rebecca keppel - This is a gorgeous book and I would LOVE to own it! I am currently on that journey of switching from auto to manual mode and would LOVE some more guidance. Thanks for the chance to win!

Dana - I am really trying to learn my camera and take better pictures! This book sounds like it would be a wonderful way to shorten my learning curve.

Ellie - What a great book:)

vivienne - it looks like such a gorgeous book, packed full of info i could really use, as i'm just staring out my business!

danielle - i would love to win this amazing book!

amie - wow, my husband would LOVE this book!

Bernadette Uzcategui - So awesome! I want to get my grubby little hands on that book, looks terrific!

Sara Green - Looks great!! -Sara

Brooke Snow - What a great giveaway! And a lovely idea for a book! Great pictures! I'd love to check it out! Enter me into this great contest! Thanks! -brooke

Johanna - This book looks absolutely beautiful and very helpful!

Kathy - Sounds like a great book. I would love to have a copy!

Katie Dunlap - Looks like a great book! How nice of her to share :).

Kelly - Looks intriguing... :) Maybe you'll pick me!

Kendra - This looks like a great book full of awesome information! I would love to be the lucky winner!!

haley lamb - oh yeah!! let me win it! :)

Stacie - I need this book!

jenney - I would LOVE to win this book. I'm a stay at home mom to two boys and just started my photog business this past fall. This book sounds like a great resource for me!!

Heather - This would be awesome as I'm just getting started in doing portraits!

jasmine R - I would love to win this book, beautiful images and I'm sure excellent advice.

dawaila - Wow this book looks great, while I am not a photographer I have a friend that is good and I would love this book for her. Thanks for the chance!

kirida - Oh I hope I win. This book looks gorgeous!

Leanne - What a wonderful book.

Linda in KS - Looks like a fantastic book!!

val - I'd love to win this book...!

donya - Wow, this looks like a wonderful book!

Erika - I so need this book. I am just starting out and my head is spinning trying to figure out all the details. Please pick me!

Jessica - beautiful photos! i would love this book...

Jen Salmans - Thanks for considering!

Ursa - Oh my gosh. This looks like a perfect book to start understanding the camera lingo. I mostly go by trial and error. Thank you.

karidan - OH MY GOODNESS this book looks fabulous... I just tried taking pictures of my one year old.. Lets just say that didnt work so well!!! I hope I win this!!

toni - this would be so awesome! her work looks great!

Corissa - Oh that book looks fantastic! Please pick me!

Meagan - Oh beautiful work in that book!

Heidi - Looks interesting. Would love to see it in person!

Mindy - Looks beautiful and packed with great info... hope I win!

Ruth - Sounds like an great book. The photo on the first page you've shown is beautiful.

Jane - Pick me...pick me! This sounds awesome!

Shari Schwarz - Thanks for hosting this great giveaway. How kind and what a great idea to help others out. All those buttons and setting are overwhelming for me but I'd love to learn more. Shari

Elma - What a great idea! A photographer can never have too many good photography books :)

michelle - Oooh, COOL BOOK!!! {crossing my fingers!} I'm in a PHOTO class right now that is HIGHLY technical. I would love a book like this that is so *real life!*

Deann B. - The photos look fantastic and there are some tips that I'm sure everyone can use. Sign me up!

Mindy H. - Wow, that looks like a fantastic book!!!

Jess - Book looks fabulous, I'd love to own it!

Bernice - This book looks amazing - pick me, pick me!!

Kathy - I would love, love, love a copy of this book! I am about to start up a photography business!! Kathy

Layna - I would love this book!

carly - ooh pick me! :)

Raven - Oh wow... I am just starting out & this looks incredible!

meg - this looks right up my alley! great giveaway! :)

Catherine - Wow! What an amazing contest! Thank you!

nicole - Yes - please!

Colin - A perfect book for my wife who would love to take the plunge, but worries about family first. Thanks for sharing this!!!

Stacey - I thought taking a picture was going to be so easy, especially with a more expensive camera, but I have learned, the hard way, that this is not the case. I need all the help I can get!! Please take pity on me! Thank you! Stacey

kristan - :), my fingers are crossed xxx

mindy - I would enjoy this book tremendously. Thank you for the chance to win a copy!

Julie P. - I would love to win a book. Also I haven't had a chance to comment before, but wanted to let you know I love your photography and your blog. My dream is to someday book you for a photoshoot :)

sarah - wow - these pictures are stunning. I would be honored to be the recipient of such a work of art.

Hope - Looks like a great book for learners!! I'm dying to successfully switch from point-and-shoot to DSLR before having children!! Children deserve more than a point-and-shoot, haha!

Natasha Smith - This looks awesome! I would love a copy. It looks like it would be so helpful to me right now.

Anika - Wow - this sounds and looks like a fantastic book!

Heather - What an amazing book to add to my collection :)

Jen - Would love to win this book! I am taking the Secret Workshop with Cheryl next month and am trying to learn as much as I can beforehand.

rachel - Ohhh . . . I would love this. I want. I need.

Kelly - Oh my gosh! I would LOVE this book! Thanks for the giveaway! -Kelly

Shayla Vokey - this would be great as i'm in the middle of starting my photography business!! her pictures are amazing... as are yours!!

Carol Hunter - This looks like a great book! I was checking it out the other day when I saw the advertisement on the bottom of Tara's blog. I think a book like this could really help me! Easy to understand, simple... perfect.

Addie - This looks like a great book!

Jennifer - Oh I would lerve to win this book! It would be so helpful to me!

Susan B. - I would love to win the book.

Chelsey - It looks great! I hope I win!! :)

kelli - I would love to win this giveaway!

melia - count me in! this looks great

Rachel Russo - I am one of those creepy blog stalkers that reads every single post, but never comments, so you don't know that I exist. Welp! This little giveaway brought me out of the creepy shadows and now I'm boldly commenting that I would LOVE to have this book. I have been VERY SLOWLY trying to start a photography business for about 6 months now and I think this book would be VERY helpful!

Amanda - I would so love this book! How exciting :)

Amy Hummel - Thanks for the preview of this. I may have to just buy a copy! I've been looking for a book like this. It's a pet peeve of mine when photographers try to keep everything they've learned a secret. I'm all about sharing my secrets with friends, family... other photographers. (not that I really have many. I'm just starting out).

Alicia - This book sounds like the EXACT book I am looking for! I've been trying to find a little guidance, but all the books I've found in the library (and unfortunately there aren't many) just don't quite provide me with the information I need! Cannot wait to read all your tips and photography insights!!

Meredith Treloar - I am so inspired by your photography Tara but when I go to taking the photos they don't quite turn out so well so I think this book is just what I need to help me with the technical side of things!!

jazzmint - me me!! lets hope this is not another april fool prank :P

amy - i'm just starting to get in to photography. i would so love to have this book :o)

Shawnna S. - How amazing it would be to own this treasure

Tricialynn - Gosh, your medical ordeal just had me feeling so bad for you. I hope that you are feeling better. If I was there I certainly wished I could have come over to help you out. I know how it is on days like that when you are sick and things are not going good with everything else. Hugs to you! Feel better soon. This would be an awesome book to win. If I could take pictures even half as good as you I would certainly walk just a little taller. Great offering!

Kayleen T. - Looks like a great book! I would love to win it!

Deborah - What a valuable book! That's for the great giveaway.

Claire - This looks so fantastic, I'd love to win it! Need all the help I can get right now, starting out in the ~biz~ and all...!

Jessica - What a gorgeous book! I am on "the edge" of starting out and would be so grateful to receive such a book!

Sara - Looks super helpful. Thank you!

Gilbert - Oooooooh...looks like an awesome book! I'd love to get a copy!

Kelli M - Looks awesome! Sign me up!

Niccole - This book looks amazing, and I would love to win it. I am just starting out, therefore this book would be extremely helpful. Thanks for the opportunity to win one. Love your blog Tara, faithful reader here for life :-)

Rhonda - Looks great! I know it would be really helpful! :)

Sarah - Gorgeous book!

Rachel - Oh I need this so bad! pleeeeeeaaaaaaase pick me ;o) looks so fab!

Susan - Hi Tara! How fortuitous! I have been doing gratis shoots for my friends and family to build my portfolio. I am surprised how hard it is to ask for what I want in shoots for my friends. It's a tough situation! You don't want to ask them to do anything for you because you're not getting paid, but the quality of the composition suffers! A beautiful book I would be honored to win! Thanks!

Corby - I want to win this for a dear friend!

Allison - what a great book!

