{"id":1554,"date":"2010-12-02T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2011-01-31T00:21:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T06:21:29","slug":"giving-is-awesome-delaware-wedding-and-portrait-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/2010\/12\/giving-is-awesome-delaware-wedding-and-portrait-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving is Awesome {Delaware Wedding and Portrait Photographer}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up our Thanksgiving celebrations and ease into the Christmas season, I am reminded yet again how truly blessed I am to have such a wonderful, loving and healthy family. \u00a0My husband and I both have jobs that we love and are able to provide for our beautiful children. \u00a0It&#8217;s easy to take everything we have for granted and I never want to forget how blessed we are. \u00a0There are so many people out there who are struggling this holiday season. \u00a0So while I may not be in the financial position to give tons of money, I can give of my talent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/giving-is-awesome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1555\" title=\"giving-is-awesome\" src=\"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/giving-is-awesome.jpg\" alt=\"giving is awesome\" width=\"900\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/giving-is-awesome.jpg 900w, https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/giving-is-awesome-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know someone. You know someone who\u2019s 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\u2019t afford custom photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season. You know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family\u2019s spirit, love, and beauty.<\/p>\n<p><em>You know someone. I guarantee it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography \u2014 $1,000 worth, to be exact. Whether it\u2019s canvas or albums, prints for Grandma, or a slideshow to watch over and over, it\u2019s in your power to give them the artwork they deserve this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winning family will receive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complimentary family portrait session with me, including a 1-2 hour session and a private, online gallery of 20-30 proofs.<\/li>\n<li>A 10&#215;10 coffee table book custom designed with their choice of images<\/li>\n<li>An 11&#215;14 gallery wrapped canvas of their favorite image from the session<\/li>\n<li>A $300 print credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh, and the best part? The person who\u00a0<em>nominates<\/em> the winner receives a complimentary portrait session plus a $100 print credit (valued at $225). What better reason to show some love could there possibly be, people?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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.)<\/li>\n<li>The nominee must reside within 40 miles of Smyrna, Delaware (or willing to travel here for the session).\u00a0 Tell me who you know, what they\u2019re experiencing, and why they deserve my artwork. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.<\/li>\n<li>You must e-mail me the full story by noon\u00a0December 23, 2010 :\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:erin@erinfarrellphotography.com\">erin@erinfarrellphotography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winner will be announced on\u00a0Christmas Day \u2013 so get nominating! I can\u2019t wait to read all of your entries! \u00a0I, along with my family, will decide on the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Open your heart to someone this holiday season \u2014 and thank you for giving me the opportunity to open mine.<\/p>\n<p>With love,<\/p>\n<p>Erin<\/p>\n<div class=\"pp-fb-like-btn-wrap\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/2010\/12\/giving-is-awesome-delaware-wedding-and-portrait-photographer\/\" data-share=\"false\" data-layout=\"button_count\" data-width=\"90\" data-show-faces=\"\" data-action=\"like\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we wrap up our Thanksgiving celebrations and ease into the Christmas season, I am reminded yet again how truly blessed I am to have such a wonderful, loving and healthy family. \u00a0My husband and I both have jobs that we love and are able to provide for our beautiful children. \u00a0It&#8217;s easy to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[71,75,23,47,76,73,68],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-delaware-baby-photographer","tag-delaware-childrens-photographer","tag-delaware-newborn-photographer","tag-delaware-portrait-photographer","tag-wilmington-delaware-childrens-photographer","tag-wilmington-delaware-newborn-photographer","tag-wilmington-delaware-photographer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erinfarrellphotography.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}