Cutest Kid Contest - Sarah Amelia Photography Summer 2011

Do you think your kiddo is the cutest around? Would you love to have his/her portraits taken but just haven't gotten around to it yet? I love taking portraits of kiddos, so I am starting a contest. The most votes for a picture wins the cutest kid contest and a free portrait session with me this summer/fall 2011!

Join in the fun with the Cutest Kid Contest at Sarah Amelia Photography!

Here are the rules!

ANYONE can enter,

All you need to do is e-mail me a picture of your cute kid to sgough83@yahoo.com
I will then put the photos you send me in an album title 'Cutest Kid Contest' on my photography facebook page. Everybody will be able to vote on who should win by clicking 'LIKE' for your picture.

The most 'LIKES' you get on your portrait determines the winner, so get your friends and family involved in the voting process! Once your little one's picture is up in the album you can encourage your friends to vote by 'liking' your picture in the gallery.

The contest and voting will take place at the Sarah Amelia Photography Facebook Page.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE!


The contest will run for 2 weeks starting TOMORROW Friday, July 22, 2001 until Friday, August 5, 2011.

Any questions? Feel free to email me at sgough83@yahoo.com OR check out our facebook page at the link to the right of the page!

Good luck, and may the cutest kiddo win!

- Sarah

Announcing the Cutest Couple Contest 2011 @ Sarah Amelia Photography!

Announcing the Cute Couple Contest at Sarah Amelia Photography!

Do you think you or someone you know is the cutest couple around?

I absolutely love shooting portraits of couples, so I have decided to have a contest!

Here is the scoop:

ANYONE can enter. All you need to do is e-mail me a picture of you and your significant other. I will then put the photos you send me in an album. Everybody will be able to vote on who should win. So send me your pictures. I am hoping to get a lot of entrees so don't be shy! This will be fun!

The winning couple will receive a 1 hour couples portrait session with me, Sarah, this August, 2011 within Michigan and Ohio.


If you want to participate email me the cutest pictures you've got of you and your husband/wife/significant other. Once they are up in the Contest album you will have people 'like' your picture to vote for you.

The contest and voting will take place at the Sarah Amelia Photography Facebook Page.

Here is the link to the Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Sarah-Amelia-Photography/207571425927999

I will run the contest for two weeks starting today Friday, July 15, 2001 until Friday, July 29, 2011.

My email is:
Sgough83@yahoo.com

Good luck, and may the cutest couple win!

Maternity Session Moris Minnesota, Family Photography

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."
~Elizabeth Stone

I met Kristen through SCMC where I used to work, and we always would talk about photography, which was something we were both passionate about. Last year Kristen started her own photography business, and had been an inspiration to me when I took the steps in beginning my own business journey.

Kristen runs Kristen Grimm Photography in Morris Minnesota, and she does beautiful work.

Kristen and Lafe are such fun and easy-going people, and I was so happy that they had asked me to do a maternity session for them. They are expecting their first child this fall and they do not know if they should decorate in blue or pink... it is a surprise! It was very windy and warm the evening of our shoot but they powered through, worked it, and the results were pretty darn good.

Here are a few of my favorites. If you are interested in a maternity shoot please contact me and we'll talk details!
















Thank you Kristen and Lafe! I can't wait to see and hear about your new arrival come fall, and congratulations.

Website Live!

So excited to share the new Sarah Amelia Photography Website!

It is still in the early stages, but I'm excited to get your feedback.

Information on setting up portrait sessions and collections are on the site.

Click here to visit
The Sarah Amelia Photography Website

An afternoon at the winery - Alexandria Family Photographer

On Father's Day weekend my husband and I ventured out to Carlos Creek Winery near Alexandria to meet Amie and family for a family portrait session. Neither of us had been at the winery before and getting there a bit early gave us a chance to explore the grounds and become friends with the two resident border collies who gave us a warm welcome.



After meeting Amie's little guy Tristan (3 months) we got started on some family portraits near the front of the winery. Tristan was skeptical, and was not going to give out his smiles without us working hard for them! This was his first portrait session after all, so we had to cut the little guy some slack ;)





With lots of snuggles from both Mom and Dad he started to find that handsome smile of his, slowly but surely.




And once he showed us that gorgeous smile of his, it was well worth the wait. What a cutie pie!



Thank you Amie and family!

A love note of thank-you's

Thank you for loving me just as I am, and helping me to see that I can do the same.

Thank you for repeating yourself when I’m having a senior moment (which seems to happen quite frequently lately).

Thank you for accepting that I can eat the same 4 meals week in and week out, and for cooking me dinner most of the time because I hate to cook. And let’s face it you’re better at it than I am.

Thank you for accepting the fact that I will never be good at math. Okay, not even sort of good at math.

Thank you also for putting up with and tutoring me during those two semesters I took college algebra and statistics. I know it wasn’t pretty.

Thank you for accepting me, and my crazy/wonderful family for all that they are, the good, the bad, and the very loud.

Thank you for listening when I need to be a girl and vent. Thank you also for trying to hold yourself back when you want to tell me how I can fix it.

Thank you for working so hard, day in and day out, so that you can provide for us and give us such a wonderful life. It doesn’t go unnoticed, I promise.

Thank you for putting up with my morning issues. Enough said.

Thank you for giving me the time I needed to get my heart and head to the same place.

Thank you for your patience, kindness, support, love, and generous nature on a daily basis.

Thank you for putting up with my cold feet under the covers.

Thank you for encouraging me to finish school, and believing in me when I had lost faith along the way. You are my biggest supporter.

Thank you for encouraging me to pursue my passions, and helping me to realize I can accomplish anything if I have enough heart and determination within me.

Thank you for helping me to see the silver lining, on the days when all I can see is grey.

Thank you for doing your own laundry. You have no idea how jealous this makes other married women.

Thank you for being self-sufficient. I love your independent nature.

Thank you for noticing when I get a pedicure or change my hair. Girls like that.

Thank you for loading the dishwasher on a daily basis. This also makes me very happy.

Thank you for talking on the phone with me for long periods of time while you are away for work, even though you are not a phone person. I appreciate it.

Thank you for putting up with me while I figure things out. Even when it takes longer than you might like.

Thanks for realizing that although we came from different places, we can always move towards our shared goals together.

Thanks for always being so honest with me and being a team player.

Thank you for taking my brutal honesty with a grain of salt when I’m having a crap day.

Thank you for showing up and being there for me when I insisted I didn’t need you to be, and helping me to realize it’s okay to be vulnerable and accept help when it is offered.

Thank you for telling me you love me each and every day.

Thank you for being such a wonderful husband. I love you.

And thank you God for your continued blessings, and for giving me the opportunity to spend my life with such an amazing man, friends, and family. You are the center of it all.

Three years later

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."
~Katherine Hepburn

I love you so much, and I am so happy and grateful that you are my husband. Everyday I am glad that you are the guy I come home too, and share my life with.

Happy Anniversary love.