About a week or so ago, I entered into Tamara Lackey’s Children’s Portrait Contest. Well I just found out today that I got 3rd Place! I’m soooo excited! I’m excited that I got 3rd Place (out of 600+), but I’m more excited of what I have learned, self-taught, and have worked really hard to improve my skills over the last couple of years! I really only have you guys to thank for that… for trusting in me to document you family’s memories… so thank you so much! Here is the link to the contest to see all the great images! The image I entered was a personal one of my daughter Natalie. I captured the image by random… we were headed home from my sister-in-law’s baby shower and I saw a field w/ pretty weeds. Does that even make sense… Pretty Weeds??? By luck I had Natalie dressed in a cute dress and the sunlight was perfect, so I went for it and got the below image. She is my pride and joy… and like any mom, I love to show her off!