Denver Wedding Photographer | Happy Birthday to KDP + GIVEAWAY!!

Well, it was 3 years ago (not today, but in the month of May) that Keri Doolittle Photography became a for-real business. There are a couple people I want to thank (they may not know that this is coming) that have impacted my photography career. FIRST, my husband, Mark!!  He was the one who bought me my first DSLR camera, the Sony A100.  It was my present when we had our first son, Ryland.  Well, like many moms do, I started taking WAY TOO MANY pictures of my first born and I just fell in LOVE with photography!!  In my former life, I was a middle-school math teacher (insert gasps!).  I LOVE teaching and still do, but when we moved to Phoenix, we decided to make the jump to full-time photography (and it worked!).

SECOND, Jackie of Jax-Creations, which is located in Sandpoint, ID.  She actually took my maternity photos about 4 years ago when I was preggo with Ryland.  Little did she know that she was the one who planted that little photography seed in my head (not sure if I have ever told her this).  I was so blown away by what she created with the equipment she had that I was oh-so intrigued.  We actually emailed back and fourth quite a long time ago about photography…she was so open to helping me out.  Every once in awhile we will shoot each other emails and bounce ideas off each-other, love that!  Thanks girl!

THIRD, Alissa of Alissa Floyd Photography, who is  located out of Spokane, WA.  She was the first one who gave me “my big break”.  She allowed me to tag along at several of her weddings during the summer of ’07.  She was GREAT and I learned a ton!!!  Second-shooting is a wonderful gig, you don’t have to edit a darn picture, if you don’t want to.  :-)  She also invited me to her house to learn the in’s and out’s of studio lighting.  She was the one who showed me about a great little program called LIGHTROOM…ahhhhhh!!  I have a HORRIBLE memory, but it is funny the little things I remember about the business.

I also want to give a quick shout out to the wonderful Jennifer Radack of O Grace Photography, which is based out of Phoenix, AZ.  She was kind enough to sit down with me one morning and give me tips and hints on how to improve my business, Jennifer, you are one smart cookie!  Love ya girl!

Oh yeah…one more and it is a BIG ONE!!  I am 100% self-taught, lots of reading, workshops and photography forums…the girls of my PHOTO BOARD are AMAZING!!  You are all a very talented group of ladies who are helpful, open, honest and hella-funny!  Much love to all ya’ll!!

And now for the evolution of Keri Doolittle Photography…below is my first logo, my current logo and MY NEW LOGO-TO-BE???  In about 3-4 weeks, I will be rolling out a completely new brand and am so excited to share it with everyone!!  Now, because this is an online birthday party, lets have a give away.  For those of you who follow me on Facebook, I wrote about a “pay it forward” moment I had during the Christmas season.  To make a long story short, I found a beautiful ring that was planted by our local jeweler, Andrew Z. Fine Jewelry.  It is a beautiful ring, but since I am not a ring-person, I thought I would give it away instead of having it sit in the case all my life. Pictures of the ring are below.

Sooooooo, the only thing you have to do is leave a comment AND spread the word. Whether that be posting a comment to your Facebook status that says I am having a giveaway on my blog or tweeting it on Twitter. Easy-peasy. I will do the drawing on Tuesday evening, at about 5:00 PM, Denver-time (MT). Good luck!!