I’m so happy to bring to you another GIVEAWAY today! This time I’ve paired together with Leila from Olive Juice Photography to bring you some fantabulous eye candy and ONE LUCKY WINNER will score their choice of a 8×8 or 8×10 print from her shop! But first, let’s get to know the creative mind and eye behind Olive Juice Photography… and yes, even her banner is adorable!
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1) How did you get started in photography? What camera/lens do you own?
I got started in photography when I was really young.. maybe 10 or so. I always had a camera with me and always LOVED looking at photos. I really started getting into photography one summer when my mom took me to Paris. I had a film camera and I must have taken about 30 or 40 rolls of film.. all in black and white. Since then I have been totally hooked. Then i switched to digital about 5 years ago and have recently been going back to film and shooting with a hasselblad 503cw. I only own 3 lens’: 24-70 2.8mm, a homemade lens that I call the big lebowski, and a 50mm 1.4 which stays on my camera probably 90% of the time.
2) How did you come up with the name Olive Juice Photography?
I came up with Olive Juice Photography because I really wanted a name that stood out and was kind of different than just using my name. When I was growing up, my friends and I would say olive juice to each other when joking around because when you lip it silently it looks like i love you. so i thought it was fitting for wedding photography and was a little playful and represented me in a nutshell.
3) Where do you draw your inspiration from?
I draw inspiration from everything. Mostly, i like to create. I like to see things as i come upon them.. get a picture and then start moving things around. I have a different approach when shooting objects vs. people. when i shoot objects, i like to pull them out of their ordinary environment and try to capture something that isn’t ordinary; such as putting an office in an alley, or coming up to a homeless man playing a piano on the sidewalk (the piano being the object). When I shoot people, I like to keep them in their natural environment and I hardly ever direct them. I just tell them do your thing and pretend i’m not even here and that’s when i get the most real moments, the ones in between when something is happening.
4) What is your favorite vacation spot and why?
I have been truly blessed and have traveled to many countries. My heart lies in Spain. The culture, the food, and the people are just so unique and beautiful. I love the land, the ocean, and the architecture. I hope to live there someday, or at least to visit many many many times.
I just love the colors, composition and how the trio of photos fit so well together! Leila is a wedding photographer… and pretty much just a photographer of people and pretty things! One of my favorite shoots that Leila did was a fabulous Breakfast Buffet Luncheon for the Inspired Creations Contest. It was styled by her best friend Erin from Dandelion and Grey, here’s a little sneak peak but you should hop on over here to check out the rest!
Ummm yea… can I get a *SWOON* or what? Her photographs are seriously sooo dreamy with all of that bokeh, the composition, and just the subjects she shoots! She can seriously make anything look good. Oh, I should also mention that Leila is soo nice that if you see anything in her portfolio or blog that you like, she sells those too.
But for this giveaway, Leila has offered up the WINNER’S CHOICE of a 8×8 or 8×10 photograph from her etsy shop… printed on super sweet sugar cane paper!
{To Enter}
1. (Mandatory entry) Visit Leila’s shop and leave a comment below with the name of your favorite print from her shop.
2. (For additional entries) Blog, Twitter, or Facebook about this giveaway and leave a separate comment with each link. If you Twitter, please use @sandyalamode and @theolivejuice in your tweet so I can track them. And to make things extra easy, feel free to use this tweet:
Win your choice of a BEAUTIFUL print photographed by @theolivejuice on @sandyalamode! #GIVEAWAY http://bit.ly/chANFm
Giveaway ends on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 5:00PM CST. The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced on this blog on Thursday, July 22, 2010. Thank you SO much Leila and good luck everyone!
Entries for this giveaway have been closed. Thanks to all that entered!
I love the photograph of “Bustling China Town” it’s amazing and I think i may get it regardless of winning this giveaway! :o) Thanks for doing a post on this.
Tweet: http://twitter.com/AZinAugust/status/18578125086
I absolutely loved the flying high part 2 8×8 photograph. Just looking at it inspires me so much. Even if I don’t win, I’m glad that you hosted this giveaway. I’m in awe of her photography!
xo, Michelle
http://www.michelle-esque.blogspot.com
yay for the amazing leila! i love her pink grapefruit print!
j.
such an amazing giveaway! And Leila has some stunning pictures in her shop! I loved ‘home sweet home’, I’m a big sucker for vintage & suitcases :).
Just tweeted http://twitter.com/creamylife/status/18584342169
xoxo
So so lovely!!
I love her Home Sweet Home Print.
Gorgeous giveaway!!
Love them all Sandy! Especially the home sweet home
Thanks!
“Home Sweet Home” is my favorite, but I love all of them!
I love love love this and I’m so looking for photos for our guest bedroom. The ladybug is too cute for words!
