If only we had this challenge over Christmas

[Christian]

I took this Christmas morning not even 3 minutes after my 2 year old nice woke up and found she had a new hobbie horse. Of course, being biased, this has to be one of my favorite shots I've taken so far.
http://cnelsen.smugmug.com/photos/13977175-M-1.jpg
closely followed by this one, after Mom got to her hair and my nice was able to find her doll to share the ride with.
http://cnelsen.smugmug.com/photos/13977223-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

Wonderful shots of a cute little girl.

I took lots of emotion photos through the years, my family, places I went, etc.
I emotion photos at a festival the night before this challenge.
If I could use those, but I can't.........

The weather has changed, the festival is over, my family is in a different city. I took a picture the day the challenge opened, it was really intruding on the privacy of the people involved.......at a public restaurant. It is not the photo I want, the photo I want is an older person, one with wrinkles all over showing joy, loneliness, loss, something besides a child, which I have. I just don't have the heart to stalk older people through restaurants in the hope of snapping a photo.

In fact, with the weather the way it is, and my husband working all the time, I don't have the heart to go downtown and stalk the homeless: for me, or for them. It is cold. Was rainy, is now windy.

I had a thought a bit ago: show a middle age woman showing absolutely no emotion and call it, "A Botox Smile".

ginger

[Angelo]

great shots. beautiful little girl. #1 is so funny and she shows such joy. :clap

[Christian]

I had a thought a bit ago: show a middle age woman showing absolutely no emotion and call it, "A Botox Smile".

ginger I like that!, Of course I do have a warped sense of humor too.

I had thought about trying to talk a movie theater owner into letting me take some candid shots of patrons during a show, but besides not having much time in my schedule, I think the lighting issues might defeat me. I wouldn't dream of using a flash while someone was trying to enjoy a movie.

[Photosbychuck]

I took this Christmas morning not even 3 minutes after my 2 year old nice woke up and found she had a new hobbie horse. Of course, being biased, this has to be one of my favorite shots I've taken so far.
http://cnelsen.smugmug.com/photos/13977175-M-1.jpg
closely followed by this one, after Mom got to her hair and my nice was able to find her doll to share the ride with.
http://cnelsen.smugmug.com/photos/13977223-M.jpgWow, Great photo! :thumb
She is so cute and very happy.

Take Care,
Chuck,
Photo's by Chuck: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/photosbychuck