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I would have my photoshoot at cold spring harbor labs and possibly the main street. My first job was at the lab after I graduated college. The grounds are beautiful and so is the architecture of the buildings. There are a lot of little hidden treasures on the lab grounds such as a small stream and wooden bridge. I remember how pretty it looked at night in the snow. There is also a private beach into the harbor where I used to take my lunch breaks or borrow a rowboat after work. It would also be fun to capture some of the abstract DNA art in some photographs of my DS considering my love for genetics got me where I am today. The main street is quaint and rustic that would make for some interesting photo options. It would also be nice to have some pictures that bring me back to my time at such a beautiful place.

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DS will be here in June and would love a photoshoot with him!!

I would love to do this on the beach in Long Beach. It is where DH proposed to me and it is where we took our engagement photos. During one particular photo, DH and I were sitting in the sand and I remember turning to DH and saying that when we have kids I want to come back here and take this same exact picture, with our children. It would be so meaningful to the both of us!

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I know its been said a few times before but I would also have a shoot done in Long Beach. DH and I took our engagement pictures there and decided that after we go married that we would move to Long Beach because of how much we both love it here. We decided to get a 2 bedroom hoping to have a baby. As soon as we moved in, we found out that I was pregnant I also took maternity pictures here also and I would love pictures of our little family there

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The beach in bayville at sunset. Its breath taking! I will try to add a pic later. And I'd love to do a family shoot. Me, DH, DS and soon to be

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I would love to have a photo shoot of my family -- DH, DS, and I -- at the Eisenhower park duck pond. That park has meant so much to DS and I. We practically grew up there. We've been together for 14 years (married for 4 of them) and he threw me a suprise birthday party there, I had my bridal shower at the Carltun there, we've played tennis, spent countless hours falling on our butts learning to rollerblade, and we've taken soooo many walks and bikerides through its not even funny! The park in general means so much to us and everytime we drive down Merrick Ave I point to the duck pond and say to DS "when it gets warmer baby bear, mommy and daddy are gonna take you there!"...cant wait!

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OMG Maria....good luck picking a winner.
So many wonderful stories

I don't know how you're going to make a decision

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I have a million favorite spots & parks in Long Island - mainly I prefer historical spots (among those mentioned Caumsett).

There is also cove where i grew up that I love. The water is calm, there are cat tails are in the background by the shore, water is peppered with docks.

I'd want a shot of my kids, playing on the docks (which may entail the photographer being driven out a few feet via boat - we have the boat).

It's sort of the quintessential summer shot for me & it would remind me of all of the summers spent poking horseshoe crabs, learning to swim, sail, etc.

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I was thinking about this recently and realized that I would love to have photos of Colin (and maybe DH and I ) taken at Fire Island Lighthouse.
DH and I both love the water, Long Island and the beaches here. I truly love the lighthouses and I think the FI lighthouse is such a picturesque setting.
And of course, since Colin's birthday is in July, it would be the perfect place for a summer day.

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Jones Beach at sunrise.

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montauk lighthouse....my dh and I went on one of our first dates there and have some funny moments that we share (and prob are the only ones that "get them"! ) I would love the chance to have new ones with our girls. I think it a symbolic place for us now too since just like the lighthouse, we've weathered so many "storms" (dd's diagnosis as diabetic, losing his mom, his best friend and my cousin, plus almost losing his aunt!)

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Greenport carousel for her first birthday. Julia, me, DH and DS.

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If I was to win the phot shoot, I would like to get my 92 year old grandmother pictures of her with her 4 great-grandchildren. The place I would choose isn't as important to me as the people in the photo but I like the Ornamental Gardens at Farmingdales State College.

Thank you!

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I would pick the beach on Dune Road in the Hamptons...not for it's luxury, but for it's history. I grew up here...my mother grew up here, her parents and their parents and their parents grew up here. It's the beach on which my grandmother taught me about all the shells in the sand, it's the beach where my grandfather taught me how to fish, it's the beach I took DH to on our 2nd date to watch fireworks...the ones in the sky and our own And it's the beach I took DD to on her first trip to the sand and surf. It's the reason I still live here, the reason I moved back after several years away...It's in my blood, it's my serenity...

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There are so many beautiful places on LI that I would love to bring my girls for professional pictures.

But I think the place I would really love to have pictures of them (and perhaps a lovely family shot) is at Eisenhower Park. We are having a tree planted in memory of our son which is something I have dreamed about for almost 5 years now and finally that dream is going to be realized. To have such wonderful memories of my girls playing under a tree in the beautiful sunlight would make me feel like he was here protecting and playing with them.

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After our impromptu trip to the beach today- I would love to have pictures taken at Robert Moses before it is all gone Amelia and I had a great time there (her first trip!!) and I would love to have memorable pictures taken and share our love of the beach with our DD. I couldn't get over how something so large when I was an infant is now quickly disappearing just as I begin my own family with my DH.

