not do it on this cool little blog:) So, here we are, #13!
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Behind the scenes: This picture is from Brooke and Will’s wedding held at the Stables in Lafollette. It was a gorgeous place and a super fun couple! This was taken as they were walking into the reception area so the focus was on her causing the background to be blurry. Love the random angle and uniqueness of this shot.

Stay tuned today for the recap!

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the final nominee(s) and thoughts…

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

today is the day of our last nominee! Ta da! Tomorrow: a recap post of the nominee’s and what the heck is going on for those just tuning in:)

Some final thoughts from mwa:)
-I have done this picture of the year the last 3 years, with the contest aspect starting last year. This year it was far harder to pick nominee’s…to the point that I got some help:) There are definitely many a picture of some of my wonderful, great clients that so deserve to be up here. But, we have to limit it somehow and I’m afraid not everyone could get picked:(
-I lovelovelove all my clients and like things like contests, newsletters, etc.. because it gives back a little to them and celebrates their beauty…because really, without great clients there would be no great pictures. This picture of the year contest makes me love them more! Aren’t they awesome!
-So, I couldn’t decide on the last nominee…there were too many to choose from and one image wasn’t just jumping out at me. So, I asked some people including some random stranger sitting beside me at Panera…and this is who won:) ….well, this is one that won! It was a tie so I decided to make it a baker’s dozen. Tomorrow we will announce the 13th and have the summary of all the funness around here:)

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Only fitting since this cake is the most amazing thing I ever tasted:) This picture is from Jenny and Brian’s wedding and I love it because I love the depth of it with the sparkling lights behind it! Yummy!

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#11 nominee!

Monday, December 21st, 2009

As promised…here is the next nominee! #11. One more to go! Without further ado…

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Behind the scenes: This picture was of the amazing Casey and Courtney’s wedding. It was held in Historic Rugby and every detail was so perfectly planned and crafted. Loved it! This picture is looking out the over 100 year old window of the church looking out at Courtney and her dad before she walked down the aisle. I love that you can see the oldness and speckles in the glass of the window in the picture and you can see Courtney and her dad talking and wonder what it was about.

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Day 10!

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Yes, this is late and I skipped a day. You caught me! Yesterday is the day that the chaos of Christmas hit and I realized I had been living in lala land of the fact that Christmas is less than a week away. So a packaging and wrapping we went and the blog sat all sad and lonely for nominee #10. The good news is that my franticness has been calmed by my post office visit today and getting everything in the mail that needed to and the even better news is we have 2 nominee’s today! Here is #10! (I’ll make you wait it out a little on #11…but don’t you worry, its a comin’!)

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A little behind the scenes: This was from Jenny and Ty’s engagement session. They went on to have a beautiful wedding with pictures that could be up here as well. This picture was nominated because I love the “different-ness” of it (is that a word?). I love that it looks like I snuck up on them, love the angle and the colors too. For you locals, this was taken up at Norris Dam. Shot with a Canon 5d at 25mm, 4.0, 1/15 sec.

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#9!

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

#9 nominee! Just a reminder of what the heck is going on for those checking in… we are in the midst of 12 days of Pixmas! 12 days to announce the top 12 pictures nominated for picture of the year! Then on 12/26 we’ll start the voting! Voting will end on New Year’s Eve. So, today is #9!

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About the picture: This was a senior session with the lovely Dani. I loved this whole session…great light and Dani was rocking the style! This one was shot with my fave lens…the 17-40L:)

You can see the past nominee’s here: #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.
-Leave comment love to get in on the contest for the giveaway!

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