My vacation is almost done! Contact me now to schedule your spring sessions or weddings.

I haven't been completely forgetful of my 365 blog! Check out the latest posts at 365 Days of Jen to see what I have shot during my time off.

Something else to check out!

A couple of years ago when I was blogging a lot, many of my friends participated in weekly ritual blogging. I started my own, Thursday's Thumbs. I would post once a week about a product or item that I tried that week and give it a Thumbs Up! or Thumbs Down! based on my experience with it. I miss doing that so....
I did it! I opened up a blog dedicated to Thursday's Thumbs! Check it out http://thursdaysthumbs.blog.com/
I just wish I could find that picture I used back in the day when I first started doing TT.
Join me over there each Thursday as I rate products and items we've tried through that week! Also feel free to drop me any suggestions.
Want to try something but are too chicken? Tell me about it and I just might try it for you!

Vacation Extended

I've decided to extend my vacation until the end of February. If you have a newborn and would like a session please feel free to contact me as I know time is of the essence when it comes to how fast they grow in the first weeks!
In the meantime to get your fill of Jen please visit my new project "365 Days of Jen" where I attempt to take and post at least one picture a day in the year 2010.

Happy New Year!

This makes me tear up

I love how these turned out. They are so beautiful!

Just one more sneak peek for little Oliver and family before I finish up their gallery and head further into my vacation.











And join me on January 1st as I begin my own 365 day project of photography at 365 Days of Jen

Oliver

Ohhhh, this little boy is such a sweetie! Sadly, we had to reschedule his session twice in the last few weeks due to illness in my family, and I think the third time was a charm! He was so sweet and let us do so much with him. Here are just a few images that I played with while emptying my memory cards to my hard drive. I'm sure I'm going to have more to share later!
Hope you enjoy your sneak peek Shayne and Max! Happy Holidays!

Kristy and Marshall

Celebrated their one year wedding anniversary last month. Congratulations you two!
Kristy had asked me to take a large family portrait of Marshall's family last Friday, but then we also took some time to take a few of just them before meeting up with the rest of the family.

These two look so classic in black and white.

Hope you enjoy your sneak peek!





And check out these red hawt boots Kristy wore! I love them!



I have to say that posting this last image on the web does not do it justice. Something changes when it gets resized and displayed on the web that takes from it's glow. This is an image that begs to be printed BIG.

Winter Vacation

Brothers

This could possibly be my most favorite storyboard ever!

Jen's Family

On Monday I'd called Jen, because we had a session scheduled for her two boys, and was delighted to hear her husband answer the phone which meant it was going to be a family session instead. They got to the park just as the sun was setting, so we hurried and did a few poses we knew we wanted and had enough time to get some fun shots in at a couple of locations.











I also wanted to mention that her youngest son was one of my first newborns I photographed... time moves on too fast.

Crafty me

I did something for me today! :) YAY!
I've been dying to get my hands on a cute cover for my camera strap. Today I decided to spend a little of the money I made doing sessions on one, but as I looked, I couldn't find one I really wanted to plunk 20 bucks down on (well maybe one). But then I remembered one of my friends showing me a link to a tutorial making one. "I can do that!" I thought. So I googled "camera strap tutorial" and found one that looked simple enough for me. I have some material I wanted to use but ended up running to the fabric store for complimentary prints to go with them. I'd also found (while looking for camera straps) a pattern for a super cute purse that I decided to buy material for and try to make. While I was there I saw that a bunch of things I'd been coveting for years were on sale and even some on clearance! Whoopie!!!
So here is my first strap I made. It's made out of flannel that has a pink and green butterfly print with 70's style designs. I love it! It also grips my shoulder better than I thought it would. It also has padding on it so I hope that it will be both comfortable and absorbent on the days I'm working a hot session!