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05.01.12

May Desktop Background

Happy May Day, peeps! May Grey has already officially set in here (sorry tourists, SoCal isn’t as sunny as you’d think in May and June), so I think that partially inspired me to turn to this photo I took last May. I love the light in it so much, I don’t even care that the rose in the foreground isn’t in focus. :)

This quote comes from Dorothea Lange, an inspiring documentary photographer (before there really was such a thing), who’s most famous for her photos of the less fortunate during the Great Depression. Even if you don’t know her name, you’ll probably recognize this photo. At any rate, I found this quote in my grandmother’s quote journal and it really struck a chord for me. What do you think? Doesn’t she really nail it on the head?

Ellingsen Photography May 2012 Free Desktop Background preview

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Fonts are Claire Hand by Team Scope and The Only Exception by Kimberly Geswein. Hope you all have a wonderful start to the month!

xoxo

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04.04.12

April Desktop Background

It’s that time again to freshen up your desktop background! I was thumbing through my grandmother’s old quotations journal and found this one from Van Gogh in there, and I thought it was just perfect for this photo. Especially considering that around here spring is all in and things are blooming like crazy. I also found quite a few great quotes about photography that I’ll be sharing in the coming weeks (she was a fantastic amateur photographer, you can see some of her work here). Hope you enjoy! {Scroll down below the preview for a variety of screen sizes.}

Ellingsen Photography April 2012 Desktop Background Freebie Quotation Preview

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xoxo

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03.06.12

Giveaway Winner!

I’m super excited to announce that after the voting turnout on the giveaway entries, I decided that BOTH Melissa and Brandon as well as Kristen and Josh are the winners! The voting was so close in the end, I just couldn’t bring myself to only have one winner.

Congratulations everybody and thanks for participating! I can’t wait to get together!

xoxo

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03.01.12

March Desktop Background

My parents are heading home to Norway for a visit later this month (my dad’s whole side of the family is there, and we lived there until I was four), and lately I’ve found myself suffering from a major case of homesickness. It’s hard to explain how you can feel homesick for a place you left before you started kindergarten, but I absolutely do. Really, Ovid nails it on the head with his quote below.

Growing up my family would go and stay with my grandparents for about a month every other summer, and it was magical. I think maybe more than homesickness, it’s the feeling of comfort and pure happiness that I miss and associate with Norway. Also, it’s a ridiculously beautiful country with warm and friendly people and delicious food. I can’t recommend it as a travel destination enough. My last visit was in 2008, and I’m hopeful that maybe next year I’ll be able to afford the plane ticket!

In the meantime, I’ve been trolling through my photos from last time and just had to use one for this month’s desktop! This is St Olav’s church (built in the 16th century) at Avaldsnes, a place from which the kings of old governed. We visited there the last time – the cultural center is absolutely amazing – and then I shot this as we passed it again while on the boat to Bergen.

Ellingsen Photography March 2012 Desktop-Preview

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Where do you get homesick for?

xoxo

P.S. Arrow brush by Photoshop Ranger (aka Brie Alsbury).

P.P.S. If you want to see more of Norway, here’s a Pinterest board I started and here’s a bunch of my photos from 2008. I also highly recommend the Netflix series Lilyhammer, it’s hysterical!

P.P.P.S. My parents are amazing for making trips home to Norway a priority when I was growing up. The End. (for reals this time)

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02.23.12

Happy Anniversary Giveaway!

It’s officially been a year since I launched my website and business, and what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway? I really want to give back to those who have been so supportive of me, both in person and here on the interwebs.

Ellingsen Photography Free Session Giveaway Feb 2012

Winner(s) will receive:

  • A two hour photo session with moi, at the location of their choice
  • DVD of at least 20 high-res images
  • 11 x 14 print

Now here’s the fun part – for me, anyway! To enter, email trude@ellingsenphoto.com a photo of you / your pet / your family, along with a short message about why you deserve to win. Have you only ever been to Sears photo studio? Have you added family members (four or two legged) recently? Are you newly engaged? Have your kids finally lost their patience with your constant avoidance of any portraits that include you? Dish, friend! :)

I’ll be back with a blog post showcasing all the entries and whomever gets the most votes (via blog comments) is the winner! You can send everyone you know to vote for you, but please only one comment per person (honesty please, karma is a beeotch).

You must send in your entry by Tuesday, February 28th at midnight PST. I’ll blog the entries on March 1st and voting will run through the 5th at midnight PST. Winner will be announced March 6th!

The Rules:

  1. You must love photos
  2. You must love each other

Okay, okay, seriously this time:

  1. Entries from those living outside Southern California are acceptable, but you are responsible for coming here or shipping me to you! (By plane, not parcel post, preferably.)
  2. By entering, you grant permission to Ellingsen Photography to use your image and entry story on this blog for promotional use. Your session will also be featured on this blog.
  3. Maximum of six persons or pets for the session.

Good luck and I can’t wait to read your entries! And thanks especially to my close friends and family for putting up with a camera constantly in their faces and me going on ad nauseum about f-stops and good light.

xoxo

(P.S. That’s Katie in the photo above, a shelter pup that was adopted before I could blog her adorable photos.)

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