{Sneak Peek} Jana

I'm a very lucky girl. I have been blessed with some very wonderful people in my life. This beautiful lady is no exception to that.  Not only is she my aunt, but I consider her my best friend and a mom figure. For as long as I can remember we have had a close relationship.  We have been discussing a photo session for quite sometime and we finally got to make it happen. I love what came out of her session (aside from all our laughing and celebrating).

 

 

Thank you for always being there. For being a great role model & inspiration. Love you.

{Sneak Peek} The Chambers Family

It's another lovely Saturday here in Northern California. My day late morning & afternoon will be filled with working on business things, finishing up the edits for a couple of sessions & preparing for an engagement session this evening. 

It's been a week of craziness since I visited this beautiful family down in Happy Camp and I'm ready to share there session with all of you!  If you're a follower of the Facebook Fan Page you will have already seen a few of these and know that what's to come is just gorgeous. I had a lot of fun hanging out with them for our session and they were quite the troopers and I ended up with so many great images for them (in fact it was so hard to narrow it down to sneak peek that I put together a couple boards instead of all single images).

The whole family. Seriously, they were gorgeous

 Mom & Dad with their children & grandchildren.

Some of the best moments in childhood, come from spending time with grandparents (at least it was like that for me) and these little ones, just LOVE theirs.

Aren't they just so stinkin' cute and look at those eyes!! 

 

 Enjoy your preview & I'll be getting in touch with you soon with your gallery information. Thank you so much for a great morning.
 

{Casting Call} Back to School

TGIF!! Happy Fridays.  I am in the process of planning out a "Back to School" session. It's going to be super cute & extra fun, definitely not what you'll be getting from traditional school portraits

I am looking for 1 girl & 1 boy, ages 4-6 (pre-k/K).

To be considered for this promotional shoot drop me an email. Please include a current, non-professional photo of your child, their age & grade they will be entering.

I will reply with details on what you will receive if your child is chosen. 

You must be willing to sign a model release & provide the requested clothing. I will be choosing my 'models' by September 1st. This is not a 'first come, first served' call.

***I adjusted the email link to go into a different mailbox, the original inbox is having some issues.***

{Contest Entries} It's Fair Time

 It's that time of year again, our annual county fair. Once again I have entered some photographs with hopes of bringing home some ribbons, preferably blue ones, but there are a few other amazing photographers in this county that I'll be up against. So best of luck to you all.  Here are my 2011 Siskiyou Golden Fair entries.

In the Professional Black & White categories:
--Animal

--Floral

For Professional Color categories:
--Animal

--Candid

--Floral

--Mt Shasta

--Sunsets & Sunrises

--Other, not listed, specify: Farm Life

Have a great rest of this sunny & hot, Tuesday in August.

{Pricing} New Session Collections

Hope you've all had an awesome weekend. It's now Sunday and as we're preparing for another busy week here at the crazy-farm I've got something exciting to share with you all.   

I've been working for a couple months now, re-vamping parts of my business structure, website, etc and one of those areas is session pricing. I'm here today to introduce you to your new options, 2 of which include digital files for your own, unlimited* printing. 

Every session includes your custom photography session with unlimited outfit changes.

$450 –  The Premium Collection

- Final image disc, with personal print release for up to size 8x10

- $50 print credit

- 10% discount on 16x20 or larger prints or storybook albums

$300 – The Standard Collection

- 10 image disc, with personal print release for up to size 8x10

- $25 print credit

- 5% discount on 16x20 or larger prints or storybook albums

$125 – The Basic Collection

            - This collection is just a session & does not include prints, products or digital images which may be added at regular prices.

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Did you also know that you can book a years worth of sessions for your little one at a special rate?!  I offer 3 separate collections to capture your little ones big moments & here are those options: 

$450 –Belly & Baby- Milestones Collection

A 5 session collection to document baby’s first year;

Includes: Maternity, Newborn, 3, 6, & 12 month custom photography sessions, with unlimited clothing changes 

-25 5x7 Boutique Birth announcements

-8x10 from each session

-15 image disk at the end of the year, with printing rights

$300 –Belly & Baby – Baby’s Year Collection

Includes: 4 custom photography sessions with unlimited outfit changes All prints & products are sold a la carte.

            -25 4x8 Photo birth announcements

            -5x7 from each session

$275 –Just for Kids Club

Includes: 2 custom mini-sessions & 1 full photography session with unlimited outfit changes

-Build your own schedule & collection

-Sessions must take place in a 12 month time frame

-5x7 from each session

Have a great Sunday!!! 

