Well, I must say that I was HONORED to be chosen as BEN RATLIFF's senior photographer as EVERYBODY knows he is OH SO COOL! Ben is the son of the Late Benny Ratliff (yes you highschooler's:...the Benny Ratliff Arena at WCHS is named after his Dad) and Jeannette Ratliff Fillmore who I have had the pleasure to work with for the past four years!!!!!!! I just love them all....right down to their dog, Pookie!!!!
Ben said good-bye to his glasses over the summer and took on ONE Contact, and I just couldn't believe the senior hottie hiding behind those glasses!! Go Ben Go!!! He is so HANDSOME!!!!!!!! Ben's feature was his band uniform because he is Captain of the Award-winning Wayne County High School Marching Band....and a MUST HAVE Trumpeter. He wants to be a band director himself, so I knew I had to show case the REAL BEN, in his natural setting. These photos will be priceless one day when he's a rich and famous composer! Don't forget the little people like me, haha.
Anyway, as my belly grows I certainly needed assistance...and what a better friend/wardrobe specialist for Ben then his best bud Mr. Patrick Smith......who provided endless laughs from one word phrases, and had us all questioning our sanity. I appreciate the ladder support Patrick and the humor..............it made a wild time as usual!!!! Hopefully you will let me do your Senior Photography in your speedos (he's a swimmer, duh) for the http://www.jennythomasphotography.com/ fanbase! j/k...we'd keep it modest! Special thanks to Ben's mother, Jeannette for providing all of the pre-discussed props and transportation for the two back-seat bandits!
Well, I must say...I personally just loved, loved, loved Ben's shots........maybe because I've watched him grow up from middle schooler to high School student right before my eyes.....and I am SO PROUD of his accomplishments, from Governors Honors to being in the top of the class........Ben has definitely made both his mother and father VERY PROUD!
Until next time ya'll.....had a WILD TIME! :-)!
JENNY
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Lauren Models her way to 2010
Well..........when is the last time I've had to post three sneak peaks in a row?? I don't know, but it sure is fun to watch THREE at one time!!! Next week, I'll have FOUR shoots.....................so we'll probably be having a quadruple feature!!!!! :-)!
Well THIS TIME it's LAUREN! She's going to start her senior year in a few short weeks, and she was LOVELY to photograph. I actually met Lauren at my prom shoot, where she was accompanied by Mr. Grayson Thomas....a local favorite of mine, who is ALSO a senior this year. I can't believe how old I'm getting!!!!
What I LOVED LOVED LOVED about Lauren's shoot was that they absolutely did not care where we went, what we did.........they left it all up to me!!!!!!!!!!! I hope they like them, haha!! Anyway, we really did have a big time. We were accompanied by her lovely Mother, Mr. Seth Groover (another victim of mine) and also had guest appearances by two other ladies, one of which I will be photographing next week: Miss Kara Forester. Another Prom victim. They just keep coming back for more!!!
I would like to say that Lauren was ESPECIALLY wonderful at letting us shoot in malaria infested tires, and emerged with over fifty mosquito bites........not going back there again!!!! We were swatting, jumping, and smiling at the same time. It was insanity at it's finest....as there were millions of mosquito's still in my SUV the next morning. I hope you don't catch Malaria............or I hope my preggo self doesn't either for that matter!
Anyway, Lauren was such an easy model...she just looks like she needs to be in a GAP commercial. Somebody call them right now, and oh yeah...........Thanks for your help SETH!!!!! You are A#1. I think you just put Jake to shame. Jake, you know you're awesome!!!
Ok, had fun..............but fun spelled backwards is "nuf"! Until next time!
Jenny
Well THIS TIME it's LAUREN! She's going to start her senior year in a few short weeks, and she was LOVELY to photograph. I actually met Lauren at my prom shoot, where she was accompanied by Mr. Grayson Thomas....a local favorite of mine, who is ALSO a senior this year. I can't believe how old I'm getting!!!!
