The winner of the Cover Child Contest for June is Xander and Isabella! Congrats! These two cuties will face off against the twins from last month and next month’s winner in the beginning of September to determine who wins the Cover Child 2009 Contest! If you are interested in entering for July (the last month!), please contact me for more details.
My blog has been neglected. I thought summer and the long, warm, relaxing days that come along with it would leave me plenty of time to catch up on everything around here. Ha! I feel like I’ve been working double time, yet not updating here at all! That all will change. I have SO much to update, that I’ve decided to give myself a little challenge. I am going to blog once a day FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER!
Yikes. I can’t believe I just typed that.
If you catch the blog with no updates from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m on one calendar day and you are the first to email me at
samantha@samanthauphold.com
you will get a complimentary session!
I need to get my butt in gear and give the blog the love it deserves, so here it begins. And not to fret, for those of you that don’t think you’re up for the challenge of catching me slacking off….I’ll have at least 2 special offers in the next couple of weeks! Stay tuned!
And now, for one old image that I’m not sure if I ever shared…
Here is the location for our new home! We closed on this last year, and we have a little while before we are ready to build, but it is truly perfect. Finding this land and being approved to build on it with my family was one of the happiest moments of my life. 11 acres + a little creek + a small area of woods = Uphold Happiness
And, lastly – a little snippet from one of my favorite things.
” I wish I knew what this means but I wish that about a lot of things so mostly I enjoy not knowing.” ~storypeople
My very first ad ran this week! I know the blog has been neglected, but the week has been insane! I’ve just recently started a new commercial project for a local United Way branch and it, along with regular client sessions, has been keeping me more than busy. Thursday I was able to pick up the copies of my very first ad in the incredibly slick magazine for Northwest Indiana Parents – Children’s Essentials. Click on the link to subscribe today! It’s a fantastic resource for local parents, and best of all it’s FREE!!!!
As you can see, Butterfly Kisses and I decided to join ads. I think the results are lovely! If you are an expectant mom, or know someone who is, don’t hesitate to contact me about the maternity/newborn special! Although my calendar books up quickly, and sometimes months in advance, I always have room to squeeze in newborn clients. Please call while you are still pregnant to book!! That ensures I will pad my schedule enough to fit in the unpredictability that comes with newborn arrivals.
I was fortunate enough to have my very first photograph featured in this magazine, as well! I so love this photo, and I was equally as excited to learn in would be featured in the C.H.O.I.C.E.S article. Click on the link to learn more about this wonderful, local group.
for choosing me to photograph your beautiful children! It was so good to see you again. Xander and Isabella are so precious. Your family is gorgeous!!
Check out the sweet duds from Butterfly Kisses. These two are our ONLY June contestants so far! If you’d like to get in on the action, call soon. There are only a few session times left!
It’s my favorite dress!! How precious is she?????
Getting a three year old and a 9 month old sitting this perfectly on top of a family rock is priceless!!
I stayed up late last night trying to narrow down the images from the amazing beach session. I’m still trying to do my best to narrow them down – there are SO many!! This one may just be my new favorite image. I plan on taking mom up on her offer to come up and hang out in the city with them – Mom, you know we are going to have to scout out the perfect place for this on the wall. I had SUCH a great time yesterday! Thanks for heading out to the Dunes for the session. It was so great seeing you three again!!
::swoon::
….especially when your brand new baby twins win a contest!! Congrats to the McCoy twins, as they are our winners of the May round of the Butterfly Kisses & Samantha Uphold Photography Cover Child Contest. That contest left my blog with a record number of comments. Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE comments? Well, I do, so thanks to everyone who took the time to root on their favorite little one. Keep the comments coming!! 
I just had such a fantastic session tonight at the beach. I don’t know how I’m ever going to narrow the choices down! Be on the look out for those previews. I got to use my killer new prop – these insanely gorgeous angel wings!!
I woke up this morning, to a good friend knocking on my door at 6:15, keeping me honest on yesterday’s promise of “Yes, I’ll totally get up at 6:00 to go walking!!”. Well, I wasn’t exactly awake and ready, but we did make it out the door by 6:30 and enjoyed a beautiful morning walk. Wendy, thank you for not even batting an eye or seeming the least bit upset that I wasn’t awake and ready. I love you for being so forgiving!!
