Thank you so much to everyone who entered the contest! Your support of Simply b Photos means so much! I read through every comment and now I just want to have a big ol’ party and invite you all over so I can meet you!! I think we’d have a great time! As a giant THANK YOU, I’ve discounted all the remaining 2011 Day With Amy Photography Workshops by 10% for a limited time! CLICK HERE for more information!
You can also get the Day With Amy Photography Workbook (which comes with customized cheat sheets for your camera!) as a downloadable PDF for $50 now! CLICK HERE for more information!
The winners of the giveaway are:
Becky Pavloff ~ Day With Amy Photography Workshop, Kodiak
Catherine Thode ~ Day With Amy Photography Workshop, Sacramento
Annie Kamalo ~ Day With Amy Photography Workshop, Kapolei
Kim Bunch ~ Child Photography Session
Lisa Snow ~ Photography Workbook
Julie Moon ~ Photography Workbook
Chris Houvener ~ Photography Workbook
Sarah Heyes ~ Photography Workbook
Fiona Gains ~ Photography Workbook

The incredibly talented Courtney from Amplified Designs has been working with me on this fantastic new website and logo. She’s listened to all my thoughts and ideas and came up with the perfect design! I love it!
I love sharing what I’ve learned about photography. The Day With Amy Photography Workshops have been the highlight of my year. They are such a great time.
- Would you like to learn how to tell a story with your images rather than constantly taking snapshots? I love studio sessions, but the images that I will treasure for years to come will be those that remind me what life was like with my children.
- Do you have a camera that you aren’t quite sure how to use? Or what all the buttons mean? Or how to use your camera in a mode other than AUTO?
- Do you have trouble finding great lighting?
- Are you missing that extra special something from your images?
Then you will love the workshop too! I have upcoming sessions in Kodiak, Alaska, Sacramento, California and Kapolei, Hawaii!
The Day With Amy Photography Workshop Workbook is my baby. It’s filled (50 full color pages!) with all information I discuss at the workshops including composition, lighting, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and how to use your camera to it’s fullest potential. So if you can’t attend one of the workshops, this workbook is just what you need! And it’s not an e-book! It’s published as a bound book with glossy pages for you to take notes on and refer to again and again as you study photography!
To celebrate my new website and design, I’m having a giveaway which includes over $1300 worth of prizes!

That’s right! 9 Lucky people will win!
Contest begins today July 8th and will end on July 22nd.
Winners will be drawn on July 23rd and announced as soon as the prizes have been awarded.
Interested in entering? Here are the details. You must complete steps 1,2, AND 3.
1. Love me? Like me on Facebook.
2. Share this status on your facebook page: Go check out @simplybphotos – she is giving away workshop seats in Hawaii (Oahu), Sacramento and Kodiak! Plus photography workbooks and a child photography session! You can find more information here: http://simplybphotos.com
Make sure you use the @ sign in front of my name so that it tags me.
3. Come back here and leave a comment telling me you’ve entered. Leave a link to your facebook page. (Comments must be left here and not on Facebook ~ though I always love to hear from you there too!)
*Would you like to get extra entries? Refer this contest to your friends and have them post YOUR name here! Each time your name appears in a comment by a new person, you get an additional entry. Feel free to post to blogs, Twitter, forums or any other source to get the word out! Just make sure that your friends also complete steps one and two before posting your name in a comment. Refer as many friends as you’d like! The more entries you receive from your friends, the more chance for you to win!
Note: If you purchase a workbook or a seat at one of the workshops between July 8th – July 22nd and you WIN that prize in this contest, you will be refunded the amount of your purchase.
How it works:
On July 23rd I will use random.org to select the winners. The first person selected will be contacted and they will choose which prize they want. Winners will have 24 hours to respond to my email or another winner will be selected. I’ll continue selecting winners until all the prizes are gone. Once a prize has been chosen, it will no longer be available. In other words, if all the workbooks have been chosen and the next person selected cannot attend one of the remaining workshops or use the photography session, another winner will be selected. No other prizes will be given to those that are drawn and cannot attend. Prizes have no cash value. Thanks for understanding.
Disclosure: This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Simply b Photos and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for this specified giveaway.
Edited to add:
**I’m so excited about all the entries! Periodically I will clean up the comment section (in case you commented twice or if you need a second entry for referring a friend), so don’t be alarmed if a comment is missing or one is added. I’ll have checked each one and made sure it is valid for entry. Again, thank you and good luck!





