Sara Gray Photography Portland, Oregon

Hi blog readers!

It’s October — isn’t that crazy? I can definitely feel it in the air, though. It’s that time of year again. Fall is my favorite season and I’m so excited to be photographing three weddings this month, celebrating my own wedding anniversary (2 years!!) and then looking on forward to the holidays.

Speaking of the holidays, it’s the first of the month and time again to give something away. This month, I’ll be giving away a set of my custom-designed holiday cards. My awesome designer, Allison Doty, came up with two designs for Sara Gray Photography clients only, and they’re really unique and cool and I can’t wait to see batches of them coming back from the lab.

These cards feature portraits of your family, whether that be your kids, your dog or just you. A set is 25 cards with envelopes. I’ll be drawing and announcing this month’s winner on Monday, so you’ve got a couple of extra days to enter. Just leave a comment below and check back on Monday to see who our lucky winner is! Happy October, everyone.

I wanted to thank you all for entering this month’s contest — it was our best turnout ever and it was fun to see all your comments. After our highly scientific drawing (this time, all your names were written on folded scraps of paper and scattered all over our guest bed and Eric plucked one out), our winner is Carrie Peeples! I hope Carrie and her husband Mark can enjoy a little solitude in Lincoln City before their baby is born!

For all the rest of you, thanks for entering and come back in October for another shot at an awesome prize.

I like hotels. I like staying in them, I like visiting them and I used to write about them quite a bit. During those days, I discovered the Surftides Hotel in Lincoln City, which is a retro hotel that’s had a really hip makeover in the last year or so. I’m a little bit smitten with the details inside the hotel.

I recently did some photography work for the hotel and it was so much fun documenting all the details – I love their mermaid logo, which appears throughout the property.

How does this relate to you, you ask? Well, this month, since it’s my favorite month all year (happy birthday me!), I am giving away a free night at the Surftides Hotel. It’s a great place to stay, right in the heart of Lincoln City and it’s going to make one lucky reader’s day when they get to spend a night down there.

You know the drill: if you want to win, you need to comment on this post. Say whatever you like, but make sure you leave a comment. You have until Thursday morning at 8 a.m. to enter, and on Thursday afternoon I’ll draw a winner! If you win, you could be sipping drinks at the Mist restaurant and lounge, below.

Good luck to all of you! Stay tuned Thursday to learn who our big winner is!

We had tons of people enter this month’s contest for a massage at Massage Naturally, and Stefanie won in our highly scientific Post-It note-in-the-shoebox drawing. She just got married on July 4, so a little more newlywed pampering will probably feel pretty good right about now. Thank you all for entering, and be sure you all come back on Sept. 1 because the prize will be the biggest I’ve ever given away on the blog!

The monthly contest is getting to be a favorite thing of mine, especially as we move into the summer months and I have some really amazing things to offer as giveaways!

These are some relaxing images from Massage Naturally, a massage spot in Raleigh Hills. Christy and Kim are great massage therapists, and I highly recommend them. We have been working on some new images for their advertising and web site, and they’ve been such fun to work with.

This month’s giveaway is a one-hour massage from Massage Naturally. If you’re in need of some relaxation, enter here and you could be relaxing soon on one of their massage tables. You have until Monday morning at 8 a.m. to enter the contest, so don’t waste any time! To enter, just leave a comment on the post below. I’ll e-mail the winner and I’ll also announce them on the blog on Monday afternoon.

Good luck!

I hope you’ve got a trip coming up, Michelle, because you’re going to be sporting some new luggage tags on it! I’ll e-mail you to get your address so that I can get them in the mail to you!

Hi everyone! Happy July – that means it’s time for another great giveaway on the blog. This one’s a little different – check out the video and enter below to win!

July Giveaway from Sara Gray on Vimeo.

Feel free also to check out Jack & Bee on Etsy, the wonderful makers of this month’s goodies.

The winner of the June contest for a $200 credit was Michelle Shipley – congratulations! I can’t wait to get my camera near her adorable kids.

For all the rest of you who entered and didn’t win this time, I’m sorry! I wish I could shower you all with gifts. Remember that I give something away on the first of every month on the blog, and the next two giveaways (in July and August) are going to be particularly exciting!

It’s that time again – let’s give something away! In the coming months, I’ve got some great new giveaways coming, so make sure to meet back here on the first of each month.

This month, I’m giving away a $200 credit to be used toward any of my photography packages. That includes weddings, senior portraits and family portraits – we’re in the season for all of them!

You know the drill: if you want to win it, leave a comment on this post. I’ll draw on Wednesday, June 3 and award the winner their prize! Remember to forward this to your friends so everyone gets a chance to win.

This is a sneak peek of a session I took over the weekend that I’m still working on – look for it tomorrow on the blog!

Congratulations to Angie Tran, who won the big May contest! She wins a $200 credit toward any package that I offer.

For all the rest of you who entered, thanks for entering! Take heart, there’s a contest on the blog the first day of each month, so come back in June for another chance – or call me now and we’ll get you on the schedule, I’d love to photograph each and every one of you!