As you all know red is one of my favorite colors and it happens to show up in work quite often so picking a photo that speaks red was not an easy task. After a lengthy search this is the photo that most speaks RED to me and is the one chosen to enter into the contest.

Be sure to visit Beyond Snapshots and Epiphanie and of course the beautiful Lola bag.

Along with all the classic cars and planes there were also local public service representatives like the police, fire department and transit showing the kids all their cool vehicles.

The kids checked out the Petaluma Police Car first which was actually pretty neat. I never knew what the back seat of a police car looked like until then.

Even the SWAT vehicles were there too. How cool is this?

There was so much to see, much more than I expected.

Jungle Plane Pilot’s flight buddy?

and a couple very happy kids

So today marks day one and this is my photo for the day.

She is only 2yrs old and already too cool for her shades. Got milk?

On those days that I think my life is tough and I just want to take a vacation I have to stop and remind myself to appreciate little moments like these because they sure grow up fast.

Last night I sent this photo in to BluDomain to enter one of their contest and tonight I found out it won. I am in shock. I can’t believe it!

After I picked up my daughter from school we drove around town to to find the “letters” so spell F-I-N-L-E-Y (blu’s newest and fabulous site launch) Kayla had so much fun helping me find the letters. I almost didn’t even enter this pic because i didn’t think it was even close to being good enough. If it wasn’t for Kayla being so cute and excited about it I probably would not have sent it in. I can’t wait to tell her in the morning that our little adventure around town and her help that we won a prize.

The idea for this pic was inspired by a project I had in college which was to go look for letters in every day things. It was one of my most favorite and most memorable projects I have ever done. I got an A+ on it and my instructor even took my finished project to show his students in his other class at another art school.  Pretty cool huh

I hadn’t shared my F-I-N-L-E-Y photo with anyone so when it was posted in the blog Wendy didn’t even know it was mine until I told her LOL Too bad everyone was sleeping in the house or I would have been jumping up and down and yelling with delight. Instead my fingers were tapping away at the keyboard in excitement as I tried not to wake the sleeping 2 yr old in my arms

I never expected to win and was just beyond excited to see my L-I-A-M entry make the favorites list Monday night. To actually win is extremely exciting. My friend Wendy and Maribel were anxiously waiting with me as I waiting for the winners to be posted. There are so many amazing photos entered and some incredibly talented people sending in their photos.

Anyway I just wanted to share in my excitement.

Now its 230am and I should get to bed. Nite Nite everyone!!

Never in my life have I entered a photo contest so this was a first. I admit I am a bit of a stalker when it comes to BluDomain. How can I not be? I love their templates and they have an awesome staff so when I hear there is something new in the works I anxiously await for the next launch and will be camped out on their blog or facebook page to catch any details.

On Sat I saw they were having a contest to win one of thier newly launched websites. I have never done anything like this before but when I read the rules I thought this would be something I could actually do. So on Sunday I gathered up my kids and headed to meet with some of my friends at the park for a impromptu photoshoot.

Tonight I found out that my photo was chosen as one of Blu’s favorites contest enteries. How cool is that? I never expected to even get this far so to see that I made the favorites list is so awesome. Even if I don’t win the contest I am just happy they liked my photo enough to post it on their blog.

So now I sit and wait Best of luck to everyone who entered. All the entries are great!!!!

Please only send one entry per child. Be sure to include full name, age, birthdate, parent or legal guardian’s email address. No names will be posted publicly unless they win in which case only the first name will be posted with their photograph.

How do we vote?
Voting begins May 1st A poll will be created and posted on the BLP blog at http://blog.becka-lynn-photography.com so be sure to tell your friends and family. The more votes you can bring in for your child the greater your chances that you can win.

Good luck!!!

* Standard policies still apply. Grand prize winners must book their session within 2 weeks of final winner annoucement to receive the complimentary session and northern california sessions dates must be scheduled before June 29th, 2009. Complimentary sessions may only be used for the child who wins the contest and is non-transferable. Contest is open to everyone however northern california session will only take place in sonoma, napa and marin counties; southern califorina sessions are only available los angeles, orange or san diego counties during July (exact dates still yet to be determined). Should travel outside those areas or dated be required standard travel fees will apply. By entering the Fabulous Faces contest you agree to allow Becka Lynn Photography to use your photo submission for posting in a public manner on the blog or website. Becka Lynn Photography reserves the right to deny or disqualify any entry at their discresion.

Night I decided to try a little urban processing with this photo with a color pop and texture added to the backgroun. It seems to fit the style I think but please feel free to tell me what you think.

We laid low for the most part today. I got to sleep in and my husband made breakfast for everyone. Now wasn’t that sweet =) So to start off the new year on the right step we all got out for a nice 4 mile walk. It was a little chilly out but so beautiful. I love the smell of NorCal air.

On our way home I tooka few photos of my girls. My two oldest did great and I got some picture worthy photos but my baby was just not having it.

Her photo didn’t come out to well but I love the expression on her face. I put on the flower headband to hold back her hair while on our walk but when I went to take it off she cried. Poor baby.