This is a sponsored review from BlogHer and Tamron.
It’s kind of funny that I am participating in this BlogHer Review program because I’m not very good at reviewing things. I’ve never been into reviewing movies, music, or restaurants. I’m no good at assigning star ratings – thumb up or down is more my style. I really like something or I don’t – end of story.
But because of my interest in photography, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to review this Tamron lens - AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC (Vibration Compensation) LD Aspherical (IF) Macro. I’ve never used a Tamron lens before, but I’ve been hearing a lot about this one because the zoom range (15x) is absolutely incredible. I’m calling it a Mega-zoom, although I’m pretty sure that’s not the technical term for it because I’m not good with technical terms. For those of you who are, here are a few specs:
Focal Length: 18-270mm
Maximum Aperture: F/3.5-6.3
Minimum Focus Distance: 0.49m (19.3″)
Weight: 550g (19.5 oz.)
The lens retails for $629.00 and is designed for Canon or Nikon Di II DSLR cameras.
Since I’m not sure how to properly go about a lens review, I’m just going to show you some photos I took with it over the weekend.
When I first took the lens from the box, I was surprise at how compact and light it was. The build didn’t feel cheap, but it was definitely lighter than I was expecting. After attaching it to my Canon 30D, I started looking around the room for a decent subject. My cat Thumbelina was the first thing I saw. She was way across the room, but I managed to get a nice closeup of her face with the lens extended all the way to 270mm. The room was fairly dark, so I used the on-camera flash. The autofocus was a bit slow, but it certainly worked.
Next I went over to a friend’s house to carve pumpkins. I took this next photo in the dark with the ISO bumped up to 1600. I didn’t have a tripod, so I switched on the Vibration Compensation and tried to hold the camera as steady as possible. The VC worked wonders and I managed to get a decent handheld shot of Emma and her pumpkin in the dark. Of course it would have been much better if I had used a tripod in this instance, but how many of us actually carry a tripod around all the time?
The following morning, I decided to drive up to the mountains to see if I could find some autumn colors. Unfortunately I mostly just ran into clouds and rain, but still managed to jump out and snap a couple shots when the rain let up.
Luckily, the next day brought beautiful weather so I went back up to the mountains to try again. I decided to try to show what 15x zoom actually looks like, so first I took this wide shot of a meadow a cabin in the distance at 18mm.
Then standing in the same spot, I zoomed all the way to 270mm and focused on the cabin.
I decided to try the same thing in a vertical shot. This first image was taken at a wide 18mm:
The next one is taken from the same spot, but zoomed all the way to 270mm. The focus is on part of the fence that can be seen on the right side of the above image, just where the road bends to the left.
I had a great time wandering around with my camera, not having to worry about changing lenses – this one lens definitely covered all my needs!
Although I was very happy with this lens for travel, there was one more thing I needed to do before I make a decision about whether to recommend this as a great all-purpose lens. Food photography! I made some Pumpkin Whoopie pies and set everything up my standard nighttime food photography lighting. The only change I made was to use the Tamron lens in place of my standard food photography lens.
I have to say that I was really impressed with how the photo came out. I even took some with my Canon lens to compare and was shocked when I slightly preferred the photo taken with the Tamron.
Although I’ve only had a couple of days to play around with it, I feel confident in recommending this Tamron AF18-270mm as a solid all-purpose lens.
Things I love about the lens:
- Zoom range – this really is an all-purpose lens.
- Compact size and weight – was really shocked that Tamron was able to fit so much performance into such a compact package.
- Vibration Compensation – it actually works!
Things that I didn’t love about this lens:
- Autofocus is slow.
- The zoom is a bit sticky – sometimes to the point where it’s almost a struggle to turn the zoom ring.
Now for the exciting part – I am giving one of these lenses away! There are a couple ways to enter the drawing. For the first entry, leave one comment on this post telling me what/who you most love to photograph or your favorite place to take photos. Please read the official sweepstakes rules.
For a second entry you may:
- Tweet about this post including a link to it (and put your tweet url in a separate comment below).
- Blog about this post including a link to it (and put your post url in a separate comment below).
- Read the official rules for an alternate form of entry.
For even more chances to win, check out the lens reviews from other bloggers – we are each giving away a lens and you may enter to win on their sites as well. Check out the review roundup for six other chances to win!
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My family first, but I do love landscapes too!
My favorite place to take photos is on vacation with my family!!
My grandbabies and/or in Europe!
My favorite place to take photos is at the Oregon Coast!
THANK YOU!!
tripsma at gmail dot com
Found your site via the lens give-away round up
my favorite thing to take photos of would have to be my kids and family. They are my light and my joy!
fingers crossed !!
omofthenoodle AT yahoo DOT com
At the risk of sounding like like a complete fool – this lens sounds like it is just what I need to keep me safe from bee stings. I photograph food and my garden and they tie together in the name of my blog – Lambs Ears and Honey. Lamb’s Ears is a plant that the bees just love to bits and I often try to get really up close and personal with the bees to photograph them- at some risk!
I would love to win this awesome camera lens! What an excellent giveaway!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/sdstlouis/status/9687205022797825
I love to take pictures of my husband and son together and food photography!
I love taking pics of my kids when they don’t realize I’m taking photos. Photos are typically candid and really capture the essence of the moment. Once they realize I have the camera out they give me the cheesy grins.
Food photos!
Any ocean.
we love taking photos of food!
I love shooting sports. All sports. And this would be an excellent lens to have.
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/AibreanRos/status/9668158487003136
I love to photograph people, though I am still learning, so I’m terrible at it. Lately, I’ve been taking many, many pictures of football.
My favorite place to take photos is up in Maine at Acadia National Park… There is always such great light and the views are awesome.
My favorite subject is my son. But he makes faces or turns his head. Second fav? Food. It doens’t mind it’s photo being taken!
I love to take pictures of nature and travel.
i love to take pics of my puppy teddy!!!!
Love to photograph food!
I love to take pictures of my kids playing together – outside! Thank you!
I have two answers. The first (and obvious one) is my children. Then second (and also pretty obvious one) is sporting events.
And here’s my tweet! http://twitter.com/TaylorEngler
I most love to photograph my family at the holidays! I took some great photos at Thanksgiving but having this lens for Christmas would be A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
Thanks!
Without a doubt, of my boys playing outside! One is 11 and one is 2 and it’s pure magic watching the two of them interact!!
My kiddos are my favorite subjects anywhere and everywhere
People =)
My daughter is my muse without a doubt!
I love taking pictures of water skiing and wakeboarding. This lens would be awesome for that, I would love to give it a try!
That’s easy – I love to photograph nearly anything at twilight – that golden hour just before sunset when it looks like it’s too dark for photos, but they can look so magical.
I love taking pictures of my son but he doesn’t like it much so I usually take lots more of my dog.
I love taking photos of my wife when she’s not posing…just sweet natural spontaneity
My favorite person to photograph is my 8 month old son.
Because of my love of cooking, I can’t help taking WAY too many pics of what i’m cooking up. Still, I must admit that I have ENTIRELY too many photos of my two cats Yoshi and Miles Davis. Until I got married, I didn’t realize it was such an addiction. I just can’t help myself!
Jen
http://twitter.com/southhoney
My kids!
I prefer to go exploring all by myself with my camera, and my favorite subjects are trees.
Closeups of my 2 daughters.
I love to photograph my little boy Milo the most. I would love to have a new lens to help me out.
My goodness, how I would love to win this lens. I bought my Nikon and could only afford a fixed lens at that time… this 18-270mm would be INCREDIBLE! Especially with a trip to China coming in the next few months
Thanks for the chance to enter!
P.S. LOVE to photograph my kids, and my favorite spot is local historic home that overlooks the water with stunning gardens. It’s hard to take a bad picture there
I could so use this lens! My camera is NOT doing the job for me (though I am so grateful for having anything!). Really, I need to be able to photograph my children better! At their plays I can never get close enough to them (parents arrive an hour before performances) so all of their pictures are just dots! We also love going to the beach and this would be so perfect on those trips!
My fingers and toes are crossed!
Rebecca@RootsAndWingsCo
i love taking pictures of my little girls, especially when they don’t know that i am. i also would love to start doing street photography.
my faaaaaavorite thing to photograph is food. being a food blogger and all, that isn’t too difficult to figure out
It would have to be outside and of course of my baby boy!
I love to take pictures of my 3 precious children! They are my life and I love capturing the faces I see everyday, smiles, giggles, frowns, and tears. I would love to win this lens, especially as they are starting to run whenever they see the camera come out!
http://twitter.com/#!/leahforlove/status/9218239598956545
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With this lens, I would love to photograph my 6-month old preemie baby, who I almost lost due to a placental abruption. She’s perfect as she is, just extra small, and I love getting to know her through the many sounds she makes and as she nestles against me, looking for my breast. I would also want my husband to use this lens to snap pictures of her breastfeeding, as my body helps to make her stronger.
I love food photography– and love those sandwich cookies!
love to photo food
The photos came out great!
Nicole, your shots are stunning! To do the before and after was smart and made my jaw drop. I’m glad you got to have fun with it. I think it’s a great review! Thanks, also, for the pros and cons.
I love to photograph my son and his cousin who is 7.5 weeks older than he. They’re 2 and almost-2. We can’t stop photographing them but getting a great zoom lens would mean crisper photos that are also non-invasive to take.
Thank you! Enjoy the holidays.
I love taking pictures of the grandkids up at the cabin at Lake Tahoe. Everyplace is a great background view. And I love to take macros of flowers.
My sleeping babies… and someday, my sleeping grand-babies!
My 3mo baby boy!
Aside from food photos, I love finding cool looking insects to photograph.
My daughters, especially in the summertime, splashing in th pool and doing “cottonballs” of the side into the deep end! :
I could get some great nature shots with this.
I like to photograph the lovely deer that continue to decimate our landscaping…
I would love to win this for my husband. He is always taking pictures of our granddaughters at thie soccer games and nature photos.
I love to photograph my 3 beautiful children!
Love it!
My dogs are my favorite photography subjects! They get tired of posing, but I keep snapping away!
I love to take pictures of people in their natural state of living.
I love taking and editing boudoir photography. It’s a huge confidence booster for women, and I suppose their men love it too
Kids, pets, birds, flowers, garden, I’m an equal opportunity shooter!
Taking photos of our Rottador pooch, Honey while out hiking in the parks
Taking photos of my kids outside is my favorite.
My favorite thing to photograph? My family of course!
wonderful!
I take photographs of homes for real estate agents. inside and out. I have a mast on my van, goes up 66 ft for aerial shots. I love taking photos during fall time of year. makes my photos look great with all the fall colors
I love to take photos as I travel the world for my work. The discoveries are literally Endless – and it’s fun to capture it with a creative eye.
Everything is game when it comes to photography! Shadows from the trees, babies, water reflections, people, animals, frost, snowfall and everything in between.
I love taking pictures of my sons playing sports and of flowers. And sunsets. And birds. And family. And vacations. And horses. Um…just about everything!
Recently I was asked by my friend’s son if I collect anything. I said no, I don’t have space to store anything (I live most of the time in Eastern Europe). He asked again, do you collect anything, like rocks or bugs? No…. but I collect photographs of nature, of God’s creation. I’m not sure that I convinced him that it was a ‘collection’ but as I look through my photos, my favorites are of a close up of a piece of nature that I might not usually notice and now I collect it as a photograph to enjoy in future moments. I love to photography faces, too, but I hate getting right in their faces. A longer lens would be great for that!
I love taking pics of AZ sunsets!
Being a food blogger, my favorite thing to photograph is definitely food! Great giveaway, thanks so much for sharing!
THANKS FOR THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY! awesome pictures!
bridgestranslation at yahoo dot com
I would love one – I only have a 50 mm lens. Zoom would be great for kids! It’s always so hard to get pics of them playing without being close since i don’t have a zoom.
I like to take photos of my grandson,although he now is getting camera shy.
I love to take photos of my four beautiful children.
First, I’d photograph my three beautiful grandchildren, and then when they aren’t around, I love to take shots of nature.
my typical subject to photograph, for archival purposes are the quilts that i and my quilty friends make.
I just got my new Canon T1i and am trying to learn everything I can about photography and my camera. This lens would be so much fun and help me to learn more. This lens would be so exciting to use for the landscapes I love to shoot and the zoom would allow me to shoot the great details of the landscapes. So mush fun to be had!!
I love taking photos of flowers and nature scenes in the park near my home.
I love my Tamron 28-75mm. I love to take photos of my family. Since we are basically homebound due to my youngest’s chronic illness we do not get out much but I try to still focus (focus? hehehe) on the joy and photography helps with that!
I love to take pictures of my dog and 2 cats!
tweet http://twitter.com/#!/CFMama/status/8229837189685248
I love to photograph newborn babies!
My favorite subject is wildflowers, but we have a great grandchild on the way so I am sure that will change.
I would use this lens for intimate portraits. It looks like it can get some really good close up shots. What a great giveaway!
I love to photograph my daughters but my husband is a much better photographer so he would love this lens!
I love to photograph my son the most. His face just lights up! I love to try and capture that. I also love to shoot at the beach hands down.
This lens is awesome by the way!
I love taking pictures of my little boy. He’s almost one and starting to move so I could use a good zoom lens:)
TWEET! http://twitter.com/SHARKritz/status/8003988565794816
I’m always taking pictures of my kids….and since we live in Hawaii I have twice as much reason to always carry my camera around!
I”ve been looking for a different lens, and this one looks really nice!!!
My favorite subjects are of course, my kids:)
I love to photograph live music shows! The challenge of timing and changing lighting is always exciting.
http://bertolone.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-tamron-lens-giveaway.html
I blogged it too!!!!
https://twitter.com/#!/akbertolone
I tweeted it!
I would LOVE this lens! With little ones it’s impossible to try and change my lens and still be able to capture the moment! This would solve that!!!! Thanks for the chance!!!