Betsy - Amazing and beautiful. I would LOVE to devour this book!

Beth - What a fabulous resource. I'd love to have one!

Heather Windish - I want the book!:) Pick me! Seriously though, it looks like a great book.

Britiney - Awesome! Count me in!!!

Kelly - Sure I will have paid a couple-hundred thousand dollars to become a doctor, but I think photography may be my true calling. This book would be helpful as I dip my toes into pursuing photography as a business and career rather than a creative outlet.

Amber Katrina - Looks like a great book - I'd love to check it out.

Samara Link - Tara, how fabulous! This book looks amazing. It's wonderful of you to host the giveaway and give her some added exposure. I'd like to enter to win! :) Hope you're feeling better.

Erin - Wow, that looks like an awesome book!!

stella - ohh how exciting!! Tara, Pascale i would love this book. i just getting the ball rolling with my business and it would be a gift of gold for me. thank you for the opportunity to win. :)

Nicole Mc - I'd love to have this book!!!

Angie - I am hoping to start a business someday - looks like a great resource!

Lesley - Wow, I'm loving the layout of this book!

Heather - Would love to have a book like that. Maybe easier to digest than some of the others out there. Plus mom photographer/business owner. Great!!

shalina - I'd love a copy of this book! Looks super helpful.

Kate - Looks like a fabulous book! What a great resource!

Rachel - I'd love a shot! Thanks for the chance.

Carrie C. - Fantastic book! In addition to the content...the photos are wonderful!!

Emily - Wow, what a great book, I need it in my collection!

Nicole - I'm just starting my photography business (starting slowly)and this would be a fabulous resource.

Jenny W. - Wow! I would love the guidance!

Jen - The book looks awesome!

LindaTS - Looks like nice inspiration! I'd like to enter the giveaway.

HilarySh - wow! It's gorgeous! Hope I win!

Shannon - I'm always wanting to learn new things!

Dana N - What beautiful photos. I love the clean and simple look of the book.

Kristen Dvoracek - I commented...I need help trying to figure out this D90 and proper techniques to shoot people! Looks sweet!

Christine - Fabulous! I'd LOVE a copy of this book!

Shelly - Oh ME ME ME ! Because my kids NEED this book so I can get some decent pictures of them. When they are older looking at all of their baby pictures I will them - "It was all thanks to this book I won on Tara's blog"....

jessi - this would be perfect!! i need something like this badly!

Renee - Count me in! I'm hoping to launch my business later this year.

Robin - The book looks awesome. Thanks for doing a giveaway!

Judith Hunt - Wow, I hope I am not too late coz this will be so great to have.

Dana - Looks awesome - thanks for the opportunity!

Carrie H. - What an Awesome book!!! Please pick me ;O) Pretty Please!!!

Emily - I am a long time reader, first time commenter. Like so many, I am learning the art of photography, and would love the tips this book could offer me and my family!

Mandie - This would be an awesome resource to have!

Darby - What lovely images. Looks like a fantastic book!

Terri Moore - Wow! What a great giveaway. I SOOOOO hope it is me!!! THANKS for the chance. :)

adelina - Looks awesome, please pick me! :)

*mindi* - looks great! i'd love a copy :)

Kate - What a great giveaway - this resource looks like exactly what I need.

Michelle - Beautiful pictures!!

Colleen - There is something extraordiarily special about Tara's photos of people & things. I wish she could photograph ALL of my children and grandchildren. You capture their "essence" better than any photographer I've seen. It's very raw photography yet oh so beautiful!

nicole green - looks like a great book! .. definitely something i'd love to read to help expand my newborn adventure!

Libbie - Recently I started thinking that maybe it was time to get back into the world of taking pictures for others. Now that both my kids are in school I figure nows the time.......if I could only figure out where to start.

brooke - LOVE IT... I would!

Susan F. - LOVE your photography. If this book could help me improve my feeble skills even a little, it would be amazing. Thanks for offering the giveaway.

Katherine - OH OH OH I need this..... Hope I get lucky....Love it

Pam - Sweet giveaway...I would love to have a copy of this book. I need all the help with the business side of things that I can get.

Katie Slater - ooooo weeeeee! what a beautiful looking book. i'd love to own a copy! :)

Carla F - I'm so buying it if I don't win. But maybe I'll have some lucky mo-jo.

Darlene - Oh, this would be perfect. I have so many questions!

Cassidie - I would love to get this book. I am on college as a Freshman and I am working towards my degree in photography.

Kristin - I would love this.

Jenn - Would love to win this book. I am just starting my photog business and could use all the help I can get!

Bonnie - I would LOVE this book. It looks amazing.

laura rich - My husband and I both are completely bitten by the photography bug. I have often considered once my youngest starts school full-time (this coming September) of seriously looking into improving my skills to one day achieve what you have. I could use all the help I could get and this book sounds like a great resource.

Rebecca - My husband says..."RTFM"---read the f&*(ing manual....I think this method would be far more enjoyable!

katie - OH, that looks great!

Fabi Moraes - Wow! I hope I get picked!

Suzanne Williams - Please enter me to win that book. It looks like a FANTASTIC resource! :-)

Val - This book looks seriously awesome! I would LOOOOVE to win it! : )

stacey cox - ooohh... pick me! pick me!!! :)

Sarah - I'd love to have this book, if I don't win I may just have to buy it!!

Alisha Beverly - I would love to win this book! I am due with our first child in six weeks, am quiting my full time job and am thinking about starting up my own photography business! Thanks!

bentley - me, me, me please!

michele - looks great! I need all the help I can get!

Heather - Wow. Stunning book!

Dori - the first photo is amazing!

Annemarie - What a neat book!! Would be a great addition to the bookshelf! After reading it all the way through, of course!! :)

Britney - fun giveaway!!

Susan J - Looks spectacular! I'd love to read a copy.

tracy - what a beautiful book-i'd love a copy.

Sara Crance - What a fun prize! I would love love LOVE to own it!

Michelle Harris - oooohhhhh, I'd love to win that book! I'm going through the process of figuring out if I could be a photographer, start a business and actually make money. Thanks for the chance to win.

Jess - Wow! Thanks for being so generous!

Kim H. - Looks like a really neat and useful book, I would love to win it.

michelle - Oh my goodness, that book looks so beautiful and helpful! I have been asked to do photo shoots for friends and I always chicken out because I feel so unqualifies, this book might help!

Beka - AMAZING! This is exactly the book I have been looking for.

alison holcomb - awesome! i'd love this

Chrissi Richards - So now I'll find the answers I've been too embarrassed to ask at this stage? Perfect!

candi - i would love this book! pick me, pick me! :)

beth - I COVET this book sooooo much.....people ask what I do and I say I'm a photographer, but mostly under my breath so they aren't really sure what I said....and then they just look at me thinking I'm the crazy lady with the camera who doesn't speak very loudly....anyhow, I love love love my camera and photography and shooting anything anywhere anytime and I need all the help I can get !!!! whew.....that was a mouthful...thanks for listening !!! ps...I want to be just like you when I grow up !!!

christie spencer - i would love to win the book! what an awesome giveaway : )

Natalie - Wow! It looks like an amazing book. I would love to get my hands on it.

Jen Soares - Beautiful book...cool promotion. Thanks!

amy - This book looks fabulous! I'd love a copy!!

gail - What an awesome thing!!!

Cindy - This book sounds FABULOUS! I would love to have a book that breaks things down in REAL terms!

cecily - Very cool book!

Leslie - Stunning photography! I'd love to have that book as a resource. One of my goals for this year was to learn more of the technical side of photography!

cathy - Okay, I'm not just starting out, but I'd LOVE to know how to juggle being a business owner and a mom! :)

Nancy - What a beautiful book.

Allison - I would love to get some professional insight into child photography as I'm just getting started. Looks like a great resource! Thanks for offering it to us!

Missy - Ohh count me in!

Michelle O - Would love to have my hands on this book...and for the record, that maternity shot against the rock...*STUNNING* I hope my keyboard doesn't fry...I think I drooled on it! :)

jen hunt - my fingers are crossed

L-Squared - Wow this book looks amazing! I would love to win a copy, as I too am just beginning to delve into the photography business.

Jessica - Pick Me!

Katie - It feels wrong to comment for the first time for a giveaway without saying that I love, love, love, love, LOVE your photography, and your blog in general. Thanks for sharing so much! :-)

Candi - I'd love to win this book! I hope I get picked! (fingers crossed).

Sara - Such a pretty book...would love it! :) Thanks for doing the giveaway.

laura - looks like this book rocks! happy april fool's day!

