Dearest Swoon readers – I’m back! Thank you so much for your patience while I was away. I had an amazing trip to Vietnam (photos and stories to come soon), followed by a rather brutal return trip with an uncomfortable 20+ hour return flight and 14 hour layover in Beijing (which by the way is freezing and has no Facebook). It took me a whole week to recover.

All of your wonderful emails and comments have meant a lot to me and is doing loads to make me feel at home again. Thank you thank you thank you!

Now, onto what this post is really about…In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I am giving away a free love shoot! Yes, that’s right. Yours truly  is giving away a free photoshoot.

So what’s the story? Well, aside from my full time job and my blogging gig and co-managing Love Olio, I am also a part of a wedding photography studio (yeah I know I’m crazy, I lose a lot of sleep and live off black tea and now you know why I’m such a slow blogger). If you’re curious about my work, I posted a shoot I did here and please also check out Sun Swept Studio to see all of my team’s past work (they are amazing and uber talented).

If you like my style and you’d like a free shoot, this giveaway is for you!

The prize is a $250 photoshoot from yours truly. You’ll get: 2 hours of photography, a disc with 50+ gorgeous shots, and 6 months online proofing! You can redeem the shoot any time from the winning date until May and the shoot can take place anywhere in the Southern California area. So are you ready to put in your entry?

Here’s how you can win a $250 photoshoot:

• Send a photo of you and your loved one to sunsweptstudio@gmail.com
• “Like” us on Facebook – Sun Swept Studio Facebook page
• We will post all the entries here, where you can have your friends vote on your photo and support your entry by “Liking” your photo. 
• The couple with the most photo Likes wins!

Already, got all that? Good luck on winning sweeties! Looking forward to seeing your lovely pictures on Facebook and hopefully I get to meet one of my wonderful readers in person and give something beautiful back .

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Thanks to Easy Canvas Prints, I recently had the opportunity to try out canvas printing for the first time. It was a surprisingly easy and fun experience that got me hooked on canvas printing. 

Easy Canvas Prints made the whole printing process very simple and straightforward. Their site even helps you select a size by virtually placing the image on a wall above a couch for perspective.

One of my fears was that my image might turn out blurry, but Easy Canvas was very clear with the directions to help me size my image appropriately. They also have a test to ensure your image meets the resolution requirement before you place your order.

Our canvas print showed up in beautiful condition and it had a painterly quality that is very unique.  I also love that it’s mounted on wood so there’s no need to frame it.

All in all, Easy Canvas Prints is true to their name! The hardest part was choosing a photo. I had to sort through thousands of photos and I was so tempted to print more than one (still am tempted…).

I finally chose the picture of Noel and me kissing in the middle of a clay mud field. I love this photo for many reasons…the colors, the moment, the kiss, and most importantly, the story.

This was taken during our East Coast road trip, when Noel proposed. We were on our way to North Carolina and the sun was setting. It was super foggy but that made the light absolutely stunning. I asked Noel to pull over so I can take a picture and we randomly found this beautiful clay mud field. Noel pulled right into the mud and I set my camera on the car hood and began to photograph the scene. But as I reviewed the photos, I realized it was lacking something…it needed a subject. I set the camera on timer and we ran out into the field. Just moments before the camera clicked, Noel dipped me and we kissed. Voila!

I am so glad I now I have a gorgeous 11 x 17 canvas print of the moment to hang on our wall.

I can now speak from experience that printing your photo on canvas will do it the right justice. That soft, painterly quality gives it just the right feel.

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