I take so many pictures of my 18mos old daughter! My husband thinks I’m crazy and we need more memory on the computer. YIKES! This lens would so make my YEAR!
I am a truck driver running from Chicago to West Coast every week and would just about die for this lens for shots while traveling team with my hubby (who is sometimes very paitent with me and my photo shoots, and sometimes not so much). LOL. My new rebel t2i is a upgrade from a fujifilm! I’m lovin it, and this lens would be so exciting to get pictures from the Iowa corn fields, Wyoming bilizzards, Donner Pass, to the California wine country.
I want to win this for my wife the photographer!!! Nice pics!!
I love taking photos of the Flint Hills, which are beautiful!!!!! – this lens would be perfect
I tend to shoot a lot of trees. I recently moved to sw Missouri from San Diego and I love the branchy trees here! (and I would LOVE to use the new lens!)
I would love to have this lens to take pictures of my kids. I find the photos I love are completely candid ones, but I find the m difficult with the kit 18-55 lens that came with my Nikon. Having this lens would allow me to capture my son and daughter from a distance, when they aren’t “posing”.
I like to photograph animals.
lucky you! my Nikkor lens (18-135) broke but didn’t have a chance to replace it yet. although it works ok, the autofocus is often way too slow for the shots I take at the outdoor market. The tamron lens looks like it would be perfect for the job.
People, people, people are what I like to photograph the most. I love to take photos that when I look back at them they remind me of that moment and make me either smile, laugh or tear up with happiness.
Now I not only want the Tamron lens, but that cabin!! Wow!
I can’t believe the differences in the zoom and the standard. It looks amazing!
I love taking pictures of my children (of course!) but my favorite pictures are of antiques, fall colors, winter sunsets, food and so so much more!
My boys. Their features are flawless and perfect. You can’t take a bad picture when that’s the case!
Wow, that lens is incredible! Low light, bright light, and everything in between turned out great. Favorite picture has to the Boston Terrier, I love those snorty, grunty little boogers.
im not even gona comment because I never win
I love taking pics of my two little boys and would so love this lens!
I love to take pictures of my kids, lots of pictures of my kids. I keep thinking I’m going to learn a little more about photography to make them even better, but I never seem to have the time. So, pictures of kids just being kids, playing sports (basketball, volleyball, track (which is very difficult for picture-taking)), our animals, an occasionally just pictures of the outdoors.
I also try to take my camera to sporting events and get shots of all of the kids that I can. Then give those to the coaches so they can share with the players.
Makes me feel good.
I tweeted http://twitter.com/purplecrazies (that sounds so weird to say, still).
I love to photograph my kids out playing in nature or being silly and not knowing I have the camera out. This year with 2 of them in school I’ve started donating my time to photograph things for the school. It is so much fun and I’m getting to participate in activities more than I would have let myself otherwise.
My kids are who I most LOVE to photograph sometimes much to their dismay! This lens would be PERFECT to capture them without them knowing when they are doing something sweet, cool, sporty or just being SO dang cute that not having a picture would be a crime!
My favorite place to take photographs is when I am hiking.
I am addicted to taking pictures of the Quinlan Mountains, Mount Boboquivari here outside of Tucson. I would love this lens!
I would take photos of the towns I visit, candid shots of people and lots of nature shots. There was a chipmunk in my yard the other day, this would be perfect!!
Thank you!!
My favorite thing to take pictures of are my three beautiful children.
I love landscapes!
I love to take pictures of birds. This lens would be great for that!
I love taking pictures of the beautiful mountains where I live and of my kids.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I am a new photographer and I plan to take lots and lots of pics of my kids and nature
Of course my kids are what I love to photograph most! You just have to capture every moment!
http://twitter.com/#!/local_kitchen/status/6721159450066944
By far, most of my photos are of food for my blog.. but I love to travel and have a passion for capturing the essence of a place; unique architecture, a great breakfast spot, an elk on Main St.
This would be the best Christmas present ever! Please pick me.
bess.carter at chezami dot com
I posted you on my blog!
http://www.adprentice.wordpress.com
I love taking portraits. A face says so much.
I love taking candid close ups of my children…. but I’d love a zoom lens that would let me really sneak up on them!!
Awesome giveaway!
http://michellemoriarty.tumblr.com/post/1639570708/tamron-lens-giveaway-yay
I would love the range of this lens and would love and care for it!
I love to photograph my daughters and I mostly love to take photos outdoors.
I love catching shots of my kids in motion. I’m not that great, but I keep trying. I’m sure this will help!
ashleycardon@yahoo.com
I’m a sort of amateur photographer (and a lousy speller too, judging from the red lines I see under my typing). The lens your offering would be a great addition to my Nikon camera. I’ll just keep my fingers crossed, unless I have to take a picture or six.
I would photograph my friends.
My girls… I love capturing them.
my beautiful canon digital rebel xti would love to make friends and play nice with the beautiful lense. my favorite picture is the one with the beautiful little girl and with the jack ol’ lantern
I’m an avid gardener and my favorite thing to take pictures of is closeups of all my gorgeous blooms!
i love to photograph pets. all types…
I love to photography the beach. We live a couple of miles from Puget Sound and I love to walk on the beach and take pictures.
I love your blog.
I would be SOOOO excited to win this wonderful lens. My favorite photography is doing photos of children (especially my grandchildren), and documenting our beautiful Memphis Zoo. In fact, I am going there tonight to shoot the ice skaters on the new ice rink, the Christmas lights, and the animals. I can hardly wait. Wish I had this lens to use.
The thing I love to do most is to ride my bike in Europe once a year. Through my bike club, I’ll be going to Rome and the Puglia region of Italy through my bike club. This lens on my camera would make all the difference in the world in creating memories of this trip. This is not just a trip, it is a passion. So, I hope I’m a lucky winner.
mmmmmm! I am drooling! Tamaron dessert… yes please! This lens would rock my socks!
Ok, random.org- do your thing and pick me!
Oh, and great blog p.s.!
I love taking pictures of anything in my life, mostly my 3-year-old and food
Thanks for the chance to win!!
I most love taking pictures of my kids. I would love this lens.
I Need this lens very bad. I am taking photography in college and I am using my college loan to buy a Nikon D90, but it will not be enought for the lens also. This would be great!
I’ve never used a Tamron, but I’ve always been curious about them.
I’d LOVE to win the lens.
Thanks for the chance!
Love your review and the pictures you took! I love taking photographs of large architectural monuments such as cathedrals and civic buildings and a zoom lens would be perfect to get up close and capture some of the details on the buildings. I’m also trying to learn to take better pictures of food.
http://twitter.com/The_CardCrate/status/5634274585743360
My favorite thing to photograph is people (to use for my cards!!) Candids are the best!
(PS You did a great job reviewing!!!)
I love to take pictures of my daughter and of nature.
2ND ENTRY TWEET http://twitter.com/#!/kytah00/status/5494939353874433 kytah00@yahoo.com
I’M IN TAKING PICTURES OF “NATURAL” MOMENTS WHEN PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THEY’RE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED kytah00@yahoo.com
I love taking close up macro shots of just about anything in everyday life, and then conversely, I like taking expansive nature shots as well!
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/megans_madness/status/5472073434537984
Great review I have not tried Tameron lens yet but this is a nice lens! I take a lot of dog pictures at dog shows and getting close is sometimes hard so this would greatly improve my shots. Again thanks for the review.
My favorite thing to photograph is my children!
Thanks for the giveaway!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! I love taking pictures of my dog and son. Both very photogenic. Me, not so much. But this lens would help me take better pictures of them!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! Your photos are amazing! I can’t wait to win this great 18-270mm lens so I can take some of my own!! I can’t afford a zoom lens right now and it would be fantastic if I won!!
Fingers crossed!!!! =)
I love to photograph my son. The bugger is never still, though, so I have take tons and tons to get some that aren’t blurry. I guess I get lots of practice..
I love to photograph my 6 month old son. He is such a mover and a shaker that he blurred every shot I took of him with my point and shoot. I went and bought a D90 a few days ago and have some amazing shots of him! With a lens that has a longer zoom capability I am going to have fun at Yellow Stone! And maybe take some pictures of the cougars, coyotes, rabbits…all the wild things around our home….from a safe distance!
I love to take pics of my beautiful 2yr old and very active daughter.
I love to take pics of my little girl and her best buddy, our Boston Terrier, Sam.
this is a fantastic giveaway. #1…its a tamron lens they are giving away. (I want it really bad..btw…like a lot really bad) #2 ….found a new blog to read!!! yay
I love the idea of winning this lens. Ahhh. I love to take pics of EVERYTHING! But mostly my kids and chickens.
I love nature or wildlife photography! But my kids would have to be at the top of my list.
I love taking photos of my grandbabies, of nature, and landscapes. This lens looks like it would be THE lens to go from one subject to the next with ease. I woud love to win this lens!!!
I would love, love, love this lens and promise to take good care of it.
I guess I will accept this gift. You have talked me into it.
I would love to win this and give it to my daughter she is a stay at home mom that loves to take pictures of her baby and now another on the way!
Oh pick me, pick me. I so need this lens! My favorite photography subjects are my two kids. They are the reason I love taking photos!
First love is food photography then it would have to be capturing moments at family gatherings that aren’t staged – I need LOTS of practice!
An amazing review of the versatility of this lens. A great choice to be able to use when you do not know what subjects you might find on your photo ops. Sure beats carrying a bagful of fixed length lenses.
My fav subject is my 2 yr old son and I love shooting him in nature – beach, wildflowers, lake, etc. Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com
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http://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/5134558227861504
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I love taking pictures of my kids at the park
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
My kids, of course. <3
I love to take natural light portraits of friends/family, preferably in nature. I also love to photograph my two spastic dogs, b/c they are completely ridiculous.
Southern Ohio in the fall is my favorite place to snap photos
I am obsessed with this lens. So many possibilities.
My grandbabies….. hands down! Children are so natural and fun…. just because Granny is looking at them thru a camera doesn’t slow them down or stop them from “giving me the best shot”.
My beautiful 4 year old daughter.
My children of course! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I’m a newbie photographer — previously only used point and shoot. I have a new Canon EOS Rebel T1i 500D and I’m slowly learning my way around the settings. I live on an 80 acre farm and I love to take pictures of the changing seasons, mark the progress of my vegetable and flower gardens, and the farm animals. I’ve got 10 grandkids that’s not too bad to photograph either.
I love to taking pictures of desert plants.
My husband is the photographer in the family, and he really likes to take pictures of scenery.
My girl, of course!
My kids of course!
http://twitter.com/#!/leahforlove/status/4791906953338880
leahforlove at aol dot com
Tweeted:
http://twitter.com/auntiethesis/status/4791429691867136
I love taking pictures on holidays when our entire family is together. As far as places…when my husband and I take our annual trip to Mohican State Park, I always drag my Nikon with us and take a ton of pictures.
I love to photogrpah pregnant mommies at all stages, it is just a miracle!
tweeted
http://twitter.com/Slappy2001/status/4752449197838336
With a better lens and camera(working on that for Xmas) I can get better action shots of my 3 and 1 year old!
I photograph my grandkids and food for my blog/site http://www.bakedinmaine.com
Love your photos!
Lisa
xo
i would love to win this lens.
I tweeted!
http://www.twitter.com/drdrey2020
I love to photograph children and countries that I’ve visited. Pretty much anything beautiful is my favorite thing (which is pretty much everyone and everything!)
I enjoy taking pictures of Nature or Animals.
i love, love, love to take pictures of kids, especially my own! their eyes tell a whole story just by themselves and i love to capture their energy, innocence and love for life. as a portrait photographer trying to make my way into the professional world, this lens would really give me a boost and help me fulfill my dreams. please, please, please let me win this lens…!
Is it cliche to say my newborn daughter? Becoming a mom changes everything!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/rentaduckie
Blogged about it.
http://abbersflabbersbenabbers.blogspot.com/2010/11/lens-giveaway.html
I love to photograph animals, children, and flowers!
Gardens. In summer, in the rain, snow. Flowers, vegetables and bugs.
I would use this lens to take pictures of my 2 girls…and use it for all our amazing sunsets. I would be using it where i live, on Block Island!!! Please pick me!!!
Blogged it!
http://diethood.com/2010/11/15/pinch-my-salt-reviews/
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/Diethood/status/4597121466507264
Oh WOW! Those pictures are beautiful! I’d love to have this lens. I take pictures of my daughter all day every day and this lens will just enhance those moments that we have together! It will also help me in taking better pictures of my food!
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I love photographing the daily changes of Mt. Adams – in my back yard.
I love taking pics of my kids.
I love to photography my doxie Bubbles.
I LOVE to photography anything in the state of Maine!
I like to photograph my kids (gut they hate it). When the kids won’t cooperate, I like to photograph food!
These photos are beautiful!
I love to photograph on the beach and I also love to photograph my darling nieces Halle, Natalie and Rebecca. Someday I hope to photograph my own children and all the memories I have with them and my sweet husband… me and my husband are hoping that time comes soon!
I love to take pictures of my children. My children don’t love me taking pics of them.
Slowly but surely…though….they are warming up.
I have family members who LOVE me to take pics fo their chidlren and families….
Oh, it does look like a great lens and I sure could use a zoom.
I like to photograph live musicians..
I love taking pictures of my two year old!
My twitter handle is @indiansimmer (you might know!)
Oh wow! what a great giveaway.
Well, for me the thing that I luv most to photograph has to be food but I also love wildlife photography and I’m sure this lens would work wonders for both of them. Can’t wait to see who the lucky winner is!
Tweeted the giveaway – http://twitter.com/#!/ashafsk/status/4373909340168192
I love taking photos of food.. but recently with my new camera, I’ve been taking a lot of photos of people too. Thanks for this giveaway, Nicole!
