 - Linda D. Lester  Contact Linda D. Lester Linda D. Lester's Gallery |
Thanks BP for a Wonderful 2007! I want to thank BP for a wonderful year! If it wasn't for entering a shot every day and commenting I wouldn't have kept up with my photography and met such wonderful friends. I'm real excited to start a new year to see what else I can learn and who else I can meet! Also a big thanks to all the members that made this possible too! I love making friends and have had a great time on BP doing it. I didn't think I could learn so many new things in a year's time. Let's keep the camera's clicking and Keyboards tapping!
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- Su Sana E. P Contact Su Sana E. P Su Sana E. P's Gallery |
Well..Linda, I'm with you on your thoughts. As you know I tried to quit a couple of times but our BP friends just don't let me do that. LOL. Now my click happy finger has no rest at all! I wanna thank you all for the support and also thank BP for everything.
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Tammy Scott |
I completely agree with you Linda! BP photographers always have the best advice and tips on how and what to shoot! Although the last year was tough, emails from friends I have met here kept me going and when I finally got back into the swing of things, they were right there waiting with open arms. It is wonderful to share interests and hobbies and it is an added bonus when it takes you farther than you thought you could go! I am looking forward to a new year and a fresh start and wish you all much luck, joy, and many blessings in the new year! KEEP SHOOTING!
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Amy JACKSON |
I agree! Thanks BP! Staying active in this wonderful community definitely helps keep me shooting. I also look forward to meeting more of my friends here! Hope everyone has a Happy New Year! :)
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- Shelly A. Van Camp Contact Shelly A. Van Camp Shelly A. Van Camp's Gallery |
Linda, this is great that you started this thread. I have met some of the most wonderful people by being on BP. I love photography and meeting people from BP is a plus. Most of the people are always willing to help and share. I wish everyone at BP and all my friends, a wonderful and Happy New Year! Keep all the wonderful images coming!!
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JO ANN CLEVELAND |
I'll say a bit AMEN to that Linda! My friend Judy K.inspired me to get a camera (my first) then Amy told me about the BP shoot in Atlanta and I met all you wonderful people and then on to Omaha and Virginia not mentioning the times we Dixie Chicks got together ~ I can never thank you and the BP friends enough for insisting I just keep shooting and keep learning! I especially love the positive attitude and not griping or complaining, just friends and encouragement! Many thanks to BP for providing a great site that is family oriented as far as I'm concerned! Wish you all a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous New Year! jo ann c.
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Donna La Mattino Pagakis |
I would like to take the time to thank BetterPhoto for a great site to share and learn. I have made so many friends here!! The inspiration and support really keep me motivated. I hope to one day meet some of you in person!! To all of you, THANKS SO MUCH!! I appreciate you starting this thread Linda!!! Have a great New Year!! Donna
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Tamera S. Phillips |
Happy New Year to you all. The thought of another year with BP brings hope of making new friends and learning/absorbing all that I can to make myself a better photographer. I appreciate the sharing and honest input from those who visit my gallery. Thank you Linda for the thread - refreshing to see it here.
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- Carolyn M. Fletcher  Contact Carolyn M. Fletcher Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery |
I'm with ya on that too, Linda! I've met a bunch of BPers and never a one that wasn't worth the trip! I hope to meet more of you in the future and here's to a great 2008!
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
"Most of the people are always willing to help and share." (Almost too easy.)As in you deciding to share the credit Todd Bennett's photos? And lord knows who else's. Eh Shelley?
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- Ken Smith Contact Ken Smith Ken Smith's Gallery |
Thanks for starting this thread, Linda! For the BP folks, thanks for running a super site. You're a part of my daily life now. If I had not stumbled onto your web page, I know I would not enjoy photography as much as I do today. I have met many people behind the mini-pics, and my life has been enriched because of it. Your site has inspired many people thru the contests, the forums, and the classes. I know you guys have a thankless job running the site, and having to put up with all our personalities, likes, and dislikes. All too often, you probably hear the negatives. But they're minor compared to all the positives you guys deliver on a daily basis. Keep up the great work!!
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- Tressie Davis Contact Tressie Davis Tressie Davis's Gallery |
Yay for BP!!! I look forward to more growth and fun in 2008 - staff, judges, instructors and members - you guys all rock!
