Tuesday, June 23, 2009

From One Preggo Lady to Another: Haley

Well hello everyone!

I didn't forget about Haley!!!! I wasn't being lazy!!!............Well, I must say that LAZY isn't the word! It's NON-STOP BUSY!!!! (with a few more couch breaks!) My new life as a stay at home mom/part time photographer has been EVERYTHING that I have dreamed of since starting my business last November!!!!

I have stayed up late, late, late, late into the nights working on this business to ensure that I would be successful........and now that my teaching gig is finally over, I must pat myself on the back, I FINALLY MADE IT!!!!!!! I can breath easy.....well, until baby number TWO gets here! (The beginning of December for those of you who are wondering)!

Well, this past week I had the opportunity to photograph Haley and her husband Kerry on their anniversary.........but not anniversary shots, MATERNITY SHOTS! ;-)! They are expecting a little baby boy, and Haley was looking for something different!

When I first got there, and Haley got out of the car, I could only LAUGH.......ummmmmmm, I am 16 weeks preggo, she's somewhere in the 30 weeks preggo.............I SWARE OUR BELLIES WERE THE SAME SIZE!! It just cracked me up.........she was GORGEOUS for a preggo lady, her face, her arms didn't look pregnant....why wasn't I dealt that deck of cards??!!!!! She looks like a model!!! I was SO glad that I could capture this special time for them.........because it won't be long and she'll be joining the fleet of sleepless/wild haired mom's like me. Ok, minus the wild hair.....my hair is the hair that's wild, and everybody knows it. It got ESPECIALLY wild that day in that salty ocean air! Not attaching a picture of THAT MESS!

Ok, so we had a great time, got some great shots...............can't wait for the baby to get here (NO NAME YET!) but when he does I'll be dealing out some fine baby photography!

Had fun! Hope you like them!!!!

JENNY

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Brody B!!!!!!!

Well this week I FINALLY had the opportunity to photograph Little Mr. Brody Bowen! This is actually my second time following him around...and each time I conclude that he's SO CUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTE!!! We've been trying to get his one year pictures completed between rain and my preggo sickness........so FINALLY we found a hot-almost rainy day that worked BEAUTIFULLY!!!!!

So....what do you think of Brody and the tie? I think he looks like a little 80's baby.........love it! We cruised around in their boat (nice boat, ay???!) and got some great shots out at my old stomping grounds, cherokee lake. We should just pack up and move back out there, we are basically there every weekend anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well Brody is a lake regular anyway........and his mom REALLY wanted to have him photographed on a boat because she was photographed on a boat as a child...and I couldn't agree...these were fun. I love stuff like this! Brody if you're reading this, Neely wanted to tell you hey and that her favorite is of you in the chair, that's why it made it to the home page on my site. Neely told me to. She started giggling when that picture came on my screen!

Ok, I've got to cut this short....photographing Rachel Bilbrey's wedding in just a little bit....and oh yeah before I forget...I'm now ONLY trying to do weekday shoots since I'm out of school and NEVER GOING BACK.....most of you didn't know I was a middle school teacher a few short days ago, did ya? That's why I've had such a wild schedule here recently!! Anyway, I want to reserve the weekends for time with my family....that's so important to us!

Ok Brody, had fun...the girls will be after you now cutie....wait, they already were!!

Jenny

Monday, June 1, 2009

Lanier's Rock the Lens!!!

Hello Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This time it's the Lanier's LARGE family shoot that's taking all the glory on my site right now...........it was so much FUN!! First of all, this is a shoot that emerged from another shoot! Remember baby MIA? The cute, precious, just so sweet little girl that I photographed a few months back? MIA couldn't take it...she wanted me to come and shoot again, but this time....the ENTIRE family!

In a related story, have you ever had a "small world" situation in which you run into or encounter people who know other people that you know, and you just think there is no way that the world is small enough for your people to know their people? Was that a run-on Mr. Eckle? ANYWAY, that's how this shoot was: there were TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Small world situations within this story, and this entire shoot took place in STERLING, GA.....not Jesup, so I really didn't know anybody very good except for Mia's Fam!

FIRST, Mia's dad, MARK went to college somewhere that's not here with my first cousin ERICA who is from Warner Robins. Ole Erica was checking out my site, she sees baby Mia....and she's like, WAIT THAT'S MARK!!!!!!!!!! Everytime she comes to Jesup she would talk about her friend Mark and about some soup or something.........I now know her friend Mark from an entirely un-soup-related situation. Small world.

AND THEN................during this shoot as I was riding in the car with Mark's Mom, she asked me what my maiden name was, and I told her and she was like, "Do you know Tim Tyre"...........and I could have slapped my knee. Tim Tyre is my daddy's brother who lives on the ISLAND, and takes care of the pharmacy needs of her parents...........SMALL WORLD. Jesup/Sterling....I guess we're hand in hand.

OK, so enough of that. So this shoot was actually put together by Mark's sister and Mia's aunt.....Jennifer Lanier. She's the gorgeous lady with the sweet puppy in the picture, and I thought it was SO nice of her to coordinate an entire large shoot like this for her family. I always say (seriously without plugging what I do)..... "pictures are priceless"........she must feel it too.

There was 1.5 million shots from this shoot, only because with that many people I just couldn't stop, there were photographic situations in every corner at their LOVELY plantation home....which was over TWO HUNDRED years old! Now that's neat! ;-)!

Well, I hope you have enjoyed the sneak peak...........proofs will be ready soon for the ENTIRE family! I hope you love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAD FUN!

jenny