Being a food blogger, a majority of my photographs are food related. I also like nature photography, especially of water bodies. So, it’s great to know that I can switch from a nature scene to the food in hand without needing a lens change! I would love to win this lens
I like taking photos of delicious food! And landscapes. I’m really into lines and shadows too!
I love the pick of your cat and the yellow leaves. I would love to say I would photograph more food but honestly, I would like to get good at photographing scenery. I always drive by this one tree, its old and has the most gracious branches. That is what I would love to photograph – shame its in the median of a highway.
I love taking candid photos of friends and family. The photos they don’t know that are being taken are always the best ones.
Love to photograph my cats but I’d really like to see how much I could improve my jewelry photos!
Here’s my tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/MartaR/status/4341041138245632
I love to photograph flowers and landscapes. This lens would be perfect for both. I’ve had a Tamron Macro before and know they make lens. Add me to the list.
The is the *cutest* picture of your daughter and the Hello Kitty jack o lantern! Thanks for the chance to win a new lens
Wow! I would love to win this! Count me in!
Love photo-ing my kiddos of course. Lots of pics of my youngest sleeping. I’m drooling over the Tamron zoom.
I would love this lens, I’m just getting into photography and this would be a very versatile lens to have! Thanks!
My husband and I are taking a photography course right now and our camera lens isn’t very good. We would love to take pictures for our class and of our beautiful daughter Evelyn. This is a great giveaway!
Thank you!
i would love to have a nice lens to take beautiful pics of my beautiful babes because they are growing too fast!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/bonggafinds/status/4255620551155712
I love photographing my 3 kids.
I love to photograph my daughter! And would love this lens
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/coppercreekd/statuses/4241001329721344
I love capturing moments that will be gone and never seen again….nature, my children, sports….etc.
I just got a Nikon d70s a year ago as a birthday present and am constantly taking pics, just ask my husband… I would LOVE LOVE LOVE this lens
I love taking photos of trees.
my favourite thing to photograph is the sunrise, i live in a high rise building that overlooks the lake and the sunrises always look amazing!! : )
Pick me! Pick me! I spent all weekend swapping out lenses for a car race. This would be fabulous and double my shots! (Read- need new memory card too! LOL)
Sunsets. My children. The beach.
Love to shoot food with this lens. I just got a professional light the other day, nothing fancy, but something that would help accentuate my adventures in the kitchen, which is going to be my newest addition to my blog.
Thanks for sharing on the Tamron!
CV
i’d LOVE this lens!
My current zoom lens just broke and I was on the prowl for a new one when I came across this one. My main subjects are my kids and husband….I would love to win this one!
I love to take photos of my little dog, and I love to take photo walks through the Colorado mountains! This lens would come in so handy!
I would so love one of these lenses! I love capturing every day life with my family and this would be the perfect lens to do so on my Canon! I’d also love one of your pumpking whoppie pies! They look amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Sign me up! I’d love to take one of these home!
I’m a terrible photographer. Maybe this lens can save my photos!
Of course I love, love taking pictures of my children, but a close second is the beautiful world God gave us.
I love to photograph people! Currently, I have a really crappy kit lens – this lens would dramatically improve my pictures. I’d love to pair it with my Canon!
Great pics! I love taking photos of my cats at home or any animal I encounter while out and about!
Wow, these are great pictures! I need to get a lens like this for sure!
I love taking pics outside.
leahforlove at aol dot com
I love taking pictures of my three beautiful girls.
My photos are of my family, my cat, my crafts, oh, and a few more of my cat. I need to get out more
I love taking photos of my son and his buddies….especially when they are being silly!
I blogged about this contest here – http://suzannedailyliving.blogspot.com/2010/11/win-new-lens.html
My favorite subjects to shoot are my children playing outside.
I mostly photograph my two boys.
I love to photograph my nephews. They change so much everyday and I love to capture their growth in those photos.
My son is definitely my favorite to photograph. He’s the whole reason I jumped into the photography world and I could spend hours looking at all the old photos of him. I love to see how much he has changed over the years!
I would love this lens as a gift for my husband, (and me) he has never gotten a new lens for himself. I love how he takes incredible pics of our kids, especially our newest 4th baby (July) who after 8 miscarriages, was not supposed to be possible. Here’s to hope and a new lens!!!
I would love this lens as a gift for my husband, (and me) he has never gotten a new lens for himself. I love how he takes incredible pics of our kids, especially our newest 4th baby (July) who after 8 miscarriages, was not supposed to be possible. Here’s to hope and a new lens!!!
I love taking candid pictures of the kids and the cat. I also like getting shots of the food I’m cooking.
Tweeted by tksinclair here:
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Faces and hands. Yep, that’s my favorite…faces and hands…..
I would love to have a lens like this. I like taking pictures of my family and friends. I also love nature shots. Thanks for the chance!
http://twitter.com/sodahoney/status/3638987147182080
My grandchildren most definately, my favorite pictures
my children!
what an awesome giveaway
Love taking pictures of anything and everything
I love photographing my kids, it is why i am learning to use my DSLR as fully as I can.
Love photography. Took my Canon 30D on cruise to Alaska, just finished up a 62 page digital scrapbook. Winning this lens would be great to take on my bike tour to Spain next week. Thanks.
I love photographing my kids and garden.
I love to take pictures of my little boy, he is the perfect subject.
I love taking pictures of kids and couples, thanks!
Hi!
Oh my goodness this opportunity is AMAZING.
I would take pictures of my little 3 year old god daughter, who is growing up too fast. she has the chubbiest cheeks that I hope never goes away hehe.
I am also a big big big ‘foodie’ and will be taking picture of all the delicious food I get to eat.
I also promise to lend the lens to my friend who is a photographer, and takes engagement photos while going to school. She takes the most amazing pictures of couples in love <3
I have been eyeing this lens for the longest time. I take ranch photos and love to do close ups of the ordinary. It’s a hassle to change lense horseback! I loved your outdoor photos. . .it looks alot like our country.
I most love taking pictures of my four grandsons, which is usually like herding cats
Secondly I love to photograph landscapes, either while on vacation or in my wooded back yard. Winning this lens would open up a whole new world of photo ops!
i love taking pictures of my boys outside at parks, animal petting zoos, picnics, whatever we’re doing. probably because my boys are happiest running around outdoors! i would love to win! fingers crossed!
I love to take photos around my house – outdoor things. I have lots of photos of the animals, but my son is my favorite subject to photograph. Unfortunately, he HATES having his photo taken! With this lens I could capture him without him knowing what I’m doing
My two kids and anywhere there is good lighting. I love to experiment! I would love a good zoom lense!
I love taking photos of the kiddos the most…but fall leaves come in at a close second. Your shots are gorgeous!!! I appreciate your review!
I love taking photos of the kiddos the most…but fall leaves come in at a close second. Your shots are gorgeous!!!
I am interested in sports photography so I would love a mega-zoom lens for games!
I love taking candid shots of my boys. They are at an age now that they make funny faces at me if they know I’m trying to get a shot. This lens would be great!
I love photographing people. Especially kids. And I love to get candid shots so a long zoom like this would enable me to hide better.
Entry via Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/thedennisvu/status/3293225242599424
Second entry via blogpost:
http://thedennisvu.tumblr.com/post/1558186932/free-tamron-lens
I love to photograph events at my school and although I do have two lenses already this is a GREAT all purpose!
I try to photograph my dog.
Oddly enough I love going to cemetaries and taking pictures.
At this time of year anything with Fall colors.. Oh how I love the reds, yellows, browns. greens. This lens would be great for those pulled off the side of the road longing to get closer shots. Thanks
i am really getting into photography and i NEED a lens for my canon!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I tweeted about it. http://twitter.com/#!/lilbeckb
I’d love to take more/better pictures of my kids. My standard lens just doesn’t allow great pics from a distance.
I think one of my favorite things to take pictures of is my dad and my babies together. I just had a new baby and to see the contrast between the two is incredible. Rough and big contrasted by tiny and soft…it is awesome.
our mountain property is my fave place to shoot!
I love that photography captures that moment in time never to be seen again except for the photograpy that was taken. And that everyone can do it !!
I love to photograph my parrots, especially as a pair, they are so affectionate, and the colors so vibrant.
I love taking candid portraits of Pets and Children.
I love taking pictures of my family – especially outside in nature.
I love taking pictures of my nieces outside playing.
I would love this camera and I love love love taking pictures of my lil munchkins!
Wow! It would be fun to zoom that far, with that good of a picture at the end. I can currently zoom from one end of my couch to the other… I think I need this!
I’d love to take pictures of my new baby girl
I love taking pictures of the kids when they aren’t aware there is a camera. Candid shots. Lovely.
my family is the heart of why I take photos…
I love taking photos of musicians
Two places you will always see me with my camera…on the football field taking photos of my son and at the park taking pics of my grandkids.
That would have to be my boys. Unwilling subjects at times but oh well.
I love taking shots of interesting faces…and close up of nature..
i love to take photos of my kids and everyday happenings.
man those pics are a retinal assault of awesome. i would love to be able to take some of my own of my toddzilla son and as yet unborn daughter!
My grandchildren and pets (together and separately) are my favorite photography subjects.
I love to take pictures of my grandkids!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/jennipearl/status/2786399157755905
I’m just about to take the leap to a DLSR and would love to win a great lens!
http://lpsphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/tamron-blogher-giveaway.html
i love taking pictures of random objects. a fire hydrant, product packaging, toys, pretty much anything that catches my eye in an instant that normally might not have.
I love to take photos of anything. I am a photo hog.
I had / have a Canon Powershot S5 IS, which have served me well. I can take pictures of anything and get a good shot. In May I got a Nikon D80 and 2 lenses that should fit most of my needs. It doesn’t. I am frustrated with the lens changing.. So I would love to win this Tameron lens.
Thank you
My little ones..
I love to photograph my kids, but lately I’ve been starting up a new food blog and I’ve discovered that my existing equipment is just not good enough to get the close-up shots of food that I need to be able to get.
Thanks!
I love to take sports photos. It helps me stay focused during the 200 games a year I go to. Wait! I meant to say that it helps preserve precious family memories…..
love to capture the heart of my focus- whether it’s my child’s unique personality, the awe and wonder of nature, or a homemade mouthwatering dish.
I love to photograph concerts. I grew up in a musical family and have always been in our local music scene. I love to catch all those moments of raw energy just coming out! Amazing!
My dogs, Gravy (greyhound) and Banjo (coonhound), are my favorite photography subjects!
I love photographing people and the special landmarks in their lives. My own little people will always be my favorite to photograph. Hope to win this lens!
I LOVE photographing my nephews!
I love to take pictures of both my little guy and the tiny details that most people don’t notice. This lens would be great for both!
I like to take pictures of my pets, but come January I know my favorite subject will be my son! He just has to be born and stuff.
I love taking pictures of my two girls.
I enjoy taking pictures of my golden retriever when we go for walks in the woods.
i take way too many pictures of my cat. and food.
I love taking pictures of Lake Michigan
My baby, of course!
Mexico
The beaches of Mexico specifically….
I LOVE taking pictures of my kids outside on a nice bright sunny day!
Your pictures are fantastic! I would love to have a new lens for my Canon!
I most love to photograph my spouse. He’s a saint for putting up with it.
I’d love to take some Ice Cream photos with this lens!
I’ve had great luck shooting at the beach. I seem to be in the right place at the right time a lot and have been able to get some really memorable shots.
I love to photograph my kids…all of their sports/activities, at the ocean, in the park, you name it!
I love to take pictures of animals and scenic shots.
My children. I would love to win this lens!!
My 3 kiddos at the beach or disneyland!
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/lmgasu
My favorite: I love taking photos at concerts. It’s a challenge, since you’re almost always working with low lighting (and of course no flash is allowed), but therefore, it’s an extra special payoff when you get some great photos!
My pets and my step-daughter!
I love to photograph my baby boy. I love to photograph him while he is just being him. The location doesn’t matter.
I love taking pictures of my dog! And me
I love taking photos! Love doing ones of my kids and family. Love taking them outdoors! Love doing weddings and babies as well.
My four beautiful children and FOOD
I like to take photos of my nieces and my dog.
Without a doubt, favorite subjects to focus on would be my family!!!!!
Incredible! Especially the whoopie pies. I am now going to have to find that recipe on your blog
I really love taking pictures of anything involving nature.
I love taking photos of my kids.
My favorite subjects to photograph are my pets (I’ve got 2 dogs and 3 cats) and my nephew (he’s just too adorable). I’m not sure I have a favorite place to photograph, but I often fins myself visiting many parks we have in the area and I photograph there all the time.
My most favorite person to photograph is my son, Dexter, but I also enjoy photographing landscapes, flowers, and my handmade pottery and crafts.
My children are my favorite photo subjects, followed by interesting architecture and old buildings.
I love to shoot food, lately instead of food at restaurants it’s actually been food I’m cooking and I’m proud of that.
My favorite subject is my silver dapple miniature dachshund, Belle. She really comes alive when she gets in front of a camera and this lens would be awesome for pictures of her!
I love to photograph my youngest son, he has the best expressions!
I equally enjoy photographing the beauty in nature and that which sprang from my loins.
I absolutely love to take candid shots of people. Also, nature! They are my two favorite. Another I really enjoy is Panning. To try to get a, not so normal, shot is fun.
I love taking pictures of my new baby niece!
I just love to take photos of my children. They grow up so fast.
My daughter loves photography. She loves doing outdoor shoots…anything from an outdoor mall with interesting trees and decorations to my brother’s mountain farm. It would be so cool to win this for her!
I am learning how to sew and this would capture my creations beautifully!
i love to photograph teenagers in the outdoors.
I’ve recently developed a love of taking pictures, and have discovered my favorite subjects are the kids in my life and my super pooch, Gypsy! It’s most fun to take candid shots and capture life when no one is paying attention.
