You guys were awesome again! You make this job of choosing SO hard! I loved all the entries!!!!

Next month is green – so keep your entries coming!!!

5th place – Andrea – a photo of her happy son!

4th place – Holly – another photo of a happy little guy!

3rd place – Emily – new life!

2nd place – Nicole – this photo was taken on the way back from her honeymoon – something so peaceful about it!

1st place – Lori – her grandson with baby blues!

THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER is Christy with this AMAZING photo from Hawaii!

Christy – you have your choice of a prize! Either a $10 VISA gift card – $10 SHUTTERLY GIFT CARD – or $25 off a BARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY session!

The contest for the month of June is the color GREEN!

The color or concept of green must be in the photo in some aspect – that is the only rule!

Submit up to 3 photos for the contest! If you use a watermark or logo – feel free to keep that on the photo.

You can submit your entries to dcbarden@gmail.com with the headline – GREEN.

The contest ends June 30th!

I need at least 10 people to enter the contest – and there will be a prize for the winner!!!

OH MY WORD – you guys were AWESOME with your entries!

I am loving this!

IT WAS A VERY HARD DECISION TO MAKE – I am going to post the five honorable mentions first!

5th place – submitted by Nicole – a photo her mother took long ago

4th place – submitted by Marine

3rd place – submitted by Elizabeth

2nd place – submitted by Hayley

1st place – submitted by Dave

AND THE OVERALL WINNER – submitted by Rebecca

Rebecca – you have your choice of a prize! Either a $10 VISA gift card – $10 SHUTTERLY GIFT CARD – or $25 off a BARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY session!

The contest for the month of May is the color BLUE!

The color blue must be in the photo in some aspect – that is the only rule!

Submit up to 3 photos for the contest! If you use a watermark or logo – feel free to keep that on the photo.

You can submit your entries to dcbarden@gmail.com with the headline – BLUE.

The contest ends May 31st!

I need at least 10 people to enter the contest – and there will be a prize for the winner!!!

BARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY : BEAUTIFUL is officially over!

Congrats to Jackie Ogdon & Morgan Hafer on winning the FREE photo session!

The submissions were amazing and I had the hardest time picking the two winners.

Jackie, her husband, and their son were submitted by her friend Annie – thank you Annie!

Morgan submitted her family – mom, dad, and 3 sisters!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for sharing your hearts and lives with me!!

At the request of some of my readers – I will be holding a contest every month!

For the month of April it will be the color YELLOW!

The color yellow must be in the photo in some aspect – that is the only rule!

Submit up to 3 photos for the contest! If you use a watermark or logo – feel free to keep that on the photo.

You can submit your entries to dcbarden@gmail.com with the headline – YELLOW.

The contest ends April 30th!

I need at least 10 people to enter the contest – and there will be a prize for the winner!!!

I am putting an AD in the MHS yearbook this year!

I held a “contest” on FACEBOOK to choose the photo – here were the choices …

The next picture had 23 votes!

THE WINNER with 28 votes on FACEBOOK!

This will be a full page ad in black and white! THANKS SO MUCH FOR VOTING! CONGRATS MELISSA!

BARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY – BEAUTIFUL

I am starting a new program: BEAUTIFUL.

I will be awarding 2 families a photo session.

Email me @ dcbarden@gmail.com – write a paragraph or two about a family you know (or YOUR family) that deserves a FREE photo session.

I will be choosing 2 families from the entries and announce the winners on May 1st. The deadline for the submissions will be April 15th.

Make sure to tell me WHAT MAKES THEIR (or your) FAMILY BEAUTIFUL.

I can’t wait to read your submissions!

No – I have not fallen off the face of the earth – unfortunately – this blog takes FOREVER to upload photos with several steps involved and it is 100 times easier to upload them to facebook!

So – my poor blog gets neglected while I am in the busy season of life!

I have pictures to upload – it’s just finding the time and the access to do it!

ENOUGH EXCUSES – on to the reason for this post!

I want to photograph a “rock the recpetion” dance – so …

If you are a barden photography bride or groom and you would like to hold a rock the reception dance with your wedding party at your reception – please let me know!

There will be free stuff involved for the TWO couples that contact me and decide to participate in this contest.

Most people like to keep the dance a secret – so you can email me @ dcbarden@gmail.com.

THANKS!

Crystal wins the SWAG from the *F* ENGAGEMENT post!

Renata is a news anchor at WENY-TV!