photography

This giveaway has now ended. The winners are #4 Kim, #9 Marisol, #14 Kim, #17 Beth, #23 Eugenie, #26 Stephanie Gimlin, #27 Lala R, #32 Jl Johnson, #35 Colleen, and #45 Brynn.

Wedding planning thoughts are swirling in my head now that we’re finally getting closer and it’s getting time to actually plan.

In just one month, we’ll be in Hawaii meeting with the wedding planner, selecting a ceremony location, finalizing a date, testing out the resort’s salon, attending a luau to see if it’s the right choice for our rehearsal dinner, and having dinner at the restaurant we’d like to have everyone join us at after the ceremony.

Photography is another very important element that we need to consider. My mom, my brother, and many other family members are very talented photographers. I don’t want them to miss important moments because they’re busy photographing so it’s nice that the wedding package we’re looking at also includes photography but I think my family can do a much better job of capturing the experience beyond just the wedding ceremony and in a candid and meaningful style.

Normally I just look at and use my photos on the computer but I want to have a wedding photo album. I’m not big on printed photos, in fact I don’t think I’ve printed a photo since at least 2008. I also don’t want to spend a ton on having the photographer create and provide the photo album.

And then Shutterfly emailed me to find out if I’d like to create a free photo book for myself and blog about it. And the timing was perfect.

When we go to Kauai next month, I’m going to take a zillion vacation photos with my iPhone and then create a photo book to see how it comes out and see if I like it enough to do my wedding album with Shutterfly.

I also have 10 free Shutterfly Custom Path photo books to giveaway to Carrie Actually readers. To enter simply leave a comment.

Of course I’d also love it if you subscribed via rss or email, followed me on Twitter, or liked me on Facebook but none of those will make you any more likely to win.

Entries will close July 25, 2011 at 11:59pm Pacific time. Winner will be selected via random.org, notified via email, and must respond within 48 hours. This giveaway is open to the US only and you’ll have to pay shipping to Shutterfly to have your photo book delivered.

Disclosure: I’ve not yet tried Shutterfly but will be doing so using the free photo book they’ve provided me after I get back from my Kauai trip in August. Shutterfly is also providing the 10 photo books I’m giving away to you.

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