My favorite things to photograph are my son and anything in nature. Food is right after that.
I love taking pictures of food, friends, and things I see along the way to more food and friends.
I would love a new lens!
I love food photography. Especially soup. But that probably doesn’t come as a shock.
I love to photograph my kids. It’s how I keep them from growing up.
I love to take pictures of my family. We travel a lot with our small children. I’d love to have this lens to help document their travels so they remember all the places they’ve been!
Love to photo at the beach!!!
tweeted http://twitter.com/annedoggett/status/1982492420612096
I love to photograph my family but it is my 17 year old son who is the photographer. He takes 1000s of photos and would absolutely love this lens!
My lovely daughter would dearly enjoy this lens – she has 3 boys and the oldest is 6. She has had about 9 visits to the ER with all their activities and could use this lens to take pictures of them! Her birthday is the end of November – please consider her!
Sister Dianne S Smith – Jamaican Kingston Mission
I got into photography about 5 years ago, first I was taking spor shots, mostly rugby and needed a camera with a good zoom and quick shutter so I could get good action shots. My current lenses are Tamron but I get frustrated with having to go back and forth between my short lense and long lense. My son whos 9 now takes picts with me and will ask to switch between lenses for a “better shot”. Photography is something we enjoy doing together and gives us new adventures!
Pick Me….Pick Me! I love to photograph things I cook. I am hoping to make a cook book of Mom’s Favorites for my kids
My favorite people to photograph are my twin two-year-old boys. No matter how much trouble they get into, it always looks cute in a picture.
I love to take pictures of my children and husband here in our countryside home just outside of Paris, France.
Oh, I hope I win, I hope I win! My kids would be so fun to photograph! Thanks for the review!
I love to take pictures of my 7 month old baby!
My children of 3 and 16 months.
As a new grandma, do I really need to tell you what I would photograph most? You’d all fall in love with him!
I love to photograph my children! They are the best!!
On the blog too
http://kroeberfamily.blogspot.com/2010/11/giveaway.html
My favorite thing to photograph are my 3 boys ages 6,4, and 4 months. I’d love a better lens to be able to get better pictures of them.
I think the pictures are incredible, especially when you zoom in the the little stuff on the logs. This would be an amazing lense and I would LOVE to win. . .if only I could be so lucky;)
I love taking pictures of people I love!
I would love to win this lens. It would work beautifully w/my Nikon D80.
I tweeted & I think this ismy URL http://twitter.com/#!/kraftinkaos
Thanks.
I’m working on building up a portfolio and the equipment to get into professional portrait and promotional photography. I’ve been a long-time follower of the blog and am working on the BBA Challenge! I’d definitely use this lens to get some lovely shots of my baked goods
My favorite thing to take pictures of are my three little boys. They’re always reminding me of what matters most and I like taking pictures to remember the fun memories we have.
my chow chow pup, teddy!
Work is actually my favorite place to take pictures. I work in a pet-friendly office so there are always lovable pooches around just waiting to be photographed.
Oh…and my favorite photos to take…of people and far off places!
And…I tweeted!
LOVE this! I am so in need of a new lens, I cannot begin to tell you. How amazing!
http://twitter.com/TracyMilstead/status/1769584415739904
my girls – of course.
My favorite thing to photograph is flowers!
Anywhere in nature always produces beautiful pictures.
I would love to capture my four daughters with this lens! wonderful!
I love to take pictures of my golden-doodle Mingus!
My kids outdoors of course
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tweet: http://twitter.com/happy_haylee_3/status/1741672421527553
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I love to photograph my family members.
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Duly tweeted. http://twitter.com/iEatDC/status/1738949756194816
I like to take pictures when I travel and hike. Most recently I enjoyed taking photos while “leafing” in the Smoky Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley.
I love to photograph everything I eat http://www.flickr.com/photos/chefcooke/sets/72157624831707112/! And candid shots of friends in an attempt to capture who they are.
I like to photograph still lifes. They’re so much easier to shoot than people.
My 4 boys!! They are in constant motion!!
http://ianorchloe.blogspot.com/2010/11/tamron-lens-giveaway-iii.html
I love to photograph my two little girls, Chloe and Charlotte.
I love to photograph people – all the eyes and smiles just make my heart lighter. But since the pickens are slim [and the hubs refuses to model for me] the doggins get the camera in the face the most. They love me for it.
I blogged about this here: http://finerfamily.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-id-love-new-tamron-lens.html
I tweeted here: http://twitter.com/channynn/statuses/1723406554759168
I love outdoor lighting and taking photos of anything that can make you smile. Often this is my daughter, but I like photographing strangers, falling leaves, new flowers, and any kind of body of water!
Photos of stuff in our yard (flowers, rocks, trees…) used to be my fave, but now Baby Jack takes the top prize.
Last year I decided that it was time to get out of “automatic” mode, so I bought a new camera, and signed up for a photography class where I learned that a good lens is more important than an expensive camera. Drat! I wish I would have learned that before I made my camera purchase. That being said, I love my camera, and I have learned so much. But, I now realize that I need a variety of lenses to do what I want to do, which is to capture the last years of having children at home. Mine are 15 and 13 — I only have a few more years left and then it will be over. I really want to capture their faces the way my eyes see them right now. I want to tell a story with my photographs. The photos you posted on this review on your blog are so awesome! The food pictures are amazing. I see what you see in your every day life. You make the little things, so beautiful!
When I was a little girl, my parents were poor and we didn’t have a camera because they didn’t want to spend the money to have film developed. My dad died when he was 30 — I was 12 at the time. I can’t tell you how sad I am that I only have 4 pictures of him — and two of us as a family. It’s hard to remember all the little things, if you don’t write about them . . . and take pictures of those moments that pass by.
I want my children to look at my photographs, and catch a glimpse of how I saw them, when they were young. And I want to them remember me, as someone who took the time to capture it all.
I love taking pictures of my three kids! Thanks!
Diggin’ this! I have been researching lenses and this looks awesome. Thanks.
http://mistressofnone.blogspot.com/2010/11/tamron-lens-giveaway.html
I love to take pictures of New England in the Fall. Amazing!
I love photographing my kids and anything they happen to be doing (dance, sports, theatre, etc) and nature, particularly sunsets.
I am a Mom who obsessively documents everything about my 3 children’s lives. I love my 50mm fixed lens, but this would really open up a whole new world of possibilities for me!!!!
Ahhhh this give away is just to exciting! I am guilty of taking a million pictures of babes. I get the eye roll and the ” Moooom” every time I make them stop and smile, but I don’t care. When they are old and have babes if there own I want them to have all of the sweet memories that were the BEST times of my life. This wold be the BEST treat ever! THANKS!
Of course my favorite subjects are my boys! They grow up so fast, I just have to capture every moment!
Can I live in that cabin? It’s gorgeous, you have some amazing surroundings to photograph.
Without sounding like I like one child more than my others, I love to photograph my middle child. She is just so interesting to capture because she is constantly changing her expression. Every move she makes is gorgeous when caught on film.
I love to take pictures of my kids! This lens sounds like it might work for photographing outdoor sports such as soccer.
Since she’s cute and the one most often by my side, I love to take pictures of my dog, Molly.
Dogs and horses, pasture wildflowers, butterflies–a ‘mega-zoom’ lens allows you to get a great picture without spooking your subject. Makes your pasture or flower garden as near as your porch.
I love taking pictures of my 3 beautiful girls. I use to be the photographer of the family and now my 17 year old has taken over that job. She is a natural and has started her own photog business, this lens would help her out tremendously!
My girlies!! They are not always cooperative, but always lovely!
xo*tricia
I have had a Tamron lense for years and it is my very favorite! The quality and durability makes for a great piece of equipment in my camera bag. The photos take on a clear consise look that can’t be beat. I know I would love to try the new one!
love the pictures. I would love to win this lense
This lens sounds fabulous–thanks for such a concise review! I really love photographing things I come across on my bike ride to work in the mornings. The light is perfect, New England is quiet, and I’m by myself just looking around. Kinda makes me feel like a kid again–in a totally inspiring way. Thanks so much for hosting this great giveaway!
I would love this new lens. I have a great camera and I am taking a photography class to learn how to use it! I would love a new lens to make my pictures oh so much sweeter! Thank you!
I love to photograph my children (when they let me) or nature. My children IN nature is the best!!
All I want for Christmas is a new camera lens, a new camera lens, see a new camera lens, and then I could takes pictures of my six year old daughter wanting her two front teeth!
Thank You!
Love these photos. My favorite place to take pictures is along Route 66. I love old hotel signs.
I love to take pictures of my friends, especially when they don’t know I’m there.
I’d love to use this lens to creep up on them next time!
I love photographing my family..
and seniors.
Tweet tweet! http://twitter.com/#!/DaisyJo/status/1645928473698304
My favorite subjects are my family and friends.
My family, because we are all so busy and don’t get to see each other as much as we used to. Plus only my immediate family lives near by, the rest of my family live in different states, far away. I’m lucky if I see them once a year.
My friends, because they make me laugh and photos of them never fail to bring a smile to my face.
Of course, my kids! Um, and Disney World!
My 5 lovely, teenage daughters are easily my favorite subjects to photograph. I traveled to New England recently and had a wonderful time taking pictures in Vermont and Massachusetts but sadly, the girlies weren’t there. Next fall I’d love to take them back East with me and combine my favorite subjects and my favorite locations.. this lens would complete that dream perfectly!
I love to photograph my son outdoors – hiking, playing lacrosse, hanging with his buddies, etc.
My granddaughter is my favorite subject. I love taking photos of Charleston, the mountains and the beach when we visit. Beautiful places. Thanks for the chance.
My favorite subject is my son, Connor. He’s amazing in front of the camera. My favorite place is Colorado – love those mountains.
I love a zoom lens! It’s perfect for taking pictures of my dogs and/or my grandchildren when they’re not looking! I also love to take close up pics of flowers. This lens looks awesome.
I love, love, love taking pics of my 3 beautiful daughters – they are growing up way too quickly!
What a great giveaway! I would be taking pictures of my daughter and our new baby on the way once he makes his appearance!
Lovely photographs. I just purchased my first Canon SLR and would love a great lens to accompany it. I’m fortunate to have run across your blog…my winter project is to learn to cook. I’m following your blog for your great food photos and recipes. Hope I win this great lens. Keep on cooking!!!
I tweeted about this – http://twitter.com/The_Sunshyn/status/1529799109509120
I most love to photograph my wonderful friends who, to make it even more interesting, enjoy dressing up in costumes, especially at conventions and medieval events.
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I love taking pictures of the Golden Gate. There are so many different shots based on the time of day and weather conditions.
I mostly take photos of my children, my labradoodle Harry, and most recently, food for my new blog. I also am strangely possessed to take pictures of flowers whenever I see them on a trip.
I love taking photos of the nature and my loved ones. Preserving memories is what I cherish the most
I would love to win the lens for my Nikon D5000. I am done with the kit lens and this would be a great Christmas gift for myself, if won
I love to take pictures of my daughter. She may just be the cutest baby on the planet but I maybe a little biased!
I love taking pictures of my son, he’s 3.5 and is changing everyday! This lens would help me take more pictures of him, because I wouldn’t have to keep changing lens to try to keep up with him!
I love capturing the little, sometimes overlooked, details that define the person I’m photographing and I love attempting to take a picture that represents a specific emotion or experience so that when I look back on the picture, I can remember how I felt when I took it.
I would love to win this lens in order to do all of that more easily!!!!!
I love to photograph my 4 kids, they melt my heart!
I am an amateur photographer and my favorite subject to shoot is my one-year-old daughter, Julia. She is a challenge at times to shoot because she never stops moving. However, when you get a good shot, it is simply beautiful. I would love to win this lens in order to have one lens that could get great shots in a variety of settings.
I ADORE this lens! I can’t imagine how wonderful it would be!
I love to take pictures around our farm. This versatile lens would be great to have!
I am a mother, grandmother and naturalist.
I love to take pictures of anything in nature. I love the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. However, my favorite subjects are my grandchildren. They help remind me how much fun it was to be a parent. This lens would be such a great lens to take everywhere for close-ups and far away shots.
OK, I just copy-pasted the tweet. I hope it works:)
NIcole at @Pinchmysalt is giving away a Tamron lense http://bit.ly/9U1Mep
I have no idea how to link my Twitter post URL, but my Twitter ID is @Bibberche
I love roaming the parks in Southern California and taking the photos of beautiful scenery. I also love taking shots of my kids – no more ghastly school photos posed before a wallpaper!
My little one is 9 months old now and I love taking photos of him. I carry my camera with me where ever we go as I don’t want to miss a moment. What an amazing addition this would be to my camera. Thank your for the extremely generous giveaway.
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I mainly like to photograph food– I’m slowly building my skills, but even if the photos don’t turn out great, they still usually manage to make me hungry after, which is a mark of success to me!
I’m currently using a fixed lens only, the Canon 1.8, and so it would be great to get the flexibility of this Tamron! I might even branch out into more landscape photos or other non-edibles…
My three boys. They hate to be photographed but their complaints are ignored.
I love taking photos of people and closeups of the flowers in my garden! I also like playing around with food photography and would love to try this lens.
I love to take pictures of my nieces and nephews.
Thanks for the chance to win the lense, this is amazing! I enjoy taking documentary photos of family, friends, everyday scenes, and scenes when I’m travelling. The lense would be incredibly helpful for food shots. Thanks again! Michele
https://twitter.com/#!/RavenousRowie Tweeted about your giveaway!
I love to take pictures of my food, and my dog!
Thanks for the giveaway! Those are some great shots, but I’ve always loved your pictures.
I love taking pictures of my puppy – especially at the park!
I love to photograph different projects I’m working on, especially ones in the kitchen. I also use macro shots in my technical documentation. I’ve been making do with the lens I’ve got, but this lens would be much better for both!
my dogs.. they are cute no matter what
I would love to photograph nature a little bit more.
