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Yellowhale Photography specializes in newborn, baby, child and family photography using natural light and settings to create pure and captivating images. A professional photographer with a thriving business, Kyung Jung is based in the Washington, DC area. She travels throughout the District, Northern Virginia and Maryland turning life’s precious moments into contemporary and vibrant memories. For more information, please contact Kyung at 202-870-6773 or info@yellowhale.com.

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"LOVE At Home" Photo Contest

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Hi there!~

As promised in the email, we are announcing our first event of Spring 2020!

“LOVE at Home” photo contest.

We are in this together! We know everyone should STAY at HOME to flatten the curve. The “LOVE at HOME” photo contest is for those of you who want to do the right thing: to save lives and to be well by staying at home together. Let’s try to capture the beautiful moments, the raw emotions of our children, our family, and us. You may use your phone or your DSLR camera and your favorite editing app! As long as the photos are taken by YOU, you are eligible to submit an entry of up to THREE photos per family. All photos must be taken following our current Stay at Home / Social distancing regulation. (Please see the rules below).


AWARDS:

Grand Prize:  One winner: $500 Gift Certificate for YWP (raffled)
First Place: One winner: $300 Gift Certificate for YWP (raffled)
Second Place: TWO winners: $150 Gift Certificate for YWP (raffled)
The Most Popular Photo: $500 Gift Certificate for YWP (by the public vote)
Top 10 Photos: featured in YWP's future "STAY at HOME" campaigns, website, and YWP magazines. (Judges for this acknowledgment are professional photographers, no prize)

RULES:

All photos (taken by only you) should be sent to info@yellowhale.com with your first and last name in the subject line. We will add it to our album of the Photo Contest with your name. Captions are optional within the email.

1. The photos must be taken at home (inside the house or in your backyard, porch, no park or sidewalk or neighbors are allowed.)

2. The photos must be of your immediate family members only: yourself, your child(ren), your pets, or your family. Empty rooms without your family members are not accepted.

3. The photos must be taken between March 8th, 2020 and April 30th, 2020

4. Show the “LOVE at Home” - The theme is to show the emotions that are happy or sad we share during the “STAY at HOME” time as a family.
A caption would be a wonderful addition to be featured in our future post/campaign and increase your chance to win the popular vote!

5. You can submit up to three photos (to increase the chance to win!) per family. ( minimum 1600px in longer side )

6. The photos must be kid and family friendly. (No nudity, no violence, no cruelty, and etc.) Only acceptable images will be entered to the contest.

7. You can share your photos as much as you want only by the official contest album link and obtain votes (for the most popular prize). Vote ends by midnight Wednesday 4/29.

8. I will give two tickets to the first image, and one ticket each to the second and the third image. So you can have four tickets altogether. Then the winners will be raffled off! The video of the drawing lots will be live-streamed on April 30th at 9PM on our Instagram Live.

9 Only one prize per family. The most popular prize winner can not win any other prize.


Make sure you follow our Instagram as there will be weekly LIVE Q&A sessions on any photography topics you may have.

We will also update on the “LOVE at HOME” photo contest progress and more. Wishing you the best! I can’t wait to see your creative photos coming in!

xoxo, Kyung


Below are more important rules to follow:

10. BINDING AGREEMENT: In order to enter the LOVE at HOME photo contest, all Entrants, including the parent or guardian of any Youth Entrants, must agree to these Official Rules (“Rules”). Because these Rules form a legally binding agreement with respect to this Contest, please read them carefully. If Entrant, or the parent or guardian of a Youth Entrant, does not agree to the Rules, Entrant is not eligible to participate in the LHPC or to win any of the prizes. Entrant, or the parent or guardian of a Youth Entrant, agrees that his/her registration as an individual participant under the LHPC constitutes his/her agreement to these Rules.

12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Entrants retain ownership and all other rights to future use of the photographs they enter except for the following: Your entry to the contest constitutes your agreement to allow your entered photographs—and your name, occupation, city, state, country of residence and photo information—to be published as Winners or Honorable Mentions in Yellowhale Portrait magazine and on the YWP website, and you grant to YWP and its licensees the perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entry (along with a name credit) in connection with the LOVE at HOME Photo Contest (“LHPC”) and promotion for the LHPC and Yellowhale Portrait magazine, in any media now or hereafter known, including but not limited to use in the online Photo(s) of the Week and Caption Contest features, and use in YW photography exhibits. From time to time we feature Entrant's non-donated images on commercial products and services, however we will contact you for permission for use.