{Sneak Peek} Baby T

Okay, so this is not the typical sneak peek, this one is super special (and a little photo heavy).
Not only was Baby T a difficult little client (I think he must take after his momma) but he's also my brand new nephew!! I was so excited that my sister & her family decided to make the journey home from Eugene this past weekend. It was so nice to visit & especially great to love on this little bundle. Our session were fairly quick, due to the little man wanting to eat every half-hour or so and he never really got to sleep until the afternoon. Of course it wasn't the typical scheduled session (we actually spread it out over the whole day), but we made due with what we could.

I was inspired by several things for this next shot, and although it didn't work exactly like I had envisioned, I still love, love how it came out.

 A gorgeous momma & her sweet little baby.

 The little Sweet Pea!

Another one of my favorite images. I'm loving the Summer Newborn series, where we can get the little guys outside.

 The Little Mr. would.not.sleep. Which is okay, we got some shots with those big blue baby eyes.

 The proudest big brother, even if he does try to bargain, trade and finagle things for his new baby brother.  (no he wasn't pinching him, although I'm sure it crossed his mind a time or two, Baby T was just letting us know he was ready to eat, yet again!)

So glad you guys came to visit & had me do some newborn portraits for you. I'll get your whole gallery up soon.

xoxo

{Monday Minute}

Happy August 1st!!! Really!?! It's August already, seriously, where does the time go? In 23 days my 1st baby will be starting preschool, oh, my goodness. It's our first official "summertime" break & it's quickly coming to an end.
We had some crazy storms roll through yesterday afternoon/evening. The aftermath was some gorgeous coloring in the clouds and this little "Hole in the Floor of Heaven".

The colors in this are just like they were in the sky, nothing edited in, no funny business. It's amazing the things that are painted in our skies.
Have a great Monday.

{Event} Ride In The Light

A couple weekends back I was honored to be one of the photographers for "Ride In The Light", a Christian motorcycle rally. It was a lot of fun. A place where two worlds collide in one place glorifying the name of the Lord.

Friday night kicked off the rally, where bikers got to head to Miner Street park to enjoy one of the summer's Concert In the Park concerts. After the concert they headed out of town for a twilight ride.  Saturday morning, more registration & the Poker Run, which toured through the south end of the county this year.

Most of my time on Saturday was spent at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds capturing events that were going on there. There was a wheelchair parade, car show, & vendors. Once the riders returned from the run, they had some bike games. The evening was spent listening to music  by 2 great artists, Truth Be Told Band and Bryan Duncan, dancing & fellowship.

Early Sunday morning the riders took a "SONlight" ride out through the Little Shasta Valley, soaking up some of that beautiful country air. Followed by "Biker Church" in the midway, with more worship music & a great message from Ron Heagy, a quadriplegic inspirational speaker. After worship, there were bike blessings & everyone went on their way, uplifted & ready to face another week.

I am excited to go back again next year. It was truly a blessing to be a part of this great, growing event.

You can find them on Facebook HERE > RIDE IN THE LIGHT <

{Monday Minute} Splash of Summer

It's been a while since I've done the Monday Minute, so tonight, here goes a little Splash of Summer, summer colors, summer rains, summer skies, I love almost everything about summer, except the super hot.

We had some unusually cool days & some extra rain this month... it was lovely. 

I've been working on a little project for me as well, getting the kids out & about as much as possible & just taking a few minutes to shoot some photos for me. Here are a few of summers beautiful blooms & bugs (& my first ever butterfly close up capture).
 

And it wouldn't be summer without the bluest of blue skies & some white puffy clouds surrounding the beautiful mountain we are so blessed to live in the shadows of.

Hope you had a great Monday. Ours was fabulous. Hoping that I will get back on a regular blogging schedule.

{Mini-Session} Carnival Fun

The fair is on it's way!! In just a few short weeks the annual county fair will be here to celebrate this fun event & give my awesome clients a chance to get some fun portraits for a fraction of the price, I've got a few time slots scheduled for Carnival Mini-Sessions .

Included with your $75* session fee is a disk on 10 final images and a printing release. Session fees must be paid prior to your session.

Times available:

Wednesday evening sessions:

7:00pm  7:30pm  8:00pm  8:30pm

Thursday sessions: 

morning- 9:00am, 9:30am, 10:00am  

or evening- 7:00pm 8:00pm

Saturday morning: 9:00am 10:00am  11:00am 

Drop me an email or give me a call to schedule your Carnival Fun mini.

*$75 covers time, talent of your photographer and the 10 image medium-resolution disk, printable to size 8x10, you may add additional images to the disk for $15 per image.