3 girls essentials

welcome to fall, families and FUN!

KAPRIZE!!  (this is our version of 'surprise!' courtesy of little ashlynn - hee hee).  it's ME!  i'm HERE!  i know - can hardly believe it, right?  me too!!

so let's see - cliff notes version - we've been absolutely crazy busy as you all know - moved in 4 months ago and we're STILL getting things organized and situated (for our grand opening on november 12th - YAY!!!).  so that takes up most of our time.  :-)  i went to new mexico and eureka springs lately to speak to professional photographers about what i love (PHOTOGRAPHY!!).  and that was a TOTAL blast.  met some REALLY awesome people and had a great time.  :-)  i LOVE what i do.

in between then we have been photographing several families in the fall foliage (which is pretty much gone now) and we had our annual Christmas in October Christmas card special!!  YAY!!  we had such an amazing time this year we forgot to plan time in between sessions for lunch!! LOL!!  so needless to say all of us were quite hungry at the end of the day, but no matter - the day was a complete success and SO much fun!!  old friends, new friends, and everyone in between was here that day and we LOVED IT.

and in case you're wondering - you STILL have time to get a family session photographed and back for Christmas!  but HURRY!  our Christmas deadline is literally right around the corner!!  you must be photographed no later than wednesday, november 25th in order to guarantee that your portraits will be back in time for Christmas.  we have just a few session times left, so be sure and call today!

til then - here are a few of my faves from the past few weeks - there are sooooooo many more that i hope to be able to get some up soon!

peace and popsicles!
jen :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas in October - limited edition Christmas card sessions

one of my FAVORITE times of the year is coming up - Christmas!! if you'll remember a few posts back my calendar says i get to sleep on december 16th (unless we're booked that day), so Christmastime is quite high on my list.

so i'm SUPER excited to tell you that our annual
CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER
limited edition special is coming up on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th!!

this is a great way to get a jump start on your Christmas season!  our Christmas card sessions are only $35 for a 20-minute session, and we've got special pricing on gift prints and Christmas cards for this day ONLY.

hurry and call today!!  we only have a very limited number of sessions left for Christmas in October, so grab your calendar and give us a call.  we look forward to seeing you on October 10th!

peace, popsicles and family portraits -
jen :-)

orthodontic associates - meet dr. amy!

goodness, we have about 85 gatrillion images we can post here (isn't that a cute word?  i totally think it should be a word).  and i'm not even sure where to start.  we're going to try and post more session images going forward, but i'll try and spotlight a few of my favorites from the past year in the meantime (intermingled, of course, with my vast tidbits of wisdom and humor :-).

so meet the amy family.  brian amy is one of the 'fab five' at orthodontic associates.  i'm quite smitten with these guys as they seem to enjoy their careers - and life - as much as i do.  they have 2 offices in the metro area - okc (by lake hefner) and edmond (right by me!!  woo hoo!).  and i think they're the coolest peeps on the planet.

       

so last year brian bought his beautiful wife staci a gift certificate for mother's day (which of course means he's the world's #1 husband too i presume!).  staci was very excited for the session and we discussed wardrobe on a few occasions, coming up with these fun combinations in the process.

 

(i love this image - it is the perfect representation of the relationship between a firstborn and his younger brother.  connor is loving and protective, and jake is making me wonder what he's up to...)

i have to tell you - we had an absolute BLAST with the session.  the boys were perfect (in a playful, ornery, hilarious sort of way) and brian and staci were cracking...me...up.  turns out this is quite the norm with these two.  :-)

 

(no innocent bystanders were hurt during the making of this image...)

so as you can see, we had just a wee bit of fun during the session.  :-) 

 

(yeah, i'm cool.  that's right.  the bomb diggity)

so now you have a little bit of a peek into the lives of one of my favorite families.  and i might add, dr. amy is a pretty good orthodontist too.  :-)  if you're in the need for orthodontic care anytime in the next millenium, you need to stop by and see the guys at orthodontic associates.  you won't be disappointed!  they're pretty darn fun.  :-)

 

 

(i was TOTALLY going to post a very hiLARIOUS image of brian and staci on here, but in the words of staci (i told you i was going to steal this!) i thought one of them might 'sprout a pumpkin' if i did so.  but i can't guarantee it won't show up floating around the studio somewhere...).  :-)

peace and popsicles -
jen :-)

our new years card (notice i didn't say CHRISTMAS card...)

 

each year i have these grand plans (in my head of course) to get the most fabulous CHRISTMAS card ever out the door in time for mr. claus to see it sitting on our mantle.  well, fortunately my dilusions do not take over my reality (in this case anyway), and i actually planned for the fact that our cards would not go out anywhere near the birth of Christ.

thus the 'happy new year' card (i have a strong dislike for 'happy holidays' cards personally - i'm a 'merry christmas' girl!).  but you might have noticed by the date on your computer that the new year has come and gone.

 

(yep, that's me with rico suave......er...i mean, jim)

so let me explain that i AM in the process of getting these sent out.  really!  but i'm only roughly halfway there (and yes, i DID put those first half in the mail already - yay me!).  and i've set myself this nice realistic deadline of valentine's day for getting the other half out.  :-)

 

we did these portraits of the girls back in november this year and i must tell you i was SO excited!  you see, this is the first year that i've actually been able to get great portraits of ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME.  my kids are sort of like me (that's putting it mildly), but without the social graces of knowing when to pull back (i'm quite extroverted and outgoing if we're being honest here).  so getting ALL of them together, in FRONT of the camera, with ME (mom) BEHIND the camera, is, well, DIFFICULT.  they want to be where i am - or completely dispersed - and that doesn't work when you're the photographer.

 

i picked up their adorable outfits from hanna andersson (one of my favorite places for funky kid clothes) - battled with reagan over putting on a dress (yes, we go through the same thing you guys do when you're getting your kids ready for portraits!  hee hee) - and somehow managed to bathe and fluff everyone just in time to photograph them before some tragedy struck us (usually in the form of mud or bruises).  my good friend dina came over to assist, and we were off and running.  i knew we were going to have a beautifully successful afternoon when i got some fantastic images of the three of them interacting right off the bat.  it was as if the stars aligned, and i just let them be themselves.  it really came through in the images - riley's 'pleasing' personality, reagan's stauch 'defiance', and reese's whimsical 'could care less' attitude.  i was so proud of them.

 

i want to wish each one of you the most wonderful year ever - whatever that might mean to you.  we are so blessed to have met and befriended so many amazing people this past year, and we're looking forward to what the new year has to bring.  and we have SO many new things in store for you, so stay tuned...

 

(yep, even reese takes sonic breaks... that's my girl :-)

peace and popsicles -
jen