Your kids, your art!

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Hello friends!!!!

We (Meredith and I) are so~~~ excited to introduce to you this amazing collaboration offer brought to you by Frame Avenue Design and Yellowhale Portrait with the gift that is perfect for everyone you have in mind.

Children grow so fast. One minute they’re barely walking and the next they’ve got braces and headed off to middle school. So let’s make time stand still...if only for a moment. It’s so important to take advantage of these younger years which is why we are excited about this opportunity.

NOVEMBER 23 and 24 ONLY (CLICK THE DATE BELOW TO BOOK YOUR SESSION!)

These 15-minute mini sessions are per child and include one 20 x 30 framed wall art in a natural wood frame. After the session, you will review 10+ images to choose from, your favorite image will be printed and custom framed, delivered, and installed. (Normally $1500 value)

Additional prints/sizes/frames can be purchased separately through Yellowhale Portrait Studio. Book your appointment today!

The details:

Dress to impress, but not too fancy. We want to capture your child being simply...a child. So if they’re sweet and shy, let’s capture that. If they’re wacky and wild, let’s do that too. No need to overthink it, we want to take pics of your little human in the truest version of themselves. We’ll finish up this mini photo session with your very own custom framed 20 x 30 portrait of your child, delivered and installed on your walls within a couple of weeks.

We can’t wait to create a magical gift you and your children will cherish for a lifetime!

xoxo,

Kyung & Meredith

LOVE & TOGETHERNESS portrait special

kyung jung

Happy Valentine’s day my friends~

This time of the year, I have a marathon of celebrations in my family. Both my boys have their birthdays, my wedding anniversary, plus my favorite St. Valentine’s Day all fall into the first half of February. Can you imagine how crazy is to handle all four celebrations in two weeks? Back to back birthday parties and gifts, cakes and goodies… all are fun, but exhausting at the same time! I am so relieved at least half of those are done by now!

What are the things do you do to celebrate Valentine’s day with your loved ones?

Sending messages of love and affection to friends and family? Gifting a meaningful symbol of love, like a beautiful bouquet of roses? Going out for a fancy lunch or dinner? A nice box of chocolates and delicious bag of black tea are my favorites to give and receive. Hand written notes with blueberry pancakes are the old time classic from my boys…

Whatever you do, what you want the most must be to be together and celebrate LOVE with them!!

This Valentine’s Day season, I am thrilled to introduce you a very special portrait experience at Yellowhale Portrait studio to do just that. If you are following my work for a while, you must know my style already. I am drawn to the images that are genuine and uncluttered. It was never about fancy props or busy backgrounds. It is always about the person in front of my camera. While I tried to create the most beautiful portraits that embrace the essence of the person and capture his/her genuine feelings, LOVE & Togetherness sessions were born. Uncluttered background and minimalistic (and flattering) lighting eliminate all the distractions. Every time you look at the images, you will be presented with the true emotion that connects you to the moment you shared. These portraits will bring the most honest beauty, character, and expression of the person you love. Many said that the images beams out who he/she is exactly and that was the moment that they want to remember forever. Because it is done at the studio, no cold weather or snow day matters! Not to mention the portrait special we are running now through 3/30!

If your little one had a recent birthday like mine, or if your 10th wedding anniversary is around the corner, or just because… LOVE & Togetherness session will be a perfect way to celebrate!!!


LOVE & Togetherness Portrait Special

Now through Mar 31st, 2019 or until the all 7 openings are filled (whichever comes first), you will enjoy the exclusive benefits including:

A Special Session Offer— a $99 session: 45 min studio sessions* now through April 30th 2019 ($300 value).

A Free Gift — receive a free fine art print in 8x10 with any purchase now through April 30th 2018. ($250 value)

** Call 202.870.6773 to schedule your FREE consultation today!

*Must book your portrait session by March 31, 2019. The session fee is due at the time of booking. The fee covers the pre consultation, the photo session, and presentation with Kyung. The session is 45 mins and will produce 15~20 images to choose from. All prints and art products are separate to purchase at a selection meeting. The session must take place now through April 30th 2019. Valid for Thursday - Saturday studio sessions only. Age 6 month and up for children. Immediate family members only. Offer can not be combined with any other offer or discount. All sessions subject to availability and additional blackout dates may apply. There are no refunds, exchanges, or adjustments to previous orders. Normal service charges apply to orders placed after April 30th, 2019. Offer may be revoked at any time.


