And the winner is...

Yay! Katie and Justin you two are the winners of our Engagement Book Giveaway Contest!

Congrats you guys! Thank you for working so hard to get your family and friends to participate in this contest! We loved reading all the warm wishes and congratulations from your loved ones. We can't wait to start working on your engagement album/guest book!

Here are a few more of our personal favorites from their session. Maybe some will make the book ;)

Thanks again Katie and Justin!

Oh wait just one minute...

Have we mentioned we're complete push overs and really love our couples? Well we are. We're saps. And we watched one heck of a voting showdown unfold last week. While many couples work really hard to stay in the lead it ended up coming down to two couples who were neck and neck most of the voting. In fact, it was only a handful of votes that put our second place couple out of the winning spot. So guess what? They're getting a mini engagement book! Yay! Emily and Lee will be getting a 4x4, mini engagement book perfect for showing off their engagement photos wherever they go. These little books are ADORABLE and fit into your pocket. We can't wait to design it for you two! Thanks Emily and Lee for reminding your family and friends to vote in the contest every day :)

Have a fun and safe New Years Eve everyone! We will be ringing in 2013 with lots of excitement for what it holds for us, and for all of our awesome couples. We can't wait to reveal our new look tomorrow! Eeeeeek!

If you notice the website is down for a while today, we know... and we're working on it. We'll make our big reveal sometime tomorrow, so keep your eyes open!

Engagement Book Contest :: Final Day to Vote!

Don't forget! Today is the last day to cast your vote for your favorite engaged couple in our engagement book giveaway contest. CLICK HERE to go to the original post explaining details and instructions on how to vote on our Facebook page.

Tonight at midnight all voting will be closed. Any votes cast after midnight tonight will not count in the final tally... so get them in now!

We'll spend a few days confirming all the votes and counting them up. Then we'll announce the winners on the blog New Years's Eve day. We can't wait to see who wins! It's a good race to the finish... no one give up now!

Fa la la la la... Christmas Break

It's happening. We're actually taking a break from working. The rest of our family has declared this weekend through to next, to be a work free vacation, and they're putting their collective feet down. Do we look like we need sleep? How are those bags under our eyes? We get it, it's time to slow down for a bit. It's time to eat a bunch of cookies, gain like 5 pounds, and just relax with the family. That's our plan. So you won't see us posting anything to the blog until the end of next week or see us much on Facebook. However, we absolutely despise coming back to an overwhelming inbox, so we will be staying on top of emails throughout our time off. Of course, we may not be replying as fast as we normally do. In fact, we may actually take 24 whole hours to respond! Shocking.

While we're away, don't forget about our Engagement Book Giveaway Contest that's going on until December 28th. We'll be confirming all the votes for a few days and we'll announce the winners on New Years Eve! Then it's time to dive right into 2013 with the unveiling of our new look, new website and new blog. Yay! Right after that, we kick into full Bridal Show season. We're going to enjoy this restful week because boy, we're going to need it.

Before we go, here's a photo from Sweet Cheek's visit to see Santa. He wasn't sure about the whole thing, but he was brave and never cried. He sat on Santa's lap for all of 4 seconds... but he maintained his cool.

To all of you we send wishes of Peace, Joy and Love during this Holiday season. No matter what you celebrate we pray your days are merry and bright.

We're featured!

Wow, 2012 is going out with a bang for us! We woke up today to find we are being featured on one of the leading DC area wedding blogs. Cue air high fives and terrible happy dancing! United With Love has always been a favorite of ours, and we are beyond thrilled to have our work from Juliana and Joe's recent wedding featured on their blog today. Look for not one, but two different posts over at UWL today showcasing this beautiful Christmas wedding.

And while you're at it, become a fan and regular follower of Untied With Love. Their real weddings, tips, advice, and inspiration for DC area Brides is not something you should be missing out on.

Here's a link to our first feature post of the day!

Leah and Andrew :: Southern Maryland Engagement Photography

What an awesome way to end the year! Our last engagement session of 2012 turned out to be with the couple who also happens to be our first wedding of 2013. They are sweet, funny and adorably in love. Can't wait for the big day guys!

She's too pretty to even talk about.

Would you look at this guy! HANDSOME

Can we talk about this tree for a second? It's so cool... is it not?

They should be a singer/songwriter duo. And this should be the cover of their album.

Yay... we love when this happens. Maggie's view on the left, Betty's view on the right.

The next one is our favorite. :)

Wait... this is our favorite too.

Giveaway Contest :: 2012 Engagements

This year, our first official year as Birds of a Feather Photography, has been more than we ever imagined it could be. There are many people to thank for that... too many to name in one blog post. However, we thought we'd start with the couples who have gotten to know us, welcomed us into their lives, and trusted us with the task of documenting their wedding days. Most of our couples chose to have engagement photos taken, and we got to know them even better during their sessions. We wouldn't be looking ahead to such a full 2013 calendar of AMAZING couples if we weren't so blessed to have met these Brides and Grooms to be. So we're saying Thank You with this fun, end of the year contest. One winning couple will receive a custom designed book of their favorite engagement photos. Yay!

The winning couple will receive an 8x8 linen album with thick pages perfect for guests to sign at the couple's wedding reception. The layout design will include blank spaces for guests to leave their well wishes, old school yearbook style ;)

Here's how it's going to work. Each 2013 couple who has done an engagement session with us in 2012 is eligible for the contest. The couple with the most votes... wins. Rather simple right? So how do you vote? Great question. Voting will be done on our Facebook page. We have created a photo album of the eligible couples on our Facebook page. Each couple has one photo representing them in said album. A "vote" is a comment below the couple's photo. A "vote" will only count once per person, so no, you can't leave 600 comments... well you could but you'd still only get one vote out of it. Here's the tricky part. Are you ready? No vote will count unless the person voting has also liked our Facebook page.... so make sure to like our Facebook page before leaving your comment/vote. Once the contest is over, we will go back through every comment left under each photo, confirm that the person who has left each comment is also a fan of our Facebook page (or in other words they've "liked" the page itself), then we'll tally all of the comments up and announce the winners on New Year's Eve.

The contest will run today, December 18th through December 28th. You've got ten days to spread the word, and get your family and friends to like our page, then vote by leaving a comment under their favorite couple's photo.

To summarize, this is how you vote:

1.Go to our Facebook Page

2.Like our Facebook Page

3.Click on the Photos tab under our cover photo

4.Click on the Albums tab in the top right

5.Click on the album titled "Engagement Book Giveaway Contest"

6.Find your favorite couple's photo

7.Click on their photo to open it

8.Leave a comment under their photo (this can be as simple as "I'm voting!" or "We love you! Congrats!")

9. You're done!

Tell everyone else you know to check out this blog post, and follow the above listed directions to help out your favorite couple!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE!


So let's take a look at who you're voting for, then make your way over to our Facebook page and cast your vote! (couples listed in alphabetical by Brides name)

Now go vote!