Amy Liutkus - Looks like a fantastic book! :)

JB - Thanks!

Julie - I'm a Mom first, and a photographer second. I would love to brush up on my photo skills but I feel like I never have a second to spend time reading an actual book or manual. What I would kill to be gifted this gorgeous, simple book! It sounds exactly like what I need!

cindy mandernach - i want to be able to be good enough to produce a book that looks like this myself. it looks awesome.... thanks for the chance to win. cindy

becky - woa! that would be sweet to receive one of these. pick me, pick me!

Whitney Gray - wow- I sure would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win the book- and I promise to put it to good use! Is this an April Fool's joke? I hope not!! ;)

Jessica C. - Ohhh what a wonderful informational book to have! I would LOVE to win a copy of this!!

erin - what a lovely book! i am just getting started on my lifestyle photography business, and this sounds like it would be exactly what i need to help me get started! what a great contest, thanks cindy!

Sandra - pick me, pick me!!! :)

Jenny Esterbrook - Ooooooh, love this! I need all the help I can get right now!

Susy - It sounds like a wonderful book even for someone who is just interested in learning about becoming a better photographer rather than becoming a pro. Love the photographs from the book. Hope you fell well soon again Tara, it sounds like you were in a hell of a state. You did well braving it on your won.

Kim - It looks like a fantastic book.

Kristi - oh, yes, please!

Katrina V - I would love some fresh ideas about how to juggle it all! Fun... to have a give away! Pick me!

Sharon Manning - This book looks amazing - I already shoot on manual, but I'm still learning and would love a copy of this gorgeous book.

Kim Fetrow - I would so love this book! Pick me! Pick me!!

rebecca - beautiful photos!

heidi - wow! gorgeous. I'd love that book, i've been considering starting a business and recently had someone ask me to take their childrens photos. so this would be perfect!

Katarina Florance - this book looks amazing. i am just getting started in my OWN photography business and would love to read and learn from wowak's experience.

Janna - Oh Please, I would love to have the book!!!!!!! Check out that pregnant girl....what a smoking photo!!!!

jeramy - comment. enter. thanks! :-)

nichole - that is just awesome!! and holy cow you have a lot of comments!!

Wendi - Oh, oh, pick me, pick me. LOL Love your work and that book looks AMAZING!!!

Crystal Todd - What a great book! Looks great! I would love to win! I'm always looking for ways to improve my photos!

Dey - Wow it's beautiful, it's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the gift =)

Jen Klamm - What a cool give-away. Thanks!

Mique - Oh please please please let me win!?! I would LOVE this. This year I'm fine tuning my "skills" (or lack thereof) and hoping to make a go of photography when my youngest goes to school in the next couple years. This would be perfect. I host giveaways 2 times a week on my blog so I'm hoping for a little giveaway karma. ;) Thanks for a shot!

shari - how beautiful! just started in january and hit a wall! been looking for a good read to get me going again!

molly - very cool!

Kelli - my fingers are crossed!

brooke lowther - This book looks like it will be a great resource. Ooh ooh pick me pick me

kristen - wow.

jen long - i need this book!!! thanks for the fantastic giveaway!!

april - Such a lovely book!

Sandra - That looks like an awesome book! What a great give-away.

Tracy - Would love to get my hands on this book!!!

Katherine MW - ewe, i would love to get my hands on that and read all of its goodness!! and ps, i hope you are well. i am sorry you were so down and out while the hubby was away. no fun. thanks for the contest and inspiration!

Kate - What a beautiful resource to be able to own! Good luck to everyone (including me)!

Captured by Jess - Ooh! I was just checking her book out the other day! Fingers crossed. ;)

Jamie Gomez - LOVE IT! I have been reading your blog forever and LOVE IT!!!! You are hilarious and so talented.

Sherine - love to learn new tips!!

Sarah - What a wonderful book!!

beth - Tara!! I would LOVE to win this book! I am currently living overseas and I am trying to learn more about photography. Since moving overseas, my heart has been called to pursue photography, but it’s difficult to find resources available in English. I want to capture memories for families who are also living thousands of miles away from their loved ones back home, but I am just starting to figure things out in this world of photography. I can’t tell you how much of a blessing this book would be for me!! *blessings to you and your family and congrats to who ever the winner may be*

Angi - I would love to have this book. If we can't win, where can we buy it?

tonia - I would L.O.V.E. win this giveaway....lord knows I need it.

Cortney - OH!! I would LOVE this, I'm in the process of starting right now, getting through paper work, setting up my site, etc.! What a great giveaway!

Beth B - (Hand in the air!) Pick me!Pick me!

Chris - Ooh! That book looks divine! I'll take it! lol

Amy J - would love to check it out

Jen - Love it! Love Giveaways!

kelly - Never posted before but love your photographs Tara! the stories that go along with them are always so fun, too!

emily - me, me please!

leslie - that's a good looking book. and i'm sure it's full of so much information. that i could use. whoohoo!

Dana - Sounds like a great book! The images are beautiful. Thanks for having the contest, Tara.

jackie cooper - I need a copy of this as I have just resigned from my day job so I can do photography full time!!!

Bree - Oh! Oh!! This is just what I need!!! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

kilipohi - I would love this book. It could help me with my new business.

Jaime - This is just what I've been looking for...Thanks for the chance to win!!! ;)

Michelle Guzman - Looks amazing!!

Jessica - I really need something like this to help my new business and to learn and grow as a photographer. Thank you for your generosity!

Cathy - Can I have it? Please?!

Amanda Elkins - meee! I'd love to win this book!

Cristina - The book sounds marvelous! I'd love to win it. Thanks for the opportunity!

Susie - greatness!

Leana - What a great looking book!

Renee Senchyna - Wow - what a cool book!!! Would love to get my hands on a copy of that, is there a way we can purchase it if we not the winner???

Justyna - Feed this bookworm please!

debi - ooooooh yes! I would love to be the winner of this book!!

Felimon Hernandez - This publication looks amazing.. Thank you for sharing!

jennie - sweet! count me in! :)

Gena - Suuuuweet!

blair - memememee!

Anita - Wow, looks like a great book! I think I want - slash that - need one!

Kathie Ashmore - Wow, something I have always dreamed of doing, becoming a REAL photographer!!

lori takeuchi - I am so interested. not sure i could be that amazing but just to understand it all

Lia B - Her book looks amazing as well as her work. I would love this! Thank you for sharing.

Suyai - Please, please, please!!! I would absolutely LOVE to know more about how to photograph so that it looks AMAZINGLY YUMMY! Let it be me!!! I love your blog. Thanks so much for giveaways!

Danica Nelson - Thanks!!!

Jana - What a cool book! Thanks for the opportunity Tara!

Melissa Wilson - I love your blog - great work!

Sandy Bones - It is one of my goals to learn more about taking better pictures. This would be great. There is so much information on the web, it's overwhelming. This might be just what I need. I really enjoy reading your blog and am just amazed by your pictures.

Meredith Barr - I love it!

Cindy - OMG what a fantastic resource! OUTSTANDING!

j.ro - looks very well done ... and i hope you're feeling better!

Megan - How funny, I was just looking for something like this today at the store. That would be an awesome book, and would help me out alot considering my business is set to launch in like two months! I've been following your blog for AWHILE now and never commented! I love you work, which i'm sure you hear all the time but i wanted to tell you anyways!

Kate Whitmore - That looks like an awesome awesome book! Love your pictures, love your website.

Leah Wright - I'd love to have this in my arsenal!

Heidi Y - I'd love a copy of this book!!

CraftTeaLady - The book looks FAB! Thanks so much for hosting the giveaway Tara.

Shanna - Ohhhhhhhh!!!! I love this!!! Pick meeeeeeee!!!!!!! =)

Robyn Copper - love your work. I'm sure I would love your recommendation.

Jessica Strom - Hi Tara! I need this book!!! Always looking for more tips and this looks fantastic!! Pick me! Pick me!

Krista - this looks like an *amazing* book and i would love to own it!!!

Emily - Beautiful images! I would really love this book! :)

Shelley - I just got a DSLR for Christmas. I need some help in achieving good shots from my camera. What a great giveaway!

Carrie - Hoping today is lucky for me!

Sarah - Pick me! It looks like a great book!

Angie - Wow - looks like a great resource for all photographers. I'd love a chance to win.

Edith - I would LOVE to win this book! This would be amazing as I'm just getting started in my own photography business!