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- Dr Silly Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
Thank you BP for beening here. Linda was one of the first to help me here at BP and I think it is wonderful of her to start this. Happy New Year everyone at BetterPhoto. :O)
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Cathy Barrows |
Leave it to Gregory to crash an upbeat party. With that said, above me on this thread are some of my best friends especially the one that started the thread. Between Linda and BP, I've been pushed to keep shooting when I might have let my skills lapse. There is no breaking the BP habit for me. To the BP staff, I love all of the changes and I appreciate the hard work you put into the site. To my friends at BP, keep shooting and inspiring others to keep active, improve their skills and acheiving photography greatness. Happy New Year to all and properous shooting. Cathy
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Sharon Day |
Wow, paranoia has really kicked in with all the comments about griping and complaining in light of my recent question in the Q&A. Oh well < I do want to thank BP for allowing members to ask the tough questions and have instructors like Richard Lynch respond with diplomacy and tact without getting defensive. Thank you, Richard! Gregory, thanks for the laughs. You might not intend to be funny but more than once I've sat here laughing out loud ;). I still have a few friends here and wish you all the best for 2008!
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- Linda D. Lester Contact Linda D. Lester Linda D. Lester's Gallery |
Sharon I'm sure you have many friends here at BP! It's almost like we are one big family! Happy New Year!!!!!
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Sharon Day |
Thank you, Linda! I know I'm capable of controversy from time to time, but I have always enjoyed the community here. This site is full of wonderful and helpful members and a few people like me ;)! Happy New Year!! BTW, "sigh" was between the <<>> in case someone wondered.
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- Carolyn M. Fletcher Contact Carolyn M. Fletcher Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery |
I'd like to add my thanks to Sharon's for Mr. Lynch's responses to our questions. He's a nice gentleman and everybody should take his classses.
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Lynne Morris |
Amen to all of the above, not much left for me to say that hasn't been said already but a huge thanks to BP and all the staff for this wonderful site. Also thanks to everyone here who has made my time at BP so enjoyable and been full of encouragement, I wish you all a Happy New Year and may it be filled with health, happiness and lots more photos :)
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- Les Rhoades Contact Les Rhoades Les Rhoades's Gallery |
Here is my simple HaPPy NeW YeaR to everyone at BP.
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- Judy V. Kennamer Contact Judy V. Kennamer Judy V. Kennamer's Gallery |
Linda has the right idea here -- BP is definitely a part of our lives -- heck, some of us were having withdrawal symptoms when BP was down for a few hours a while back!!! :o) I appreciate the site more than words can say! I've met some wonderful friends -and have had some wonderful shoots all over the country - and learned soooooooo much! NONE of that would have happened without BP! BetterPhoto.Com Rules!!! Happy New Year Everyone!
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Joy Rector |
I agree with all of you. I have learned a lot here at BP and "met" some great people. Have even gotten involved in some of the sights as off shoots to BP and have learned a lot there too. But wouldn't have gotten to them without BP.
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Susan Fox |
I may whine a little, ok sometimes a lot :-), about the contest. But I do love Betterphoto. I never would have gotten as far as I have with photography without BP. I've also meet some wonderful and extremely talented people here at BP. Thank you and happy new year Betterphoto! Happy new year everyone!!!
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Irene Troy |
I routinely visit a number of other sites – writing and photography – but always end up back here at BP. My work keeps me away from home for fairly long periods of time and sometimes I need encouragement and a slug of anti-homesickness medicine. Other times I need help solving some issue that occurs when I am far from home. BP is such a great resource for all the above! I am so thankful to everyone here who takes the time to answer my questions, to provide insight and ideas and to offer encouragement. I’ve loved every class I’ve taken here and learned a tremendous amount; however, it is the sharing on these forums that keeps me coming back, time after time. Thank you to the staff at BP and thank you to all of you who continue to share on the forums! Happy New Year!! Irene
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- Bob Cournoyer Contact Bob Cournoyer Bob Cournoyer's Gallery  |
Thanks, BP, and Happy New Year!!
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Gary Lange |
Thanks to BP for a wonderful site and for the opportunity to meet friends I would not have had otherwise. Happy New Year and thanks to Linda for starting this thread!
