Since we were sleeping off our food comas on Black Friday, sightseeing in Arizona on Small Business Saturday, and flying home on Cyber Monday, we decided to start our own shopping holiday called Two Two Tuesday just for you. We oh so rarely run any specials like this so we hope that it makes your day. $500 smackaroos off our half or whole day coverage, local or not for couples getting married in 2012. It’s as simple as that. Catch? No catch. But there are a few rules…

// You must send us a completed inquiry by THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3rd. (A “completed” inquiry means that you actually fill out all the info categories and also fill out the questionnaire we send you minutes after.)

// You must complete your booking by December 31st of this year. (That means you’ve signed our contract and gotten your retainer payment in to us.)

// You must be getting married in 2012 on a date we are still available for.

// You must be awesome, love our work, and trust us completely with your wedding photography.

// This offer cannot be combined with any other discounts or used if we’ve already sent you a custom quote for your wedding.

// We reserve the right to end the promotion early if necessary.

// This promotion cannot be applied to weddings already booked with us for 2012.

That’s it! So hop on over to our contact form and get to filling so we can check our availability for you and send you more info and pricing. Happy Two Two Tuesday!

jasmine tea with honey > all other tea
whole foods > publix
dark floral rugs > white modern rugs
playlists > albums
cornhole > flip cup
potted rosemary > potted lavender
menchies > gurtzberry
spicier nacho doritos > doritos > any other chip
crazy long hair > tame short hair (on me, at least)
Desmond > Charlie (as a name for our new Betta fish)
last week’s episode of LOST > this week’s episode of LOST
actual integrity > false humility
karma by the universe > retaliation by anyone else
honesty in your humanity > lying to make yourself look better
fine art iPhone wallpaper calendars from Becka & Nate > standard iphone wallpapers

Download WILDFLOWERS | Download HEARTS

Click a link above to download one of the two wallpaper images. Email the photo to your iphone. Open the email and save the image to your phone. Open up your Photos, find the image. Click the little box in the lower left corner and select “Set as Wallpaper”.

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A few weeks ago (okay, in February) we held a contest for couples to submit creative pictures with the numbers “222″ in them for a contest giving away a pretty awesome swag bag of prizes. We got a bit behind as our schedules got crazy so we figured we’d just pick a winner and they’d win it all! After talking it over together (and making sure we were available for their date) we chose Krista & Wesley for their heart warming submission including airplanes.

Here is what Krista had to say:
Wesley and I have been dating since May of 2006. Some things we love are frozen yogurt, good movies, and playing xbox 360. Wesley and I used airplanes in the background of our picture because it has somewhat of a significance in our history. On one of our first dates he took me to St. Augustine to visit one of his good friends. (A little background: Wesley has been a big fan of airplanes since he was a kid- paper airplanes, remote controlled airplanes, pretty much anything that can fly). On our date he went outside to fly a remote controlled airplane and was so incredibly excited when I seemed interested. He told me later on… “When you wanted to fly airplanes with me, I knew I had to marry you“. True Story.

photo submitted by Krista

Krista & Wesley will be winning…

The swag bag…
-5 hours a la carte wedding coverage by Becka & Nate at Studio222 Photography
-Private online proofing gallery of their wedding images
-A concept Engagement session with Becka & Nate
-High resolution digital files on DVD from the wedding and engagement session
-A 1 hour design consultation from wedding coordinator extraordinaire, Brandee at Blush by Brandee Gaar
-A super chic bridal tank top and tote from The Wedding Chicks
-Custom designed Save the Date cards + 22% off (how cute are they?) invitations or other stationery from Orange Blossom Ink

And for the photographers who entered our contest for the canvas from Pixel 2 Canvas, we chose this awesome submission from Shelly of Doggy Studio & Boutique in Miami. We loved her creativity!

