Annie la Rue Photography

well I asked you to send me your photos, the ones of your children that really made you smile! I painstakingly selected my favourite 6, the ones that really made me feel happy inside when I opened their picture and then I opened it up to you to vote… which one made your heart sing!?

what was at stake? A free session with me worth $400 in value!

…and after 593 votes…..

I was overwhelmed with the response and decided to continue the love and give away another session at random to anyone who voted and left a comment and I’m very excited to say the winner is… SUE BOWRING!

Thank you to everyone who voted… I can’t wait to meet the winners!  Keep your eye on the blog for their sessions… and you never know when I will be overwhelmed with the need to spread the love again!

Hello to all of you that I met today at handmade market!  It was a super fun day and a great turn out.  My wallet is certainly much lighter I don’t know about yours!

If you have come here to vote to win a free session…follow the link HERE…but since you’ve come so far why don’t you stay a while, look around, have a look at my other websites in my menu bar up the top…enjoy!

Oh… when you have voted and make sure you leave a comment in the comments section of that post to be eligible to win.  Competition closes COB 31st March 2010.

it’s something I’ve been procrastinating about for a while now… people have asked..are you on Facebook?? I wasn’t… I must admit I thought it was kinda weird having a business on a social networking site and the thought of having a fan page gave me the heebee jebbees, isn’t it just a little self indulgent?… but I did look.    The only way I could actually investigate was to set up a page; so back in January I did… nothing lost, no one needed to know.  I posted once to see what it looked like and left it at that.

I had another client ask me yesterday; “are you on on Facebook?” me: Ah yes… well I thought about doing it, I really should…   so I found myself back there and low and behold I had fans (shock me!)  AND comments (thank you!) that I didn’t even know about (apologies for not answering!).   So I guess it’s about time…if you are on FB and are interested in getting updates you can find me here!

if you saw today’s Canberra Times hopefully this caught your eye!  This Sunday I will be hanging out at the fabulous handmade market.

If you are interested in anything unique and stylish this market has it.  A gorgeous showcase of hand crafted designs and… me!  Seriously… this one is not just for those who are child minded…

I personally can’t wait to check out the gorgeous origami mobiles by Red Berry Designs, the divine letterpress stationary (who doesn’t LOVE letterpress stationary!?) by Poppy Letterpress and the to die for millinery pieces by Laura Maidment.  That is after I head by Prim and Pretty and check out their new fabric brooches… wow it’s going to busy day and you know where I’ll be if you can’t find me….shopping!!

I’ll be accompanied again by my fabulous right hand gal Melissa so hope to see you there!

Wow I had no idea how hard this was going to be… fun but so hard…I asked for your favourite smile for your chance to win a free session with me to celebrate my return to Canberra and I have been overwhelmed with the response!  So here they are, the final 6 that really made me smile.

now it’s up to you…just vote for your favourite below and your favourite smile will receive a session valued $400 with me!  Voting ends 31st March with winners announced on the 1st April.

AND….because I had such an overwhelming response and could only pick 6 finalists; I have decided to give away another session!  That’s right you have an EXTRA CHANCE AT WINNING!!!  Remember I don’t just photograph children if you’d like to enter. All you have to do to be eligible is vote and leave a comment (if you live in the ACT and surrounding areas) in the comments session below, simple!  (the winner of the additional session will be selected at random)

Good Luck!

although it appears you can, poll votes are only counted once from each entrant!

Thanks for all the entries so far!  I have been overwhelmed with your response.  For those of you who haven’t seen the details yet, to celebrate my return to Canberra I am giving away a free classic session to a Canberra family (which does include digital photo files!), worth $400.

All you need to do is send me a photo of your child’s favourite smile, I will hand pick my favourite 6 from the bunch, post them here on my blog and then open it up to YOU to vote!

And there is only just over 1 week to go so start sending… competition closes 15th march 2010.

Here are a few of the entries so far…

… Harry, Tilley, James, James, Jack and Samantha you all make me smile!