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Rosemary Buffoni |
Thanks BP-it's been a great year. Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year!! Ro
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emptynestphotography.com - Agnes Fegan Contact Agnes Fegan Agnes Fegan's Gallery |
A wonderful thread you started here Linda...Happy New Year to the BP staff and all the friends I have made here. See you in '08 !!!
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Susan M. Hembree |
I would like to thank BP for a wonderful year... I have improved on my photography skills--thanks especially to the contest for keeping me working on them on a daily basis--and met some wonderful, wonderful people--discussions, forums, and all the clubs (101 you are awesome)! I have gotten some great tips--classes, forums and radio show--and was able to share some of my own. I've had a few great adventures and thrills with a photography buddy--hey Chris B. I'll never forget standing out in that lightening storm and waking up to see all those beautiful cathedral colors! I have gotten some quick answers to questions and concerns--thanks BP staff for your prompt responses and just for being a caring group of people! It has been a real pleasure and a joy to be a member this year and I am definitely looking forward to 2008! Happy New Year to everyone from all around the world who are a part of the Better Photo community! I think we've definitely shown here that there is a possibility for world peace.
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- Mitch Spence Contact Mitch Spence Mitch Spence's Gallery |
Well, everyone has pretty much said it. We fuss, and we fuss, sometimes, really because all of what we do here is something we care about deeply, and here we are. And we all learn and we all share. And I know that I would not have learned a tenth of what I have learned without the impetus that the site gives me and without the extraordinary friends I've made here. Thanks to BP and thanks to all of you. I wish you all a 2008 that's "shooting" spectacular.
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Esther Smith |
I'd like to chime in if I could- I'm grateful for this site as well. I've learned so much through classes, reading forums and just browsing through all of your galleries. Thank you BP for a great site! Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! See you 2008!
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BetterPhoto Member |
Happy New Year! Thanks to Linda for starting this thread. It is wonderful to read these appreciative posts. Speaking for the BP Support team, we would like to convey the same appreciation in return. BetterPhoto members are phenomenal! Without the support of our members, we wouldn't be the online photography site that we are today: thriving and bustling with the best tips, helpful advice, considerate critiques, renown instructors and challenging contest. I would like to wish all of our members, both new and long standing, a glorious New Year. I hope your year is filled with joyous adventures, photographic and otherwise. Thanks again for all of your support! Heather Young
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- Linda D. Lester Contact Linda D. Lester Linda D. Lester's Gallery |
Thank you everyone! I knew I wasn't alone with the way I felt about being part of the BP family! Way to go BP members! And Heather!!!!
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Shawn Jennings |
Thank you BP staff & members! I, like everyone else here, have benefited and grown tremendously in my photography skills from the teaching, encouragement and great relationships that I've received here. Thanks to all who have answered so many questions, shared their knowledge, advised me on my photos and have been there just to listen. I've met and shot with several of you in person and that's been the icing on the cake. There are a lot of other great photography sites out there, but it's the great folks at BP that keep me coming back. Happy New Year Everyone!!!
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Kara L. Hendricks |
I too would like to chime in with a Happy New Year... Thanks for starting this Linda... I have had to have my daily dose of BP for over 3 years now... And thanks to the members and the contest, I KNOW I am a much more sound photographer today... The contest keeps me shooting.. And for that I am grateful... The people, have become MANY of my very best friends... So I lift a GLASS to you ALL!!! I wish you a safe NEW YEAR full of wonderful photographs and ALL THE SILVER AND GOLD you can handle!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Teresa Norris |
I'd just like to hop in here to give a great big THANK YOU also to BP staff & members...I am so grateful for this opportunity to share in this community. Thanks to Linda for this thread, and thanks to ALL! And Happy 2008!