Taking fall farmers market photos is a favorite past time of mine. Soon it will be time to take photos of the city holiday lights. I can hardly wait.
Of course I also love food photography. Fall cooking FTW!
I love taking pictures of my daughter, but I also love to photograph the blue ridge mountians around me.
My favorite photo subject is our lives; all aspects from kids to projects to food to friends. I want to look back and say, that was a great day.
I can’t believe the zoom on that lens! I really want one!
My favorite person to photograph is my 16 month old daughter.
My absolute favorite place to take photos is in a big city–I love the lines of architecture and all the people rushing around.
Love to walk around the lake shooting pics of kids, wildlife and nature. Anything outside is good for me.
Nature mostly, but come Feb or Mar it will be of my new twin nephews!!!
I’m trying to get better at photographing food (so hard!) but my favorite is nature–it’s so calming to me.
I primarily took abstract closeups – be it nature or industrial, that is until my son came along
I loved your pictures! I enjoy taking pictures of friends and food! God times.
My favorite thing to photograph at this time of year is my son’s basketball games! Other times of the year I photograph everything that catches my fancy, the grandkids, my garden, sunrises, sunsets, and beautiful scenery.
I LOVE to photograph my daughter….as you can tell from my blog…smile.
food photography is one of my favorites. i love the intricate, time-consuming styling aspect of it too. too fun!
Love the photo of the fungi. I spent a long time one day wandering the farm and
shooting pics of amazing fungi on fallen trees. Some were as large as wall mounted
bookshelves. Incredible.
Would love that lens to take even better photos.
i love taking pictures of nature and people interacting with it.
I love child photography. Not the boring lets pose and try and get a good shot photography, but the candids oh yes children can pout, cry, scream, smile and truly know how to live photography.
ps. I’m going to bake now so I can have some yummy ice cream cookies!
GynnaB
I just got my first SLR camera and so far there’s not much I DON’T love taking pictures of! Your pumpkin looks awesome!
http://twitter.com/happy_haylee_3/status/1159443483987968
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I love to take pictures of the projects I complete
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I love to take photos of food – duh – but I also love photographing interesting things outdoors – from macro stuff like flowers, insects, and the like, to landscapes. This is where this lens would REALLY be useful!
My fave photography subject is definitely my dog, Jelly. She thinks she’s a star.
My favorite thing to photograph is nature….all parts of Nature. From the funny little blooms along the path to our front door or the sights that line the paths through the nearby Arboretum and botanical gardens or the setting sun or rising moon…nature abounds in my flickr stream. One lens instead of 3 would definitely make my jaunts to capture nature a lot easier.
I love to take photos of family members.
My husband. He’s my practice subject until our first baby arrives early next year!
My favorite place to take photographs is our home, here in the Oregon countryside. It is so different from Southern California, where I spent my first forty years, that I am always enchanted and continually finding new things that catch my eye.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/katieabbymicah/status/1088282305761280
I love to take pictures of my kids!
I love to Photograph my 4year old. She loves to pose for me anytime.
I love to take photos of my dog, but he doesn’t like it quite as much as I do…
http://twitter.com/#!/SonyaRK/status/1067860000505856
link to my tweet
I love to photograph my children and food. Looks like it’d be a great lens!
Love taking pictures of my family. My dad’s been getting into landscape photography… might have to get some pointers.
I love taking photos of my kiddos!
I LOVE taking photos of my new baby girl! I got my first “big girl” camera this past year in anticipation of her and I have taken tons of photos in her first 2mo!
I mostly take pictures of my kids and food. Occasionnally I will have a photoshoot, I have done a few weddings and photograph things for my friends. OK pretty much anything! I love to take pictures
my favorite place to take pics is right here at home of my kiddos.
Great article. Living in buffalo I love shooting the beautiful architecture we have here. Even the old industrial buildings make for a great shot. Thanks.
Tweeted about this giveaway here: http://twitter.com/7maples
My favourite thing to photograph is people, but to be honest I have never approached a stranger to take their portrait. This is something I really want to do but have yet to muster up the courage for. When I win this lens, that will be what I do: approach people on the street and take their portrait. It will force me out of my comfort zone and be totally scary, but I bet it will be worth it too. Thank you for this great opportunity!
Capturing glimpses of life through the lens allow moments to be preserved for a lifetime. That is why I love photography. My most favorite captures is my family, mostly my baby girl.
I have been looking at this lens!!! I love to take pics of my beautiful grand daughter, who’s almost 3. My biggest problem is that if I have the 18 to 55 lens on, she’s on the other side of the room, so I can’t get that close up I want, but when I put the 55 to 200, seems she’s right in front of me, so I miss that shot!!!
( The pics you posted are a great indication of what this lens can do! I’d soooo love to win one!!! If I don’t, can someone ask Santa to bring me one???
I photograph my daughter as much as possible. I would love this mega zoooooom!
I love to photograph people. My husband is the actual photographer (who I’d love to give this to!) and he photographs EVERYTHING. If I had to guess, I’d say that his favorite was photographing buildings.
I adore photographing love in its myriad manifestations, be it that shared with my partner, with my kin (both sanguine and instated), or with my kitten.
I love taking photos of food and anything related to it.
I love to take pictures of nearly everything, especially my two babies. I love to take portraits and the zoom would be a nice feature while chasing my toddler
It would be ideal to have one lens instead of carrying around a toddler and a bag full of lenses 
I’m very impressed with the pictures you took!
All up in my twitter too:) http://twitter.com/teewebby/status/996514969165826
I too love to take way too many pictures of food, glorious food!
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one whose favorite photography subject is her dog! As for my favorite place to take photos, it is my neighborhood. I get inspired when the lighting is awesome, which is when all of my favorite shots have been taken: the light glinting on snow covered, berry laden bushes; the cherry blossom tree along the side of the road when the sun is coming out after a surprise Spring shower; and my all-time favorite shot of my dog running toward me while playing at the beachfront dog park with a huge smile on his face and the twinkle of sunshine in his eyes.
Oh I hope I win!!! I’ll take pictures of my darling little ones, Grace and George, as well as the gorgeous area I live in – Northern CA!
I’m crossing my fingers!
I LOVE this! I take pictures of my family everyday.
I really love to photograph my kids….anywhere!
tweeted about the contest http://twitter.com/#!/ughimhere/status/972841088458752
I try taking photos of everything, but the one thing I love to shoot is portraits. I like trying to make someone look their best.
I love taking pictures of my two boys-4 weeks and 6 years!
Right now, I love taking photos of my toddler daughter–before all her adorable baby chub disappears!
Food (really bad at it still)
very small things (Fun!)
very large things (really hard to make them interesting)
I blogged about it!
http://www.andreasteed.com/node/1071
My favorite things to photograph: families. My own primarily, but I love getting a good family photo for other families too!
I’ve been a hobby photographer for years. My favorite pictures and place to photograph was my recent trip to London and Paris. The old buildings, fantastic gardens, street life made for an interesting array of photos of our trip.
I am new to photography but have already had an amazing time playing with light writing and long exposure shots. I love taking pictures of the gorgeous fall colors!
I am having a baby in 8 weeks and I can’t wait to take her pic!
I love to take pictures of anyone, adults & children. When you can get a close up shot of someone and your able to see into their eyes you can start to see a story in their eyes.
It’s amazing to me that you can see pure emotion in people eyes.
I love taking pictures of my dogues! We raise Dogue de Bordeauxs and they have the best expressions. Pictures are taken anywhere we happen to be…outside, the car, at a dog show. And yes, they are the “Hooch” dogs so there is some drool from time to time. Thanks for offering the contest. It would be great to have such an awesome lens.
http://twitter.com/susan1215/status/915787145551872
I love taking pictures of my children playing outside and on vacations
i tweeted about the giveaway here http://twitter.com/oshkoshbgosh123/status/912692709695488
i would love to photograph my nephews. they are always up and moving so it will be a challenge.
My dog, lol…I think I need to have kids
I love to photograph food and still lifes–creating a mood with light. Also I think it’s fun to use toy or vintage cameras to do street photography.
I love to photograph everything
What I most enjoy though are the backyard birds – it’s a challenge to get them to sit still but so rewarding when you can capture the feather detail and I am still working on “in flight” photos.
The person I love to photograph the most is my father. He makes the funniest expressions and also gets mad when I start taking too many photos of him so I get a kick out that. Every once in a while, those moments…right when he is trying to hide from the camera…I get the best shot!
Just tweeted your contest too
http://twitter.com/txblond/status/878917216894976
I love to photograph my 2 year old daughter and all the things around our home as we go for walks every day with our Newfie.
Thanks for the contest
I never get tired of taking pictures of my two adorable Puggles, Bella and Pippi. Then entertain and amuse me every day. Next best thing, friends and family.
Thanks for all the great posts on Pinch My Salt. Cheers
I also tweeted this, here:
http://twitter.com/kaylatersigni
LOVE the giveaway. Thanks!
Oh, hands down my favorite subject to photograph (and most challenging) is my daughter. A super zoom capacity would probably help me out a BUNCH when she’s in her less than cooperative mood.
http://photohappiness.tumblr.com/
My favorite thing to photograph is people, specifically my boyfriend, friends, and family enjoying life : ) My favorite place to take pictures would be outside anywhere! when the sun is shining and I don’t have to use my flash!
Since my children are grown and don’t like to be photographed, I usually take pictures of nature. This would be an awesome lens to have for my Canon 50D!
Love these images.
Wow, that does look like a spectacular lens. I am trying to improve on my food shots and I think that would definitely help. However my favorite thing to shoot is my girls. Can we get one of those good looking cookies too??? Okay, maybe just the recipe. (wink)
I have been wanting to purchase a second lens – your review was very practical and helpful. I enjoy taking pictures of nature and everyday events.
Here is the link to my blog post about the wonderful giveaway
http://denvertoseattle.blogspot.com/2010/11/giveaway-walk-and-some-photos.html
My favorite thing to shoot are my kids! I bought an SLR but have been unable to photograph them playing hockey with the standard lens kit – would love to win this
I love taking pictures of friends and family – especially my nieces and nephews – that are not posed. A lightweight zoom lens like this would be a perfect addition to my camera bag.
I love to take pictures of just about anything, but right now there’s nothing better than taking photos of my baby boy!
Just tweeted about the give away and here’s the link!
http://twitter.com/uTry_it
I love to take pictures of food, because I just started a new food blog, and my kids. Kids grow up so fast and I really want to capture the happy moments of them.
http://thebunnysbungalow.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-really-want-to-win-tamron-lens.html
I posted the giveaway on my blog.
I also tweeted about the contest!
“AliMoonGoddess Ali McCollum
Love to win this Tamron lens! http://reviews.pinchmysalt.com/2010/11/tamron-mega-zoom-lens-review-and-giveaway/comment-page-9/#comment-550”
http://twitter.com/#!/AliMoonGoddess
Where don’t I like taking pictures? My kitchen, the beach, anywhere my pug or birds end up! Life is too beautiful to not capture the moments. I mostly take pictures outside where ever I wander, but try to make sure that I catch a few “normal” moments. Never know when life will change & you will miss this.
My favorite subjects have to be my birds & my pug.
I love taking pictures of my son ANYWHERE!
Tweet!
http://twitter.com/BungalowDebra/status/683214108622848
I love to take pix of just about anything. Nature, family…..
My old film Minolta had an awesome lens like this. I miss it since I don’t have something similar with my digital Canon. I used to take wonderful photos at the hockey games (Sharks). And it was so nice to catch people and animals off guard because you weren’t right in their face taking the photo. Right now I take lots of photos of my new kitten, which isn’t easy since she moves so fast!
My daughter is almost always the focal point of my photos and this time of the year the apple orchards are my favorite locations!
I would enjoy using this lens in taking homecoming pictures of marines and sailors returning home from deployments. It is amazing capturing the moment when families see their loved ones returning home. Aloha!
Amazing giveaway!! I really like the closeups that it is capable of!
I love photographing my kids! Especially when they don’t know it!
People. I love photographing people of all ages, in all places.
Anywhere in the Cascades!!
The person I most love to photograph is my 18 month old daughter… she changes so much everyday that I just love to look back through my pictures and remember the tiny baby she was just a year and a half ago! Would love to have this lens so that I don’t have to worry about changing the lens… at the same time I’m remembering to change the diaper
Definitely my toddler!
My favorite thing to photograph is food, so my favorite place to shoot would have to be my kitchen.
I love to photograph pretty natury places. They can make any amateur photographer look good!
I love taking shots of food!
People, especially candids on the street. Oh, and food of course!
Tweeted – http://twitter.com/#!/mamahootdesigns
My darling daughter…I am THAT Mom, the one trailing her child around every event and gathering with a camera. But hey, it’s the only way to capture memories.
Food up close!
I have a Canon & love to take pictures outdoors, especially around my parent’s home in the Indiana countryside.
I love taking photos of my dogs!
http://www.gabeandholly.blogspot.com
I love taking pictures of my little girl Reagan… she is my greatest joy and is always making adorable faces.
I LOVE photographing people. Capturing thier personalities
Who doesn’t love taking pictures of the kiddos! They always have something new to share.
I like taking pictures at cemeteries and when there’s a lot of fluffy clouds in a clear, blue sky.
Of course, my daughter. But, I love taking photos out in nature on a hike with my husband and daughter.
This lens looks wonderful, I would love it!
I like landscape photography, particularly of the Pacific Ocean. I am also going to begin working on creating good agricultural and industrial stock photography.
Thank you for the great review! I like to take pictures of my kids, but they are sometimes unwilling subjects. So, I think I would default to loving to take pictures on my hikes in the woods around my house. The trees are willing to sit still for as long as you would like!
I love photographing my daughter and son!
I love shooting landscapes
I love capturing my children at just the right moment.
