It's here! I am so excited to share that Kelly from Cherished Images and Tyler from Cazier Designer Portraits and I have been hard at work creating an amazing charity based portrait contest for the Treasure Valley to benefit the Wishing Star Foundation!

The Treasure Valley's 1st Annual Expressions: A Childhood Portrait Contest is a portrait contest for ages 6 months to 12 years old with 4 different age categories.  It will run from April 13 through May 31st. Entry fees start at $45 for a 20 minute session for one child, entry in to the contest and a complimentary Facebook image!! Specially priced portrait collections are available exclusively for this event. Half of all entry fees collected will be donated to the Wishing Star Foundation and 100% of all entry fees collected on opening day, April 13th, will be donated to the Wishing Star Foundation.

There will be one Grand Prize Winner along with 4 first place winners, 4 second place winners and 4 third place winners! We are still receiving prize donations so if your business would like to donate, please contact one of the photographers! 

We are all so excited for this annual charity event. Please contact me, or the photographer of your choice, to book a session and enter your child in the contest!

I got to photograph little Miss "H" again! You might remember this little cutie from last spring. She participated in the "National Charity Model Search" that benefits Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. She is such a little ham in front of the camera and her session was so much fun! Here's a little peek ...

Tiffany Hix Photography is participating in the National Charity Model Search to select "America's Cutest Kid" and to raise funds for charity.

We are looking for cute children ages 18 months to 14 years old to model for a portrait to be entered into the contest.

Models Search Special:

$50 entrance fee for sessions held at my home studio or at a local outdoor setting, which includes a 20 minute model session per child and one image (artist's choice) submitted to the national gallery and that same image as a 5x7 print. These sessions are for individuals, no sibling shots unless time allows. Special print packages and a la carte pricing will also be available.

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from votes benefit the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. (www.NILMDTS.org) NILMDTS is a network of thousands of professional photographers who volunteer their time and talent to families in need, capturing and providing everlasting images of children for parents whose babies will never come home from the hospital.

Grand prize national winner will be determined from the 50 city finalists. Winners selected by photography and modeling industry experts.

If your child is selected the national winner, you will receive many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

If you are interested in entering your child(ren), please call the Tiffany at 208.724.1303. All model sessions must take place between February 16, 2009 and March 23, 2009 to be entered into the contest. Space is limited to so call now to reserve your session date.

A model release form is required for all contestants.