I was referred by Katie Buchinger!
I’ve completed steps one and two! Not totally sure how to leave a link to my facebook page. http://facebook.com/kathymosswiley
did that link work? I’m Kathy Moss Wiley on facebook. Thanks!!!
Yay I entered:) And Cooper and I will be in town this fall so crossing my fingers for another fabulous shoot with you:)!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503205873
Check, check, & check! http://www.facebook.com/kimmypwilliams!
Amy, you did the newborn photos of my grandson, Aksel, 14 months ago…wow! how the time has flown by. So happy for you and the success you have had with your Simplyb Photos business. your “eye” for the “shot” is a great one. continued success!!
I’ve done the steps above! I HOPE I win!!!!!!!!!!!!!https://www.facebook.com/#!/OnePrincessAndfourPrinces
Thanks!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/AntoinetteGross
I entered the giveaway! So excited! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=1226173744
Hi Amy! I completed all steps (completing step 3 now!). My FB page is here: https://www.facebook.com/aidenraysmommy I love your work- brings a smile to my face everytime I visit!
Hannah Johnson referred me!
Extra entry for Hannah Johnson for referring a friend!
I entered! I love your baby pictures! I wish I had done something like that for my daughter when she was a baby.
Ok, here is step 3, I hope that I put this link to my face book page in here correctly : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1364713161&sk=info#!/profile.php?id=1364713161
Thank you for the opportunity
I have completed all 3 steps… liked on FB (of course love), linked on FB http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=517153048 and comment I’ve entered the most amazing contest!
I have posted on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/melissa.p.mcclain). Love your work.
Did the steps!
thanks
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000257624403
I was referred by Katie Buchinger
Here’s my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=40601074
Extra entry for Katie Buchinger for referring a friend!
Finished all the steps. Love you work and this is an awesome page!!
Thanks!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1349945831#!/profile.php?id=1509584711
Got my rabbit’s foot, four leaf clover and lucky undies on:)
I’m signing up my sister and my sweet niece in Kodiak! We are all BIG fans of your beautiful photography

Here’s her Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000277016077&sk=info
Please let me know if my previous post doesn’t count as signing her up! I completely understand. I’ve ‘shared’ the giveaway on my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alexandriapillans
LOVE your work! Referred by my sister Alexandria Pillans!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000277016077
Extra entry for Alexandria Pillans for referring a friend!
Just completed the first two steps. Not sure how to post a link to my FB page, but I think it’s: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1609214018
I’m Kristi Kiteley Langenbacher. Love your work, and hope to make it to your Sacramento workshop! Thanks!
Hey Amy! I entered!!!
Thanks!!! http://www.facebook.com/bcderton
Hey Amy I’d love to win another session with you!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/krystal.sullivan
I posted this comment and was referred by Krystal Sullivan.
I did all three steps!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=1297870107
Extra entry for Krystal Sullivan for referring a friend!
I just moved to Oahu, received a new Canon for Christmas. I hope I win!! Thanks Kristi Langenbacher for sharing the link. My Facebook link (I think) is http://www.Facebook.com/raquelduimstramalocha. My name is Raquel Duimstra Malocha. Good luck everyone!!
Extra entry for Kristi Langenbacher for referring a friend!
Please give Bonnie Templin an extra entry! She referred me from her facebook page
please enter me in the giveaways…thanks
Extra entry for Bonnie Templin for referring a friend!
Posted and liked you on FB. Please enter me for the giveaways. I saw your post on CC. I am PCSing to Oahu in a few days! Thanks!
I posted it on my FB page …. let me win .. let me win … I never win anything
.. https://www.facebook.com/rafillion
I’ve been watching your photos since a friend of mine, Erica Young, suggested I add your page on Facebook. We’ve just moved to HI, and just purchased a nice DSLR that I can only use in auto mode! I was so excited when you added the HI class! I completed all the steps for entry and hope that I get it! Congrats on all your hard work! It’s beautiful.
Sweet giveaway! You are so generous.
I’d LOVE to have that workbook. I am getting married in less than a month, starting a family soon, and would like to better my photography skills now for the (near) future.
I completed all 3 steps: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Artistically-Amy/219701394739835
I entered! /www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=631922557
posted on my facebook page. I don’t know how to link it though. I am working on it.
What a great opportunity. Thanks. http://www.facebook.com/derekgiovanna.hite
I completed all three steps!
https://www.facebook.com/alaskakincaid
I posted on my facebook! https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/bfgalvan
I would love to win! Did all the above steps and here’s my fb link:
http://m.facebook.com/profile.php?refid=17&_ft_a=1248554930&_ft_tf=2259678451966&_ft_tpi=1248554930&_ft_ti=22&_ft_sai=6628568379&_ft_fth=c120d76387080119&_ft_time_ft=1311314487&_ft_mf_objid=2259678451966
Done and done! Used the @ but didn’t pull you up. I think my app doesn’t do that on my phone. May be too late for me anyway… Let me know when you will next be in the anchorage area. I still want to do a class!!!
I would LOVE to win a workbook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Lizard-King/177359408958236
Completed all the steps! Hope this is right for #3!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Barbie-Davis/711888787
Entering!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=210800110
… Bec entered awhile ago and forgot her facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=71600752
Referred by Chris Houvener
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000649890229