What I LOVED LOVED LOVED about Lauren's shoot was that they absolutely did not care where we went, what we did.........they left it all up to me!!!!!!!!!!! I hope they like them, haha!! Anyway, we really did have a big time. We were accompanied by her lovely Mother, Mr. Seth Groover (another victim of mine) and also had guest appearances by two other ladies, one of which I will be photographing next week: Miss Kara Forester. Another Prom victim. They just keep coming back for more!!!
I would like to say that Lauren was ESPECIALLY wonderful at letting us shoot in malaria infested tires, and emerged with over fifty mosquito bites........not going back there again!!!! We were swatting, jumping, and smiling at the same time. It was insanity at it's finest....as there were millions of mosquito's still in my SUV the next morning. I hope you don't catch Malaria............or I hope my preggo self doesn't either for that matter!
Anyway, Lauren was such an easy model...she just looks like she needs to be in a GAP commercial. Somebody call them right now, and oh yeah...........Thanks for your help SETH!!!!! You are A#1. I think you just put Jake to shame. Jake, you know you're awesome!!!
Ok, had fun..............but fun spelled backwards is "nuf"! Until next time!
Jenny
Friday, July 24, 2009
Hannah Was just SO EXCITED
So here's your next sneak peak, her name is Miss Hannah Jones and she was SO EXCITED to finally get to be a victim of my wild talent.........she just went on and on about how she would look at my site all of the time and she couldn't believe that SHE was finally going to be on it!!!!!!!............my victim is what I call it!! :-)! j/k!
She's putting me to work here!
She was so funny, and I just laughed right along with her and her buddy that came along.............because there was a big difference between her serious looks, smirks, fake smiles, and laughs.......her facial expression changes at the drop of a dime just tickled all of us!
We went to some crazy places and I just loved the fact that she was up for anything, that's when my shoots go the best. I usually have this vision in my mind of what I want the shot to look like...........and then I put it to reality......and she was just an easy model to work with! ;-)!
Well, seniors........I guess I'll go ahead and announce to the rest of ya.........if you want me to do your senior pictures you need to call me NOW............due to my pregnancy I will have limited bookings beginning in October, very rare will I work in November, and then I plan to be on maternity leave until 12 weeks after the first of December............SO, if you want your senior pictures done, you better catch me before I have TWO babies...because spring will also be very scarce.........and I know that's the time for graduation invitation design, so it's just best for us to go ahead and do it, go ahead and design the grad cards before Christmas, and go ahead and be done.............my life as a mother/mother-to-be/wife/photographer/slave to laundry and dishes is a wild one.....I just don't want anyone to miss out! I know there are alot of procrastinators out there, and this year is most certainly different from last year because of the call of motherhood! :-)!
Alright, I'm glad that I could finally announce that instead of just spreading it by word of mouth! Had fun Hannah! Hope you love them!
Jenny
She's putting me to work here!
She was so funny, and I just laughed right along with her and her buddy that came along.............because there was a big difference between her serious looks, smirks, fake smiles, and laughs.......her facial expression changes at the drop of a dime just tickled all of us!
We went to some crazy places and I just loved the fact that she was up for anything, that's when my shoots go the best. I usually have this vision in my mind of what I want the shot to look like...........and then I put it to reality......and she was just an easy model to work with! ;-)!
Well, seniors........I guess I'll go ahead and announce to the rest of ya.........if you want me to do your senior pictures you need to call me NOW............due to my pregnancy I will have limited bookings beginning in October, very rare will I work in November, and then I plan to be on maternity leave until 12 weeks after the first of December............SO, if you want your senior pictures done, you better catch me before I have TWO babies...because spring will also be very scarce.........and I know that's the time for graduation invitation design, so it's just best for us to go ahead and do it, go ahead and design the grad cards before Christmas, and go ahead and be done.............my life as a mother/mother-to-be/wife/photographer/slave to laundry and dishes is a wild one.....I just don't want anyone to miss out! I know there are alot of procrastinators out there, and this year is most certainly different from last year because of the call of motherhood! :-)!
Alright, I'm glad that I could finally announce that instead of just spreading it by word of mouth! Had fun Hannah! Hope you love them!
Jenny
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Landon is One!
Hi Everybody!