Love photographing food! ))
Please pick me. I would love to have one of these lenses. Thanks Tamaron!!
My favorite thing to photograph are the mountains outside my window. Love the view.
I love to take pictures of my son.
I’m a travel writer and, due to the decreased budgets of most magazines, I have to take a lot of my own photos for assignments. So I’d use this wherever I’m going on assignment next–whether Greenland, Easter Island, Micronesia or beyond!
Tweet! Tweet!
http://twitter.com/#!/fujimama/statuses/589608962232320
Ok, I think you are a great reviewer! I loved how genuine and honest this post felt. I’ve been hearing so much about Tamron lenses lately and am dying to try one out. My favorite thing to photograph? My girls. I just can’t get enough of their cute little faces. (And no, of course I’m not a totally biased parent.)
I love to photograph my children and everything they do. I photograph alot of sports so the zoom lens would be so wonderful to catch those moments that it is hard to see from the stands. It is on my future wishlist, but if I have to buy it, it will be awhile.
My favorite subjects are my two granddaughters.
this is exactly what i have been looking for!
Since I don’t have kids at the moment, my dog is my favorite subject, much to his chagrin!
I have been eying this lens on Amazon for months. WANT! I think it would make my super-stalking of my 4-year old sooo much easier.
my favorite thing to photograph is the little squirrel that lives in my los angeles area backyard, when he shows up every morning to have the breakfast of nuts and seeds i leave out for him. he likes to eat sitting in my adirondack chairs.
Like you mentioned that your cat was the first thing you photographed- that’s what I love to do also! We have 2 cats, and it’s great to take some beautiful pictures of them. I also love to take pictures when the leaves start to change colors (right about this time of the year) and the trees are gorgeous!
I love to photograph dogs. I have two dogs and I also volunteer at a local shelter taking their pictures for petfinder.
I want this lens sooo bad! My favorite things to photograph are my friends and family. I have spent so much money are professional studios to have my daughters pictures done, until I bought my Nikon, now my friends and family come to me to do their photos! This lens OMG, the photos would be awesome!!!!
Tamron lenses are just amazing.
I love taking candid steet photgraphs of people in San Francisco.
I love to take pictures of eyes, hands and fat chubby feet. Pictures make my heart so happy!
I love to take pictures of my kids, especially when they don’t know they are being photographed. This zoom would be fantastic for that.
I love taking photos of my daughter and her cat.
I love taking pictures of my 2 year old son. He’s always doing something cute or funny.
of course my favorite subjects are my twins! i love to photograph them outside, playing, just being kids and enjoying life. I love natural light.
Thanks!
I tweeted about this!
@julieuliuli
https://twitter.com/julieuliuli
love photographing my daughter
What a great lens! I love to take pictures of nature, wildlife, the sky and the moon/stars! I seem to find myself going out into the middle of no where to try to get a shot of the starry sky, or the moon…or to find birds that I can get a great detailed shot of. This lens would be awesome to accomplish so many things I’d love to do in photography!
I’d love to give this to my sister who takes great photos, especially on birding tris. She shares them with me
We have a Tamron lense that my husband purchase for a photography class in Venice, Italy that we truly love. He was able to take incredible photos with it. We definitely could use another one.
My favorite subjects are the kids and anything that we do with them, or anywhere that we take them. Our vacations usually are taken around a historical place so the outdoors, and buildings are usually in my shots also.
We LOVE to take pictures of family….the young, old and
in between!
I love taking portraits of people! It is so much fun to capture their expression and really bring out their beauty in a photograph. This lens would help me greatly when photographing weddings or doing portraits on location.
I love to take candid picture out at local parks. A great zoom lens would help me do this without being so intrusive. My kid would never notice me with the camera!
I love to take my camera with me when I’m walking with my dogs and this lens would be perfect since I switch between taking close ups of leaves, bugs, textures to wide landscape/sunset shots to action shots of the dogs running. Thanks!
What do I love to photograph? My kids, food, outdoors, people…shoes…I love to photograph everything!
My favorite place to take photos is at Lake Bonham in Bonham, Texas. My family has lake property right on the lake, so I hope in a kayak with my camera and my iPod and paddle around taking scenic photos, macro photos, you name it. Sometimes it is quite an adventure!!! I would love to try out this lens as well!
Unfortunately, I don’t have any kids but I call my 5 dogs my children and would love to capture some of their precious moments with the help of that lens!!!
I like to take pictures of my feet on interesting surfaces. It reminds me of what I was wearing and feeling and normally taking pictures of the ground wouldn’t seem like an interesting idea.
My favorite place to photograph is outdoors, mostly trees and landscapes. I’m an illustrator who mostly paints landscapes and love creating my own library of reference photos for future paintings.
http://twitter.com/?status=Tamron%20Mega-Zoom%20Lens%20Review%20and%20Giveaway:%20http://bit.ly/aaRks0%20via%20@addthis#!/angandrieux/status/471011464052737
I love travel photography and my favorite location for shooting is anywhere in Italy!
I love taking pictures of the mountains on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
I can’t get enough of photographing my two boys . They are two in a half and 7 months . You take great pictures with this lens and I would love the opprotunity as well!
Thank you
Hands down my favorite thing to photograph are my kids. I love them and would love to have this lens so I could get even better quality pictures of them!
Tweet
http://twitter.com/#!/Mel4Him/status/454645965131776
I love taking photos of my son and nephews and my favorite place is the farm in the fall. Beautiful!
Amazing to be able take such wonderful pictures!!!
Would love to able to do the same!
I love to take pictures of my fiance. He’s the one who taught me to shoot!
My favorite subject has to be my two little boys. It always amazes me how fast they grow and change so I try to capture those fleeting moments on camera as best as I can!
Oh my favorite is my kids!!! And if possible taking them outdoors in all seasons especially tulip season (okay I know that isn’t a real season, but I love tulips!!)
I’ve never been the photographer in the family. That title is usually reserved for my husband. But ever since we had a baby, I’ve been pulling out my camera every day to capture all those special moments with my son.
I love to take pictures of my kids and I love to take pictures in the mountains……..so, my favorite is to take pics of my kids in the mountains! Last time I had them all precariously perched in the middle of a lake. It was awesome.
My favorite is taking photos in my garden, mostly vegetables.
I love taking photos of my family, flower macros…
My family of course! I NEED this lens!
Love taking photos of nature, especially in the mountains where we have our family cabin!
My favorite thing to photograph has to be nature – trees, flowers, animals, water, etc.
I love taking photos of my kid…
What gorgeous photos this camera takes. Such vibrant colors and detail.
I would love to go back to Ireland and shoot photos in the country. It is magnificent.
i tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/ellen1214/status/399244703834112
i love photographing my dog (he’s ancient, and who knows how much longer he’ll be around!), people (children and seniors especially), flowers (tight detail shots), and food (of course).
What gorgeous scenery! As much as I love photographing food, my very favorite subjects are my adorable kids.
i love taking pictures on my travels… each new place offers something i can capture for my family and friends who are not with me. each old place offers a new perspective of life. i love taking pictures of strangers living their lives, and of the places in which they are living them. you can see some of my pictures on my facebook.
i tweeted this: http://twitter.com/#!/cjrmyc/status/396271902793728
This seems like an incredible lens. Hope you enjoy using it!
Love taking photos of my kids and the bugs in our yard..Seems like a versatile lens.
My kids and my creations! Oh, I would use it for so many things!
And for my 2nd entry, another thing I like to photograph is people having a great time and capturing candid moments!
http://twitter.com/#!/heylaurenmckay
MEMEMEMEME PICK ME!
Anyway, I love to take photos of plants. Funguses and things that have bright colours and/or interesting patterns. I was in Mexico for my birthday this last week and all of the bright day of the dead decorations were making me crazy. I came back with over 1000 photos!!
I love taking detail shots – flowers, leaves, etc! I love to see the texture close up!
And I would love to have such an awesome lens! I just bought the Tamron 17-50mm, but I’m kind of wishing I had gotten this one instead!
My three kiddos, especially together when they don’t know I am snapping photos!
My little baby boy…definitely the most exciting thing to capture (I don’t want to forget anything)!
I’m sure that you’ll get this answer a lot, but it’s true… A mom just can’t help but take photos of her beautiful little kids!
http://twitter.com/szpavlou
Life makes a most interesting subject to photograph! I live and work in China, so my daily happenings are always an adventure.
My 15-month-old son is, hands down, the best photo subject ever. He understands that I’m not-quite-a-professional photographer but loves hamming it up anyway, and smiles with his whole face whenever I get close with my camera.
Hands down my favorite thing to photograph is my family, specifically my two cute and crazy boys!
My two dogs in my backyard.
I love doing photo shoots with my son, of course, and I love taking too many pictures while traveling. One of my favorites is a shot of a sweet old Sicilian man sitting on his porch. Those random spur-of-the-moment shots can really be fun!
Love taking pics of my kids. My favorite place to go is a farm in the next town. It has the coolest backgrounds for the pictures.
I love to take pictures of anything that will stand still long enough for me to get its pic .Love birds in the front yard the best.
My little boys, ages 2.5 and 7 months!
what a great giveaway! and wonderful pics!
grecpac@aol.com
I like to take pictures of tiny things – toys, flowers, insects…
People. Any people who let me take their photo. I love faces.
I love to take pictures of my dog and of food (of course)
I love to photograph my dog the most!
I love to photography my sweet little red head.
I love taking pictures of my girls!
I love to do ‘guerilla photography’, sneaking up with my camera on my son, husband, pets, strangers, whoever! So my answer is “my son, in the garden, with the candlestick”. lol… well maybe not the candlestick, but my son in the garden for sure.
I’m a sucker for facial expressions and big expressive eyes. But then again, who isn’t?!
My favorite place to take photos is right from my home. I have amazing landscape all around me!
http://twitter.com/#!/28sunflowers
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I am always taking pictures of my two sweet little ladies! This lens would be great for that. :~)
I take pictures of my family and mostly on occasions where we feel a need to celebrate.
the beautiful landscapes of Montana
We love to capture unstaged life shots of our quadruplet boys. Hopefully it will help us remember what daily life was like when they are grown and gone.
My good friend has a newborn baby with the most expressive face, I can’t get enough of photographing him!
My favorite person to photograph would have to be my grandson!
I love to take pictures of my daughter, of course. And nature.
I adore take pictures of architecture and urban landscapes, expecially in black and white. it’s so amazing how angles, lines and curves become alive with the shutter!
But I also have a newborn daughter so…she’s now my favourite subject!!
I am heading to the Galapagos for a once in a lifetime vacation and for the last few months have been photographing mostly nature subjects. The biggest problem I have is getting good results when zooming. I would so love this lens! Thanks.
I love to photograph my daughter Ava. She is beautiful and makes it quite easy.
I’m a nature photographer, love close ups.
My favorite place to take photos is at the beach with my kiddos! They love getting to run around and play, and I love getting great shots of them being themselves. This lens would certainly help out with that!
My little dog is extremely photogenic, background my still beautiful flower beds!
Hm. I take photos of everything – but probably my favorite is interesting brickwork or architectural details.
Cooking is a passion, and I love combining food and photography! Besides that, I love nature macro photography!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/aloopylife/status/355221578452993
I love taking photos of food. In fact, food photography is what started my interest in photography!
I love to take pictures of food. In fact I have been meaning to make pumpkin whoopie pies for the last week but have not been able to get in the kitchen. Maybe tomorrow.
Oh man. I love taking photographs of Nature the best. You know, it doesn’t move and is always content on you all up in it’s face!! I also love taking photos of me and and my hubbers’ travels!!
I love taking close-ups in nature. Unexpected angles are fun!
I love taking photos of graffiti, and abstract textures!
Eryn
I love Tamron lenses! I mostly take pictures of my kids and our home but I’m always looking for more subjects.
I love taking pictures of my sweet girls. It would be amazing to get some shots of them when they didn’t even know I was taking them. I would love this lens.
I love macro photography and I love nature! Anything in a forest is worth photographing with the right light!
I love taking pictures of friends and family. And of course, my favorite running partner, my dog Molly:)
I love to take pictures of my daughter and food!
I like to take pictures of my cats!
I love taking pictures in the mountains – streams, trees, animals.
I love taking pictures on the beach in Naples Florida
Friends, especially at parties or just having a good time
I tweeted @brittty http://twitter.com/#!/brittty/statuses/343710155939840
I love taking pictures at Lake Michigan!
My kids, cat and vacations/nature.
My favorite place to take picture is at the beach! The lens looks awesome!
I would love this lens, especially since my only lens right now is a 18-55 mm.
I love to go to the pond where I would be able to take great pictures of all the critters; aigrettes, swans, ducks, geese, frogs, fish, and many other birds I ignore the names. Thanks for the chance to win.
i would take pictures of the snow, which is my favorite!
Oooh…..I had this lens for my manual SLR when I was in school. I MISS IT!!!!
I would take pictures of my kids! Or my crafts! Or vacations! Or bugs….from across the yard.
I love taking pictures of my kids. Some of my favorites are of them out in the fields in those autumn days right before the snow falls. They are a riot of color in an otherwise monocolor landscape. I can only imagine how much better the pictures would be with a decent zoom lens!
I would love this for family pics
I am not much a photographer, but my husband (who would be the very happy recipient of this lens) loves to take candid pictures of people.
I love to take pictures of my meals – make with love.
My husband is the most amazing photographer — he does great nature shots. It’s him that I give the lens to.
I love to take photos in the park!
ah! missed an “e” sorry! tweeted @rpaigemast
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my daughter. what i would do if i won! it would be a happy day
Taking pictures of my beautiful daughter is my absolute fave.
nature! at the moment it’s the changing colors in the trees, but honestly just put me outside with a camera and i’ll start snapping pictures.
OMG. That picture of the pumpkin whoopie pies??? I WANT TO GO TO THERE.
