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My "baby" celebrating her 3rd birthday!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29777015@N02/3643216436/

oops. for whateve reason the link didn't work so here it is again
http://mja527.blogspot.com/2009/06/funny-boy.html
my fave pic. my son.

Since none jumped immediately to mind I went wandering back through some recent photos and discovered some of me with my two daughters taken on Mother's Day that I'd forgotten even existed. Since I often hold the camera it was fun to find these where I'd taken the time to get out the tripod...I suppose it reminds me I need to hand the camera to my husband or kids once in a while :)

Oh, so hard to pick a favorite photo. I guess my recent fav would be of my daughter up at bat (Playing softball) with my husband from behind with his t shirt that says "coach" on the back. Thanks for the chance to win and (as always) the inspiration!

i did not take these photos but they are wonderful
http://tcarpentiere.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-it.html

My sister was just in town visiting so we took some pictures of us together. It's hard to pick a favorite - but it's pretty fun to see how we have both grown up! Since we live far apart, I think those differences are more apparent.
Thanks for the giveaways Ali!

I've been working on the layouts for my 6 year old's last birthday. We dressed up the boys in tae kwon do outfits and headbands and took them for karate- workouts. I think my fav is of them all in a line with their "serious-don't-mess-with-me" faces on. Try as they may to look mean, they just look cute.

Oh, I have so many favorite photos! One of my current faves is a picture I took of my 4 year old son and my 5 week old daughter. She is lying in a basket with a very cute red dress on and he is leaning next to her just looking at her in awe!

One of my favorite pictures is a new one of my son and husband both making silly faces. I'm not sure why I love it, other than it shows both of their personalities exactly as I see them. I love the fact that they are both doing the same thing at the same moment. It's my favorite for this week!

On Thursday I put together 4 canvas' for a friends memorial service. One of the canvas' was dedicated to the adoption of their now 22 year old daughter. They adopted Sandra when she was 8. The pictures i chose of father and daughter, are encapsulated in the look of their eyes towards each other.... "PRICELESS, AUTHENTIC, EMBRACING' love for one another.....

such fun giveaways, as always. My favorite pictures recently were some candid shots I took of my sister laughing. She's having a tough time right now, so I'm glad I could capture a few moments of joy!

My most recent favorite photo would have to be a portraits I took of my friends son. He's so cute!
Thanks to the sponsors for the giveaways. I would love to take the "Unravelling..." online class.
Aloha!
http://sarahbadatrichardson.blogspot.com/2009/02/san-antonio.html

My current fav pic was not taken by me. My DS had some photos taken for graduation and we had the photographer come to our farm and get pics in the old wooden barn with all quirky stuff. No cobwebs were cleaned out or anything rearranged. They are gorgeous! And he was so comfy being surrounded by every day life. My little guy is all grown up and looks amazing! :)

my fav shot is one of my daughter goofing around with some hats at the Mall. She has on a soft pink sweater and is mugging with a zebra print hat!

My favorite photo right now is one that I took of our little boy, the sun is shining behind him, making him look almost angelic. It's fantastic!

It's not really recent, but I just love this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92717285@N00/2789101473/
I was just playing around with the camera and was stunned by the perfect reflection of my bedroom window in my pupil, and the whole idea of the window within (eyes are a window to the soul)

beautiful giveaways! thanks for hosting these on your blog...
my most favorite recent photo was one I snapped of my pink peonies... so soft, delicate and deliciously lovely. I love photographing flowers.

My current fave photo is of my two kiddos splaying outside in the sprinkler. I got a close up portrait of them all wet and all smiles. Got to love summer!

Two recent favorites--my niece feeding my mom a cheerio. It captures my niece's playful spirit and a really genuine interaction between grandmother and granddaughter.
And the other is of my husband and his group of guy friends. We had a joint birthday party for my husband and brother-in-law, and all the guys went out and smoked cigars in our back yard. So I grabbed a group shot of the guys with their cigars and beers around the grill. It was somewhat staged, but they were all joking as I shot some photos, so they've got great expressions.

My favorite photo recently (if I have to pick just one:) is a photo of my son. He is 15 and gets tired of me always taking pictures of him and we were on vacation when I snapped a shot of him trying to get away. It is blurry in the background and he is smiling and it just makes me happy.