Fresh Wedding Contest- Enter Today

Planning to get married while riding camels across the Sahara or in a 1,000 year old church in Tuscany? Exchanging vows on a tropical beach barefoot?Did you meet at summer camp and fall in love while making s'mores? Did your proposal involve international travel or a barbershop quartet?
If you have a great story, a fresh and unique wedding plan or a wild wedding location. We want to hear your story!

The freshest, most unique wedding plans or wedding couple will win a complete wedding photography package. This includes everything from engagement photos to the day after wedding photos all presented in a artistically designed album and publication of your wedding in a national magazine.

How to enter: Send your story in an email to meghan@gatheringlightphoto.com. In 500 words or less tell us your wedding plans (Date, Location, Number of Guests) and what about your plans or you as a couple makes you unique and fresh. You may also send up to three attached pictures of yourselves and/ or the wedding location.

Deadline: All entries must be received by April 15, 2008. Winners and runners-up will be announced by April 20, 2008.

Prizes: One GRAND PRIZE winner will receive a complete wedding photography package including an engagement session, full wedding coverage (up to three days for destination weddings), all digital proofs of the wedding photos, DVD slideshow of wedding photos set to music, and an artistically designed album containing approximately 40 pages of wedding pictures. Your wedding will be published in a national magazine.

One RUNNER-UP will receive a complimentary engagement session and day after "Trash the Dress" photo session and two complimentary parent albums with purchase of wedding album

Contest Rules: To be eligible for the contest your wedding your wedding must take place between May 1, 2008- August 15, 2009 and will be subject to photographer availability. Entries must be received by April 15, 2008 by 11:00 pm MST. By entering the contest participants agree to having their images and wedding stories published on Gathering Light Photography's website and in a national wedding magazine, if they are the selected winner.

Wedding in Marin County, California

I was thrilled when Megan contacted me about doing her wedding in Marin County, California. This is because, as I told her, that part of California is one of my favorite places in the world. Therefore, what could be better than shooting a wedding there? I was even happier to hear that Megan had decided to contact me because she loved the work I had done on her friend Annie's wedding in May. I love referrals! So much love- this wedding was sure to be one of my favorites!

Well, Megan and Philip's wedding met all my expectations. They themselves were beautiful and their friends and family were wonderful to meet and photograph. The ceremony reflected this couple's deep faith and the reception highlighted their fun loving spirit. And the setting- just as beautiful as I remember. Can you say palm trees and sun shine in January? (Oh and it was -30 in Bozeman while it was 65 degrees in Marin!).

I was having so much fun with Megan and Philip that I even tried to get an invite along to the honeymoon in Hawaii, but, alas, that did not happen!

Hope you two had a great time and thank you for having me capture your special day.