Olathe,KS – January 23, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Portraits By Lucinda has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for wedding photography!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Portraits By Lucinda was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Portraits By Lucinda is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Portraits By Lucinda for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Portraits By LUcinda is one of the very best wedding photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

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I love getting my work published! It’s so fun to see what the blogger/ writers take on the photo shoot is and to share with others! Today I am sharing an engagement session that sweet Emily of Middle of The Map Weddings featured on her blog! Thanks so much Emily!! OH and if you haven’t checked out her blog you should, maybe now… so click here!

Portraits By Lucinda is teaming up with New Birth Company, a new, amazing birth center in Overland Park, KS located in Corporate Woods. Portraits By Lucinda has been chosen to photograph births, maternity and newborn photos for the birth center’s clients! I will have studio and office space located right in the birth center. How convenient is that? My pricing for maternity and newborn sessions can be found on my website under portrait pricing. For birthing pricing please contact me directly at lucinda@portraitsbylucinda.com or 913.626.8799. Just in case you were wondering I will still photograph weddings, engagements, families and other types of photography. The addition of my work with the New Birth Company will add one more dimension to Portraits By Lucinda’s services!

Be sure to visit New Birth Company’s website and FB page to learn about their services and natural childbirth.

New Birth Company
9209 W 110th St, Suite #36
Overland Park, KS

“New Birth Company was born for the primary reason to aid in the optimization and development of more American birth centers. We strongly believe in the birth center model for women in childbirth, as it not only empowers women and their babies, but is also an economic engine for supporting sustainable communities.”

-www.newbirthcompany.com

“The majority of American women only give birth 2 to 3 times during their lifetime. My commitment to the mother is to be her partner-in-birth at this unique physical rite of passage. Together we’ll create an Incredible Birth Day that she’ll treasure forever.”

-Cathy Gordon
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, & Midwife Chief of Staff

Pictures of this beautiful birth center are soon to come.