Well I told you that my schedule was about to start getting crazy here! And what a better way to get crazy.........then getting crazy with the Harper's! They are friends of mine who I just adore, and there youngest son, LANDON, has just turned ONE!!! Isn't he PRECIOUS!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??! Well, both of their darling children are precious. I just love Randy and his fake-smiling self!!! We go way back to when he was in the 2 and 3 year old Sunday School class that Adam and I taught..........and I'll never forget when he told me that he wanted to sing a song in class, and he wanted me to count to ten.......and he blasted out "Honkey Tonk Badonka-Donk"....one of my FAVORITE moments of all time! :-)!
Ole Landon did GREAT in our first location........and then he started getting a little sleepy....and you mothers know how that is.......but we made it through and got some family pics, and we just tried our best!!
We also got the opportunity to shoot at Tonya and David's LOVELY farm again, which I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate and wanted to give those fun folks a shout out!!!! Tell Ivey, Jameson, Cole, Rainbow, and Reagan I said Hello!!!!!! :-)!
Well, the Harper's and Landon did great, so I hope you enjoy their sneak peak! It won't be up for long, I have MANY MANY sneak peaks already waiting in line to post! :-)!
Had fun y'all!
Jenny
Well I told you that my schedule was about to start getting crazy here! And what a better way to get crazy.........then getting crazy with the Harper's! They are friends of mine who I just adore, and there youngest son, LANDON, has just turned ONE!!! Isn't he PRECIOUS!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??! Well, both of their darling children are precious. I just love Randy and his fake-smiling self!!! We go way back to when he was in the 2 and 3 year old Sunday School class that Adam and I taught..........and I'll never forget when he told me that he wanted to sing a song in class, and he wanted me to count to ten.......and he blasted out "Honkey Tonk Badonka-Donk"....one of my FAVORITE moments of all time! :-)!
Ole Landon did GREAT in our first location........and then he started getting a little sleepy....and you mothers know how that is.......but we made it through and got some family pics, and we just tried our best!!
We also got the opportunity to shoot at Tonya and David's LOVELY farm again, which I greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate and wanted to give those fun folks a shout out!!!! Tell Ivey, Jameson, Cole, Rainbow, and Reagan I said Hello!!!!!! :-)!
Well, the Harper's and Landon did great, so I hope you enjoy their sneak peak! It won't be up for long, I have MANY MANY sneak peaks already waiting in line to post! :-)!
Had fun y'all!
Jenny
Monday, July 20, 2009
Emree is tooooo cute!
Well, the new streak of sneak peaks is about to begin and this time it's little Miss Emree! :-)! SHE IS PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (yes, I needed every exclamation mark that I just typed). She was that precious! She reminded me so much of my little Miss Neely.....and seeing as they are only three days apart in age.....I loved photographing her, as I was right at home!
THIS IS THE INFAMOUS PHOTO SHOOT that was cancelled about 35 times, a couple on her mom's behalf, a couple on the rain's behalf, and then a couple on my behalf....we just didn't EVER think we were going to ever get this done! When I pulled up I gave her mother Shauna a hug because we have talked and texted so much I just felt like I knew her!! :-)!
She originally booked back in the day when I wasn't preggo, and then I found out I was preggo...and was SICK and y'all know how those days were...and then the rain, and then a couple of weeks ago when we were scheduled to shoot I went and stepped on a nail and couldn't walk. BUT...I must say that when we finally did happen to have our paths cross on Monday evening, it was PERFECT! :-)! The breeze, the weather............so glad it finally happened! :-)! And Emree was so precious.
Half of the photo shoot was spent looking for a stray cat that we got a glimpse of, that we named "fuzzy". She probably hollered for "fuzzy" 23,343 times.....but if it weren't for the CHANCE of seeing ole Fuzzy... we wouldn't have half of those glorious shots! :-)! FUZZY, I owe you one buddy! ;-)!
Alright, well I hope ya'll love them, soon to come from last week two more sneak peaks...the Harper's and a Senior Miss Hannah Jones!
Until next time!
