And the winner is.....

Congratulations, Emily!

It was a close race and I received some great comments about several of the images, so great job everyone!

Although, there's only a prize for the first place winner, I figured everyone is interested in knowing who the runners up were....

2nd Place goes to Heather

3rd Place goes to Conyee

4th Place is tied between Jonathan and Ohmy

This was a lot of fun! I hope you all have had a great time learning! Keep on taking those pictures, because you can never have too many pictures of your little ones!

Photography Workshop Success

Just a little over a week ago, I held my first photography workshop for parents. It was a great success, at least in my opinion! We talked about the basics of what makes a photo good and then I sent the parents on their way with a challenge - take a photo applying what they learned, and submit it for a photo contest against their peers.

Here is what some of the participants had to say about the workshop:

"Thanks for the great workshop and fun assignment..."

"I really enjoyed the workshop last weekend. Your advice to avoid "cheese"-y smiles was invaluable. I didn't realize how many fake-smile pictures I was taking of my son. "

I look forward to doing more of these in the future and will soon have a workshop page setup on my website. If you have any interest in hosting a workshop in your home please contact me and we can discuss the possibilities.

Now for the contest images. There were 7 entries total. I will announce the winner on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007.

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