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Mother of All Giveaways: Mother and Child Portrait Session

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It's Friday which means we have come to the last day of our Mother's Day Giveaway week, it's been a lot of fun reading your comments and giving out some great gifts. Thanks to everyone who has participated...but it's not over yet. Today we have an incredible prize we've been saving all week!

(And don't forget to see if you are already a winner. The winners for the Mommy Cards, Flowers and Spa prizes are announced at the end of this post. Earlier giveaway winner are listed on previous posts.)

Mother of All Giveaways Finale: Mother and Child Portrait Sitting
We are ending the week with the mother of all prizes, the gift of a mother and child portrait session by the amazingly talented Brooklyn-based photographer Leah Michaelson. Leah has exhibited internationally and has photographs in the collection at The Museum of Modern Art. Check out her website to see her work, which is really beautiful.

Leah's specialty is family portraiture taken in relaxed, natural settings, the effect is pictures that appear effortlessly perfect. For this giveaway, one lucky reader will win a mother and child portrait session in your home, park or playground. Leah will spend an hour with you creating images that capture the spirit of you and your little one. The session includes an online proofing gallery, 2 5 x7 prints and 2 4x6 prints. This session is for a mother and child but you can include more siblings and daddy for a small extra fee.

How to enter:
To enter this giveaway you must be a subscriber to our free emails and leave a comment on this post. If you are not a subscriber, you can subscribe to our emails with this link. It??™s free and you??™ve been meaning to subscribe anyway, right? (But you can always unsubscribe later).

Comments must be left by 10pm on Monday, May 12th.

One winner will be picked at random by a random number generator. We will not use your email for anything other than notifying the winners.

You must be an email subscriber to this site to win. Please comment with the same email address you subscribe with.

How to win:
If you have won a giveaway shoot us an email so you can claim your prize.

The winner of the Mommy Cards is m-. Congrats!

The winner of the Flowers is Ashley Melgar. Wohoo!

And the Spa Package winner is Rebekah. Enjoy!

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I would love some fabulous

I would love some fabulous photos of me and my girls.

How kind of Ms. Michaelson

How kind of Ms. Michaelson and Mommy Poppins to offer such a beautiful gift. It would be a wonderful belated Mother's Day gift!

We are expecting a new baby

We are expecting a new baby girl any day. What a perfect thing this would be for us!

Wow.

Wow.

This would be such a

This would be such a wonderful gift for whoever wins. Good luck everyone!

[...] Also, don’t forget

[...] Also, don't forget that you have until 11pm tonight to enter into our last Mother's Day Giveaway, an amazing portrait photography session. [...]

This is great - her photos

This is great - her photos look amazing. Would love to capture my twins and I in the park.

L. Michaelson's work is

L. Michaelson's work is amazing. What a beautiful gift for the lucky winner!

would love a pic with my

would love a pic with my babe

This would be an amazing

This would be an amazing gift. I saw the amazing photgraphs Michaelson has, and they are truly a wonderful creation. God bless such a talent. Hope my family and myself have the opportunity to have a shooting with such a gifted individual.

What beautiful and distinct

What beautiful and distinct phots, especially the Black and White. It's great to know about her work. Thanks

wonderful. The last

wonderful. The last professional picture I took with my child was 1.5 years ago. It would be great to have something like this for his and mine birthday! But I wish the greatest enjoyment to anybody who wins this treat!

beautiful work - thanks for

beautiful work - thanks for introducing us to this photographer

Love this prize!!!

Love this prize!!!

[...] comments and giving

[...] comments and giving away all those prizes. Today we're announcing the winner of our Mother and Child Portrait Session Giveaway and I wanted to share the posts that readers picked out as their favorites in the comments of our [...]

Wow - I just checked out her

Wow - I just checked out her website and her work is beautiful. These photos would make a great Father's Day gift for my husband.

What beautiful pictures Ms.

What beautiful pictures Ms. Michaelson takes! Someone will be very lucky to win this prize.

her work is beautiful! this

her work is beautiful! this would make a great gift.

What a wonderful gift. I

What a wonderful gift. I think a photo is a perfect gift.

So beautiful. Would love to

So beautiful. Would love to have some professional pics with my little one.

She has really beautiful

She has really beautiful photos! What a great gift that would be.

i especially liked the black

i especially liked the black and white photos on her website

This would be awesome. I am

This would be awesome. I am so terrible at taking my own pictures I could definitely use professional help!

this would be the best

this would be the best mother's day gift ever! (barring, of course, the brand new baby i had last year for mother's day). fingers crossed!

Gorgeous

Gorgeous

I am blown away by this

I am blown away by this beautiful image! What an amazing gift!

This is what I've always

This is what I've always wanted!

How, her work is gorgeous,

How, her work is gorgeous, what talent!

Super cool!

Super cool!

i would love this!!! i never

i would love this!!! i never had professional photos done and i am feeling like i missed out. her work is so beautiful. what a wonderful gift.

What an amazing gift this

What an amazing gift this would be!

wow, what beautiful

wow, what beautiful photography! My daughter has just reached an age where she would really get into a having a portrait with me--and my aging mom would be over the moon to own a print of it! Fabulous!

Those photos are lovely!

Those photos are lovely!

Gorgeous shots - would love

Gorgeous shots - would love to have one done!!

Stunning work! What a family

Stunning work! What a family heirloom to last a lifetime of mother's days!

What beautiful pictures. It

What beautiful pictures. It would be wonderful to win this prize.

With baby #3 on the way this

With baby #3 on the way this summer, this would be great!

This is fabulous! Who

This is fabulous! Who wouldn't want a special portrait of their little one?

What a beautifully

What a beautifully expressive image of mother & child!

Wow, what a great idea.

Wow, what a great idea. We've actually been looking into having someone take our family picture since every time we try they're useless! This would be a prize to cherish forever.

I have always wanted to have

I have always wanted to have a session with just myself and the children. I have tons of pictures of the two of them, but somehow I am also the one behind the camera!

I love the photos and would

I love the photos and would absolutely love to win this!!!

I love the idea of a family

I love the idea of a family portrait, which we still haven't done yet!

Ooooh. What a great

Ooooh. What a great mother's day gift!

i am pregnant with #2 - this

i am pregnant with #2 - this would be a great gift for my husband for fathers day - me pregnant with our little one. leah's work is beautiful.

I would love to win some pro

I would love to win some pro photos. Her work is amazing.

wow - we haven't had a

wow - we haven't had a decent photo since my son became mobile! this would be absolutely lovely.

I am pregnant now and my son

I am pregnant now and my son is turning five this week. I would love to have a portrait of he, I and my bump. Hope I??™m lucky on this one.

What can I say? This is all

What can I say? This is all I want for Mother's Day.

I'm the family photographer,

I'm the family photographer, so there are very few photos of DD and I together.

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