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Wedding Photo & Video Giveaway | Call for Entries!

March 14, 2011

***ENTRIES & VOTING IS CLOSED!*** To see the winners of this giveaway click on the following link: wedding photo and video giveaway results.

And I want to help by giving free wedding photography to one deserving couple this year. Ed, a Phoenix wedding videographer and my kid brother, would also like to help by giving free wedding videography to this deserving couple.

bride groom kissing on boat

HOW TO ENTER:
PLEASE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING TO: caroline@carolineghetes.com
First names of the couple
Wedding date
Ceremony location (venue name, city, state)
Reception location (venue name, city, state)
Your story
A picture or two of the couple

(DEADLINE: March 31, 2011 11:59pm EST)

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THE DESERVING/WINNING COUPLE WILL RECEIVE:
Unlimited wedding day photography coverage
400-600 professional 4×6 prints
400-600 high res images on a disc
(Value $3900)

Unlimited wedding day video coverage (1 videographer)
5 minute HD preview clip posted online
15 minute fully edited highlight clip with music
2-3 hours of edited video
Raw footage of ceremony & toasts
3 DVD’s in custom DVD cases
Slideshow of photographer’s images
(Value $1800)

bride groom holding hands fall

To see the wedding photos from last year’s deserving couple, click on the following link:
2010 free wedding photography

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Fine Print (please read):
Wedding must take place during 2011 and can be anywhere in the world. If either or I are booked on your wedding date, and you cannot change it, then you must forfeit the prize and it will be offered to the next qualifying couple. For weddings over 150 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina, travel fees for Caroline Ghetes and her photo assistant must be paid for by the winning couple in advance at booking time. Please email caroline@carolineghetes.com for approximate travel quote before entering contest. This giveaway has no cash value. Your entry/nomination must be received in my email inbox no later than 11:59pm EST on March 31, 2011 in order to qualify. Couples may either nominate themselves for this giveaway, or anyone can nominate another deserving couple, however in order to qualify, the nominated couple must be aware of the entry. Past clients or currently booked clients do not qualify for this giveaway. Family members and friends/acquaintances of Caroline Ghetes also do not qualify. I will announce our top 3 deserving couples here on the blog with their photos and stories on April 4th, 2011 after which the public will have until April 10, 2011 11:59pm EST to vote for their favorite deserving couple. The winning couple will be announced here on the blog on April 15th, 2011. Also, an email will be sent to the winning couple and if multiple unsuccessful attempts have been made to reach the couple or for some reason they are unable to claim their prize, then they will forfeit their winnings to the next qualifying couple. Please do not submit your story unless you intend to follow through with the prize, should you win.

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Wedding | Rebekah & Michael | Historic Kinloch

August 17, 2010

All images by Charlotte wedding photographer Caroline Ghetes.
Please do not copy, alter, or distribute without permission.

A while back, Ruffled Blog and I held a contest for a free wedding photography giveaway. We narrowed it down to three very deserving couples and allowed the public to vote for their favorite. Rebekah and Michael won and were finally married on July 24th. It was a hot & humid 107 degree summer day in Caret, Virginia at the Historic Kinloch. Let me just say that despite the heat, family and friends still rejoiced in dance. Lots of dancing, as I had expected from a couple who do it for a living. What I also thought was very special was that the cakes were each lovingly made by a different family member as a gift to the Rebekah & Michael for their guests. How sweet is that? The bouquets were also made by her family and friends using flowers bought from a local grocery store, which was so creative!

Anyhow, there were many tears throughout the day (even from myself), and much laughter too. I loved seeing how close this family was. And the way Michael & Rebekah stole glances at each other throughout the day, tells me they are in it forever, no matter what.

Rebekah & Michael, I leave you both with this: Luke 12:22-34. Always remember it.

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Cans for Comments Update

December 14, 2009

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in my Cans For Comments drive! Based on the number of comments left on my blog from when we started until December 12, we’ve been able to raise 63 cans/grocery items for my local food bank! And because God has always been so good to me I will double that amount and donate 126 grocery items to my local food bank! Thank you so much to all of my regular blog readers and to my new visitors as well!

A side note on giving: I honestly and firmly believe in tithing 10% of everything I earn. Whether it is donating to my church, or to a family in need, it’s something that I have been doing since since my first babysitting job at ten years old. I have seen, firsthand, the blessings from God as a result of my giving. God has given me & my husband the means to live, so if you really think about it, we aren’t giving God 10% -He is letting us keep 90% of what is actually His. I wish I could help out every single needy family this season, and I would pray and hope that some of you read this and are encouraged to go out and help someone have a Happy Christmas.

Stay tuned for Recipe Mondays No. 5, comin’ right up!

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