About Ellen Nicol Photography:

Ellen Nicol is an on location & studio photographer currently specializing in Maternity, Newborn, Children, Seniors and Family portraiture. As well as wedding photography. She serves the Lowville NY and surrounding areas. Anywhere from Syracuse to the Thousand Islands.



  • Archive: ‘Contest’



    Fresh Faces Campaign ~ Win a portrait studio session!

    Saturday, March 7th, 2009

    This is going to be the last contest before my studio grand opening.

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    I’m looking for kids ages 6 Months to 1 Year for this contest.

    To enter please send me your best snapshot of your kids to ellenicolphotography@twcny.rr.com  (yes that is the correct email ;) with Fresh Faces Entry in the subject line.

    You can send in your entries until Saturday March 14, 2009.  After I receive all the awesome enteries you are going to send me I will post them to my blog and YOU will get to vote for the winner.  The voting will end March 21, 2009 and I will annouce the winner just in time for my new studio opening.

    The winner will receive a free portrait studio session and a 5×10 Storyboard.

    Of course there are always rules….

    *To enter you must promise to send the contest to every person you know so they can vote on your child :)

    *Winning session is for 1 child only.

    *Winning session will be a 60 minute session.

    If you don’t win don’t be upset as I will be sending out gift cards to each entry for a discount on prints with a studio booking :)

    I’m so excited about this and can’t wait to see all your beautiful babies!!!!

    ~E

    Best of 2008 Blog Contest (New York Studio Photographer)

    Saturday, February 21st, 2009

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    It’s that time of year again people!!!  Time to vote for your 2008 favorite!  This is also contest #2 leading up to my new studio grand opening!

    This year is going to be a little bit different in that not only will the winners receive prizes but so will the voters!

    ~Winners will receive the following:

    1st Place Image – 11×14 of image in contest &  a $50 credit towards a new session!

    2nd Place Image – 8×10 of image in contest & a $40 credit towards a new session!

    3rd Place Image – 5×7 of image in contest & a $30 credit towards a new session!

    Now the new exciting part of this years contest is that the voters have more incentive to vote, besides showing appreciation to their friends and family.

    Voters will receive an entry into a drawing for a free session & an 8×10 print from that session!!! To enter you must vote and then send us an email to ellenicolphotography@twcny.rr.com with your name and address. Please put (2008 Blog Contest Drawing Entry) in the subject line. Otherwise I can’t keep track of who voted :)

    So spread the word to all your friends and family and get to voting!!!!

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    *Rules*
    *Limit one entry per household for free session drawing.
    *To be entered in the drawing for free session you must send your name and address to ellenicolphotography@twcny.rr.com Please put 2008 Blog Contest Entry in subject line.

    Facebook Refer a Friend contest WINNER!!!

    Saturday, February 21st, 2009

    The hands down winner of a free studio session with Ellen Nicol Photography is Cheurice Vegter!!!! Contact me Cheurice and we’ll schedule your session for whenever it’s convenient for you :) Looking forward to it!

    Thank you everyone for your participation!!

    Tonight starts a new contest for the week.  Watch for it :)

    ~E

    Refer a friend contest!!! (Lowville NY Studio Photographer)

    Friday, February 13th, 2009

    My Grand Opening is coming….. so with that in mind I am going to be doing some contests that lead up to it all.  Today’s contest is called a refer a friend contest!!!  It’s really easy to enter.  First of all if you have a facebook account you need to become a fan of my page following the link below.

    The next step is to refer as many friends as possible to my facebook page. Then those friends must become a fan. That’s it. The person with the most referrals to my page will win a free session in my new studio.
    In order for me to keep track of your referrals the person you referred must write a note on my wall telling who referred them. Otherwise it won’t count.
    The contest starts today and end a week from today! So become a fan of my facebook page and then refer all your friends to become fans.

    Any questions just drop me an email!!!

    *Limit 4 people in the free session*
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