Traci Lyn - Long time lurker, first time poster. Your photography is amazing, Tara. Taking photos of my baby boy has made me discover my dream of becoming a child photographer. I would love to have this book! :)

Karen R. - I need all the help I can get! Thanks Tara.

Stephanie - Would love to win, if not, where do we buy it?

leslistreets - i'd love to have this book. where can we purchase it if we don't win. but what am i saying? i am gonna win, right? lesli

Tessa Rice - I would love to win this! Thank you!

mindy m. - This book would help me out sooooo much! Thanks for the chance to win!

jen - i am just getting started and i need all the help i can get...this books looks like something i would LOVE!

kristina - I'd LOVE to win this! Thanks for the chance! Love your photography, Tara! Thanks for the inspiration! :)

Beth - Looks like a fabulous book - you can NEVER stop learning with photography!

melissa :) - Add me please! This would help me tremendously & I would love to have it, too! Thanks for the opportunity! Glad you are feeling better. :)

Brooks Hopkins - I love reading anything and everything I can get my hands on about photography. I hope you pick me!

Kelle - this is what i have been looking for. i've dug through every photography book on every shelf in every bookstore...and this is the gem i've been looking for. oh, joy!

debra parker - enter me in... I would LOVE this.

Kim - How generous Pascale!!! WOnderful Job

shaina - i'd love to have a copy of that book. it looks fabulous!! <3

Puanani - Count me in the mix. I trust your judgment, love the Crumpler bag and E's camera strap! Thanks for the opportunity!

april bodenburg - My name appearing on Tara Whitney's blog AND a chance to win an amazing book to help me launch my business! YAY!!! :D

Jill - How exciting! I just getting ready to launch my new business...this would be a great addition to my library! Thanks!

Tami - This book looks fantastic, I would love to devour it!

Ali - Hey Tara, Hope you're on the mend :o) would love to enter for a copy of this wonderful book! Cheers, Ali :o)

Susan - I'd love this book! Perfect timing!!!

Devon - Wow that book looks awesome! Thanks!

marcy - Looks like a great book!!

Jessica Jewkes - Oh WOW!!! Very cool and GORGEOUS! I wish I looked like that pregnant girl in the book when I was that far along HA HA!!! What a super nice giveaway!

Rebecca - Wow, wish I looked as good as that woman when I was preggers.

Angela - This looks like such a great book! I'd love it!!

Chellese Bunker - Please pick me, oh random number selector.

Sarah M - What a wonderful-sounding book! I've added it to my wishlist in case I don't win the drawing. :)

Diane Barbee - I would love, love, love to get my hands on that book! I need all the help I can get!

Kellie T - Hi Tara, I would love to win this, I am working on starting my own photography business, and I could always use help for better pictures! Thanks so much for the chance to win! Kellie T P.S. Glad to hear you are feeling better, what a weekend!

jenny m - pick me pick me.. would love this book!

jenny - i need to get my hands on this book! it would be such a wonderful thing to have!

devon - Oh this book looks fantastic! im so glad i stopped in today! Sounds like something I definitely need!! As long as this isnt an april fools joke? lol

Sandra Jackson - This book looks amazing!!

Elizabeth Zoppa - This is just what I need!!!!!

Beth - Wow!!! This book looks amazing. Photography is my thing - and a book with tricks on combining this passion while raising my kids - awesome - I would love it!!!

mish - Hi Tara, I recently decided to follow my passion and am in the process of starting up a kids photography biz (totally different from what I'm trained in). However, I strongly believe that if there's a strong will, there is a way! Needless to say, I'm in the process of learning about all aspects of photography and would LOVE to win this book as it seems just perfect for where I'm at!

Michele Houston - I would love to win!! Thanks, Michele

Donna - I would love, love to win this.

Arlene - OH...will it make me as good as you?....I can dream, right!

Sara - This looks like an AWESOME book! I NEED it!!!

Karina - I hope you're feeling better now, Tara! You're a real trooper to post about this even though you've had a really rough week!

jules - I'm off right now to check out her book!

Krista - Wow! What a great give-a-way! I'm already counting the friends I can give the book to for birthdays!

Torrey James - Just the thing I need!!

Melissa Raphael - What a great book :) I'd love one!

mary elizabeth - oh my! i started out into the photography world last year ... and i'm learning new things every day through trial and error. this book would help tremendously!!

Rebecca - Oh please, please! This is the book for me! This is right where I'm at today! Thanks, Tara, for facilitating this, and to the author for the giveaway!

Rose - This book looks amazing! I would love to take photos like this!

Jennifer G. - This sounds like the PERFECT book for me!! PICK ME PLEASE!!

Carrie - Oh how fabulous!! Pick me please!

Jessica - This book looks so stunning! I'll be picking it up for sure!

kristi - wow, tara you have an amazing following...and rightfully so. i am also a lurker on your blog who enjoys your writing just as much as your incredible photography. would love a copy of this book!

brandie - looks like a beautiful book! i thought maybe you were pulling an April fools joke... :)

Wendy Taunton - What a great give-away!! I would LOVE to be in drawing.

Sylvia - THanks for offering it up to us! I'd love to win! thanks!

elizabeth - would love the chance to win!

Denise in MN - I could use a book like this! thanks for the chance to win!

Kelly - Ooh! Pick me, please! I'll give you a bologna burger and bowl of Koolaid! :)

Megan - Oh, awesome!! I may have to pick this up, regardless of if I win.

Valerie - Thank you for the giving us a chance to win this book.

Debbie - the beauty of spring awaits.

Rach - I NEED this book! I so hope I win it! :)

hanna - This book looks amazing - would love to win

Katherine Gualtieri - Count me in! This book looks great.

Emily - This books looks really useful. Thanks for the giveaway!

Whitney - Ooh! I would LOVE to have this!! Thank you so much for giving us the chance to win!

Amy - The book looks wonderful!

jennifer - I would love to win this book. Pick me please!!!

Hilary - What a beautiful book, thanks for the opportunity to win!

karly - what a great book! I would love to win it! :) Thanks.

Heather - Beautiful book!

Travis - My wife was just thinking about taking a class and I thought this would be great for her. She would love it.

Melinda Grandell - What amazing and pure images. I can't wait to delve in and learn more! Just what i need. Thnak you for sharing!

tracey - hey tara, thank you for this contest ! lovely.

Jeneanne Ericsson - Just wanting to throw my name into the hat! Sounds like a great book!

Kristen - Would love to put my name in the hat!

mel - looks like a great book to learn more about photography, which i'm trying to do!

Michelle Davies - Woah! Lots of comments there! Here's mine :D

Kristen - Wow....I didn't realize what a big hat this was!!

Michelle - Great looking book - fingers crossed !

Megan - Looks like a great book. Thanks!

erika verginelli - wow! I'd love to get that!!!!! seems amazing! ;-)

Beckie - Looks like a great book! Pick meee!! (:

christina lazar-schuler - Pick me! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Pleeeeeeeeeeeease!! thanks.

Kristal - What a beautiful book. Looks like it would be just what I've been looking for. :)

life with the wisner - hey, if you're recommending it, then i am all for it. it looks beautiful.

dee-ann - awesome...count me in. Thanks.

Moriah Bettencourt - That looks like a SUPER cool book, even though I do not actually want to be a pro, I am always hoping to improve my skills :)

jo marks - that looks like a great book, and i'm trying to learn all I can at the moment! Thanks for the chance to win a copy :-)

Callie - ME ME! :)

Michelle - Is this an April Fool's joke? I'd love to win! Count me in! -Much love, Michelle Winder, GA

Kellie - Please oh Pleeeease count me in!

Brittney - I would love this~ great book!

dhana - i could sure use this! ...balancing motherhood and photography career...among other issues. :)

stefanie edwards - OOOhhh....this looks wonderful! Thanks Tara!

maren - Pick Me Pick me! (please!)

Laura Stewart - looks great!

Pearle - Wow, what an awesome giveaway!!!

Gayle P. - this book looks really, really cool. and informative!

christie - Happy April Fools Day! Hope you feel better!

Marilee - Who could resist a chance to win this? Definitely had to comment! Looks like an amazing book!

Tonni - this book sounds perfect for where I'm at right now... I hope I win... that'd be fantastic!

Lori M. - I want one!! Pick me Pick me!! :)

Rachelle - This looks very cool!

Lindsay - me me me!!! I would love and be so grateful to have this.

marci lambert - that book looks fabulous!!

jenn - That looks like an awesome resource! Thanks for the giveaway!

Michelle Baker - The book looks awesome. Can't wait to read it. Thanks

jodi bingley - Pick me, pick me... I would love to own a copy of this awesome looking book... please!