Then, I came home and worked on a surprise for a client. I really like surprising my clients with unexpected goodies. It makes my job even more fun than it is already! Before I knew it, it was 9:00 and time for OPRAH!! I love summertime, when I’m able to kick back and watch a little Oprah in the mornings. Well, this morning Oprah opened the floodgates as she interviewed Randy Pausch. I’m familiar with his story, as a few months ago, I watched his “final lecture” on YouTube. I laughed, I cried, I was moved and incredibly inspired. If you have an extra hour, or even if you don’t….watch his last lecture. I was captivated for the entire hour or so (yes, hour…it’s worth every minute). I’ll let you watch the video of his lecture to hear his story, instead of me recapping it. His speaking and his story really remind me of how wonderful and precious life is – and how we need to recognize that on a daily basis. He speaks a lot about finding your passion, and that is something I am grateful for on a daily basis. I have two professions that I am utterly over the moon passionate about. Who could ask for more? I’m getting paid to go take pictures at the beach tonight of a wonderful mother and daughter who have become repeat clients and friends. Life is good.
And then…..after all the tears the show evoked….The View comes on. I’m not a huge fan of the view, but….. Guess who was on the show today? Bret Michaels. Oh yeah….life is good! hehe
Life is ESPECIALLY good when you have a husband like mine, who created the most user friendly, pretty garden in the world – because we both hate to pull weeds!! We spent the other evening creating and planting our overhauled garden area! I love it!!
The carpenter in him cannot stand for anything to NOT be straight. I’m lucky to have him, because I am SO not like that!
Tuff, enjoying the grass
Tipsy-pips
The almost-complete, amazingly awesome Uphold Garden.
**Edited to Add** I LOVE getting comments, but I just want to make sure everyone who is leaving comments realizes that those aren’t votes that count. Make sure if you’d like to vote in the contest, you select the number of your favorite contestant in the pink box, and then click on the vote button! After that, comment away!! :)
The first round of the 2009 Cover Child Contest has ended! There are still two rounds left, so book your session today, while there are still a few spots in June and July open!! If you are wondering what the Cover Child Contest is read on….
Contestant(s) #1
Contestant #2
Voting Will Close on June 10th, 2008 at 10:00. You may only vote once. The winner will be entered into the final contest in August!!
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I couldn’t be more excited about my recent business ventures with Butterfly Kisses, Northwest Indiana’s most impressive Mommy & Me Boutique. They have the most incredible selection of baby, children, and maternity clothes, along with amazing nursery furniture, accessories, toys, and more! If you haven’t stopped in, you should! Butterfly Kisses is located at 15 East Lincolnway in Valparaiso. You can also sign up for their mailing list by stopping by their website and subscribing with your email address.
Butterfly Kisses is having a Boy’s Sale of 25% off (2T-7/8) during the month of June. But, mention THIS BLOG and you will receive an extra 10% off!! So head in there during June, mention this blog, and get 35% off your qualifying boy’s purchase! How cool is that?!?! Thanks so much to the owner, Jennifer, for extending an extra discount to my blog readers!! Also, from June 1st-July 15th, Butterfly Kisses is having a Baby Legs Promotion. If you don’t know what Baby Legs are, go find out. They are SO stinkin’ cute!! I’ll have some photos up of some little ones in them soon.
Keep reading below for ANOTHER offer!
My display hanging above all of these gorgeous clothes gives me goose bumps!!!
Look at the adorable ivy on the wall created by Jen’s amazing painter! (I’ll get her name up here soon. She is awesome!)
So cute!!
HERE IS THE OTHER OFFER!!! I don’t have any children, but for some reason I can’t squash the urge to buy both of these dresses. Every single time I go into the store, I can’t help but pick them up and dream of the day I have a little one to dress. I’m totally in clothing LOVE with these two outfits…..SO…..
If you go into Butterfly Kisses and buy either one of these dresses……you can get a free session! First come first serve (only one free session available – session good for one child, well……probably girl), and the session must be booked by August 15th!! Get in there and snatch up one (or both!) of these insanely adorable dresses!!!
More adorable clothes
Yes, they do have boy’s clothes, but I got a little distracted by the bows and lace and pink and prettiness of all the girly stuff. So, stop in to see their fantastic selection of the latest in boy’s fashions.
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