One more contest winner with Stacey Ilyse

Really talented Stacey Ilyse of Stacey Ilyse Photography generously offered to take one of the Free Wedding Photography Contest applications and chose Meredyth and Crispian. Congratulations guys!!!



Their story:

Hello I heard about your contest and it just made my day. We really cannot afford a photographer for our wedding so I am applying for your wonderful contest. My other half, Crispian, and I met about 5 years ago in Music School, we are currently classical musicians in the NJ/NY area. We are having our wedding ceremony in the Secret Garden in Central Park on May 18th 2008 at 10:30 a.m. I really love this location and I was worried about the cost but it was okay and all the money you pay for the hour you have the space goes to conservating and taking care of the park, which I liked, I do not like to just throw money away. We wanted a small wedding do to cost and because we are really close to our family and friends and wanted to day to be intimate. I really wanted photography for the wedding and thought what we could we give up b/c pitures are really important to me. One reason we are having to keep this low budget is right after the wedding Crispian my FI has to apply for his green card which can be $5-6,000.00.

Thank you so much for your time we would love to be considered for this contest. Our families are so important to us and we are all spread across the country and do not see each other very offen. Because of this we really have no professional photos of everyone. Crispian's Aunt and Uncle are probably going to come and he has not seen them for 11 years. Thank you so much for your time.

Sincerely,
Meredyth.