As for your question…there’s nothing I like photographing more than my three kids.
oh I would love to win a lens for my canon rebel..thank you
Barb
I love to photograph anything–whatever seems to catch my eye that day. This lens would make it so much easier to capture the shots I have in mind by giving me much more shooting range. That zoom is awesome!
Great pictures! Would love to win this!
I love to photograph critters (animals, pets, etc.) in and around the home, farm, or in the wild.
I’ve been an amateur digital photographer for about ten years. Here are some of my photos on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curryosity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curryosity/sets/72157600702580358/
oh my gosh, those are some great pictures! I have to get one of those lenses!
I like to take pictures of my dogs on hikes
I love taking pictures of the grand babies
I LOVE taking pictures in fields!!!
I like taking pictures of my friend’s band, The BooHoo Ramblers.
I love taking pictures of my cats and my friends. I also like taking pictures of the sky, especially if the clouds are nice and the sun is shining. However, more than anything, I’d love to win this lens for my sister who is an aspiring photographer!
Anything close up are my favorite subjects… food, primarily, but also anywhere I can use a nice shallow depth of field.
I would love to have this lens! I am currently a poor college student who needs a new lens for my photography class next semester.
Keeping my fingers crossed!
I am so excited to be getting my first DSLR camera in the next week – I am known for taking pictures of anything and everything! I love PHOTOS and I am so excited to explore and learn to take even better photos. A new lens off the bat would be great and exciting
Was researching online and came across the contest….Out of the budget, but my wife would be so happy with me.
foursmoresismore@gmail.com
I love to shoot my kiddos!
I love taking pictures of my family and nature. I love to focus on small details that are often missed but are now save in pictures
I love taking photos of my kids out and about in the world.
I love taking food photos, travel photos, and architectural photos!
Thanks for the giveaway
I love to take scenic outdoor photos but I have recently started taking food pics while eating out and that lens with the macro ability is just what I need.
Well of course my three girls are so fun to take pictures of but I love pics for my blog.
I love zoom lenses, and I love taking pictures of anything and everything.
I love to take pictures of my kids outdoors the most. Our local park is a great setting.
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I’m a new food blogger and just starting to get into photography for more than just shots on vacation. So now I photograph food and since I have moved to Korea, all the new and amazing sites here! I am ready to upgrade my camera but have been intimidated. It would be great to start of with a great, proven lens!
I love taking pictures of my new granddaughter Charlotte as well as my paintings, quilts and jewelry so I can remember all the details of the presents and gifts I create. The zoom on this lens is absolutely amazing – from outdoors, to cats to food.
That lens looks awesome! I like taking pictures of people doing everyday things. And of the outdoors. And of the cat that lives in my dorm- he’s too cute.
I’m in the process of purchasing my first DSLR and I would love to have a great lens like this!
I love taking pictures of food and my kids!
I love taking photographs in nature and when traveling. Done well, those shots can take you back to another place and time.
My boys! Though I’m a pathetic photographer at best!
my daughter is a photography major at scad.this lens would be great for her use everyday!!!!!!!!!
I love taking pictures of fresh fruits, vegetables and all things food!
I tweeted at:
http://twitter.com/KatPolkaDot
I really enjoy photographing my pets, and food that I make. Pets are so difficult to photograph well!
My kids… definitely but I’m beginning to capture the beauty of nature which I am enjoying these days! Usually with my kids
I love to photograph my beautiful son playing in our yard with the dogs and the tomatoes!
My grandson, almost one year old, causes tingling on my neck when I am able to mark his development with a photo.
Here’s my post about your post! (Oh, and I forgot to tell you what I love taking pics of . . . my kids!)
http://www.angleseyfamily.com/Anglesey_Family/Blog/Entries/2010/11/4_Tamron_Lens_Giveaway!.html
I love taking portrait pictures!
oh I LOVE to take pictures of my two cats! Although I’m not sure they love it as much as I do
This lens looks fabulous!
I love taking outdoor shots of my children. But I still have a lot to learn!
I would love to try out a Tamron lense!!!
I really enjoy taking pictures of my boys, especially candids while they’re playing together outdoors. I would LOVE a Tamron lens to go with my Nikon! Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
I love taking pictures outside and on vacation, but it’s a real pain taking along multiple lenses. I also have a new niece and grandson that will probably be flash blind before long. And my jewelry photos could use the help of a macro lens.
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@bazcat
I love taking pictures of my daughter (she’s 10 months!) and husband. This lens would be PERFECT for catching her sweet smiles and him surfing! Pick me!
Love taking photos of my kids!!
I’d love to win this!
I love taking picture of my Great Dane, Darwin.
And I love taking shots outdoors. We’ve gone to Peru and Cambodia and each time I’ve wished for a lens like this rather than having to switch lenses out or leaving one at home for not wanting to carry 2.
My two-year-old! But I’m not the photographer in my family. I’d love this for my hubby’s 40th!!
Thnx for the great review & giveaway. I recently bought a DSLR so I can get the shots of our g’girls! SO—that is definitely my fav photo subject right now.
I love taking food and travel photos!
Taking pictures of my kids…we live by the water and it is always fun to take the camera with me to the beach and take pics of the kids playing in the sand.
this lens looks amazing and I want to get my hands on it! I’ve been taking pictures for a few years now and my absolute favorite thing to take pictures of is my friends and family. I love to capture each and every moment we spend together and i’m known amongst friends and family as the “picture taker.” I love it!
I absolutely adore taking photos of my son! Good Luck everyone!
I love taking pictures of my family and of landscapes. Thanks for doing this for us!
love to try this on my dogs and the butterflies next spring.
I would soooo love to have an all-inclusive lens so I’m not having to switch all the time! Yes please . . .
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LOVE LOVE IT! Hope I’m the lucky person!
Sure would love the lens for my Canon, I love taking pictures! Especially of my Granddaughter, and I love taking pictures of the beautiful scenery that is all around me in New Hampshire!
Love this lens! In addition to carting it to gorgeous landscapes for photography, I would use it as a spotting scope to identify small birds and animals.
I love to photograph my kids. I would love to win this lens.
i love to take pictures of my family.. sometimes i don’t get to relax and enjoy birthday parties and such but i wanna have the memories for years to come.
I shoot at least 30 frames a day, and on a good day more like 100. My favorite things to shoot are sunrises (I live directly on the pacific ocean in Hawaii,) my pets and Food Shots. I do LOTS of food shots and I am delighted with the macro applications for this lens.
I have three beautiful kids that I snap pix of all the time. They’d hate it if I had another reason to be taking their pix!! I hope I win!!
wanibug (at) yahoo (dot) com
I love to photograph my husband but he always shys away so I take pictures of my adorable pup instead!
I love nature photos, so I mostly take pictures of streams, flora and fauna.
Wow! What impressive photos! What I couldn’t do with a lens like that…photographing nature, my pets, family, food…
I love photographing my kids and food for my blog. I also enjoy photographing all that the beautiful Pacific Northwest has to offer. I’d love to win the lens!!!
My favorite subjects are my 2-year old daughter (the best expressions!) and the travel shots that I get to take now that we’re living in the Netherlands for a year (just moved here from Boston). I want to capture as much as I can in photos, so I can remember it better and can show it to our daughter someday, since she likely won’t remember this year of her life. This lens would be perfect for trekking around Europe with!
I love the range on this! I just got a DSLR and I’m still really trying to get the hang on being able to manipulate settings. I need a class haha
I love taking pictures of my babies, lighthouses, and waterfalls! My niece and I love taking foodie pics too, but just for fun to chronicle our cooking adventures!
Right now I love to photograph the amazing mountains here in MT, but I suppose that is about to change as my first little one is due in Dec.
I love taking pictures of my kids (when they cooperate) after it has rained and they go outside and start jumping in puddles. I have gotten the BEST expressions of joy from them while they do this!
I tweeted about your giveaway: http://twitter.com/#!/SheLikesRuffles/status/29700363519
I love to photograph nature: flowers, birds, trees, squirrels, you name it. This lens would make me go outside and take more pictures.
I would love to win this lens for my husband. He takes beautiful landscape photos and this would be a wonderful surprise for him as a macro is something that he has been wanting for sometime.
Wow – that looks like an amazing lens! Lately, my favorite things to photograph have been my Australian Shepherd, Lucia, and new recipes that I make in my kitchen!
I like nature photographs, particularly flowers and bugs. But with a newborn, that’s getting a lot of my photographic attention lately.
I would love this lens! I’ve been eyeing zooms for a long time now. I love taking photos of food as well as close-ups of children.
I must have!! I love to take pictures of my kids, anywhere, anytime!
I love taking pictures of my grandkids, they love to play sports & this would be the perfect lens to capture their faces as they are scoring the winning goal.
I love to take pictures of flowers and landscape, especially ocean landscapes. This would definitely be a super-neat lens to have. Thanks for the drawing chance.
I love taking pictures of my dog, Elvis. Then I use those pics to make greeting cards. Thanks for having the giveaway.
looks like a great lens….
i take shoot landscapes,wildflowers and pictues of my sourdough breads.
Getting to know the families, that’s my favorite part of photography.
I Love to photograph nature. I enjoy capturing the different seasons around the house in Arkansas. I really like finding something that I see everyday and finding something new and beautiful about through my photography.
I love taking pictures of family and friends!
I love taking photographs of my family and nature. We live close to the Rockies, and this lens would do wonders on one of our family mountain hikes. Thanks for the opportunity!
Favorite NEW thing to photograph is food ever since I started writing my food blog. It’s a whole new world. Nice review!
You take pictures like a pro!! Since I check out your blog every week I know that you also photograph food well. My favorite pix place is the Columbia George out here in Oregon. Just thinking about that place and this lens is exciting!
I love to take pictures of my kids and my cakes. I hope I will this! =)
this would be amazing since I just broke mine!
I love to take pictures of my little kid. I wish I could document every second… maybe this lens can help me.
I love taking pics of my two beautiful girls!
This lens looks like a great all-around lens! I love to take pics anywhere there is a plain background. I’ve learned through trial and error to always notice what’s in the background before completing a shoot.
That wud be one of a kind giveaway…too good…would love to win!
My favorite place to take photos (so far
) has been Tolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. It has everything.
I blogged about it! Oh of all the giveaways never won I hope this one is for me!
http://derekandangel.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-would-be-thankful-for.html
What an exciting giveaway!! My favorite photo subject of the moment is my 20 month old niece. She instantly makes any photo better!
I love taking photographs of my pets and food! Thanks!
I’m definitely that person who hikes with 2-3 lenses and I swear it’s a mistake every time. I’m in the Pacific NW and my favorite thing to photograph would have to be the volcanoes all around here.
I love photographing my family. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would love to win this lens! My favorite thing to photograph is my five month old daughter. She is beautiful and it is so fun to try to capture all the little faces she makes.
Wow! This could be the best giveaway EVER! Oh the things I could do with that lens. My little girl would sure look cute through this one (as long as she isn’t picking her nose)
I want this lens!!!! I love taking pictures of my kids, but also love nature. Headed to Yellowstone today and would love to be taking this lens with me:)
I love taking pictures of my kids, who are tricky to photograph!
I love taking all sorts of pictures, from landscapes to my children. Life captured!
I just entered RT @PinchMySalt I’m giving away a $600 Tamron lens (for a Canon or Nikon DSLR). http://bit.ly/csMysH
My favorite thing to photograph is my cat trying to surreptitiously investigate the food I’m photographing.
My favorite person to take pictures of is my 2 year old daughter. It’s hard to resist snapping that sweet, angelic face…even if I can’t see to get her to smile!
kalibug@gmail.com
My favorite thing to photograph is food and pretty much anything related to food.
I have three daughters and two step daughters. Needless to say, I love photographing my babies!
I love taking pics of my son….I need this lens!
I love taking pictures of my son and husband.
My favorite subject would have to be my children, a very close second would have to be food!
What a great opportunity! Thanks for the chance
I just got my dads old Nikon d70 and I am loving it what a great lens to add to my set.
Janille@gmail.com
Janille
I love to photograph my 18 month old son running around the campus of the University of Oklahoma. We find many fun photo spots around campus, particularly climbing the statues.
@KDBabbles Looking to win a phenomenal Tamron lens for a Canon or Nikon DSLR? It couldn’t be easier to enter for a chance… http://bit.ly/csMysH
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I love to take pictures anywhere my family is. This leaves me on my knees often trying to catch a toddler-eye view of the world. LOVE IT!
I LOVE taking photos of my son. And I have a little girl on the way! As far as where I take photos — I’m all over the place. Outside, inside, parks, festivals. Having this lens would rock my amateur photography world!
i love photographing my son – people prtraits are my fave, but particularly my baby boy
Love to photograph my children having fun. Also love travel photos!
I love to photograph my daughter (she’s almost 1!) so there have been sooo many things to rake pictures of since she cane along. I’ve recently started tackling food photography so all my dishes have been my latest photo craze!
The best place to take photos: the greek islands (white and blue colors, sea, sun…)
I blogged about it!
http://burnsfamily05.blogspot.com/2010/11/lens-giveaway.html
My favorite subject is my one year old!
I love taking pictures of my cats. They’re too funny.
Hands down I love taking photos of my 3 kids. Thanks for the chance to win one!
I love taking photos of my dog, Stella, as well as the city of Philadelphia
What fun versatility! The cabin shots have shown such a wonderful range. Thank you for this opportunity to win!
I love taking pictures of my family’s dogs at our lake house – they are the best muses!
I would really super love this!!
Krystle
moorekrystle@gmail.com
Would love this lens! I have the kit lens and a larger, but it certainly is not as nice as this one!
Oh! I love to photograph my daughter in our backyard. We’ve got a field, trees, green grass – love it. I’d love to win!
I love taking pictures of friends’ families. So much fun to play with kids and capture those awesome moments.