There are so many amazingly talented people around.  I am always blown away at how clever people can be and I was lucky enough to see a whole bunch of them yesterday at Mathilda’s Markets in Canberra.  As well as being the Mathilda’s Official photographer, I also had a stall to launch my new competition (see below!).

I wish I could show everything but a few of my faves were the gorgeous mobiles from Sarah at Gift’s Created,  Anne’s cutouts at Pip & Co. (and gorgeous website), Kirsty’s gorgeous baby linen at Kaile and the gorgeous dolls from Poppy Bean and Bloss.  Eeww lucky I didn’t take my credit card!

Mathilda’s markets are held in each capital city of Australia (sorry Singapore!).

to celebrate my return to Canberra I’m holding a competition to win a free session with me which will be launched this weekend at the fabulous Mathilda’s Market!

The competition is simple, email me annie@annielarue.com your favourite photo of your child’s smile to me by 15th March 2010, I will choose my favourite 6 smiles and post them here on the blog by the 16th March and then vote in my comments section for your favourite!   Voting closes 31st March 2010 C.O.B.

The competition winner will receive a classic photographic session for up to four people, including a 1 1/2hr photographic session, a private on-line viewing gallery of 30 hand picked photos from your session, all proofing and editing and…. 12 digital files of your choice so you can print, email and enlarge to your hearts content!  Sounds good?  well get sending!

Sorry the competition is only available to Canberra residents and immediate surrounds.

Oh and if your in Canberra come along and see me this Sunday, 28th February at Mathilda’s Market, 9am to 1pm, Hyatt Hotel Canberra.  Check out the website here to see what other great things will be there!

It has been months in the making, heaps of work behind the scenes and I’m so excited it’s finally here…!

any regular reader will probably have picked up by now, I am so passionate about what I do.  I just love it, the intimacy of being invited into a family and watching them interact and just be…  the spirit of childhood is just magical, it’s just asking to be captured…and we do.

and then children grow into big kids, we capture birthdays and graduations, the milestones get further and further apart, we were children and are now grown ups and apart from maybe wedding photos and the occasional Christmas, photos of ourselves just don’t seem to happen any more, life gets in the way.

And that is why I am so passionate about my new addition to the family… Boudoir by annie la Rue.

What does Boudoir photography mean you may ask?  Boudoir is simply a celebration of you.  Your moment in the sun!  Whether you are a mother, girlfriend, wife, single independent amazing woman; I truly believe that every woman, any age and every size has a unique an intimate beauty to be celebrated.

Boudoir is not for everyday, it’s your special splurge.  You might treat yourself to a session as a gift for your special someone, for your groom on your wedding day, to celebrate a milestone in your life, or just as a lasting memory to remind yourself that you rocked it once too! why not?!

so I hope you enjoy and maybe even decide to take a risk and celebrate you, and the glorious beautiful being you are…today, just as you are.

side note. Boudoir is an addition to the annie la rue photography family that will be going on in the background.  You will not see posts of shoots here on the blog but if you’re interested be sure to check in every now and then with the website to find out the latest news and promotions.  You can find a link to the website in my menu.  And a HUGE thanks goes to my wonderful clients who have given their full permission to use their images on my website so you can see exactly what Boudoir is all about, THANK YOU! xx

I love the photo of me on my website and in my header on my blog.  It is my favourite photo of me, which you could say is a little sad as it is taken from behind… but there are many things I love about that photo but what I love most, is that for me it captures two of my true passions, travel and photography.

I do tend to go on a bit about photography “capturing moments”… the photo I talk about was taken on the Ganges, in India, at sunrise…on a whim, my dear friend Kate and I jumped on a plane and headed off to India and then Nepal, two fiercely independent single career girls taking on the third world… it feels like a lifetime ago, life seemed so less complicated… that moment captured, which I will always treasure.

That being said, I’ve finally decided that annie la rue Photography also needs a face.  And I’ve finally forced myself and found one.  So this is me for anyone that was wondering.  I know I won’t be able to replace my favourite photo, but I will find a home for my face somewhere on my website or blog…

for now it will live here….

Big thanks to G for clicking the button!