Here’s what Shelly had to say:
Although I dream of taking beautiful wedding pictures I have established myself as a dog photographer. I wanted to participate (using dog photography) in your contest but my dog will not have me running around with a light without running right behind me. I took some photos spelling out 222 using light applying a totally different concept. The light being the sun casting a shadow with the numbers. I hope you enjoy my silly attempt to do something cool with your challenge.

Thank you to everyone who entered. Your entries were all lovely and made us smile and we wish we could choose every one of you! And to the winners, please contact us via email to claim your prizes at info(at)studio222photography(dot)com.

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The winning couple will win a pretty sweet collection of goodies from us and some of our lovely friends!

The winning couple will receive:
-5 hours a la carte wedding coverage by Becka & Nate at Studio222 Photography
-Private online proofing gallery of their wedding images
-A concept Engagement session with Becka & Nate
-High resolution digital files on DVD from the wedding and engagement session
-A 1 hour design consultation from wedding coordinator extraordinaire, Brandee at Blush by Brandee Gaar
-A super chic bridal tank top and tote from The Wedding Chicks
-Custom designed Save the Date cards + 22% off (how cute are they?) invitations or other stationery from Orange Blossom Ink

That’s a wedding SWAG bag worth over $3600!

To Enter:
Get out whatever camera you have and get creative! We want you to send us an image that you and your better half create incorporating the numbers 222 as well as your personal style. Show us who you are! Easy enough right? That’s all the direction we’re giving you. We want to see what you’re beautiful imaginations dream up!

Details: We (along with a panel of super cool judges) will be selecting images that make us feel something, that catch our eye, that really tell us something about the couple and will be posting them on the blog for all to see along with a little info on each selected couple. Then it’s your turn to get the word out. Votes are cast by comments. The couples with the most votes will become our finalists and our panel of expert judges will pick a winner!

Rules:
-submissions must be made via email to info@studio222photography.com by 11:59 EST on Feb 27, 2010.
-emails must include: “222″ image, a photo of the couple, wedding location and date, and a short paragraph about the couple
-the couple must be a fan of our work and willing to give us full creative control
-open to couples getting married in 2010 only

And some fine print:
-the couple must have their wedding date and venue set in stone (elopements are okay too!)
-couples contracted with another photographer are excluded from entry in this contest
-couples already booked with Studio222 Photography are excluded from this contest
-open to new inquiring couples only
-out of area submissions will be accepted but if chosen, the couple will be responsible for any and all travel fees
-winners will be notified via email as well as announced on this blog.
-If winners fail to claim their prize within one week they forfeit the prize.
-Studio222 Photography reserves the right to use personal discretion to select images for blog and final winner.
-Obviously, only entries for dates we are currently available will be eligible (We are currently 100% booked for October, FYI)

PS. Photographers, check the blog post from earlier today to find out how you can win an amazing canvas from our favorite supplier!

Roxanne Benton, canvas-goddess and kick ass company owner, has been gracious enough to allow us to give away a certificate for one 20×24 canvas from Pixel 2 Canvas. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a canvas from Pixel 2 Canvas, but let us tell you… they are the best of the best. Their mission is to partner with photographers to create the finest quality artwork for their customers. Pixel 2 Canvas is also proud to be OBA free which allows their canvases to be of an unparalleled quality. (You can read more about why that matters here.) Our client’s adore theirs, we adore ours, and we always get “oooohs” and “ahhhhs” from everyone who steps foot in our house and sees the one we have hanging over our TV.

So, here’s what we want from you photographers… we want you to send us your best, most creative, most awe-inspiring, most hilarious long exposure spelling out “222″ in light. Send images sized no larger than 800 wide to us at info@studio222photography.com/blog by this Thursday at 11:50pm EST.

We’ll be posting the winning image on the blog on Friday so don’t forget to check back in. We’ll also notify the winner by email because we will need to mail you the certificate. That also gives you a few days to get your creative juices flowing. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! In the mean time, check out Pixel 2 Canvas website to see even more about what they’re about.

And, if you’re a bride-to-be or you know a bride-to-be, check back in at 2:22pm EST for a huge giveaway from us and some pretty cool friends!