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The circus *updated*
April 20th, 2009 by Tiff

2nd Place?

Oh yeah!

 

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“ The family.  We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together”.  ~Erma Bombeck

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This weeks’ theme at I heart faces is self portrait.

At first, I took photos of the kids and I individually but in the end, I decided it was all or nothing because my family are all a part of my self.

They have shaped me into the person I am today.

Crazy, expressive,emotional (them, not me…okay, me too).

They inspire me!

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95 Responses  
Amanda H (2 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 8:00 am

I am completely speechless I am so in LOVE with this photo! I hope you have a GINORMOUS print of this in your living room for everyone to see. This photo is THE number 1 winner in my book!

Jeanette (229 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 8:37 am

Oh you are absolutely brilliant!! I LOVE this to bits!

tiff (5 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 9:11 am

Wow guys,

Thank you. All I can say is thank you, your comments are amazing and have brought the biggest smile to my face.

Veggie Mom (4 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:15 pm

You’ve got quite the artistic eye, you know? And the expressions on everyone’s faces are just priceless!

Hana (4 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 1:27 pm

Love it! My little ones won’t sit still for more than 2 seconds so this would probably be a challenge for us! Great shot!

Hyphen Mama (296 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 2:34 pm

PERFECT!!!

And you…inspire me!

Danielle (64 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 5:43 pm

It is so nice to talk to someone who “gets it” Who understands that our kids truly do feel cruddy. It is nice to have someone gets that my child isn’t like everyone else, and that he is smart and ttrying to behave but just feels terrible

dughallmor beagles (1 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Wow!! Absolutey fantastic shot and one i’m sure you’ll treasure, it almost moved me to tears….but in a really GOOD way, I love it!
Love your header too….I can almost hear the music….
Awesome blog!

Flicka (53 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 10:47 pm

LOVE IT!!!! What a great picture! And the quote is perfect too; I love Erma Bombeck. :-)

Amy @ Living Locurto (5 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 11:37 pm

You are NOT kidding when you say Three Ring Circus!! LOL! What a fun shot. I can’t believe everyone is in it. What a fun family:-) Thanks for making us all smile!!!

Amy
Co-Founder
I Heart Faces

EL at Through My Own Lens (8 comments.) writes:
April 21st, 2009 at 11:50 pm

WOW! WOW! WOW! I love this shot! I can’t believe that everyone (even the LOs) are looking at the camera with big, fun smiles!!! This is GREAT! Very nicely done!

Beth (1 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:56 am

Great shot! Such perfect expressions all around.

Sarah (4 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 am

This is an absolutely fantastic self/family portrait! I totally expect to see it among the winners this week! It’s top 10 in my book! Your photos are always AMAZING!! You truly have a gift!

Dianna @ Sincerely Me (1 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 am

Thanks for your comment. I love love love your pic.

Amy (1 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:27 am

WOW WOW…WOW! How did you manage that…WOW?!

Allison (3 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:08 am

What a wonderful family portrait!

kyla (6 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 4:35 am

This has to be the best family portrait I’ve seen to-date! lol LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I’m now grinning from ear to ear . . .

Thanks so much for sharing and posting, and visiting my little blog and leaving such a nice comment! It’s much appreciated!

Krista (18 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 am

That. is the best picture I’ve seen in a long time. Awesome!

fancy feet (100 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 am

Beautiful, beautiful!! It’s always nice to see you in front of the camera too. It’s such a rare treat!! And I loved what you had to say about your family as a part of yourself. Just beautiful.

WiddleShamrock (21 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm

GORGEOUS !!!!!

That is truly a fantastic picture.

Christi (2 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 pm

This is awesome! I hope you win!!!! Super photo.

Jennifer (1 comments.) writes:
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:22 pm

What a wonderful shot!! I’m amazed that you could get everyone to sit still long enough to get such a good picture! Mine are little wiggly worms!

Courtney (1 comments.) writes:
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am

what a fun, fun, fun photo! Love it (& the quote is awesome)

Monkey's on the Bed (13 comments.) writes:
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:39 am

Unbelievable! i love it! I hope you win because this is an amazing photo!

Mary writes:
April 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am

Tiff, I would like a print please! I hope my comment is lucky 75 for you :)
xo

Kerry (6 comments.) writes:
April 24th, 2009 at 9:55 am

Wow! This is so awesome. I love how fun and silly it is. It really captures who you are and I think that is the purpose of a portrait. I love it!

PlanningQueen (57 comments.) writes:
April 24th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

Already so many comments for this photo - but it is so amazing! You are very clever.

mountainmama (2 comments.) writes:
April 24th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Tiff…this is such an incredible photo! All the superlatives have already been said, but really, let me add mine to them…just AWESOME. A shot to treasure for life, and to look at during the tougher moments to remind you of all the reasons Life and Family are the great gifts that they are.

And the quote, by the way, sits so well with it.

Your photography just keeps getting better and better…! :)

Fe (60 comments.) writes:
April 25th, 2009 at 12:28 am

OH wow! Such a great photo… and now that I’ve met you all (bar David) I can see the personalities behind the wide grins!

xoxoxox

Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com (2 comments.) writes:
April 25th, 2009 at 5:23 am

What a perfect image! And a great way to capture the emotion of family as self =)

Lolli (1 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 1:12 am

Fabulous capture! I am in love with this shot!!

anne (1 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 1:23 am

congrats!! i LOVE this photo. my favorite part is the look of the little one in the front.

Susan Keller (6 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 7:04 am

Yahoo!!!! Congrats on 2nd place :-)

Team Krasean (2 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Your photo is my favorite! Congrats on 2nd place — you totally deserve it!

frogpondsrock (212 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

Wow!!! 83 comments. look what happens, I go away for a few days and you have turned into a superstar…. Fantastic photos tiff and congratulations… xoxox

Ellen (19 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

That photo makes me very happy.

river writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

2nd place! Fan-freaking-tastic!!

Mum writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

Congrats on 2nd place. The next one is bound to be a winner. What an exciting achievement to be placed in the top ten x 3 & Angie’s pick as well. This has got to be so encouraging for you, especially when you didn’t expect to get anywhere with this one. WooooHoooo!

Niecey (6 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

Fantastic shot! I am totally going to try to do one like this of my family. I love it. Congrats, a well deserved win

le (16 comments.) writes:
April 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pm

I am LOVING this black and white image … just divine - I can see the love and bonds you hold dear - my best le

Life with Kaishon (20 comments.) writes:
April 27th, 2009 at 1:21 am

Truly adorable picture! Very sweet! I am so excited that you were a winner this week!

Holly (100 comments.) writes:
April 27th, 2009 at 8:41 am

I am SO behind in blog commenting - trying to catch up on at least one blog every few days. But this post couldn’t wait (yeah, I know I’m already a week late with this!) This was a fantastic idea and turned out marvelous! Brilliant! Really, really brilliant!

T&T (4 comments.) writes:
April 27th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

I was so happy to see this as one of the top!!

What is the camera in the photo that you are using?

Christina (6 comments.) writes:
April 27th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

you are so creative. i would have never thought of this. i love that you chose to do a photo with all your family. how special for them to each have gotten individual shots with you as well. good job on getting 2nd place. i like your style.

Trish (318 comments.) writes:
April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

awesome congratulations on 2nd place !
You have talent and you are going to rock ! even more !!

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