PhotoStamps of the Year Contest | 2007-2008 Candidates

This was my Grandson’s first visit to my new home at the beach and asked, “Can we live at the beach forever, Gramma?”

This is Mt. Thielsen reflected in Diamond Lake, a beautiful mountain lake in Oregon at 5100 feet, about 30 miles from Crater Lake National Park.

My husband and I had been trying to have a baby for years. When I turned forty, I was told that I would probably never have a child, so I gave up. Six months later, miraculously I became pregnant. Thomas is my only child and one of the best things that ever happened to me.

This image is from a photobooth strip we used for our wedding response envelopes.

Our baby Joey reacts to being told “no eating grass” while trying to take birthday invitation pictures.

My boyfriend took this photo of me on a surprise trip to New York where he planned to propose on our 4 year anniversary.

This shot was taken near sunset on the edge of Noonan, North Dakota. A migratory flight of geese passed overhead while I was taking sunset shots along a fence line.

This is a picture of our dog, Petie, on the beach in San Felipe, Mexico. He happened to be on the verge of a sneeze when I was taking his close up.

Grandma and Papa brought this snorkel gear back from the store and my 4 year old niece Nellie chased everyone around the house acting like a shark.

Rachel likes to take photos of our son in outdoor settings. She likes to experiment with different settings and angles to experience new outcomes of an image.

My granddaughter saw my dafs and decided they looked good enough to “schniff.” I thought she looked good enough to photograph while she “schniffed.”

This priceless picture is of my two loving boys, Zachery and Damien. Our baby had just gotten his first haircut and his older brother Damien decided to give him hugs and kisses.

This is a picture of Dylan, a patient at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, who is receiving an enrichment block as food. This is part of her therapy to teach her how to hunt as well as keep her mentally stimulated.

My 20-month-old son, Jack, has a small plastic Viking helmet. His great-grandmother, Kay (aka “Nana”) tried to get a smile out of him by wearing his helmet… She did!

This photo was taken on a trip to Coney Island as part of a class at the International Center of Photography.

We were at Disney World and Mickey had already made his rounds and this was his second visit to our table. It was truly a Disney “magical” moment.

This picture was taken to be the stamp for her 1st birthday party invitations… to make the occasion as special as she is to me.

Buffalo, New York is always given a bad rap regarding its winter weather – I just wanted to show we have wonderful summers!

This skydiving photo was taken from the skies over Baldwin, Wisconsin. This was my first skydiving adventure at 76 years old!

My son Aidan was 10 months old when this picture was taken. His Great Grandmother (“GG”) was playing “peek-a-boo” with him over Christmas, and when she would hide her face and show it again, he gave her this look that says, “Are you trying to get one over on me GG?”

Six-year-old Chase and four-year-old Connor are brothers born on the exact same day, February 28th. I used this portrait on the PhotoStamps to send birthday invitations to their friends for their birthday party.

This close up photo was taken as an ode to a freckled beauty and was done so with a very shallow depth of field in order to ensure the eyes as the focal point and have everything else gradually fall out of focus.

I was asked to take pictures at my niece's engagement party. One of the photos was this "kiss" which I used on invitations for the bridal shower. My niece, Brittney, and her husband, Adam, were married in Dec of last year.

This was a family vacation on the farm in Texas. We enjoy taking the horses for a swim with us, they are reluctant swimmers but seem to like standing in the cool water. It is fun to jump or dive off them. Austin was having a bit of a rest after being part of a diving exhibition. This is when I caught this quiet moment of these two watching others in wild excited play.

Our daughter Rachel loves to play in our leaves that we rake on our lawn. Our dog, Lang, it turns out enjoys the leaf pile as well. One day, they were frolicking together in the leaves and I went and got the camera, took a picture and they both stopped to let us get their faces. As soon as the picture was taken, they went back to rolling, jumping and playing in the leaves.

One of the many bears that were feasting on salmon at the Anon Creek Preserve.

An 18 month old practices her surfing pop up in Lanai.

These 12 chocolate lab puppies, all brothers and sisters were drinking from the water bowl. Karen, the owner of the mother and puppies, saw this a couple of times and said "Gee, I've got to get a shot of that." It was not staged and she had about a two second window to get the shot.

These leaves in the backyard caught my attention and I couldn't turn down the photographic moment. What splendor.

This is a painting created and owned by my brother, Rodgers Naylor and I ordered the Stamps for him. It is a scene from the harbor in the Rio de Janeiro.

Our daughter has always been smitten over our weimaraner, Jasper. I took this photo when they were sitting together on our futon.

After 5 years of dating, my boyfriend, Brandon proposed to me on a surprise trip to Amelia Island, Florida. We snapped this picture ourselves as soon as I regained some composure.

This Galapagos sea lion was basking on the rocks near the shore. Completely unafraid of people, he didn't even wake from his nap when I approached to take this shot.

Where did they go? I know they were just here!

This is a cabin on the Soward Ranch in Creede, Colorado.

This was by far the coldest day I experienced on a Spring Break trip to Japan. The icicle formations were created by the wind as it blew across the lake, causing white frothy waves to evade the ledge we were standing on and bombarded the shore. It was amazing how evocative the white-capped waves were of the typical Japanese-style waves, even in real life. I loved this tree because it seemed to look like a man; it emulated how freezing I was feeling at the time.

Image was taken at Pinelawn National Cemetery when the cub scouts were planting flags in observance of Memorial Day 2006.

We saw this great bug flying around the yard. We really weren't sure if it was a bug or a leaf. My 3 year old son (Ellis) got down for a closer look and I was able to get this great picture! It is truly one of my favorite pictures of him.

Our 7-year-old's first season of football ended… And he was heartbroken. His dad was trying to console him when this picture was taken.