| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Yesterday, I met up with about 50 other photographers from VA, DC, DE, MD, and PA. We had a great time networking, gabbing, and photographing some beautiful models.
Here's a really cool video that Noah shot documenting our time together...thanks Noah! You RAWK!
Figured it was time to give my blog a little love...a new banner on top and a few pictures from my latest sessions.
Please meet Ron, he's moving to the Big Apple soon to pursue his modeling career. We found some cool locations down in the city for his portfolio.
Congrats to #10 (Kira) for winning the Father's Day contest!!!
I will be contacting you within the next two days to schedule your complimentary session!
Father's Day contest Please vote for your favorite image! |
|||||
| 10 | 41.2% | 966 | |||
| 14 | 27.1% | 635 | |||
| 9 | 9.6% | 226 | |||
| 13 | 5.6% | 132 | |||
| 5 | 3.2% | 74 | |||
| 2 | 2.7% | 64 | |||
| 11 | 1.9% | 44 | |||
| 7 | 1.7% | 39 | |||
| 16 | 1.4% | 34 | |||
| 6 | 1.4% | 33 | |||
| 8 | 1.3% | 31 | |||
| 18 | 1.2% | 28 | |||
| 15 | 0.9% | 21 | |||
| 1 | 0.3% | 8 | |||
| 17 | 0.3% | 7 | |||
| 4 | 0.1% | 3 | |||
| 12 | 0% | 1 | |||
| 3 | 0% | 1 | |||
total
votes: 2347 |
|||||
| powered by blogpoll | |||||
Winning entry:
Thank you all for participating in the contest!
It was brought to my attention this morning that the poll only allows one vote per IP address. So if you tell your coworkers to go vote for your picture and you've already voted from work, it's not going to allow them to vote from that same IP address.
So just tell them to vote from home! ;-)
In case anyone was having issues, that's the reason!
Sorry, guys!
Please, only 1 entry per person.
The poll closes at 8pm on Sunday, June 7.
Please excuse the advertisements you may see on the poll results page. I had issues tonight with the poll site I usually go through and had to go through a new poll site, so please let me know if you encounter any problems...*fingers crossed* that everything goes alright!
I know everyone is patiently waiting for the voting to begin so I didn't want to hold up the contest looking for a better poll site that's advertising-free. ;-)
The poll will be coming in a separate post...
For the contest, I asked entrants to send me pictures of the important men in their lives spending quality time and having fun with their kids...as well as tell me why their guy is so special. Here are the entrants and their little messages of love...doesn't it get you all warm and fuzzy feeling all over reading them? :-)
1.
Travis is the greatest husband and Father because his main goal in life is to make sure we are happy and taken care of. He loves to get down and play with his son, help out around the house, and even go out to chick flicks with me. He continues to amaze me in how he interacts with Liam as he gets older. He is compassionate and loving and takes the time to actually hear what he is being told and answers with thoughtful and caring answers(or most time silly ones). He is just fun to be around, always making jokes and just in general making our little life here a very happy one! There are tons more reasons why we love him but over all he is just a great hubby and daddy every day of the year not just on Father's Day!
2.
This is a pic taken about a month after DH got home from his deployment. I was so amazed by how quickly they bonded. She started cooing the day after he came home. I really think she was waiting for her daddy. Jason loves spending time with Bella and I have the hardest time convincing him that we should do some things without her. Even though he works evenings, he always gets up with her in the morning so he can spend the morning with her before he goes to work.
3.
Daddy and Emma after baby's first water! Bo is such an amazing father. He would do anything for his girls! He is an wonderful man that has the biggest heart and his family is his life!
4.
This was Camryn's first day home. I came upstairs and he was just laying on the bed giving her kisses. It was so cute!
5.
I would like to nominate David for your contest. David is a former co-worker of mine that is a great young Dad. He is a former military man and primary custodian to his adorable 3 year old daughter Ally. I cannot say enough about what a wonderful dad he is. He is always taking her out to different places, teaching her all about the world and just loves spending time with her. He just glows when he talks about her and I just love seeing the pictures he sends out of their latest adventure together. What a proud and deserving guy he would be to win.
6.
I have the best hubby! He loves to spend time with Maddy and myself. He helps out a lot with Maddy and loves to snuggle with her! She is definitely Daddy's little girl and he adores her so much. Maddy and I are very lucky to have such a wonderful man in our lives!!! :) Picture: Maddy was blowing bubbles in Daddy's face :)
7.
This picture is of my husband, Jay and his brother Ted. They are throwing their sons (Jaime and Little Teddy) in the air to copy a picture that was taken of one of them with their dad. They are both in this picture because no one can confirm whether the old picture is of him or his brother. Jay is a special person. He is a loving father and husband. He is a hard worker and great roll model for our children. I am so blessed to have Jay in my life.
8.
