It’s time for BEAUTIFUL again! This is the 8th year I’ve ran this contest – and I LOVE IT!

I will be awarding 1 family a photo session!

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

I will be choosing 1 family from the entries and announce the winner on March 1st. The deadline for the submissions will be February 28th. I need to hear from 10 people to make this contest work!!

Make sure to tell me WHAT MAKES THEIR FAMILY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CANNOT SUBMIT YOUR OWN FAMILY – but you CAN submit a family that you’ve submitted in the past – as long as they were NOT the winners! 

If you were a previous beautiful winner – you can’t win again – sorry bout that!

Also – you MUST use the photo session within 2017!

THIS YEAR – something a little EXTRA will be thrown into the mix! 

My sister – Samantha Caamano – has started selling LuLaRoe!!

Make sure to check out her page on FACEBOOK and browse her inventory! You won’t be disappointed!

Every person that submits a family will be entered into a drawing for a FREE pair of leggings!

You can submit as many families as you want!

THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

I challenge you to think about a BIG act of kindness you could participate in this month! AND THEN DO IT! 

I love holding this contest every year!

Make sure you tell the people you submitted – how awesome you think they are!!

I will be offering a special to those of you that submitted a family that didn’t win – I’ve already emailed you the details!

CONGRATS to Angie and her little one!!

Guys – some awesome people love you! Crazy awesome people!

Thank you again SO MUCH! I cannot wait for BEAUTIFUL 2017!!!

It’s time for BEAUTIFUL again! This is the 7th year I’ve ran this contest – and I LOVE IT!

I will be awarding 1 family a photo session!

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

I will be choosing 1 family from the entries and announce the winner on March 1st. The deadline for the submissions will be February 29th. I need to hear from 10 people to make this contest work!!

Make sure to tell me WHAT MAKES THEIR FAMILY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU CANNOT SUBMIT YOUR OWN FAMILY 

If you were a previous beautiful winner – you can’t win again – sorry bout that!

Also – you MUST use the photo session within 2016!

Linda was a BEAUTIFUL winner this year!

I LOVE those shots!

Linda – thank you so much for the wonderful session! I love the bond you have with your animals!

Lori & Billy were the winners of the BEAUTIFUL contest this year – along with a few other families!

Their little girls – the sweetest things!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots! Complete abandon. Innocence. Darling.

I LOVED meeting your family! I hope you’ll be in front of my lens again!

Danielle and her sweet family were the winners of the BEAUTIFUL contest this year – along with three other families!

We met on a rainy afternoon – but it cleared up just in time!

Danielle – thank you for making the drive down! I can’t wait to photograph your family again!

I had over 30 submissions this year! WHAT!?

You guys are awesome. AWESOME! I hope you make sure to tell those awesome families how much you love them!

I will be offering a special to those of you that submitted a family that didn’t win – I’ve already emailed you the details!

CONGRATS to the –

*M* family – Ian & Danielle and their family!

*H* family – Lori & her son Jack!

*S* family – Lori & Billy and their family!

and a fearless woman named Linda!

Guys – some awesome people love you! Crazy awesome people!

Thank you again SO MUCH! I cannot wait for BEAUTIFUL 2016!

Amanda wrote a BEAUTIFUL submission for her cousin and his wife – for the BEAUTIFUL contest!

It was a HARD decision this year – but they won!

William James is the sweet boy they lost at around 20 weeks. Their little guy Liam is a crazy miracle.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that spot – my parents property is my FAVORITE place to shoot!

Thanks SO much for making the trip to the farm! You guys are perfect examples of seeing the beauty through the storm!

Kim & Ernie and their girls were the winners of the BEAUTIFUL contest this year! (One of the winners – I pick two)

They were SHOCKED when I contacted them – making it even more of a BEAUTIFUL event!

Turns out – that my great-grandfather was the cousin of their great-grandfather! I think that’s how it worked!

You guys were welcoming and wonderful! I am so excited for the next step in your lives!

Oh – and Fitzy fell in love with them too!

Such sweet girls! Who wouldn’t?