Kim Huschke - This book looks exactly like what I've been looking for. I'll definitely be buying it, if I don't win it here. THANKS!!!

natalie - I would love the book!!!

Molly - Ooh, pick me, pick me! Looks like a great book. :)

Kelsey - I just saw this book on another website and thought it looked great! I'm thinking about, and preparing for, possibly starting up a business so I need all the help I can get!

Erin Sullivan - Pick me! Pick me! ;)

Caroline - This book looks fantastic! I hope I am the lucky one!

Ryann Laden - Ohhhh, I would love to win this book!!! :o)

Misty - OOOO... Pick me PICK ME!!!!

Caro - Pick Me!! Pick Me!!! **Shakes hand in air urgently**

denise - you have no idea how much i need this book....

Crystal - Looks fabulous...hook a newbie up :)

erin - i just looked at this the other day - for real! Pick me, pretty please!

Tiffany - Looks like a great book. Would love to have a copy.

Lindsey - What an awesome book!

Julianne - Looks like a great book that I'll probably buy if I don't win it.

Tammy P Whiting - That is a beautiful book. I would love it!

Tatjana T. - A "Keep It Simple Stupid" book sounds great to me! Looks beautiful too. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

barbara toman - sounds like a book everyone will benefit from. congrats on having such a loyal list of friends! your friend will sell lots of books, but of course, i'm wishing i'll be receiving one from you!

Sara - Oh my gosh, this book looks great! Need it! Want it! Might go out and buy it if I don't win it!

Danielle Simone - Awesome! How great to share so much knowledge.....

Amy N - looks like a great book!

Julie Mitchell from Canada - This looks like a wonderful reference book. The pictures are amazing.

Marissa - I just got started with my photography business and although I am getting some business, I am afraid I don't know what I am doing business wise. I NEED this!!

mary alice - How amazing and generous! I am just getting started in my photography business and would love to have the help and inspiration that this book would provide. What a blessing it would be! On another note, Tara, I am so glad you are feeling better...What a scary and awful few days you had. I tell my son this all the time - and I really do believe it - Mom's are SUPERHEROES!

claire - i was about to just go ahead and buy it, but a giveaway would make my day (it's been kind of a crappy day too, so i could use the pick me up)

Sally - Wow what a fantastic book and fantastic giveaway. Thanks guys :-)

Kea - Wow, i really want this book :)

mallika - oh how i would LOVE this book! pick me.....pleeeeez.

Lisa B - Would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win this book!!!!!!

Dabney Fletcher - by far one of the best give aways EVER! :)

Mel - Wow-this book would be awesome. I'm so wanting to be able to start my own creative business, and work with my photography skills, and this would be a great help.

Cate - That book looks beautiful! What gorgeous photos in it!

Traci - Hoping it's me. btw Love this blog!

Renee - i could use some luck this week and this book just looks amazing!

Maddy - This would be a great book to have!!!

Jackie - I hope I win I am really sucking at photography this year! I need all the help I can get!

Amanda - I need this.................

Janelle Shultz - the photos on these pages are STUNNING...i'm just blown away! if i don't win...i'm ordering for sure!

Ashleigh Lee - I would absolutely love to have this book!

tara - just beautiful pictures in that book. awesome!

Amy A - This would be SO perfect for my daughter-in-law :D

amie powell - after 400 comments...i ditto what everyone else said! :)

annette pare - Thanks for offering this great gift - I hope I win! Blessings on you and your photography - I'm a follower from Minneapolis!

Irene - Oh, this sounds like amazing book!!! Thank you so much for the contest!

Skye Devoe - This looks so cool. What a great resource. I hope I win!

keri - love it! cant wait to see whats inside!!!

SusanH - This would be a great addition to my new camera that is being delivered tomorrow!!

Cara - Just starting my own photography business after a few years of doing weddings and families "on the side." Could use some direction! Thanks for the opportunity!

Clair - maybe it's my lucky day...

Monica Brown - This is wonderful! I can't wait!

Jennifer - I wonder if you realize (and I suspect you do) that by giving this book away, you could be opening a door to an entirely new life for someone, could be changing the course of a life forever.

Britney Barker - I've got my fingers and toes crossed!!! I could soooo use this book right now! Thanks so much!

Damon Crawley - I'd love to have this. Combine that and all the things I'm going to learn at the Creative Photography Retreat, look out!

amy - love it. need it. want it. please. thank you!

Christie - Oh, me, me, me!

kristin - OOOh OOOO OOOOh pick me!! Pick me! I would love to have that book, i am actually thinking that want to persue this little hobby of mine as a career!

Gail Arnold - Oh I NEED this book, just thinking of starting my own business!

kate - ME PLEASE! By the way, I'm a huge fan Pascale--I saw an article about you in a magazine once (maybe Good Housekeeping?) and I was really inspired :]

Shannon Davey - My passion is photos and photography, I would love to turn my passion into my work when my kids are a little bigger - this book could be a great starting point. Thanks for the idea - is it available for sale? Shannon

Yuko - wow... if this book can teach me how to be a photographer like you, I want one!

Cassaundra - i would love this...what's one more comment right??

Angie Olson - What a beautiful book. I've been wanting to start my own business, but have been hesitant. This would be the perfect book!

Kelley - This is exactly what I've been looking for but haven't been able to find in anything out there. I'd love to win it!!!

Melinda - I hope I'm not too late. I've been so busy trying to run my business that I haven't had time to check blogs lately. Running a business and having two part-time jobs and a 6-year-old is kind of crazy. But, most of us are struggling with balancing everything - regardless of what everything is. A new book to read during my upcoming vacation would be great!

Sara - I love what I see....and I'd love to win! Hope I'm lucky!

Kathleen - OH this book looks so awesome! I so need some help to improve on my photographing skills,and it would be a great read for my upcoming vacation.

Nicki - Really hoping you pick me!

Conni - WOW..beautiful pictures in that book...if I don't win I'm running out to buy one!

Jote - raising my hand, crossing my fingers. :)

Betsy - That looks like a beautiful/helpful book! I want one!

Jessica - I have been looking for such a book! Would love some advice :)

Laura W - the book looks fabulous! i'd love to have a copy :)

Jessica B - This book looks amazing. What a great concept.

Sara - I would love to get this book! I hope I am the chosen one!

molly fields - i am at one with the universe. i am at one with the universe. i am at one....

Ellen - So cool! What a fantastic book!!

Charlene - WOW! This book is exactly what I need right now.

Becky - looks like a really good book.

s.patel - i would love this book!!!

telisj - i saw this link on your blog and ould love this how-to book! it looks great!

Andrea Blair - LOVE the book...wow :) *squeal*

Alisa - Beautiful book. TY for the awesome giveaway :)

haylie - wow! how cool! thanks for the giveaway--i hope i get chosen!

nicole - yum - yes, please enter me, too. I would love to read this book.

kae - oh please oh please oh please oh please! pick me pick me pick me pick me! i need all the direction i can get! i will put it to SUCH GREAT USE! thank you thank you thank you thank you in advanced!

Monica - Beautiful book. Love all of the images and text on black. You should write one like this Tara. (wink)

Rachel - i like beautiful books & I like winning things;p

meghan - Tara, glad you're on the mend. This book looks wonderful.

tellie - I love looking at others photos and ideas...I am so wanting to learn how to make fab photos ....thanks for the chance to win this wonderful looking book!!!

Marcie - this looks like an amazing resource for new photographers like myself!!

Thembi Pain - ohh this book is gorgeous and I would love to read it from cover to cover and get all inspired.....pls let me be the lucky winner :)

Amber H - What a blessing this would be!! Thank you for sharing!! NC mommy photog NEEDS this Mommy photo Bible!!!

Shannon - Yes, Please enter me! I'd love to check it out - I need all the help I can get!

alisha - this book looks amazing! i hope you are doing better tara! so love your work!

martha hernandez - Oh cool. This book sounds wonderful. Even if I don't win, I will be buying it. Thanks for sharing. Martha

jules - pick me.. pick me :)

Emily B - Please pick me! I'm a winner..or will be one when you pick me ;)! I need all the help I can get! haha

Jen O - Just starting out and would love to read this! I love your work Tara!

katie higbee - Oh, I would love this. I seriously NEED this book. If I don;t win it I am gong to go buy it asap... it looks amazing!!

shari anderson - Oh my...I just sent a link to this book to my husband requesting it for my B-day on Monday! I desperately want it! I hope I win, I really, really do!

