Cole hates having his picture taken (I prefer being behind the camera as well, but he really hates it) and I had a rather long night the day before, so we decided to make it a quick photo shoot. Anyways, here are a couple of the pics we ended up with (in rough-editing-style).

And finally one of Cole and Therese:

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Here’s Cole, his daily dose of caffein and his masterpiece from Apple, somewhere in West Vancouver.

Here’s the gang working in the VIP Lounge (Cole’s missing since he’s behind the camera):

And here are the bloggers:

Beautiful Whistler:

Me and Cole‘s lovely girlfriend Therese enjoying a walk in the city:

Lots of snow:

And lots of skiers waiting to hit the hills:

And finally a couple of ridiculous pictures of me. As you can see I was very happy with the V-V-V-V-Victory weekend in Whistler:

I don’t think I’ve ever posted this many pictures of myself in a post before. I’ll stop doing that. Promise! (Thanks Cole for the ridiculous and a bit less ridiculous pictures of me!)

So, the contest is still in tact and everything is going smoothly as ever. HOWEVER! There is one change to the contest (a change for the better!).

Because Cole and I have started up our Nordica Photography site, we will now run the Free Wedding Photography Giveaway via that site. If you have made a comment on either Cole’s site or here – don’t worry, your entries are still there, we just moved them.

With that in mind, all the rules are still the same, but the only slight change is the URL.

Comments now must be made in at this address: http://nordicaphotography.com/?p=257

And the Tweet is now as follows:

RT @jakobg @allan_cole @nordicaphoto #vancouver #wedding #photography http://nordicaphotography.com/?p=257

That’s it! So good luck to everyone and post your stuff on the Nordica Site! Cheers!

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Cole and I are having another contest! The last one we had was a portrait session with the two of us and was done via Twitter and our sites.

This contest is much of the same, but the giveaway this time is quite a bit larger. Here’s the breakdown:

What:

Cole and I are giving away a full coverage wedding photography package to one lucky couple.

When we say full coverage, we mean the whole meal deal: The two of us shooting your whole day from the morning makeup and hair to the reception to the final dance at the end of the night (the regular price of this package is $3500 and the details of the full package can be viewed here in PDF-format).

To get a feel for what your wedding photos could look like, click here or here or to have a look at some our pictures.

How to Win:

To enter into the contest, you enter by doing two (2) things:

1) You must Tweet the following message into your Twitter account*:

RT @jakobg @allan_cole @nordicaphoto #vancouver #wedding #photography http://nordicaphotography.com/?p=257

* If you don’t have a Twitter account, you’ll need to start one up at www.twitter.com in order to be eligible to win. It takes about a minute.

2) You must make a comment on this site: http://nordicaphotography.com/?p=257. The comment must include these three details:

- When the wedding is
- The name of the couple getting married
- Where the wedding will be

Feel free to make whatever other comments you like, but those three things get you entered!

When:

The contest starts today and the winner will be announced on December 24th, 2009.

Entries will be accepted until December 23rd, 2009 at 12 (noon) Vancouver time.

The contest is open to anyone having a wedding before September 1st, 2010.

Contest Details:

How many times can I enter for the contest?

One individual = One entry.

However, you do not have to be getting married in order to enter the contest.

What this means is if you are a couple that has 10,000 friends (for example), those 10,000 friends can each enter the contest. This would obviously increase your chances of winning, so by all means, get your friends to enter!

How is the winner selected?

The winner will be selected in the form of a draw. All the names of the eligible contestants will be put in, and one winner will be selected. The draw will be recorded on video and the video will be posted on our sites.

What is NOT included with the winnings?

Travel expenses. What this means is if you win the contest and live in Bangladesh, Moscow, Hong Kong, Helsinki or New York (for example) we’d be more then happy to shoot your wedding, but our travel expenses will need to be covered.

That being said, we encourage international contestants! We’re big on the traveling thing and destination wedding photography is right up our alley. Our passports are always needing more fancy stamps in them!

What is the value of this wedding photography?

$3,500. With that in mind, you cannot try to exchange this for cash.

At the wedding, who does the photography?

You win the two of us. We work together on all projects, including weddings, so we are both shooting your wedding.

Why Are We Doing This?:

We want someone to win this because if one day either of us were given the same gift, we’d be totally pumped. So, we’re making some lucky couple happy and karma is a good thing!
Photography is fun. Winning free stuff is fun. Combining those two things is fun. The end.
We are creating a photography site that will combine both of our efforts. It is called Nordica Wedding Photography and will maintain the wedding focus that Cole and I are delivering. The goal with the site is for potential wedding clients to see our work and get a feel for what they can expect if they hire the two of us for their big day. The site is currently being developed, but you can see a teaser here.
Our wedding photography skills are something we’re proud of, and if you don’t win, you can still book us!

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Current Entrants:

Entrants name: Carina | Couple’s names: Lina Eriksson & Oscar Sjöholm | Silverskär, Finland | June 12th, 2010
Entrants name: Jenny Miles | Couple’s names: Jenny Mile & Sean Cassidy | New Westminster, BC | October 2nd, 2010
Entrants name: Alex Langer | Couple’s names: Alex Langer & Tracy Macdonald | Whistler, BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: Tracy Macdonald | Couple’s names: Alex Langer & Tracy Macdonald | Whistler, BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: Jeff Manfield | Couple’s names: Alex Langer & Tracy Macdonald | Whistler, BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: Tristan Jordan | Couple’s names: Alex Langer & Tracy Macdonald | Whistler, BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: David Rokoss | Couple’s names: Alex Langer & Tracy Macdonald | Whistler, BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: Kashif Ali | Couple’s names: Kashif & Shazia | Richmond, BC | June 12th, 2010
Entrants name: Holly Setsuko Cameron | Couple’s names: Holly & Philip | Abbotsford, BC | April 3rd, 2010
Entrants name: Philip Allen | Couple’s names: Holly & Philip | Abbotsford, BC | April 3rd, 2010
Entrants name: Dolly | Couple’s names: Dolly & Christopher | West Vancouver, BC | May 16th, 2010
Entrants name: Gabe | Couple’s names: Alex Langer & Tracy Macdonald | Whistler, BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: Gina | Couple’s names: Gina Johnson & Logan Kane | Surrey BC | August 21st, 2010
Entrants name: Joslyn | Couple’s names: Holly & Philip | Abbotsford, BC | April 3, 2010

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So, in this video, you’ll learn who the winner of the portrait shoot is. That’s fine and dandy. But – watch until the end of the video! We have another contest coming up, and it’s big!

Congrats to the winner of this one though. We will email you and arrange a date in the near future for your shoot!
And if you know someone getting married next year, you may want to inform them about our next much bigger contest!

(Even if you didn’t win, you can still get our very cool Photography Gift Certificates, until december 24th!)