Maybe one day, but for now I'm am giving them a day to shine.

My son actually took this pic of me and I repurposed it as my new button.

This is one of my kid's favorite pastimes these days.

I love the simpleness of this one.

This one was an experiment in the dark with hardly any natural light. A little tricky without flash, and definitely needs more work and probably a tripod. But isn't it sweet?

Taken after one of our family runs.

A common photo op around here. This toad was captured by Pokey.

A gift from my Little Man. Such a thoughtful gesture.

This was the same day as the trek through the creek I shared a few weeks ago.

Taken for a photography challenge. Hubs hated it.

Another shot by Little Man.

Love the sky in this one. I added a couple different textures to give it a little more interest.

Rejected for my flower photo shoot. I kinda like the canvas effect it has going for it.

The one hour the kids were with hubs for father's day between a soccer tourney and hub's night shift.

Another photography challenge reject. But I kinda love it.

This was meant to be a silhouette shot, but the settings weren't right. I just love the natural expressions though. If it weren't for the scary ape shirt from Uncle Hans it might be more tolerable.

A recent find thanks to mama cardinal dropping it on our deck. After some fb discussion, we are pretty positive it's a tomato worm.

This one reminds me of a setting in the Lion King. Not sure why since it looks nothing like Africa.

How can you delete peonies?


And this is a sneak peek of a photo shoot I did in North Carolina of my brother and beautiful sister in law. Happy Birthday, Nate! You can see more of the collection at alicia ann photography.
Ok. That's all I've got today.