No doubt, my 13 month old son is my favorite subject
Tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/tasha_schroeder/status/29694625703
My favorite place is Florida Botanical Gardens, it’s free and there are a ton of gorgeous tropical plants!
That lens looks so awesome, I’m excited for whoever gets it!
I love taking pictures of dogs and horses best!
I love to take photos of my kids the most (big surprise!)
I am happiest hiking in the mountains and taking photographs. This lens would dramatically increase my range!
My favorite subject to photograph is my 2 year old daughter. However, she has different ideas.
I just love to take pictures of people when they’re completely natural and not paying attention. Candid shots are the best
LOVE to takes pictures of my kiddos, especially my 2 year old son. I also love macro shots–love the details in nature!
I love to photograph food… and nature. In my back yard I can find anything from deer to poke berries… and it’s never lacking natural light!
I love taking photos of food and my little nieces and nephews of course!
I love taking photos of my crafting projects, and also any time I go on vacation.
My favorite thing to photograph is definitely food! I’d like to get more into nature photography, but I feel like I don’t have quite the right lens for it.
I really love to take pictures of my little man, Jack and my family. I also love taking pictures of nature, flowers, birds, etc. I would love to win!! Please please!
I love taking pictures of my girls out in the butterfly field!
I love taking photos in my own backyard!
I love taking pictures of my hometown because the golden hills and sparse trees make it look like Africa.
My favorite place to take photos is in Portland, Maine. I love my city and it’s vibrant colors and sights.
I love landscapes and cityscapes.
Lovely photos as always!!
I love to take pictures of my two year old Alice, food, anything outdoors, and animals.
Chicago is a great place to take pictures..tons of juxtapositions and diversity all mixed in.
Gorgeous shots! I’m definitely in the market for a lens that can do macro shots. Favorite place to photograph: New Zealand… it’s so gorgeous that it’s nearly impossible to take a bad picture! Favorite subject: Bear, my Australian Shepherd… he’s the ultimate ham and not bad looking at all.
I love to macro photography. I find so much joy finding small details in ordinary things we see everyday.
I love you pictures. I miss being able to take pictures like that but it’s just not the same with a point and shoot camera. I am in the process of buying a DSLR for that reason. I love to take pictures of little ones at play. They tell the best stories.
Life. The little details I discover every day. The stories that unfold. That’s what I like to photograph.
nikki
Love the pics! It’s hard to pick a favorite subject. I love to photograph new dishes (even the failed ones!) my hubby (when he’s not paying attention) and my puppy. Thanks for hosting a fabulous giveaway!
Awesome shots! Looks like an awesome piece of glass.
I love taking pictures of bridges, my friends and animals.
I love taking pictures at Balboa Park in San Diego, Central Park in NYC, San Diego Zoo, Disneyland and La Jolla!
Tweeted with this http://tinyurl.com/28yr9fn (@squirrelbread).
Well I carry around my Canon wherever I go because I am a photography addict. My favorite things to take pictures of are relationships, American decay and the insect world macro. Old couples holding hands or lizards sunning poolside. You will never catch me without my camera. A photograph is a living memory and I want to give that moment to the world.
Amazing giveaway! I love to photograph animals. Whether it be just my dog or wild animals in nature.
Amazing shots, and some great praise for the Tamron lens! While I take lots of food photos, I most enjoy photographing nature’s beauty, especially leaves and flowers. So many delicate facets to capture.
Cheers,
*Heather*
Oh that lens would be wonderful! Lately I’ve loved taking pictures of my canning accomplishments, and fun things that I’ve baked. Also, I’ve been cooking with my grandaughters and taking pictures of their accomplishments. This would really help out for better pictures.
I love taking candid photos of my friends and family!
My favorite thing to take pictures of is just random stuff in my neighborhood. I’m always out taking my kid on walks, and grab the camera and shoot as I go.
I love to take pictures of our dog and our cat! I also love using the camera for big landscape shots while hiking. Recently I have undertaken food photography, and look forward to learning more about it!
My favorite thing to take pictures of is my kids when they are playing outside.
I take pictures of my 9 month old daughter. She always has the camera in her face!
I love taking photos of the Oregon coast and at my In Law’s ranch.
Candid shots of friends and family are also a favorite.
The thing I love to photograph most is food! close second place is my dog
Oh, man! What a fabulous prize!
I love photographing peoples eyes. Especially my kids baby blues. This sounds like a fabulous lens!!!!
I love taking photos of my cat :p http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10314275/2010-10-16_21-02-36_416.jpg
I tweeted it! Not sure how to link to the specific tweet but here’s my main page info:
http://twitter.com/#!/SpillingBuckets
I love taking pictures of food and my cat!
I love photographing my children, especially my one year old daughter. She has the best faces.
I love taking pictures of things that I bake!
iamwhole@yahoo.com
Naturally, food is my favorite thing to photography, and desserts in particular.
It takes awesome pictures!! It would be a priviledge to take pictures with this lens!!
Ryan LOVES photography, especially nature. We both love mega zoom or macro shots of details that are hard to normally see. I also like it when he takes night shots (although he complains they are too hard they come out awesome)
We would love to win this lens!
I love taking pictures of my friends! A nice lens makes it even better
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I most love to photograph my boys outside in nature.
I am loving taking pictures of my 3 month old niece.
I LOVE to photograph my family and friends. Portraits are my favorite. Second best are my pets, but I’m sure that the baby I’m having at the beginning of December will have the most photos taken ever!
I love taking photos at national parks… the pictures usually take themselves, but a zoom lens would be great to capture both landscapes and smaller things like flowers and critters!
My favorite photography subject is my 8 month old son.
Love to take pictures that find beauty in unexpected places. Like a flower in a junk pile. Or patterns in rust.
Lately, I love taking pictures of towns below from the airplane. I’ve been traveling a lot, and see a lot of interesting landscapes and things under the wings of airplanes.
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/DianasaurDishes/status/29688856862
I love taking photos of my friends and family when they don’t know they’re being photographed.. you end up capturing the funniest expressions!
I love taking pictures of our dogs! A zoom lens would be handy for catching them while they’re at the edge of the yard. If I were to walk up to them to get a closer shot, they’d move!
I love taking candid portraits of friends.
Wow what a great lens! I’d love to have an all around walk about lens. I love to take photos of my dog because she doesn’t shy away from the camera and is always doing something ridiculous!
I love taking photos of my husband and my cat. They’re both so handsome that it’s easy to get great photos of them! But the thing I take the most photos of is definitely food
I love taking extreme close-ups of my friends and family. They do not love it so much, though.
http://twitter.com/foodfloozie — not sure how else to get a tweet url, so hope this is good enough!
I love to take pictures of my flowers and veggies!!!
I love to take pictures of small things outside…getting up close to the details of a leaf, or flower, or bark on a tree…that kind of thing.
I love to take pictures of food, i also love to take pictures of beaches and just warm sunny places
Awesome giveaway!
I photograph food — I write for AnnArbor.com and I have my own blog, Food Floozie, so I’m always photographing what I cook, how I cook it, what I eat, where I eat …. My loved ones — my boyfriend and my son — are both camera shy, so it’s a good thing I can get food to be cooperative!
My favorite subject to photograph is food! (no surprise there). Second would be landscapes
I photograph everything from docmentary-style people shots to food in a tyical off-site shoot. Since I only have one camera body, I’d love to have a lens that covers multiple environments.
Looks like a fun lens! I took up food photography last year and that is my favorite subject to shoot. I also love landscapes so this would be a great lens to add to my camera bag. Thanks for doing the review!
I love to photograph sunrises and sunsets, and anything old and rusty! I would like to take a picture of your whoopie pies up close and personal before I ate one – they looked delish!
This lens looks like it takes great pictures. I think the vibration compensation for the pumpkin picture really worked well. You really cannot tell a tripod wasn’t used!
I just moved from northern WI to downtown LA. So my favorite subjects have changed in the last month. The California light is um, amazing. The old buildings downtown are simply gorgeous drenched in the light. So…buildings is what is in my lens right now. Great review and thanks for the opportunity
That lens would be great to take with when I go on a photography outing. Great for getting architectural details.
Looks like it takes beautiful macros! I love to take macro pics of raindrops dripping off pine needles and such. Also love to take a good portrait pic of my kids faces with lots of aperture in the background!
I tweeted!
Want to win a tamron lens while staring at gorgeous photos. Check out Pinch My Salt’s review….http://tinyurl.com/2fyvbru
My kids are my favorite subject, of course. I need a great all-purpose lens that can zoom to catch them during the classroom plays and on field trips, but that can also get those nice close-ups. My current lens just doesn’t seem to show that nice crisp detail like on your beautiful food photos. Thanks!
Just Re-tweeted about you so the whole world can know!
http://twitter.com/julesbotham
I put it on Twitter an tagged you in the post. I don’t know how to post a twitter url here
You can find it at @ohkatiecookies
I love taking pictures whenever & wherever I travel around the world!
I love to photograph my 7 month old daughter! She’s so photogenic. This lens would be great for that!
I enjoy taking pictures outside in the heart of nature! Nothing like untouched beauty!
I’m very amateur, but love taking photos of my kids.
Wow, your Thumbelina looks just like my cat, Toy, that I had in the 80s! So cute! I love photographing whatever catches my eye…and lots of thing catch my eye!
Wow, that lens looks amazing! I would love to try a zoom lens like that. I love taking pictures of everything food and sometimes forget about people!
I love photographing people!!! At weddings and events. I just did a girl’s senior pictures and it was awesome!!!!
I think I would find all sorts of new “favorite things to photograph” with this lens! My favorite now is old and interesting doors
I’m loving these photos! My favorite things to take pictures of are food and my pups!
I love photographing food! I’m terrible at it, but I love it just the same.
I just RT’ed your tweet: http://twitter.com/Emiline220/status/29684970611
My newest favorite subject is my puppy, Peanut. I also love taking self-portraits. is that vain?
How did you know I needed a new lens ; ) Of course I love to photograph FOOD and the KIDS, and TRAVEL photography {esp ITALY} and well you name it ; )
I’ve been looking to upgrade to a lens just like this! I have a zoom 50-250mm that I use most of the time, but I’d love to have the fuller range that this lens offers. I love taking photos of the nature all around my neighborhood, as well as food photos for my blog.
I love to photograph food and most of all my kids…it would be great to have a really good zoom for my Cannon 7D to get great photos of my daughter on stage from the audience!
Wow… I have been shopping around for just such a lens. I mostly take pics of my family and portraits of friends. I love the range on this lens and the quality of the bokeh!! Keeping my fingers crossed!!
Wow, a great giveaway! And your photographs are gorgeous.
I love to shoot toddlers and I really love to be outside at our local reservation. Great backgrounds!
Thanks!
I want this lens! RT @PinchMySalt: I’m giving away a $600 Tamron lens (for a Canon or Nikon DSLR). http://bit.ly/csMysH
Here’s hoping that I win!
my kids!!! i would take pictures of my kids all day and night!
thanks for the chance to win!!!!
i just tweeted about this post!
http://twitter.com/babadri/status/29683483780
Is it weird to say “I LOVE you”!?!? You combine the 2 things that I love: Food and Photography! Well done.
I love to photograph my little princess and landscapes!
Travel photography is my thing, whether it’s nature shots, buildings, people…I just love taking pictures of where I’ve been to see if I can capture the essence of a place. This lens would be a great help!!!
I know my husband has been quite pleased with his Tamron lenses in the past. I love the fact that that one looks so versatile! That would be an awesome Christmas present!
I love photographing anything that makes me smile…..this usually means my daughter, cats and especially anything being cooked or out in my garden. Of course there’s the affinity for capturing the beautiful coast of Maine when I’m out sailing!
I love taking pictures of uneven surfaces, the can be a leaf or someone’s face. I specially like closeups! btw, love your blog
I adore taking photos of food! I also enjoy photographing my children and nature!
Wow, the pictures are so beautiful. Love the dog/cat too. I love photographing my boxer dog. She has so many different expressions, it’s fun to try and capture them all. Plus, I love Yosemite and would love to take this new camera with me to get really nice, crisp photos like you took
I love photographing food , but also I like to take my camera to parties and family get togethers. It’s fun to just stand out of the way and see what happens.
I love to photograph the food I bake. And pretty much everything else. I carry my camera with me everywhere, and this versatile lens sounds like exactly what I need.
http://www.twitter.com/breebree_12/status/29683463983
I love taking pictures of my gardening experiments and of course my dog.
I love photographing people!! candids especially
I like the photojournalistic approach to shooting 
Well, my favorite subject to take pics of is my beautiful 5 year old daughter. If she isn’t in the mood I love to take pics from around our house. We have TONS of beautiful pine trees, deer, mountains, etc. I am recently getting into learning how to take food pics so that is something new I have been doing.
Thanks for such a great opportunity!
I would love taking pictures of my puppy and loved ones of course! But my favorite are architecture shots during travels, they really me remember the mood of a city.
I just got my nikon dslr and I love taking pictures of my baby boy! He is 11 weeks old so this lens would be awesome!
I have just started using the settings other than “Auto” on my Canon camera – would love to try out a new lens, too!
I enjoy shooting a wide variety of subjects, depending on my mood. However, photographing the music scene was always an exciting challenge (and a great way to see free concerts!)
I also enjoy abstract art shots, portraits, and the occasional landscape.
I love photographing my niece. She is so expressive!
Currently, my favorite place to photograph is an abandoned gas works in my town – amazing decay and history – beautiful and fascinating!
I love photographing my nephews–toddlers are all about the candids!
Your pictures were beautiful! I’m an avid photography fan and love taking scenic photography, too.
My favorite subjects are my kids. I love catching the flashing lights in their eyes and their freckles
Second, is my food! I love taking pictures of my food so that I can share the recipes with pictures
I love taking pictures of my kids!
I love photographing food in my kitchen!
I love to take pictures of buildings and streetscapes!
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