Heather Pearce Photography

What do you crave when things seem to be moving a bit too fast? {Quiet? Nature? Music? Sleep? All of the above?} I crave FILM. I crave the CREATIVE PROCESS. I crave the days of creating portraits, and waiting (sometimes days) before seeing the final product. I crave the therapeutic time in the dark room shaking canisters with developer and loopy rolls of film inside, looking eagerly through a magnifier at the negatives, and then burning through REAMS of photo paper in front of the enlarger, one photograph (and trip through the chemical developer trays) at a time. I crave the tick-tock of the clock, methodically keeping me in the moment. I even crave getting kicked out of the dark room by the janitor at midnight.

And when it really gets down to it, and I look back and review some of my all-time favorite portraits, there is no denying that I LOVE me some basic B&W portraiture. Mmm mmm mmm.

Over the next month or so, I will be working with three old film cameras to create portraits of …. CREATIVES. What is a creative? {Answer: anyone with a heartbeat.}

Here is where I need your help: YOU GET TO DECIDE WHO I WILL PHOTOGRAPH! What I mean by this is that you get to nominate the pool. I will do the selecting – after all somebodyhas to choose!

Based on your fabulous nominations, I will select a group of individuals to receive complementary and custom-tailored portrait sessions (in exchange for their valuable time!) What fun, right?! {Yes, it will be, I guarantee it or your money back. Get it?!} What a beautiful – and absolutely free – gift to give somebody!

THE RULES.

1. Send your submission via e-mail toheather@heatherpearcephotography.com {the sooner the better because I can’t wait to start choosing!} but no later than Friday, May 4th at 5 pm. Include your name and telephone number so I can call you for any follow-up information about the nominee.
2. Include a snapshot of the person you are nominating (see if you can be creative about this!).
3. In no less than 10 words and no more than one page {how’s that for parameters?!} tell me what makes this person uniquely creative: i.e. they invented the spatula, they make beautiful things with their hands/feet/elbows, tricked their kid into eating broccoli, out-witted apack of wild dogs on the open plains, regularly wear the color orange with fuscia accents and manage to look FABULOUS in spite of themselves, designed a miraculous time-saver, or simply that by being themselves they inspire YOU to be more creative, or inspire others around them to live more out of their creative side.

{I believe we all have deep roots in creativity, but this side of ourselves can get lost in the shuffle, especially when we are TOO BUSY. And for how many of us does this feel a little too much like ALL THE TIME?}

WHAT NEXT? {And What’s In It for You?!)

Immediately following the May 4th deadline, I will select the finalists, and post a list of winning creatives on my blog, and thentogether we will design a fabulous, custom-tailored portrait session for each uniquely creative individual. {Hint hint, I think we ALL are uniquely creative.}

Can you nominate yourself? No, but somebody else can nominate you for your fabulous creativity!

Can you nominate your dog? No, not this month. But stay tuned.

Can you nominate someone famous? Yes, please, but only if you actually know them.

Can you nominate someone from Mozambique? Yes, but only if they are will to travel here to Seattle. Unfortunately I cannot take this contest to them.

Can you nominate a kid? Yes, absolutely yes.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR THE NOMINATOR? (That would be you!) In addition to the complementary portrait session for your beloved CREATIVE, you, the nominator, will receive 30% off a standard portrait creation session fee, to be used any time within the next year. It’s a WIN-WIN-WIN!

Now, get going! Get your creative juices flowing, send in those snapshots and summaries, and DON’T FORGET TO SIT DOWN EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE AND ENJOY A GOOD ROCKING SESSION. It truly does a body (and sore feet) some good.

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