Feel free to join Kristi (of Live and Love out Loud) and I for the Crazy Days of Summer Photo Challenge this Friday, July 22nd, for our new theme- MOTION.
Thanks for stopping by! Link your photo(s) below. And make sure to check out some of these other fab WWs!
These are fantastic. I especially the love the photo your son took that is now your button.
ReplyDeleteI <3 the natural light/sleeping photo. That came out REALLY well!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are always stunning. I love the iris shot. They are my favorite flowers!
ReplyDeleteWOW great set of photos!!!
ReplyDeletei love them!!!
ReplyDeleteall of them!!!!!!!!!!
All of them are amazing! I love the one of you with the antique camera. Where did you get it? Such a jewel.
ReplyDeleteAnd you saw my photo of the caterpillar from the Crazy days of summer link up and took one for yourself right? *kidding* That's a fascinating picture though of him holding it and looking.
Delete a photo of a peony? Not possible. And these are your "rejects". WOW! I love that white shirt photo. How do you come up with all these ideas? Do you think some of the success you have ASIDE from your creativity is the quality of your camera & lenses?
ReplyDelete~Mimi
Those are just amazing photos! I love the father's day photo. It captures all the fun and the love. Your little man took some great shots too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful Alicia. I love the purple flowers, and that kiss behind the had is darling!
ReplyDeleteThat is one big worm! Yikes!
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't catch me with that on my hand, but then again I am not a boy.
I like the clothes on the line, it's pretty.
ReplyDeleteI would be a photo hoarder too if I took pictures as beautifully as you! Love the picture of you taken by your son! He got the talent, definitely!
ReplyDeleteAnd peonies... my favorite.
Haven't stopped by in so very long...and I still love your photos. They're fantastic. Hugs Lish.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos. Love the ones your son took of you.
ReplyDeleteI would be happy to have your leftover photos as my awesome look at these photos LOL. If I even had 1/8th of your photography talent I would be happy.
ReplyDeleteI'll join the photo hording club. Each one of these photos tells a story and they are a roadmap of where you've been. Your photos are always stunning and I don't think you should delete any of them. (resize them so you can keep them forever)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm not sure why I wasn't following before, maybe I missed your button, but I'm following now!
I lovee the Queen Anne's Lace {I think that's what it's called}....beautiful shot! How do you get the photo so light? Love that look!
ReplyDeleteI am totally in LOVE with the dewy leaf picture! Ahh... The texture you use is sublime. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
ReplyDeleteI could look at your photography all day!
ReplyDeleteI have to say that the top one is my fav. I have a leftover problem myself!
ReplyDeleteThese hardly look like leftovers - I love them!
ReplyDeleteSo, I could totally look at your photography all day long. It is just peaceful and happy, beautiful and clean, soft and bright. I love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, as always!
ReplyDeleteThe toad reminded me of here. They are everywhere and, much to my dismay, are committing suicide often. They are not dealing well with this heat. uggg
Oh, I could never delete those either. Absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe photo by the water fountain is great. I also really like the toad photo. We saw a toad on our walk today. Those berries look delicious.
ReplyDeleteThese photos are just incredible! You are so talented!
ReplyDeleteAmazing shots. Your son shares your talent, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteLove your new button! and the one of daddy and son asleep. great photos. xxoo
ReplyDeleteThey are all so beautiful! So glad you didn't delete any of them.
ReplyDeleteI have a serious photo hoarding problem and yes you could win awards with this set. But I don't take a single pic to win an award. I just want to capture the moments and not forget. Exactly why I hoard photos! Thanks for hosting lovely WW!
ReplyDeleteummmm, those are your "rejects"??? amazing!
ReplyDeleteyou're so crazy, Lish! All your rejects are like insanely beautiful! Not to mention, I think that Little Man may be following in your footsteps with the photography thing! He's very talented too!
ReplyDeleteI love the laundry by the pond...
ReplyDeleteCan you please come to CA and take pictures of my kids??!?!?!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
You are an amazing photographer....wow is all I have!
ReplyDeleteThey are all my favorite, can' pick! Well, maybe the one with drinking the water.
ReplyDeleteDagmar
Dagmar's momsense
Fabulous photos! New follower here! Nice to meet you. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteGreat new button..even though those are "rejected" shots but they are still stunning.. I'm amazed by your ability to capture such nice shots.
ReplyDeleteThat is a huge worm!!! Kinda icky but cool!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy your pictures!
Aloha! Mrs. Marine
& the Tiny Troops
WOW beautiful photos, but I'm absolutely amazed by your son's photo of you and the antique camera that you turned into your button! It's is a great photo!
ReplyDeleteI love all of your photos. I hate deleting my photos, too! I love the one your little man took of you very much!And I titally love your new button!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these great memories!
Hug´s,
Verena
Your Lion King shot reminds me more of a Little House on the Prairie setting. your talent amazes me.
ReplyDeleteI love all our shots!!
ReplyDeleteI changed my Wednesday prompt this week. I'm on a weight loss routine and I'm gonna blog about it, sharing my tips and tweaks with all the lovely ladies out there! I would be glad to have you as a part of it :)
Do take out time to pay a visit!
Happy Blogging!
the perfect line
THESE are your leftovers? They are pretty darn good!
ReplyDeleteOh those are all beautiful! I think the purple flowers are my favorite though - love the effect! :)
ReplyDeleteYour photography is really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have been able to delete a single one! I think each one is an incredible shot! You are so talented!!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful photos. I love the one of your husband and son sleeping.
ReplyDeleteI love coming to see your pictures! As usual, wonderful! The toad is amazing, but my fave is of the water fountain.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you have hard time deleting photos- these are great!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful! What a gorgeous family you have! I love the photo of them in the field best, so natural and sweet!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots, I can see why you'd hoard!
ReplyDeleteYou're son is following in your footsteps, his shots are amazing!
Hi there! I'm your newest follower! Your pictures are just gorgeous! Im jealous of your skill! In a good way!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Ashley
ashalinaballerinaandme.blogspot.com
Love your photos as always. Linking up for the first time :)
ReplyDeleteYour son seems to have inherited your great eye.
ReplyDeleteI love that I'm not the only one who won't delete pictures just because they're not perfect...because these? Are all perfect in their own way. And it appears the apple doesn't fall far from the tree - your son is already showing some mad photography skillz...just like his mama! :)
ReplyDeleteWW: Pelicans on the Mississippi
Gorgeous photos. I can see why you wouldn't want to delete them!
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous rejects! So many beautiful shots!
ReplyDeleteI have folders full of photos taken with my new SLR that I'm not quite sure what to do with, but I can't delete them either.
These are AWESOME! They definetly deserved their own day to shine.
ReplyDeleteSeriously Alicia- those are the "leftovers" - WOW. I wish the ones I cast off were that fabulous! You have given me my Wednesday inspiration- Thank you! They are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Your photography is AMAZING! Such talent is just beauty and it brightens my day.
ReplyDeleteLeftovers always taste better, I think! :)
ReplyDeleteTell me about that antique camera. It's beautiful!
THESE are your leftover shots? BEAUTIFUL. Gosh, I wish you lived near me so I could hire you. ASAP! Love 'em. I'm a photo hoarder, too. And a file/doc one, as well. Oops. :) Love these, tho. So beautiful. You're so talented.
ReplyDeletesigh...your photography continually amazes me! These shots are just so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMy gosh...your pictures are amazing!! I wouldn't delete any of them! I don't think any of them are rejects :)
ReplyDeleteI love the toad!! And the laundry!!!
ReplyDeleteSeeing the picture of your kiddos and husband made me realize that he's definitely not a common WW feature, that's for sure!!
What incredible photos! Here's my Nevada Bunny: http://whywelovegreen.blogspot.com/2011/07/wordless-wednesday-bunny-rabbit.html
ReplyDeleteI am a blog rookie and was so excited to stumble on your site- which I freaking LOVE! I am motivated to join the motion link party!
ReplyDeleteI added some pictures to the flickr stream successfully so I am celebrating a techy success!
Many Thanks!
Kerry at housetalkn.blogspot.com
Ha — I love that these are your rejects. :) I quite enjoyed them. I have the same problem with photo deletion — sigh. New hard drive coming right up…
ReplyDeleteP.S. I keep wanting to take pictures of my boys sleeping and having to wake them up by opening up curtains to let in more light…
ReplyDeleteHow could you even consider deleting any of them! your bad shots are way better than any of my best! LOL... some day ;p!
ReplyDeleteAnd your son must of inherited your 'eye' for photos. ~Faythe @ GMT~
The one of your two men in bed is my absolute favorite :) The lighting may not be perfect but it's the perfect moment
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I just had this conversation with my uncle a few days ago, while we were visiting him in San Francisco. He supports our inability to delete photos because storage is "so cheap now." I'll take it! Your photos are incredible. You and your family inspire me! (family runs? I love it)
ReplyDeletelove the 3rd photo
ReplyDeleteSUPERB photos! :) I fell in love in with your site!
ReplyDeleteAmazing Lish! Love, love, LOVE the old fashioned camera. I've been looking for one for a couple years now but when I find one I love it's not a price I love. Love the preview of our pics! They are fantastic. You have a gift for sure!!
ReplyDeleteI truly love those photos. All are beautifully captured.
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