"My husband never helps around the house! Would it kill him to do the dishes or vacuum?" "I can't leave the house for FIVE MINUTES without him calling me for help!" How many times do you hear women make these complaints about their husbands? You'll never hear those words from my lips. Chris is not just a husband, father and employee. He is also Head Waffle Maker, Vice President of Vacuuming and Official Boo-Boo Kisser, roles he takes very seriously! I went back to work when our daughter, Caroline, was 6 weeks old. Daddy was able to stay home with her two days a week because of his work schedule at the time. He warmed breast milk to feed her, changed every diaper (cloth, too!) and kept her safe and happy. Not only did it save us money on child care, but Chris developed a great confidence in his parenting. Caroline is also very close to her father, so much so that I was very jealous of their bond for the first year! Opposites definitely attracted in our case, because Chris is a self-proclaimed neat freak and clutter doesn't bother me. My husband cleans the kitchen just about every night and vacuums regularly; he's not afraid or too manly to do things other men would call "women's work." I'm really lucky to have a husband like Chris and I want to world to know how much I love and appreciate him! The picture I've submitted is of Chris and Caroline at her preschool for an Easter egg hunt. I love how excited they both are!
9.
This picture just represents the love that Doug shows for his kids. As a husband, a father and a stepfather, he is one doting man and would do anything in the world to show that he is a very doting man. Doug is an amazing father and would do anything in the world for his kids. As the kids grow, he continues to show that. My husband would probably kill me for submitting a picture, but I wanted to share with the world what a wonderful husband, father and stepfather he is. WE LOVE YOU!
10.
My husband is always making my little guy laugh, and that just brings such joy to my heart to hear them together.
11.
This is a snap shot I took of keith and ti putting together ti's dresser.
I'm "nominating" my hubby because he is the most wonderful husband and daddy ever. He not only does the laundry, cleans the house, changing diapers but he did the ultimate sacrifice. He gave up his manly truck so I could have a MINI-VAN!!! But on a more serious note...he is wonderful and so helpful! He puts the needs of me and our children at the top of his priority list and we love him!!
12.
My husband is the greatest father......he's always willing to lend a hand with dirty diapers, feedings, parenting in general. He's one of those dads that you see playing with his daughter and it makes YOU smile just as much as it makes her smile. No matter how tired he is, he's always energetic enough to make Arielle feel loved, and me, for that matter.
13.
I don't normally submit to contests but this year I would love to honor my
guy! In the past 5 years we have been together, he has changed so much, for
the better, growing into such an awesome Dad. He went from being a single 22
year old guy to being a fun-loving supportive husband and father of 3 in
just a few short years! As you can see from this picture, he loves to be
silly with his daughter, proving that you can still be a rockstar when you
become a Dad!
14.
Everyday he finds her funniest funny bone, her silliest smile, her sweetest kiss and her sleepiest snuggle spot. He is her stylist every morning when he gets her ready for school, and her comfy pillow every night when he snuggles her before bed. When she's tired and gets a little sad, he puts on the music and they share a dance. She is his favorite Carley and he is her favorite Daddy.
15.
There are really no words that can even come close to describing how amazing of a Father my husband is to our son, Wesley. Wesley's start in this world began without his Daddy by his side because he had been called to serve our country in Iraq while I was pregnant. I'll never forget that day that my husband was able to come him for his R&R and meet his son for the first time. It couldn't have been a better day because it happened right on Father's Day. Those 2 weeks were so bittersweet because my husband was able to spend time with his newborn son, yet knew he had to say goodbye come the end of his two weeks and head back to the war for the remaining 8 months he had left. Upon his return from deployment, Wesley was about to turn 9 months old and my husband just fell right into our routine. Wesley clung to him as if he'd never been absent all those months. 4 years have passed since then and my son still thinks the world of his Daddy. Just watching the two of them interact brings the biggest smile to my face. I couldn't have asked for a better husband or father.
16.
The picture is from a Memorial Day weekend cookout with our two children Zachary (2) and Madelyn (8 months). He is a great husband and father who spends every minute away from work with his children. He loves to be involved in all aspects of their lives. Just this past weekend he taught my son how to pretend "fish" in the yard with his fishing pole (there was no water). He is working with my daughter now on her crawling and pulling up. He gets up in the middle of the night to help me when they cry, changes lots of diapers, helps with baths, reads bedtime stories, and takes the kids outside when he gets home to give me a moment to myself if I need it. He is an enormous help to me and the kids just adore their Daddy. There really is no way to express in this caption how much he means to me and my babies!
17.
I wanted to send in my favorite photo of my son and husband. This was taken on a recent trip to the zoo. My husband, Matt, was so excited to take London on his first trip to the zoo. He showed him all the animals and made up stories for each - animal sounds included. He is such a great dad. While he works hard and his work schedule is very random with rotating shifts, he makes the most of every minute he spends with our son and really wants to give him all the love, attention and knowledge that he is able to give.
18.
The picture I'm sending was snapped by my husband with his camera phone, so it's not the most technically solid photo you'll ever see. But I think it perfectly captures the special relationship between those two. Ever since Joe was born, Patrick has been eager to take him out for "boy time." It started with trips around the block in the Snugli, and has advanced to long hikes around Pocahontas Park (as seen in the photo). Patrick sees spending time with his son as a treat rather than a duty, and it gives me a little time to myself each week.
Whew! I think that's all of them!
Poll will be up in a sec...
