Elijah and Miley

Hi Blog. I've missed you. With the spring sun and longer evenings, hopefully I'll have more photoshoots to fill your pages. :)

I'm not sure what Elijah was doing. :)

:j

I Heart Faces: Kisses

It's all about kisses this week at I heart Faces! 

This was a hard one for me. I have a lot of cute baby kisses, some adorable lovey kisses, and some romantic wedding kisses. 

After a small debate, I had to go with this photo because of the story behind it. I photographed Mandy's wedding last week, and it was a blast. She and Ryan were planning on getting married this summer, but due to her grandpa's deteriorating health, she decided to push the wedding up to January. In the middle of the reception she pulled me over to get a shot of her with her grandpa. I took the formal photo, and then she leaned over and kissed him. That's when I captured this:

Isn't it sweet? And I love the grain! So many photographers use Noise Ninja or another software to rid images of noise, and that is necessary at times, but sometimes you've just got to embrace the grain. :)

-Jenny

P.S. For those of you who have been missing me over here, I've been busy updating my personal blog. You can find that here. :)

Ryan and Mandy

Yesterday, I shot Ryan and Mandy's wedding. I haven't had a chance to go through all the images, but here is a quick glimpse at my favorites. Hopefully I'll do a longer update soon. :)

Her bouquet was so unique and gorgeous!

The bride and groom. They were having so much fun.

Their foot ware...so cute!

The beautiful bride.

Check back later for more!

-Jenny

I'm an Aunt!

Last night my sister-in-law delivered Cash Harlan. He weighed 8 lbs, 10 oz. and was 21 inches long! The delivery was a bit rough and long, but he is a prize fighter!

I love you, Cash!!

-Aunt Jenny

I Heart Faces: Hilarious Outtakes

This week's I Heart Photo Challenge is all about the funny "rejected" photos. As a photographer, I often end up with a lot of hilarious out takes when going through my photos. A lot of time I keep them in the proofs so the client can share in the laughter with me. I am positive that a lot of these photos will end up in wedding slideshows in about 20 years!

I've found that my funniest clients are boys between the ages of 2 and 4. They are unpredictable and often uncooperative, and it makes my job fun. I really wish I had video of the shoots because the behind the scenes is usually even funnier than the out take. I had a hard time choosing just 5 photos, so I just went with my most recent.

This is Pryce. He was working hard not to cross his eyes so he could get a stick of gum.

This one is in my top 10 fav photos of the year.

Elijah has learned how to ham it up for the camera.

This is the same shoot, and Elijah definitely knew what he was doing!

Sometimes my favorite photo of the shoot comes from something that could be considered an out take.

My mom has about 20 photographs from a studio when we tried to have family photos taken when I was a child. Then, I am sure my mom was quite frustrated with my brothers and I making silly faces and not cooperating, but now they are some of our favorite photos. I love that humor trumps perfection in the end.-Jenny

Hudson and Co.

Those of you who follow my blog closely (aka my mom) might recognize this family. I had an impromptu shoot with them this spring just after Hudson was born. I got a chance to photograph them again last week when Yalena decided she wanted some pictures on our snow day.

My favorite shot of the day:

Then again, this one is pretty darn cute. I <3>

All the boys

Thanks for letting me photograph your family!

-Jenny

Barbee Family

I'm going to let the pictures do the talking on this post. They are too cute, words would just get in the way. :)

This is my favorite photo. How can you not smile after seeing this?

Kellen is a miracle baby. He came late February, but wasn't expected until the first of April.

Aren't they an adorable family?

We were trying to re-create one of Braden's baby photos. We did get a re-created shot, but this one makes me smile.

-Jenny

Sammy Morgan

Dear Blog,

I'm sorry that I tend to neglect you when my life gets busy. I miss you terribly, and ask your forgiveness. I'm going to get better, I promise.

-Jenny

Now that that is out of the way, on to the fun stuff! This little guy turned 3, so it was time for a photo shoot!

Sorry I'm not writing much, but I'm doing some major updating tonight!

-Jenny

Jon + Sarah

Jon and Sarah were good friends throughout college. They had classes together and had similar social circles, but it wasn't until grad school that the whole love thing began. In fact, Jon and Sarah had "a reverse DTR" just months before Jon decided he liked Sarah. FYI, DTR = Define the Relationship, usually it's when people go from being friends into a relationship, but in this case the DTR defined the friendship as purely platonic. That is until God decided to open Jon's eyes to how incredible Sarah is.

So, a few months after the reverse DTR, Jon and Sarah were walking to class as they usually did and he picked up a buckeye off the ground. It still had the shell on it, so he threw it on the ground to break the shell and a piece of it whizzed by Sarah's head. It was at this moment that Jon realized he liked Sarah. In fact, he even went and found the buckeye that almost hit her, carved the date in it, and saved it.

Exactly 6 months later the two of them are in Rome together during their student teaching and they had their first date. He gave her the buckeye, she gave him her heart, and the rest is history. :)

(Well, I do have to add in that I got to help with the engagement. I painted a sign that their parents held as part of the proposal at Liberty Memorial.

Favorite Image:

-Jenny

50 in 500 -- #1 Done!

Remember this post? I decided it was time for an update because #1 is done. :)

1. Buy a House.

After 7 months of house hunting, I found a charming 1950s ranch. My family and I are currently working hard to bring it back to life since it was a little bit stuck somewhere between 1948 and 2009.

One of my favorite parts about the house is the huge porch. Come on by, we can sit out there together. :)

The kitchen had not beeen changed since the house was built in 1948 -- yes that stove is from 1948. I was hoping to keep the stove, unfortunately it is not in working condition and doesn't fit a cookie sheet. Thanks to the wonderful world of Craigslist, though, I now have a wall oven and gas cooktop to put in!

Don't worry, cleaning up the landscaping is on my to do list.

Oh, and for #7 - Go on a mission trip ..... I leave for Nepal in ONE WEEK, so keep me in your thoughts and prayers! I promise there will be all kinds of photos when I return!

-Jenny

Sister, Sister

I'm not blessed to have a biological sister. I am blessed to have sister-in-laws, sorority sisters, and ridiculously close cousins. I never really dreamed of having a sister, I really liked being the only girl. It suited me just fine to be spoiled and bossy. :) Sometimes though, I meet a set of sisters that make me think twice about that. Hannah and Rachel are adorable and sweet and everything you'd want your sister to be, and I got the chance to photograph them with their beautiful mom.

This is my favorite shot of the day. I'm starting to really get into shallow depth of field photos.

-Jenny