Kori Hiser - This looks AWESOOOOME!! Thanks for the chance to win it. :D

angela r j - what a wonderful book. thanks for the giveaway! :)

dejah quinn - looks like a great book!

Crystal - Oh! That sounds like an amazing book! :)

Michelle - Ohh! Ohh! Add me on too!

Sarah - It looks awesome! I would LOVE it!

jany - Yayyy, books! Thanks for the giveaway :)

Aimee - wow, that is an awesome book!

Lorraine Young - This book sounds great. I love to see people get out there and share with people like myself things they have learned. Her photos are beautiful. I am a full time SAHM who has developed a love for photography and perhaps someday would like to photographic for money. I purchased my first DSLR in January and I have clicked over 2000 photos already, I am shooting in AV or TV, but I am anxious to learn more. I would love to get my hands on this book :) to help me improve! Also, Tara I have a been a quiet admirer of your work for awhile. You have inspired me! Thanks!

Katrina - I would love to have this book!

Becky Fowler - I would love to win this book!

Jessica Peterson - This looks beautiful, and exactly what I need right now.

Katie Scott - Ohhhh pick me pick me! :) SO awesome!

Stacy - This book looks amazing.

Teresa - This looks amazing! :) Would love to be the lucky recipient! Thanks for the chance to win. ~Teresa

Renee - this book looks like the inspiration i need! renee

Renee - this book looks like the inspiration i need!

Lauren - I so need this book. This is my longterm goal, and I need all the help I can get! Why don't YOU write a book, Miss T.?

Terri - This looks like an awesome book. I would love to win and learn how to use the manual settings on my camera.

Jen - Oooohhh....I would LOVE this pick...I can already tell! Pick me!

Heather - This looks like an amazing book! Thank you so much for the giveaway!

Elizabeth H. in oregon - This looks wonderful. I would love to learn more. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

janie - Sweet sassy molassey I would LUV that book! Pick ME!

Sarie - Thanks for the giveaway! I would love this!!

Amanda - THis book is just the ticket to help me figure out all those questions that I have about capturing the special moments!

natalie - oh i hope i win. i could use some pointers! ps. hope you are feeling better

sam ellis - wow it looks like an awesome book. One that would look PERFECT next to my bed in my reading pile. Love it and good luck with the launch and sales. Sam Ellis Johannesburg.

Wendy Brown - Hope I win!!! Would love to learn all of the secrets!

mary vila - Thanks for the chance to win this book,I would love to have it¡¡¡

andrea f. - I would love, love, love this book!! Thanks for counting me in!

Melody - Wow what a great giveaway. I'd be honored to win such a lovely book. I love all the full color photo examples.

Debra - looks fabulous - love having the chance to win - thanks!!

becca - i've had a really bad day and winning a book about the photo biz would make me really really happy.

Jodie - Heres my comment:)

tonya - COunt me in, the book looks wonderful! thank you! tonya

J.J. - that is right up my alley!

Rachel - That looks like a great book. I'd love to win it. :-) I love your photography and have been reading your blog for a long time and before that saw your work in Simple Scrapbooks and loved it. :-)

ruth tacoma - I'd love to win that book........looks amazing! :)

Jane Hankins - This book looks fabulous!

esti - This looks really interesting!

melissa - love your giveaways!!!

Sara - This book sounds wonderful! Thanks for the opportunity.

jason - me too, me too. I'd love to win the book. sounds like a wealth of information.

Elaine Melko - this book is so useful. Plus it looks great!

amber - how fun! I would love this!

kim whitten - This book looks interesting - and beautiful ta' boot!

Jessica Cudzilo - Sounds fabulous! : )

Aly Brown - I have become a fan of your blog since reading your article in 2peas. I LOVE your photography and your candid perspective. I will continue to follow you...

JENNIFER - This looks like exactly what I need to get started!!!!

Jenna - what an awesome book! i would love to win that for my sister in law who is starting her own photography business. it would be perfect for her!

Kari Sikorski - Oh please, this is just what I need right now! Tara, hope you're feeling better -- my 2 yr old twins got the flu yesterday & I could just cry! Here's to health!

Dori - Wow, lovely! I'd love to win a copy!

Leanne - What a nice book to share. I could certainly read this!

Melissa - What a great book! It looks like a lot more fun that a course book!

Rachel - I never usually do this......... but that book looks awesome!

Jessica F - This book looks so great! I'm dreaming of one day taking pictures like those!

bree - Hello, Tara, from Utah! I have truly enjoyed following your blog and especially looking at your photos. Your portrait style is what I aspire to achieve (with my own personal twist, of course!). I would LOVE to win this copy of your book and learn from someone I truly admire. : )

Donna L. Thibodeau - HOLY COW. 544 comments! HOW will you ever choose? Tara, did you know that this many people watch your blog? What an honor! YOU GO GIRL!! Love your photography, I am a blog addict and I check yours everyday! I guess I am one among....a few hundred! :) keep up the good work!!

Edie - Oh please please please pick me pick me!!!! This book is RIGHT up my alley as I was thinking about trying to do some photography on the side to earn some extra money... (and my pipe dream is to turn it into a full time gig) Heck if anything, it will teach me how to take better photos of my friends and family.

Jennifer N - I just launched my business so this book would be great! I hope this isn't an April Fool's joke! and just a very nice giveaway!

Jennica Wallis - WOW that's a beautiful book! The words and pictures just pop off the page. She has a lot of modern techniques that a lot of other books out there don't have! I'd love to have this and learn from her! :)

stacey fike - i need. please.

Emma S - I think it takes a special person to bare themselves in a book. More so one willing to reach out and help other photographers develop their craft & passion. Congratulations to your friend on what looks like a beautiful book and to you for sharing your beautiful images with people like myself. Isn't it funny how the wonderful-ness of children bring out the desire in us to capture beautiful moments. So many people's passion for photography is ignited through their attemtps at preserving every little detail of their little loved ones. I'm sure this book is going to be a very useful guide for lots of people. Thanks again E

Karen B - LOVE the pictures. I would absolutely adore this book....Great Giveaway!!!

Lisa D - oooh pretty pretty book!! I'd love to win a copy!

Wendy - Looks like a wonderful book.

Angela - what an awesome looking book - i want some awesomeness too so please send it my way :)

ashleymelancon - AH! i want this! haha. how amazing and thoughtful:)

Roon - I would love to peruse (or even own!) a copy of this book. Crossed fingers!

Lydia - This looks like an awesome book! I need more help with maternity/newborn photography!

Chelsea Stephenson - I'm not a photography pro...but I LOVE it and it is a passion of mine. I would love to learn from this amazing woman! Thanks for the opportunity to win her book!

Barbara - Wow! This is the perfect book for my dear friend. I would love to give this to her.

amber - very cool...i was just scouring the internet looking for good photography reads!

amanda o. - looks fantastic! crossing my fingers...my toes...my eyes...

casandra heeren - pick me...pick me! i so need that book.

Brooke - Oh my I would love to win this book! I just lost my job today and have been working on a photography business for a few months - I guess this is the time to do it huh? Thanks! ~B

Luann - Pick me! Pick me! Please? :)

Kathryn Pierce - I'm also just starting this journey and would love this book!

Jen - Pick me! Pick me! I would love to win this wonderful book!

Mindy - cool book!

Cayden - so beautiful.

kathleen - I would love to receive this book!

KerriL - I live in Australia so am not sure if this makes me eligible to win but I'll give it a go anyway! what a fantastic book, Pascale's work is just beautiful and I can't tell you how encouraging and inspiring it is to know that she is self taught - this gives me hope yet for someone taking a leap of faith to start their own photography business this year, with no formal 'qualifications'. This book looks like it is perfect for someone starting out, what a wonderful person you are for sharing your hard worked for knowledge! Goodluck to everyone with this competition - looks like Pascale will have plenty of new customers after such massive exposure on your awesome blog Tara! :)

cindy_redd@hotmail.c - This book looks perfect. I'd love to have it.

diana palmer - 588 comments? are you kidding? i guess now you know how popular you are! count me in, 589!

alison chino - this looks so beautiful! i would love to win it!

Hayley Gordon - Would love this!

TheOrganicSister - This looks lovely! I would love to gleen all I can from it. :) ~Tara

Sasha - Aaaah! Me!

christall - I'm getting ready to bring my new daughter home from Ethiopia and could use a book like this to perfect my photog skills before the trip! christall

lucy - you can never have too many comments, eh! what a fabulous book to pour over while hiding from my kids in the loo! me, me, pick me...

