Kelsey and Scott, a Williamsburg wedding.

So you may remember Kelsey, She was the lovely bride we photographed back in the spring for her Bridal Portraits. Her wedding was held at the Kimgsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA. What an amazing wedding this was and what a great couple they are. We truly had fun photographing them. Some of these shots are in our faves sideshow above. I hope we get a chance to hang with these guys again someday.



































This was their Doggie.. Very Cute, His tongue was kind of stuck there.


Love the Goose.








Those are Crepe Myrtles that have been pruned back. Love them.




There is just something about this shot. I love the natural yet dramatic looks on their faces.




Bride Approved.


Love the Yellows Whites and Greens!


One of the most creative cakes we have seen. Tasty too.








Yes that is Scott. Grooms take note.

And the winner of the Surprise Ridiculously Awesome "Artistic" Photo Contest Beta is....

Brian Hancock of Brian Hancock: Photographers

Brian's Comments: "The pic is of my favorite breakfast joint. I liked the way the sun was falling as I looked up so I wanted to grab the sun and just the edge of the sign. I used the CameraBag iPhone app to take it with. I believe it was on the Magazine setting".

John's Comments: "Brilliantly composed, Excellent colors. Perfect editing. I can see Brians whole childhood in this photo".

Kimberly's Comments: "Simple yet intriguing, love the composition. Loving the contrast between the Sun, sky and old Neon".



Thanks to all of the phone Photographers for their submissions! We received over 25 excellent photos to choose from. The above photos we thought deserved Honorable Mentions specifically for their artistic qualities and clear intent to set out and take an artistic photo! Our favorite part about the above photos is that some are taken by Pro photographers, regular people and even a chicken farmer (which barely missed 1st place)! This should encourage all of you to join in next time! So Congratulations Honorables! You guys get to walk about the streets today feeling like winners too!

If you are wondering why and how the above entries were able to edit their photos in camera let me suggest some of the following iphone apps.

CameraBag
SHAKEITPHOTO
Photo fx
Pano

Stay tuned for our next Surprise Ridiculously Awesome Photo Contest! Announced on Twitter!

Announcing new Sanderson Images suprise Ridiculously Awesome Photo Contests. BETA Version "Artistic"

Welcome to the first installment of our Sanderson Images Ridiculously Awesome 24 hour Photo Contest. Our Goal.. to see some Ridiculously Awesome photos choose a favorite and cool the winner off in the hot summer sun with olive branches, feed them ripened fruits and garnish the winners feet with Ridiculously Awesome stuff. Ok so maybe not so much Greek goddess treatment but Ridiculously Awesome stuff is up for grabs on a bimonthly basis.

To start we begin our Ridiculously Awesome Photo Contest with the most subjective competition possible, "most artistic". Ahh if only your opinion mattered. Doing the Judging will be Myself (John) an enjoyer of the blurry hard to understand ripe with meaning arts. Also judging the stunningly beautiful (Kimberly) a more down to earth judge, enjoyer of the more technical quality and style arts.

All are encouraged to enter the photo contest, Photographers, Friends, Family, clients.

How to submit photos:

1) Own a phone with a camera.
2) Take a photo with that camera between the hours of: 7:30pm July 19 and 7:30pm on July 20th TODAY!
3)Submit 1 photo to the service Twitpic and "Twitter it" with the username @sandersonimages or upload it to our Facebook fan page Here.
4) Win Ridiculously Awesome Stuff
5) Repeat. All contests begin like thief in the night without notice on Twitter under the user @sandersonimages so if you want to be notified you must become a follower of @sandersonimages and pay attention.

Whats up for grabs?
July 20th 2009, RAPC Beta.. 11x14 Gallery Wrapped Canvas with image of choice. Winner may submit any file of theirs to be printed (if you are a client of Sanderson Images you may choose a photo of ours).

Future contests we will be giving away more canvas', Exhibition prints, Itunes Gift cards, gift certificates and more.

As many of you know already Kimberly and I have acquired a pretty ridiculously awesome printer. The plan here was to start creating some ridiculously awesome Prints. Naturally. However ridiculously awesome printers are quite expensive and BEG to be used.. So in the interest of keeping this bad boy running we plan to offer its services to Professionals seeking 1 on 1 high end Exhibition quality printing services. So if you are a professional photographer looking to have some Gallery Wrapped canvas' made or perhaps want to print your photos on higher quality paper (dozens of paper types and textures available) for exhibition, sale or display contact us at printme@sandersonimages.com. Prices are affordable and turn around is usually less than a week.

Its ok, be ridiculously awesome.