Can not wait to see you soon!

xoxo,
Kyung



What I want you to remember...

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Hi~ hope all of you are enjoying the beautiful fall season - one of my favorite time of the year. There are only TEN weeks left in the year 2018. Can you believe it? I can’t!!!!

Last night, I was posting a cute little video of a lifestyle session that I did few weeks ago for a good and long time client of mine. She has beautiful three children aged from 6month to five year old and thus we had so so so much fun during the photo shoot. You see, none of us has any plan as everything happens spontaneously. Even if we had a great plan, it was not going to work. Six of us (including the photographer) were just there to enjoy the time together… and here is what it looks like.

Instagram always makes my video in lower quality, I wanted to share it here again with a better quality.

✨CELEBRATING LIFE✨ - if someone asks me what I do for living, this will be my answer. There are so many little things we can cherish only if we can remember... some times, I blame my brain why I can not remember what my my kids said or did that I loved so much at that time. And believe me, I thought I could remember it forever. All those little moments fade away as time went by. When my boys were little, they spoke Korean, and they said the most precious words to each other... and played pretend games.. and jumped up and down giggling.. Most of the times, I “stop” them because it was dangerous, or dirty, or just too loud. Many years later(probably too many), I miss that crazy and wonder-ful time the most. I have two boys that are 15 and 13. And my house is quiet and calm.. I love my boys and quiet house, don’t get me wrong. But you know what? I miss that time so much. I bet you will, too. That’s why, I photograph the LIFE as is. How beautifully amazing it is! I collected about 60 images from a lifestyle photo session to show you what I would cherish if I were the mom for my client and made into a 60 sec video. I call it “CELEBRATION”. See it for yourself, it is truly what LIFE is all about. Love and together!!! That’s what I photograph and what I want YOU to enjoy.

!! little bit of housekeeping stuff~ !!

We are super excited about our Holiday Family Sessions in two weeks (11/3 ~11/4)! We have ONE last opening and if you are interested, please call 202.870.6773 NOW.

If you are interested in getting your family’s LIFESTYLE photography session at your home (or at the studio), there is also ONE last opening in November, so please call 202.870.6773 NOW.

Other than that, enjoy the beautiful season… don’t get carried away by busyness of running around. There is nothing more important than your LIFE = LOVE + TOGETHERNESS!!!

Until next time, XOXO - Kyung

A Very Special Wedding

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Today, I want to share a very special wedding with you. As I am watching the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan on TV, it was so beautiful to see the overflowing love and joy of the couple and the blessings pouring over them. I wish them the best on this wonderful journey, as you build their new lives together. What a special wedding it is! It is almost like a fairy tale - it is just so lovely to see them in love and surrounded by the whole world watching and blessing them...

As you all know, I am not a wedding photographer, but I had done a handful weddings so far for my family friend, siblings of my current client, and my own family members'. And today, I wanted to share my most recent and the most special wedding that I photographed last year. Just because the H + M's Royal Wedding brought me the whole memory of the most amazing day of my brother and his wife.

I know I am biased, my brother and my sister-in-law are the cutest couple to my eyes. Anderson House location was truly amazing to photograph my special couple in. More over, when we arrived there, the fascinating Solar Eclipse just started to happen and I was so lucky to capture the astonishing scene with this couple.

At first,  I could not tell what is happening with my bare eyes. It just felt extremely quiet, I mean there was no bird or any little critters movement at the time. When I start to look through the camera lens, I started to notice the shape of the shadow was different, and the color of the light was definitely cooler. I did not have a chance to discuss it with other photographers, but the shape and the color temperature of the light were dramatically unusual to photograph. I could say - it was almost like in mid day full sun, yet had a in shade temperature? The most amazing thing is that we did not plan this out at all. We had no idea the solar eclipse will happen at the time and date of his wedding when we schedule the wedding day and location a year before.

You can definitely tell the shape of the light that came through the the window is quite interesting. There are so many little croissant shape lights scattered all of the dance floor. I was asking myself, "How many couples in the whole world got the solar eclipse in their wedding pictures?" Indeed, it was a very special wedding because it was my loving brother's, but also it was the most unforgettable event I ever photographed with the Solar Eclipse.

Congratulations again to my brother and his beautiful wife! And of course to the prince Harry and Meghan for their wedding today!