Is your child America’s Cutest Kid?

Kristen Joy Photography is participating in the National Charity Model Search to select “America’s Cutest Kid” and to raise funds for charity. 

Who can enter:

Children ages 18 months to 14 years old.

Models Search Special:

$50 entrance fee, which includes a 60 minute model session and one image submitted to the national gallery and one 8×10 of the same image for you to keep.  A 25% discount will be given on any prints/digital files ordered from this session.

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from votes benefit the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. (NILMDTS.org)

Grand prize national winner will be determined from the 50 city finalists. Winners selected by photography and modeling industry experts.

If your child is selected the national winner, you’ll receive many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

Entries must be submitted to the contest before March 25, 2009.  Due to the time it takes to edit the photos, I won’t be taking any sessions on after March 15, 2009.

If you’re interested in entering your child(ren), please call Kristen at 512.626.2715 or email her at kristen@kristenjoymoore.com For more information about the contest, go online to www.sandypucmodels.com

Newborn sneak peeks!

I really enjoyed taking photos of this sweet baby girl on Saturday.  These were just a few of many of my favorites!

Enter my drawing for a Gift Certificate!

I’ve decided to come up with a drawing that will hopefully be worthwhile to all involved. I’m conducting an anonymous survey which will be open till March 1, 2009 for the gift certificate drawing. The only requirement is you must be in the Austin, San Antonio and Hill Country area, which I will be waiving the travel fee for in the drawing. From all the entries I will put all the names in a bowl and draw one out. I will announce the winner on March 2, 2009. Here is what you may win!
Free portrait session $100 value
$300 credit towards anything you would like to purchase.

*The gift certificate will be given to winner and must be redeemed by March 31, 2010

To keep this anonymous, once you submit the form, located here, you will get to a page that will ask you to send me an email with your contact info., etc. (and a super-special secret code you wouldn’t want to give out to your friends!)

Photobook sample!

I’m so excited to show this sample off!  I’m planning on getting more samples soon, but for now, here is what I’ve got.  This particular book was designed from a template I had bought a while back.  I had so much fun doing it though, I’d like to try and design my own and maybe even sell them to other photographers someday!  Anyway, this book is 10″x10″ with a leather cover, comes in this color blue, pink, lavender, red, teal, hydrangea(blue), kiwi(green), camel, red, chocolate, espresso, black and white.  This book has 10 pages/20 sides and can be customized to your liking!

Maternity sneak-peeks!

I took some maternity photos on Sunday and I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance to look at them until now.  I put together a few photos for a sneak peek.  I had a lot of fun doing these and I can’t wait to sit down and do the finishing touches on these!

Announcing an awesome special for couples to be!

Engagement photos/bridal portraits 2-for-1 special at a great price!

The details:

• Book your session dates before March 31, 2009 and pay only $400 for both sessions.  
• This INCLUDES 20 digital files of each session on a disk.  I will send you a gallery with enough photos to pick your favorite 20.  Additional prints/products are available for purchase.
• This special does not include any travel and/or location fees, if applicable.
• Space is limited to the first 5 bookings, so contact me today for more details!

Baby Rhett again!

I’m a little behind on sharing my recent sessions, I’m wanting to start doing sneak peeks, so I wanted to show off some of my recent sessions to catch up.  Here is baby Rhett, who won’t be a baby much longer!  I took these back at the end of Nov.  Isn’t he just the best for the camera?  I love it!

And the winner is….

I’m not quite sure how to announce the winner of my Giving is Awesome give-away. I only received two entries and both have a great need to have portraits taken of their families which otherwise wouldn’t be a possibility for them. I chose Lynn, for the $1,000 gift and Carmen I chose to give a $500 gift. I appreciate everyone for coming to my blog and seeing if they knew of anyone in need of such a gift. I’m so very happy to help these deserving people with my services and can’t wait to do this again next year. Thanks! Kristen

It’s Christmastime…it’s giving time!

I found about this awesome project from a friend of mine, the website that the idea comes from is Giving is Awesome.

You know someone. You know someone who’s experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down more than one job, or is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. You know someone who can’t afford custom photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season. You know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family’s spirit, love, and beauty.

You know someone. I guarantee it.

I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography – $1,000* worth, to be exact. 

Oh, and the best part? The person who nominates the winner receives a $150 print credit. What better reason to show some love could there possibly be, people?

The rules:

* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage payments for a two-million-dollar-vacation-home in Paris does not qualify as sincere financial need.)

* The nominee must reside in the greater Austin, San Antonio or Hill Country area. Tell me who you know, what they’re experiencing, and why they deserve my artwork. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.

* You must e-mail me the full story : kristen@kristenjoymoore.com

The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve — get nominating! I can’t wait to read all of your entries!

Open your heart to someone this holiday season — and thanks for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

With love,

Kristen

*Total price of $1,000 worth of products and services includes a $100 session fee, travel fee of up to $100, if applicable and the rest is the winners choice of my digital negative packages or print packages, additional products will not be included.

**Must be redeemed by December 31, 2009 for both winner and person who nominated winner.

Baby Rhett

So I haven’t posted anything on here in a while and I’m still trying to catch up on my other blog, but I wanted to post some photos I took soon after Rhett was born.  His birthday was Easter Sunday 3/23/08… I hope to take some more photos of him soon and we will be able to see how much he has grown!  Anyway, these are just a few of my favorites!  I went overboard taking photos of him and had a lot to give to his parents!  Oh and by the way, I’m sure you will notice my new watermark/logo.  I had it done by a wonderful photography friend, Jayme.  Her website is http://www.lucidgraphicdesign.com/  Go check her out!