100th Post - Welcome 2011 - Just for Fun - Giveaway!

Well, it’s time for my first giveaway. I thought it might be good timing to hold it as a welcome 2011, 100th post, and just for fun giveaway.
Are you excited? Want to know what I’m giving away?
There will be four winners – and the prizes are as follows.

as long as it takes - meredith andrews

fireproof soundtrack

beautiful green pendant necklace

and last but not least - the "whole shoot 'n match" blog design package from beauty {free blog designs}!

Sound good? Here's how you can enter:

Mandatory entry: comment telling me your favorite color. ;)
(each following action counts as one extra entry)
Follow this blog (Hannah Rose Photography)
Follow Beauty {free blog designs}
Follow To Write... (my writing blog)
Like Hannah Rose Photography on Facebook
Like Beauty {free blog designs} on Facebook

That's it! Comment away - and don't forget to post one comment per action! (follow blog = one comment; like page = one comment, etc.) The deadline for entering is 1-15-2011 (Saturday).

Day 8 {letter to someone who's changed my life}

I've had a hard time figuring out who has made the biggest impact on my life. Obviously, the Lord, my mom, and my dad have the most...but who comes after that? After thinking about it I decided that it had to be my grandma, Lita.

Dear Lita, thank you for being my grandma - for being the first person to introduce me to cameras, for loving me to pieces, for being deeply and truly interested in who I am and who I'm becoming, and for always encouraging me in my photography, drawing, and everything else. You are the best grandma ever, and I love you. 

Day 7 {five things i couldn't live without}

1. First and foremost, I couldn't live without the Lord. (Literally, spiritually, emotionally...in everything) In this first one I'll include my wonderful, wonderful church and my wonderful Dad (who also happens to be my pastor. ;)  ) The encouragement that the true believers in our church are to all of us is wonderful. Though we are very small, there is peace in our midst and it is a blessing.

          Even though princes sit and talk against me,

         Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

     2.  Second would have to be my camera. My camera is the biggest way in which I express myself -     and if I didn't have it...well, that'd be pretty sad. ;) (I can't wait to get the Canon EOS 60D!!!!!)

     3.  Third...my laptop. So many of my responsibilites are on the laptop (college, blog design, etc.).

     4.  Music. Without a doubt. Our family loves, loves, LOVES music. ;) Just two days ago, actually, I was given the CD Revaltion by Third Day (I've wanted this CD for a long time!) When I was listening to it, I was so amazed by how all the songs can relate to me now, in what I'm going through. The Lord often uses the power of music to encourage His children, and that is what this CD (and the rest of my music!) does for me.

It's been so long since
You felt like you were loved
So what went wrong
But do you know
There's a place where you belong
Here in My Arms

Chorus:
When you feel like you're alone in your sadness
It seems like no one in this whole world cares
And you want to get away from the madness
You just call My name and I'll be there
You just call My name and I'll be there

The pain inside
Has erased your hope for love
Soon you will find
That I'll give you all
That your heart could ever want
And so much more

Chorus:

You just call My name
You just call My name
Call My name say it now
I want you to never doubt
The love I have for you is so alive
Call My name say it now
I want you to never doubt
The love I have for you is so alive

You just call My name
You just call My name
You just call My name


The love I have for you is so alive
The love I have for you is so alive
You just call My name
You just call My name
You just call My name

   5.  Alright. Now I could live without my blogs and wonderful followers - but man, am I grateful to have you all! I'm very honored to think that 29 people are interested enough in my life and photography - and some of you I've become good friends with! (Well, as much as you can on the internet! ;)  ) But seriously, I've really enjoyed the experience and I am looking forward to many more blogging years. ;)

Day 6 {moment i wish i could relive}

Well, without a doubt, I wish I could relive one summer day with my closest and dearest friends. Actually, it was (I believe) only the second time that we had seen them, but we were instant friends and had the most glorious water fight. ;) It happened to be on a Sunday, which meant that we were still in our church clothes, and of course we were soaked. That was one of the best times ever. Our family had been going through some very hard times, and meeting these wonderful, amazing people and hitting it off so well with each one of them was absolutely amazing.

I wish I could go back and relive the moment - and be sure to take in every little thing. One thing I've realized is to not take for granted the wonderful moments in life. I would love to go back and be able to appreciate it all as much as I possibly could.

That summer day was about ten years ago, and we all still remain the closest and best of friends. <3

Writing Blog

Some of you may know of one of my blogs – The Return of Justice. It used to be geared towards a novel I was writing by the same name as the blog. Well, I’ve decided to completely transform the entire blog into a general writing blog. I’ve learned so much through NaNoWriMo, and have so many other projects, that I feel like my readers will be more interested in a general blog.

So if you haven’t seen it, go check it out! It’s now called “To Write…” (although its official name is still The Return of the King so that my followers won’t think, “What? I’m not following a blog by that name!!)