Angela - What beautiful photos!! I would love to learn how to get my photos to look like that.

Summer C. - I'm just starting my journey to become a photographer. THis books looks interesting and a fun learning tool!

robi r - Beautiful pictures! I would love to win this book.

Eden - Awesome!

Jenn Best - I really Hope this isn't an April Fools Joke b/c this book looks beautiful! Thanks for the contest and I really hope you do a book one day :)

Lacey - This would be a great help for an up and coming photographer. I am a stay at home mom trying to help support her family and I need all the help I can get.

Jennie M - me! me!

ashley moffat - me likey.

Shauna Rae - What an incredible book! I would love to learn from it!

Kate Lindsay - Wow I'm the 592nd! I should have posted earlier when I first saw the post ( 8:30am sydney, australia time), I would have been the 1st! I'm also one of those people who view and have never posted, this is my first. Love the this blog and love your work. You have inspiried me to start my own thing, this would really help. My friends and I love love love your work.

Kate - WoW! This book looks amazing!

Maria Paris - WOW...what an awesome book! Pick me please!!

Kelly Isham - OOOOHHH!!! I like it, I love it, i want some more of it!!! PLEASSSSSSSSSSSEEEEE! LOL! I have been stuck in a photography rut trying to start my own business. I love birth photography, and its what I am very passionate about! Im lacking one major thing, confidence! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity here! I hope you are feeling better Tara!

Jennifer C - Oh my gosh - this book is exactly what I need! My fingers are crossed...pick me, pick me! :)

Jona Tuft - Pick me!

sasha farina - what an awesome giveaway!!! I would love a chance! thank you girls!

MoniQue - Wow, When I wrote this comment you were already on 593! Thats insane! I'm in sunny South Africa where the exchange rate isn't in my favour if I want to purchase anything from America! So a free copy would totally rock my world! I am getting my photog business started and would love all the help I can get!

sue - just what i need!

Trish Jones - This book looks awesome. Great giveaway.

Sam - This looks fabulous! (...fingers crossed in New Orleans.)

Camille Wilson - Lovely! Would SO love to win!

bri - this would totally halp me step up my game:) por favor???? xoxo

hailey - oooh i would love to get this!!! :) can't believe how many comments already in!

shawna - wow tons of comments! it's worth a shot, i suppose!

Leslie - Wow, this book looks so cool. I think I *need* one!

Danielle Stahl - Looks great. You have to tell.. how many comments?? Looks like a trillion!

Zarah - Wow! That's an amazingly generous giveaway! The books seems faaaantastic! :D

marmie wistehuff - this book is soooo awesome!!!!!... I would really learn a lot from it! .. since I'm halfway around the world from you (sunny, Philippines!) and would never be able to attend a workshop!

Rochelle Pettingill - me please!

Robin - What a great looking book! Count me in please.

lani - wow, what beautiful photos. especially love the pregnancy shots...im 25 weeks pregnant...wish i had the guts to do a shot like that! and being a photographer...wish i had someone game enough to do a shot like that! lol

BrooklynGirl - Wow, looks like an awesome book and looks like there's a lot of us that could use it! ;)

Brianne Sheppard - would be awesome to win! Thanks!

falwyn - Lovely pics in there. I must admit I am shamefully jealous about the pregnancy ones - I don't think I'll ever be the beautiful when I'm pregnant!

Wendy - I have a weakness for beautiful photography books, and this one is gorgeous!

Amanda - Hi there, I would LOVE this book. I have just started a business in Australia and I would happily cover the cost of postage to Aus.

Laurel Horchem - I'd LOVE to have this book! Please, oh please, pick me!

Rebecca Little - thanks for the contest! book looks good.

mary - this book looks gorgeous, would love a copy!

Jo A - WOW what an amazing prize! That is exactly what I need. With such beautiful pictures and ideas it's almost as if someone is sitting down and teaching you personally. I would sooooo love to win this book :)

Julie Dunlap - oooh, pick me, pick me!! :) I stumbled across that book a few weeks ago actually. Looks marvelous! Julie

Ashley S. - I would absolutely love to win this. Thanks so much for sharing - it I don't win it, I will buy it.

Sandra - Wow! This book looks gorgeous!!! Would love to win it! Thanks for the chance! :)

Stefanie - The book does look amazing. Thanks for the chance to win it.

Courtney - I love the eyes of the little girl...rich & natural. Very welcoming & open.

amanda - I so love the image of the pregnant woman on the rocks

Manon - oh wow that looks great. and wow these are a lot of comments

Mikaela - Pleasssssssse let me win!!!!!!!

Susan - WWOW! That is one heck of pregnancy photo! Stunning!!!!

gina - i would LOVE to have this book!!

Kylee B - I would love this. Thanks!

Chihiro - Wow, looks great! I would have to ask Santa if I didn' win this time!

eef - wow what a lot of comments....but still i would love to win this book! xoxo eef ps hope you are feeling better again!

Harmony - I would love to have this book--it looks like it has a lot of great information!

Li - it sounds like a book packed with goodness! i would love to have a copy :) fingers crossed!!

Brenda - I would so love a can-feel-it-in-my-hands book right now. I get all my photograhpy lessons off the net and would love to have an actual book to look at.

Sylwia Szuder - So many participants, what are the chances that a girl from Poland who loves photographing children will win this book? Probably none ;-) But I appreciate that opportunity nevertheless...! Regards!

julie - oh, I want this! Would be so happy to get it...

amy - oooooooo, looks great! I know I sure could use the help... sign me up, please! have a great day Miss Tara.

Anna - I would love to win the book! So I'll keep my fingers crossed. Really hard. ♥ /A

Dani Leigh - First time commentor, long time reader! Would love to be picked, book looks wonderful!!!

Suzi - i'd love a chance to win! xx

tanya - what a great way to teach up and coming photographers

Suzette Mahoney - I would love this book. It looks stunning. I am so happy when I log on to your blog and you've updated!!!

Mel - This looks like an amazing book. Just also wanted to say that the maternity photo in font of the rocks is amazing!!

Dixie - This book looks amazing. Would love to win it.

Schnubbeldupp - Oh wow, I would love to win the book. It's really amazing, thanks for the chance. Long time ago I looked for a book like this in germany. I didn't found anything like that. Hngs Anja

canadacole - i just saw this now tara and hope i'm not too late! it looks beautiful!

Stacy - Holy comments batman....you are the queen of them...this book looks cool!

Susan - Looks like a great book. Thanks for the giveaway. Susan.

Sharyn Carlson - What beautiful images, this looks like a great book!

rhonda demone - the book looks amazing and a must have for photographers like me who are just starting out! thanks for hooking up with her Tara and being able to offer this to your blog stalkers ;)

Natalie - Wow! Looks wonderful! Did I mention I LOVE to read photography books?

jennifer - Awesome sauce!!!!

kribss - i hope i'm not too late to enter! i REALLY could use this book- plus it just looks cool!

Susie - That book looks so inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

leigha - Would LOVE to win!!

Rachel Marquette - this book looks and sounds like the it has all the answers and then some!

Ericka - Looks fab! Thanks!

Ericka - Only takes one to win, right?

Heather Zebrowki - this would make my april!

tamsen - this book looks and sounds just amazing...as a young mother of two starting out on my journey of establishing myself in this business, i am desperate for any advice i could receive. i love the work, the creativity, the time spent with clients, but if there is any way i could learn something to save me more time, more money, that would be great! i would love to be spending that time and money on my girls :-) thanks tara, for the chance to win :-)

Chelsea Parsons - love the blackness. Looks great!

Susan - Hope I'm not too late to enter! Starting my own business is a dream that I'm hoping to make reality very soon- would LOVE to win this!

suzib - looks so cool!

Shannon - the book looks great. you are great. i love your blog. thanks for the chance to win this book.

Tara M - what a great idea... I would love to win a copy!

Colleen - Commenting!! Looks like a great book!

lyndsay h-almeida - how exciting!!! i would love to get my hands on this book. :)

priscilla - I just found this book the other day...

qmama - beautiful...thank you.

kreativekate - Oh, this looks so beautiful. I lost my job recently, and have been wondering if this was the time to take the plunge into something scary...and now this opportunity! I would love to win this book.

Stephenie - Wow this looks like a really wonderful book =)

Amy Shaffer - Great resource - pick me!

Jenny - Would love a copy! Hope you are feeling better.

Ashley - ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!? what an awesome book! PICK ME!

