I will definitely post more pictures soon. I have some from a photo shoot I did with my cousin Sam and some for the blog profootballchick.com so that's pretty exciting!! Keep checking back and like I said before, I'll try not to be such a slacker :)

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it."

Slacking...

I've been slacking on updating! There has been so much going on it has been difficult to post! I had reversal on Saturday for next Saturday's wedding and I also had senior portraits yesterday at the Grist Mill. Plus, I've been trying to spend some QT with my hubby,  so I've been lax on posting. Hopefully I'll be better soon!

Take care everyone!

"Your heart if free. Have the courage to follow it"

Dear Hockey,

These past few months just have not been the same without you in my life. I love you and everything about you and I cannot wait to share my life with you again until June. Thanks for coming back. I'll religiously watch you every single night.

Love Jen

Everyone likes free things, right? Giveaway time!!!

You like free stuff right? Everyone likes free stuff!!! There are just a few rules involved...

The Giveaway starts on 10/6 and ends on 10/13 at 8pm. No late entries will be accepted.
 

1. Comment on facebook or on my blog with your favorite movie quote which will then let me know you would like to be entered to win a set of 5-5x7 notecards. Please include your e-mail address so I can notify the winner.
2. On 10/13 I will collect all names from the entries, assign a random number to each and draw one winner.
3. The winner will be notified and posted on my site/blog after 9pm on the night of October 13, 2011. I will e-mail and ask for your mailing address and mail off your notecards!
 

P.S. if you spread the word by posting about the giveaway and tagging my site/name, you’ll get another entry into the contest!! Also, encouraging your friends to "like" my page would get you another entry (just let me know the friend's name in a message!) So I hope you’ll spread the word about J.M.Photography! Thanks for following me!

All notecards are 5x7 and come with envelopes.

5 separate images.

Inside it blank for you to write whatever you would like!

Keep checking back for more giveaways as I will have more things to offer in the near future.

Please keep in mind, if you would like to purchase any of my photographs, please feel free to e-mail me any time or head over to my etsy page (jmphotography01749.etsy.com) and once I add photos to that, they are available for purchase!

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it"

Just another Monday...

I'm a huge believer that a photo is worth a thousand words. I am also a hug believer that you can take a great picture no matter your camera. You don't have to have the top of the line camera to capture a great image. I have used everything from disposable to my T2i and have made some wonderful art. And yes, photography is art.

Art: noun /ärt/ The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

I think photography is just that. Any image I capture invokes some sort of emotion out of the viewer, whether it be happy or sad, like or dislike. I am the first one to say that my photographs may not be to the liking of everyone. I'm okay with that. I am happy with the images I capture and produce. I love what I do. Like I have said before, I would do this full time if I could support my life with it. I have a running notebook of ideas (which I should keep next to my bed, because often I dream of locations and poses that I often forget to put into writing).

I crave art. I crave creativity. I crave producing work that makes people smile. When someone is happy with my photographs (of them or others) it gives me the greatest joy. Truly. When someone feels beautiful because I captured them at their most pure state, that makes me happy. And I am always all for being happy!

With that being said, always remember to do what you love. Take just a few minutes a day to do something for yourself that makes you happy, then project that happiness outward, share it with someone else to help their day along. Or do something for yourself that just happens to makes someone else smile.. An impromptu 'pep talk' or sorts via your happiness. Happiness is usually contagious.

I am so excited for the next few months. This month is pretty busy for me, I have senior photos next weekend and then a huuge wedding the weekend after (I am so excited for both!) so I have been mentally trying to prepare for them. Plus with the two shoots this past weekend, I have a lot of editing and processing to do. I can't wait until the leave change a little more and then I can get outside and take some autumn photos.

This is Autumn 2010. Enjoy!

I'm still waiting to receive my giveaway product! I'll post details once I make sure that it comes in up to my standards (which I'm sure it will).

Have a wonderful day everyone!

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it"

Rainy Saturday

So today I am taking photos of my cousin Sam. We have been trying to plan this for months and the day is finally here and it is threatening to rain. Isn't that always the way. It seems that the weather tends to get in the way more often than not. Sometimes life is like that though, and there are obstacles that you just have to work with or around. Sometimes it feels like it is not worth putting the effort in but it always is worth it to overcome.

With that being said, I'm hoping that this little snag in the weather will provide me with the ability to make it work :)

Have a great day everyone! And ill post pics of todays session soon!