Jenny
THIS IS THE INFAMOUS PHOTO SHOOT that was cancelled about 35 times, a couple on her mom's behalf, a couple on the rain's behalf, and then a couple on my behalf....we just didn't EVER think we were going to ever get this done! When I pulled up I gave her mother Shauna a hug because we have talked and texted so much I just felt like I knew her!! :-)!
She originally booked back in the day when I wasn't preggo, and then I found out I was preggo...and was SICK and y'all know how those days were...and then the rain, and then a couple of weeks ago when we were scheduled to shoot I went and stepped on a nail and couldn't walk. BUT...I must say that when we finally did happen to have our paths cross on Monday evening, it was PERFECT! :-)! The breeze, the weather............so glad it finally happened! :-)! And Emree was so precious.
Half of the photo shoot was spent looking for a stray cat that we got a glimpse of, that we named "fuzzy". She probably hollered for "fuzzy" 23,343 times.....but if it weren't for the CHANCE of seeing ole Fuzzy... we wouldn't have half of those glorious shots! :-)! FUZZY, I owe you one buddy! ;-)!
Alright, well I hope ya'll love them, soon to come from last week two more sneak peaks...the Harper's and a Senior Miss Hannah Jones!
Until next time!
Jenny
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Out of Towner Takes the Stage!!
Well, did you think I quit doing photography??!?! Every girl needs a vacation, but I NEEEEEEDED a vacation so bad after the wild end-0f-year senior surge and graduation invitation wildness, and then PROM. You seniors have been SO GOOD TO ME!! I LOVE SENIORS!!!! They're my fav...they're up for anything!! We had an amazing vacation, and now I am back and rejuvinized. Is that a word Mrs. Eckle?
Well, you might have saw my current sneak peak and thought WHO IS THAT!??!??!?!! She is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, she's not from Jesup....she's from HAZELHURST, so quit whipping out that WCHS yearbook!!!!!!!! She is kin of a kin.....her name is Annilyne, and this was my SECOND time photographing her. She was actually at the prom shoot, attending as a date to a WCHS Senior........and after all was said and done that evening, my BFF Heather and I were discussing how beautiful the seniors were....and Annilyne was Heather's pick!!! Heather just kept saying did you see that girl??!?! Did you see the girl with the blonde hair, she was a KNOCK OUT!! So Annilyne had already struck this small town with her beauty and made a lasting impression!
We had so much fun on the shoot, as her Mom Cindy attended with us, and we laughed and had a good time through the sweat and lack of my handy ladder. Only Jenny Thomas would have to use a folding chair to stand in for a photo shoot. Vacation took my ladder, OK??
Alright, well ya'll post your comments about gorgeous Annilyne and you better BELIEVE the sneak peaks are about to start rolling because all of those waiting for me to return from vacation are booked UP for the next three weeks!
Also, if you haven't heard...........IT'S A BOY!!!!! :-)! My life is complete: Husband, daughter, and son! Get excited!! :-)!
HAD FUN!
Jenny
Well, you might have saw my current sneak peak and thought WHO IS THAT!??!??!?!! She is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No, she's not from Jesup....she's from HAZELHURST, so quit whipping out that WCHS yearbook!!!!!!!! She is kin of a kin.....her name is Annilyne, and this was my SECOND time photographing her. She was actually at the prom shoot, attending as a date to a WCHS Senior........and after all was said and done that evening, my BFF Heather and I were discussing how beautiful the seniors were....and Annilyne was Heather's pick!!! Heather just kept saying did you see that girl??!?! Did you see the girl with the blonde hair, she was a KNOCK OUT!! So Annilyne had already struck this small town with her beauty and made a lasting impression!
We had so much fun on the shoot, as her Mom Cindy attended with us, and we laughed and had a good time through the sweat and lack of my handy ladder. Only Jenny Thomas would have to use a folding chair to stand in for a photo shoot. Vacation took my ladder, OK??
Alright, well ya'll post your comments about gorgeous Annilyne and you better BELIEVE the sneak peaks are about to start rolling because all of those waiting for me to return from vacation are booked UP for the next three weeks!
Also, if you haven't heard...........IT'S A BOY!!!!! :-)! My life is complete: Husband, daughter, and son! Get excited!! :-)!
HAD FUN!
Jenny
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