Jordan - That book looks fantastic! Thanks for the giveaway - I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Ashley - Looks like a great book and how sweet of her to give a copy away! :)

Gale - Looks like a great book & I need all the help I can get!

Tina - I love good help books. This one looks awesome! Thanks for the chance.

kristin c - Holy Moly am I too late? I would leeeeerv this book!

Cheiron - Tara, your photos are so inspiring. I stumbled upon your blog at work one day, and let's say nothing got done the rest of that day. I am a beginner and just got a hand me down SLR. I would LOVE to win this book!

Melissa_C - The book looks gorgeous and I would love to win a copy

MarieP - Wow; gorgeous book! I'd love to step up my photography skills!

jacqueline - how what a great thing you are doing! i would love to get my hands on this book. i would love to know more about the buisiness side of things!

Kim - I would love to win this book-it looks great-easy to read and packed with great stuff-just what I need.

Judy in huntsville [al] - would love to win the book - I love photography but know mine is all for me - however [if I win] i'll be passing on the book to a neice who is hoping to make photography her career - thanks for considering me - J

Dana Stone - This looks amazing! I would love to learn from her!

Ana F. - This book looks great!! Thank you for the giveaway.

Kendra - looks like a great book...would love to win it!

Michelle White - Looks like a great book! Figured I would put my name in the hat. Thanks for doing this!

Kim Schmidt - What a great book. Would love to win this!

Stephanie D - Wow! What a cool book! Hope I win.

Jennifer - Hope I'm luck-luck-lucky!!

LeeAndra - Pick me! Pick me! :)

anita - awesome. can't pass up a giveaway =)

Michelle - Looks great!

Valerie - The book looks beautiful. I'd love to learn.

Julie K. - Oh my gosh! I just asked my local library to purchase this book but they couldn't find it! I would love to own a copy for my personal library. Keeping my fingers crossed in the midwest. ~julie

Tali - This book looks beautiful AND helpful! Hope I winnnn!

Kara O - That book looks amazing! I would love the opportunity to win this book! I love your blog - your photography is so inspiring.

Thresha - Looks like an awesome book!

Felicia Walker - This is exactly what I've been looking for. I'm researching different books to find out which one would be most beneficial to me and this one looks perfect! If i don't win it I'll definitely have to buy it!

Joy D - Great book...crossing my fingers

h2mccollom - man...looks like some really good stuff!

Melissa - wow...how gorgeous...would love that book!

Annie Pennington - What an awesome looking book!!! PICK ME! PICK ME! :)

Jennifer - Not sure if I missed the timeline, but this is too cool a give away to not try. Would love to learn more.

Alicat - oh, I am trying to start up my own photography businss while my husband is in Iraq. I could use all the help I can get! Ali

Mary Beth - thanks so much for offering this giveaway!

jamie v - beautiful book- maybe some of her talent will rub off on me? And maybe it will get me shooting off of auto??

Lisa - The book looks wonderful! I'm excited to get the chance to win!

Eclectic E - This book looks amazing!!!!

Jen Gough - That would be awesome book! I could use some good ideas. Thanks! Jen G.

Katie Jordan - Those sneak peek pages look incredible. I love the pregnant photo!

Sheri Colautti - The book looks captivating and beautiful! Please enter me in the draw! All the best!

carolyn hall - Would love to win this great book - very inspiring!!!

Laure - This looks like not only a beautiful book, but a very practical one as well. Thanks for the giveaway!

Cami - Wow, this looks amazing! Just what I need.

sofie warren - is that 10am your time? it may be too late but i'll try my luck. i definitely need this book. hope you are feeling better.

Carrie K - beautiful book! i would love to take better photos...

Jennifer Truman - Not only would this be a great idea book but also a great way to brush up on all the things I learned before the age of digital came about! I'm crossing my fingers!!

Leslie - Me, please! And thank you. :)

Dina - I'd love this book! I'm at the onset of wanting to launch as a business so this would be so helpful! Thanks!

Jamie - what a help this would be! always looking to improve my skills! thanks!

Ria - oohhhh... i love a good giveaway. but it looks like my chances arn't so good with all of these comments! oh well, it's a good excuse to say..."hey tara!"

Scott - Looks like a great book! Thanks for the chance to win it!

Alicia - What a glorious book... will definitely have to put in on my wish list!

abigail - Pick me!!! I really want this book!

Emily - I hope I'm not too late! What a neat book!

Kandi - me too, hope I still in for a chance for the giveaway.

Wendy - Wow over 700 comments! I will add mine to the list. :O) Peace.

tara k - the book looks fabulous! fingers crossed...

marta - Sounds like a fantastic book - love the newborn photos :)

denise lynnette andrade - i would feel so blessed to have this. inspiration.

Deidre - What a fantastic give away. I'm sure whoever receives it will be grateful and find it handy as they broaden their photographic horizons!

Michelle - wow.. this looks amazing! just what I need!!

Lillian - thanks!

Shelley Robbins - Ohhhh....I am feeling lucky today!! The book looks off the hook!!

Kimberly - Please, pick me. I could use a pick-me-up today!

Sally - looks like a good one!

sonja - Cool! I would love to win, but have no idea what time it ends...it's 12:07 pm here in Ontario, so I think it's only 9:07 am by you. Maybe I'm not too late!

kari - Make it easy on yourself and just give it to the last person who posts. (That's me, right?)

kari - Just make it easy on yourself and just give it to the last person who posts. (That's me, right?)

Robyn - Oooooh, pick me!!! My husband would *love* this book!

Annie - I hope I'm not to late. I would love, LOVE to win!!

valerie - wow! someone's gonna be very, VERY lucky!

Kelly K - pick me ;-) This book looks amazing.

Dianne K. Nelson - I still have time! Lucky for me, I live in Oregon... Thanks for all of your continued inspiration. Smiles, Dianne

Krysta - Ohhh...I would love love love it!! Hope I'm not too late!!

Tracy M - Wow! I could only dream of taking such stunning photos!

Kris Teixeira - Im getting my first dslr next month, I love your blog so much you are an inspiration Tara! This book looks awesome, I would be so grateful to win it!

Anna Vollmer - Oh! I'd love a copy, I'm a photography major at Sac State, and any help getting into the business would be fantastic! Thanks for the chance to win!

Mimi - Am I too late? Was this an April Fool's Day thing? lol... I'd love to win this! :o)

sarah m - oh,please!

Tracy - What a wonderful looking book. Off to check out where to buy it but I'd love to win it!

ML - That book is breathtaking!

Martha Henderson - What a wonderful book! I'd love one, please! I'm just under the wire, it's 9:39 PST! :)

Tara - we have the same first name, it is good karma, pick me. hehe

Jlyn - So free is good...winning is better :) but i might just buy it anyways!!

Alison - Looks like a very interesting book!

mandy l - pick me! pick me! :)

Kristen in Roseville - Would love to win this!

Chelsey - Wow! Very cool book!

CDScott - My eight year-old and I are embarking on learning the ins and outs of the digital photography world. This would be an awesome place for us to start our journey together.

Dana Wilson - I'm just getting started with photography and would love any help I could get. Would love to read this book.

Robyn S - Pick Me...Pick Me!!

Michelle - What a wonderful gift this would be! I can't tell you how excited I am just thinking about all the priceless nuggets that I am sure are in this book!

Sarah - The book looks fantastic! I have several friends asking me to do portraits of their kids and families, but I haven't officially taken the plunge to starting a full blown business. Maybe one day...

Shelley Dalebout - Glad to hear you are feeling better!

Pascale - I'm just floored by the amount of comments. It is so wonderful to see so many people eagerly pursuing a passion, especially in these uncertain times. Without a real passion for photography, you have nothing to sustain you through the bumps in the road so clearly you are all already on the right path. I commend you all! Tara, thank you so very much for setting up this giveaway and giving me the opportunity to provide this book for free to one very lucky person! To everyone else who commented, I wish you all the best of luck in your photographic endeavors! Thanks for your interest in my book and for all the sweet comments about it and my photography. I hope everyone has a delightful day!

beth - This would be a great book to have. Thanks for the give a way opportunity!!

Heather - Today. I hate my job. The one day - THE ONE DAY I don't read your blog because I trying so hard to market the idea of BOOKS and libraries - I miss a BOOK contest. Isn't it ironic. I have one hand in my pocket, and the other is flicking a cigarette. Awesome giveaway Tara! even if I didn't have a chance :)

Kris Teixeira - So Im sad I didn't win, but just wanted to say thanks for posting this book. I will be buying it very soon!! Im very excited to read it and learn from it!! Thanks again!! Kris