{"id":5877,"date":"2014-12-11T01:29:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T01:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elevatephotography.com\/blog\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2015-02-03T23:09:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T23:09:29","slug":"feel-love-wedding-photography-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/feel-love-wedding-photography-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel the Love Wedding Photography Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Elevate Photography, we\u2019ve always supported <a title=\"Giving Back\" href=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/wedding-photography\/about-us\/philanthropy\/\">causes<\/a>\u00a0close to our hearts. With the help of our generous clients, we\u2019ve purchased beds for an orphanage in Niger, donated more than $2,500 to the McKaila Steffes Foundation, sent critical medications to Africa and provided food and money to the Rocky Mountain Lab Rescue, yet we haven\u2019t given away one of the things we are most passionate about:\u00a0 Wedding Photography.\u00a0 We are going to remedy that ASAP with our \u201cFeel the Love Wedding Photography Contest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">In 2015 we are going to give one deserving couple our most popular wedding package valued at over $4,000 completely free!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"\"><br \/>\nFebruary 3, 2015: The top 3 finalists have been announced! Check them out <a title=\"finalists\" href=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/feel-love-wedding-photography-contest-finalists\/\">here<\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5882\" src=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0003.jpg\" alt=\"free wedding colorado\" width=\"640\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0003-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0003-620x792.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Send us your love story.\u00a0<\/b> We want to know what makes your story special. \u00a0Did you move thousands of miles for love?\u00a0 Do you run a charity organization together?\u00a0 Did you fall in love over the phone before meeting in person?\u00a0 You get the idea.\u00a0 Submit your story (no more than 500 words) via email to <a href=\"mailto:info@elevatephotography.com\">kelly@elevatephotography.com<\/a> between Dec.15th and Jan. 31st\u00a0 Please include:\u00a0 a photo, your wedding date, wedding venue (if selected) and 1 -3 references from friends or family.<\/li>\n<li><b>Wait patiently.\u00a0 <\/b>Our panel of judges will pour through the entries and announce the three finalists and publish their full stories on our blog the first week of February.<\/li>\n<li><b>Polish up on your interview skills.\u00a0 <\/b>The week of Feb. 9th, we will interview our three finalists in person, via phone or via Skype.<\/li>\n<li><b>Win!\u00a0 <\/b>On February 14th (Can\u2019t you feel the love?), we will announce our winner via our Facebook page.\u00a0 Contestants must claim the prize within 7 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Pretty simple, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5881\" src=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0002.jpg\" alt=\"free wedding contest colorado\" width=\"640\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0002-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0002-620x828.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The Fine Print<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not valid for dates that Elevate photographers are fully booked.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants cannot be friends or family members of Elevate staff or contract employees.<\/li>\n<li>Contest runs from December 15th &#8211; January 31st of 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Couples must be getting married in Colorado.<\/li>\n<li>Couples cannot already have a photographer booked for their wedding date.<\/li>\n<li>Standard travel fees will apply for weddings in excess of 50 miles from our Denver studio.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants must be 18 years old to enter.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants must be getting married between April 1-December 31, 2015 .<\/li>\n<li>Contestants may enter for themselves or be nominated by someone else, but only one entry per couple is allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Past and current Elevate Photography clients are not eligible.<\/li>\n<li>Friends and families of Elevate employees are not eligible to participate in the contest.<\/li>\n<li>By entering the contest, you promise that all information submitted by you is true, current, and complete.<\/li>\n<li>All entries must be submitted electronically via email on or before 11:59pm, January 31st, 2015. Late entries will not be accepted.\u00a0 Incomplete entries will not be accepted. Elevate Photography is not responsible for any malfunction or failure to perform of any email service or device.<\/li>\n<li>Grand prize winners will be selected by an anonymous panel of judges\u00a0 All decisions are final.<\/li>\n<li>The prize and discounts awarded cannot be sold, traded, transferred, or exchanged for cash or any other item or service.<\/li>\n<li>Couples agree that their wedding photography may be used for promotional purposes any way that Elevate Photography deems necessary.<\/li>\n<li>All copyrights of images produced and publicity material belong to Elevate Photography.<\/li>\n<li>All federal, state, and local taxes, fees, and surcharges are the responsibility of the prize winners.<\/li>\n<li>VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5883\" src=\"http:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0004.jpg\" alt=\"Free wedding\" width=\"640\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0004.jpg 640w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0004-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0004-492x1024.jpg 492w, https:\/\/elevatephotography.com\/devwp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/12\/free-wedding_0004-620x1289.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Elevate Photography, we\u2019ve always supported causes\u00a0close to our hearts. 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Check them out here!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how it works: Send us your love story.\u00a0 We want to know what makes your story special. \u00a0Did you move thousands of miles for love?\u00a0 Do you run a charity organization together?\u00a0 Did you fall in love over the phone before meeting in person?\u00a0 You get the idea.\u00a0 Submit your story (no more than 500 words) via email to kelly@elevatephotography.com between Dec.15th and Jan. 31st\u00a0 Please include:\u00a0 a photo, your wedding date, wedding venue (if selected) and 1 -3 references from friends or &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,2],"tags":[161,209,797,15],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-giving-back-2","category-wedding","tag-contest","tag-free-wedding","tag-wedding","tag-wedding-photography"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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