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Oh Gosh, you know where I'd really love to have pics of the whole family taken?
At a the LI zoological society petting zoo Jonah and Mady love animals so much it would be so amazing to be able to capture them in that moment forever. I can only imagine the sheer joy that would be in their faces as they got to see and pet all the animals!

Conservation and animal protection is also very important to me, and going here helps support these causes. I want them to know how important it is to be kind to animals and to respect and protect them.

We could go there and take pictures ourselves, but then we wouldn't get to see OUR faces as we watch our kids excitement. There is a saying about getting to be a kid again, and experiencing everything again for the first time through your kids, and I'd want to capture that too, so i could remember it forever.

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If I could choose any where to take pictures on Long Island, I would pick Northport village. I have so many memories of my parents bringing me their while growing up. It is still my favorite place to go during the summer. Especially bringing DS there now to create new memories.

I would love to have family pictures done. I hardly have any pictures of DS and I since I refused pictures being taken of me after having DS. I gained weight and was embarrassed about how I looked. Now that I have lost some weight, I would love to have these pictures to remember this wonderful time in our lives.

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I would love to do a photo shoot with DH and DS. There are so few family photos of us, let alone any nice ones!

If I could choose the place, I would choose Jones Beach and the mini golf course there. It's sentimental to us- we went mini golfing when trying to conceive DS, which was a struggle and kept saying how we couldn't wait to be able to do this with our own children. We were lucky enough to be able to then go mini golfing when I was expecting DS and it was great! I felt him moving the whole time and kept thinking how I couldn't wait to bring him here when he was older. Now that I am expecting #2, I'd love to be able to capture these emotions on camera with DH, DS and DC#2 still in my belly.

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I would love to do a shoot with DH, my DD and our new baby due next month. Our ideal place would be Old Westbury Gardens where we did our wedding pictures...its such a gorgeous dreamy place I would have a blast getting the girls dressed up.

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I would say my parent's beach assoication - it is at the inlet to huntington harbor, a great place to let my son and my puppy run with water on three sides - a place my family has many memories from and hope to grow more -

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The park in Northport Village where we were married.

Or my grandmother's house in Hamptons Bays before it gets sold

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Seeing that this contest is ending today I figure I might as well give this a shot. I didn't think I would have a chance to win based upon all the beautiful entries I had read. I would love to have a photoshoot at any location as long as my daughters grandparents could be in it. I lost both my grandparents very recently and miss them both terribly. My grandfather did not get to meet DD, but so many times I find myself saying how much he would have loved and enjoyed her. Just last night we were out with DD for a walk and she kept looking up at the moon and pointing at it. I used to do the same on walks with my grandfather and it made me smile. My grandmother did get to meet DD and she loved her so much. We would bring her to the nursing home to visit her and DD truly brightened her last months here.

I hope that my DD has the same type of relationship with her grandparents. They love her so much and I know she loves them and I would love to be able to capture it.

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If I could, I would want to do a photo shoot at Citibank Park, where the Long Island Ducks play. It may not have quite the same appeal as LI's beaches and parks, but it's special to me.

My in-laws planned months in advance to take the whole family to a game together last summer. My son was 5 months at the time, but he was great there, and we all had such a nice time. Unfortunately, my mother-in-law passed away from complications due to her cancer just five months later. However, at the time of the game, we had no idea the cancer had even recurred. When putting together pictures for the wake, I realized that the picture I have of my mother-in-law and my son from this LI Ducks game was one of the last that I have where she looks happy and healthy. We've all had a hard time dealing with my mother-in-law's death. My own mother and my sister-in-law's mother are both receiving chemo treatments themselves, so it continues to hit us, every time we see them. I'm so sad that my son won't have those memories, and even sadder that he won't grow up knowing and remembering some of the people who love him so much. If I could have my photo shoot there, I would want everyone there. Everyone that tells me they love my son should be there, so he'll always have that reminder, no matter when he wants it or needs it.

I realize this is pretty unrealistic, but it felt good to write it.

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It would have to be my childhood home. Although I moved out 10+ years ago, going there still provides a sense of solace and family happiness for me each time I drive up the driveway. I have so many wonderful memories there and am so happy that DS is building his own memories as well. Just last week he played ball in the yard with my dad for the first time, like my siblings and I did so oftenan and I'm so glad to have shared in that moment. With DD coming soon, and my parents selling in the near future as they near retirement, documenting some of these moments for my family to have for a lifetime would mean everything to me!

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I was born and raised in Queens, so I don't have very many "sentimental" places in LI. But I would have to pick Stony Brook University, preferably in the fall.

DH went to school there, and that is where he made it "official" and asked me out. I used to drive up and visit him a lot, so we have a lot of memories out there. We always talk about moving there someday.

We would love to include DS in these pics, and by the fall, baby #2 would be here also.