Just tweeted too! @momentspassslow
How totally fabulous is her stuff. Totally love it all. I think my favorite is the home sweet home one (the one with the suitcases). Just lovely stuff thanks to both of you for offering up such a fun and fabulous giveaway!
These photos are so nostalgic, yet refreshing! Love her style! My fave: lady bug. Sweet and simple 🙂
Thank you, Sandy!
I love the vintage typewriter–so beautiful! & yes, “SWOON”!
I’m in love with the “Bustling China Town” print. It reminds me of being in San Fran. <3
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/SoNgDesigns/status/18600711648
I love the peonies and chandelier photo, peonies are so gorgeous!
Put this on my giveaway sidebar…and blogged about it 🙂 http://www.busygirlblog.com
The vintage typewritter (:
love leila’s work….love the vintage typewriter print.
I tweeted too @postcrdsprettie
What a great giveaway!!! I love “Spring Time Flowers!”
http://twitter.com/michabella4/status/18601711673
ooh yay! i loveher shop! i love the terra cotta and the typewriter 🙂
i love the pink grapefruit print. summery, but not exclusive to the season. :]
fantastic post, darling. i adore her an apple a day print. so lovely!
xo Alison
terra cotta part 2 catches my eye right away! beautiful.
Wow these are so dreamy and gorgeous! I’m having serious issues choosing a favorite. I’m going to say Home Sweet Home or the Flying High series.
Already added her to my favorites on Etsy!! Thanks for sharing!
Tweeted it! http://www.twitter.com/beingmichelle
i’m a fan of vintage typewriter or homesweet home! such a great giveaway, sandy! and such a lovely shop!!!!
You mean I have to choose one!! they’re all so pretty!! I think my fave though is either the pink grapefruit or the flying high part 2….so lovely!! (and btw, I love her photo in this post of the red door…sigh, so cool!!)
Love her images! My favorites are home sweet home and the pink grapefruit!
pink grapefruit or vintage typewriter – but they are all so pretty!!!
Love the pink grapefruit!! I <3 her photography too!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/44840582/pink-grapefruit-5×5
You are right, her work is amazing! I really like the apple one.
Love the Flying High prints!
Sandy, I love the interviews that you do with your giveaways!
I think the Vintage typewriter or home sweet home is my fave:)
Great shop!!
I tweeted @inhonorofdesign
Love the vintage typewriter one! omydarlingblog(at)gmail(dot)com
Love this post,
you have an amazing blog!
Will be coming back heaps more,
keep up the awesome work 🙂
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I have to choose just one favorite?? Oh, this is so hard, but I think it’s the “home sweet home” print. So lovely.
And I just tweeted!
http://twitter.com/brandibernoskie/status/18642842580
My favorite prints are the flying high series – I would love to hang the prints in simple white frames next to each other. They would make a great focal point for a relaxing living room!
Tweeted!
https://twitter.com/ateacupofcoffee/status/18643529044
I really like the photo with the suitcases. My husband and I are long-distance for another 11 months and I like that the suitcases symbolize traveling and the flowers look happy and hopeful.
i love the peonies one! what a great giveaway! =)
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I love Olive Juice Photography 🙂 Bustling china town is beautiful!
tweeted
http://twitter.com/forthedistractd/status/18669101326
gorgeous, GORGEOUS photos!
too hard to pick one really, but
i like the chinatown one a lot:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/43061255/bustling-china-town
😀
<3
love her home sweet home!
tweeted!
What an amazing give away, Sandy. The pictures are all so fantastic but I think my favorite is the peonies and chandeliers print.
I think the lush lavender print is really gorgeous!
I just love the fields of red poppies..so beautiful!
Thanks sweetie! ~Julie
i love the fruit prints!
…and i tweeted! @cupcakesnyum
I LOVE the Flying High 8×8. Its so purty!
I like the bustling Chinatown!
An Apple A Day is by far my favorite!
Definitely the pink grapefruit! I love all things citrus!
oooh, I love bustling chinatown and the flying high 8×8 oh and my fave, pink grapefruit. Happy monday. BTW-your nephew-too cute!!!
I love the peonies & chandelier photo!! Such stunning photographs…love the feel of them all 🙂
My favorite print would have to be the “terra cotta part 1” print.
The flowers attract my eyes without a blink.
I tweeted this giveaway at
http://twitter.com/Kr4zi4ur0mg/status/19067881423
i love the pretty peonies .
i tweeted http://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/19097249871
I super-love them all, but I’m drawn to Vintage Typewriter. Word nerd here. 🙂
Loving the spring flowers part 2. I have a flower obsession at the moment. Thanks for the giveaway.
And I tweeted it too! http://twitter.com/OurDesignedLife/status/19097937430
aw, her work is so beautiful! I love all of her flying high prints.