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Kerry Drager |
Thanks, Linda, for launching this discussion, and thanks, everyone, for all of the great support! Best wishes for a wonderful and photo-filled New Year!!! Kerry
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BetterPhotoJim.com - Jim Miotke Contact Jim Miotke Jim Miotke's Gallery |
What a wonderful thread to end the year on! Thanks Linda and thanks to all for your lovely and kind comments! I just love your enthusiasm and appreciate your support of the BetterPhoto idea. I am filled to the rim with gratitude... overflowing with gratitude in fact! I hope you had a very creative holiday season and I wish you a super creative year ahead. Team BP finished the year with a flurry of creativity ourselves. You are about to see two or three new developments that I think you'll find VERRRRY exciting. Heavy-hitting students will now get big discounts on future classes. Heavy-hitting contestants: how would you feel about Big Prizes? Stay tuned... as soon as the team comes back from a break, we'll have more fun stuff for you to enjoy! In the meantime, Happy New Year! Enjoy the countdown tonight, or if you're like me (with three kids) go to bed early and enjoy sweet dreams as the rest of the world celebrates with the countdown :) I wish you an ultra-creative, healthy, and prosperous 2008!
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Susan Fox |
"Heavy-hitting contestants: how would you feel about Big Prizes? Stay tuned..." Oh Jim how can you torture us like that :-) LOL Now I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight wondering what the big prizes will be.
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Cesar J. La Rosa |
I joined BetterPhoto three years ago and I have improved my photography skills, taken photography lessons, read many interesting books, bought a new camera and most importantly, met many wonderful people who are now my friends and thanks to whom I have learned many new things and discovered that when a hobby takes up almost all of your free time it is no longer a hobby, but an important part of your life. So, I think I would like to thank you, Jim, Heather and all the BP staff for having given me the chance to meet all these wonderful people who are now part of my big family called The Photo Group 101 and whose invaluable support and constant encouragement have always helped me see that I will always be able to do better than today. Thank you, BetterPhoto and thank you, Linda, for starting this thread. Have a wonderful 2008, my BetterPhoto friends, and I hope there will always be a good light to accompany you every single day of the coming year. Cesar
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KV Day |
A wonderful 2008 to BP and members! God bless and Happy New Year!
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Tonya R. Boles |
Happy New Year to the folks at BP and to those that enjoy the site as much as I do...Have a wonderful 2008...
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- Linda D. Lester Contact Linda D. Lester Linda D. Lester's Gallery |
Heavy Hitting? LOL! We will see!!!! How exciting and I can't wait!!!!
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Teri Soares |
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! Teri
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Sandra R. Alvey |
Well Linda hon, You've done it again! Awesome idea with this thread, letting us express our love for BP, all the Members, and the Staff! I joined a little over 6 months ago, never thinking that I could learn about Photography on a photo posting site. Wow was I WRONG!! I've learned a TON, made a BUNCH of new friends, and seen some REALLY spectacular photography. I want to Thank all my friends, the Staff, and folks in general who have helped me along, and I look forward to another year of the wonderful BP experience!! THANK YOU ALL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE MEMBERS, AND STAFF!!!
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Kerby Pfrangle |
Thank you Better Photo for a great site. It is My favorite site on the net. It been a wonderful three years of learning and growing. I Love being a member. Happy New Year...
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sherry-adkins-photography.com - Sherry Karr Adkins Contact Sherry Karr Adkins Sherry Karr Adkins's Gallery |
Happy New Year to all. I can't wait for new and exciting things to come from BP. Thank you Jim, Heather and all the staff and all the friends I have made through BP.
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Sherry L. Davis |
Thank you so much BP for this wonderful site. So much talent here, and so many entries for you all to go through. I just joined this year, and it has been a great inspiration to me! Thank you all and Happy New Year!
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Michelle L. Frick |
Thank you to Linda for starting this thread! Thank you so much to BP and to all my BP friends, the instructors I've been priveleged to study under and the staff who always do their best to help out in any way they can. I found this site in the fall of 2005 and can't imagine my life without it! I'm wishing you all health, success and happiness in this New Year! Happy 2008 to everyone!
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- Nikki McDonald Contact Nikki McDonald Nikki McDonald's Gallery |
I've been on vacation so I'm late to the party but I definitely want to say thanks to BP and all the friends I have made here for some wonderful times. Happy New Year and may 2008 be a great year for all of you.
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Bob Cammarata |
This site has been an inspiration to so many. Not only as a place to "Share your Passion for Picture Taking", but a place to swap ideas, share knowledge and experiences, or to just hang out and debate issues within the photographic community. I too have met some very interesting BP Members in my travels. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! Bob
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Datha Y. Thompson |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! WoooHooooo!!! And I too would like to add my Thanks to BP and all the photo friends I have made and learned so much from!! There is No PLACE like BP!!!!!!!! :0)
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Nancy (Peaches) Harker |
Thanks Linda for starting this thread, such a great idea! I started this year, looking for a sight I could do my photo's and share them, something I have enjoyed doing for over 15 years, and I am soooooooooo happy to have found this sight. My husband has to drag me away from the PC now LOL! I Have met so many wonderful people on this sight it just blows my mind how nice EVERYONE has been with the support, encouragment, laughs and friendships that have elvolved. I was so fortunate to meet one BP member this year from my state meeting her on BP, which never would have happned without BP sight and have become very good friends. With the clubs being started, I stared one for WI and now have 22 members in it. I hope we can all meet sometime for a fun shoot in 2008. I myself had been so frustrated and wanted to quit a few times and with the support of the BP community I hung in there and so glad I did as I just keep meeting more and more people and wouldn't give it up for anything. One special person I want to thank is Bob Hall, he was a god send to me to keep going and never letting me give up and has taught me so many things, he is always there. You guys ALL ROCK and I wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR, I can't wait to see all the pictures everyday, it's the first thing I do when I get up and it's the last thing I am doing when I go to bed in the wee hrs of the morning. THANK YOU fellow BP'er's, and thanks to the staff for making this such an enjoyable sight, it IS MY FAVORITE ONE!
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ecameronphotography.com - Errick L. Cameron Contact Errick L. Cameron Errick L. Cameron's Gallery |
Thanks BP!
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Sylvia Rossler |
Happy New Year to all of you !!! Without BP I wouldn't be the addicted photographer I am today!!Thank you :O)
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Richard Lynch |
I wanted to thank BetterPhoto and the visitors in a blog and never did... this may be an even more appropriate venue. BetterPhoto wouldn't be anywhere without Jim Miotke, his vision and the great staff he has assembled. The whole group is incredibly positive and wonderful to work with. I thank them for the continued opportunity to be a part of their staff of instructors. But BetterPhoto would not be anywhere without the participation, input and enthusiasm of the visitors as well. I think all of you need to feel responsible for being a part of what makes this site great. I look forward to seeing you all keep coming back and sharing your photography, skills, understanding and learning in the new year! Thanks to all! Happy new year. Richard Lynch
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Shirley L. Carpenter |
I would also like to thank BP for being the best photo site on the net!! {My Opinion} THANK YOU!!! Wishing all at BP a SAFE AND HAPPY 2008!!!!
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- Sherry Stricklin Boles Contact Sherry Stricklin Boles Sherry Stricklin Boles's Gallery |
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Thanks BP for all the improvements in 2007...I'm looking forward to another fantastic year!! :)
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- Janet McNeil Contact Janet McNeil Janet McNeil's Gallery |
Thanks to everyone at Betterphoto!! I have learned so much and met so many nice people who are encouraging and supportive!! I am looking forward to 2008- sounds like some great changes are in store for us!!!!
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Nobu Nagase |
Happy New Year, Betterphoto and Everyone ! 2008 - Year of the Mouse/Rat  People born in the Year of the Rat are said to be charming, passionate, honest, and hard-working, ambitious, leaders, stubborn, and having capacity for pursing a course to its end.
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Keri L. Malinowski |
Thank you Linda and Thank you BP! I started working for BP two years ago, wow time flies, and I must say it is the best place to work! Everyone here is family and that includes all of our BetterPhoto members! I enjoy seeing so many great photographs and I too have learned a great deal from BP. Happy New Year!
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Penny Haviland |
HAPPY NEW YEAR BP FAMILY! Thank you for all your hard work. God Bless!
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Hayley J. Hamlin |
Happy New Year everyone!! I have enjoyed all the friendships I have made here at BP, this is such a wonderful place of learning and inspiration!! So thanks so much BP and thanks to all of you for making this a great place to come to :)
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Diane Dupuis |
BP is a wonderful place to visit every day. It's been 4 years for me now - and I'm still enjoying it and the friends I've made. Health and Happiness to you and yours for 2008!
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