Fun clothing for fun sessions!

We absolutely love for our clients to have fun during a session!  And we have fun as well.  We also love to see it when they bring fun, quirky outfits!  But this time it was a little different!  Matilda Jane Clothing was kind enough to send me an outfit to review and photograph for them!

Meet Carissa, our model who agreed to help us out!  She is wearing an outfit from the Paint By Numbers collection from Matilda Jane.  But the fun part is, this outfit is 3 different pieces sold separately.  You can mix and match their individual pieces to create several different looks!  And these colors look great on the solid white background (which I love to shoot)  Just look at the adorable long sleeve Sky View Puffer Tee, it looks great with the Turtledove Knot Top over it, or the tee would be great by itself!  Now how about those Gleam Leggings? The leggings add even more color and more quirkiness to the outfit!

Carrisa had so much fun in the studio and outside!  The outfit sure never restricted her movement!  I never heard her complain once about how the outfit felt on her.  Yes, we have all had on cute outfits our parents put us in before that either scratched us like a tow sack or felt like a straight jacket! Not this 😉

I also want to comment on the quality.  The pieces all felt extremely well crafted.  The material wasn’t thin, the seams were all sewn tight, I wasn’t afraid she was gonna mess it up playing on the hay bale and jumping around!

So, now that you have my opinion on the clothing…I encourage you to check out their website. www.matildajaneclothing.com I am not saying you should purchase Matilda Jane clothing to come to our studio, please don’t think that.  I do encourage you to think about fun, quirky outfits, and how much fun they look in the portraits!

We look forward to photographing your child next!

http://www.jaysphoto.com

-Jay

We love babies!

We have been having several babies in the studio lately, and we LOVE it!  Here is a sneak peek from this evening’s session!

We would love for you to be a part of the Jay’s Photography family.  Call 870-857-5297 to book your session!

-Jay

Gender Reveal Party

So yes I know it has been a while since I made a blog post.  I have been super busy and been traveling!  As I am preparing to make another trip to NYC next week, I decided to share what I done today.  We are wanting to incorporate video and photography together to produce beautiful, emotional slideshows. So this is an example!

I had the privileged of photographing the Gender Reveal Party for Courtney & Josh Hollowell.  Courtney and Josh neither one knew the gender of their baby!  Only their friend Caleigh, who prepared the box of balloons!  Please click the link to watch the video clip and share their excitement!

Gender Reveal Video

 

Congratulations Courtney & Josh

If you have an event that you would like photographed or possible videoed, please contact us! www.jaysphoto.com

-Jay

Lillie Is Already 6 Months Old

The time passes by so quickly these days!  And with us seeing so many little babies come through our studio, we see all of them growing and changing!  It seems like just last week that Lillian Grace was getting her newborn pictures taken!  But it is 6 months later and she is just a cutie!!!  We appreciate Chelsea and Matt, for letting us work with Lillie!  Shots like this are just priceless!  I am happy to be the one that captured this memory for them!  Thanks again!!

-Jay

We see Ellie again!!

Little Ellie Day came to see us again tonight.  Only 3 months old, but she already has her momma’s temper……I mean her momma’s good looks!  Sorry April, I had to do that! lol  We captured some adorable images of the little cutie! Here is one of them!!We can’t wait to document her complete first year in portraits!!!  Thanks again April and John!

-Jay

Miss Rylen Visits The Studio Again!

We had a wonderful time this evening photographing Miss Rylen!  She turned on the charm for us!  She is now 6 months old, and was full of energy! Here is a sneak peek from the session tonight!Thank you Kara & Dustin for bringing her to see us!!!  We look forward to the next session already!

If you want to have memories like these, be sure to call 870-857-5297 or visit www.jaysphoto.com

-Jay

Another Rockstar Session!!

Think about this scenario:

• A 1yr old child, that has only had portraits taken when she was tiny.
• And a new photographer she has never met.
• In a strange place she has never been.
• And a session that is past her bedtime!

Yeah I know, the odds aren’t really in our favor!  However when Kaylin came in the studio yesterday evening, it all worked! We captured some adorable shots of Kaylin (Kk) and this is just one of them!  We can’t wait for mom to get to see them all!!

Thanks Lindsay, for trusting us to work with your beautiful daughter!

-Jay

Adorable Baby Gannon

Babies, babies, babies!!  We love all the new babies we get to see!  And lately we have been seeing several!

Last night it was the adorable baby Gannon!  We got some super cute images of him!  This is just one of them!  How adorable is this?

Our ideal newborn portraits are the “sleeping baby” shots.  However that doesn’t always happen.  But as you can see, they are too cute.  We like to get the studio warm, the baby fed, and then my wife Stephanie usually gets them to sleep!  We were able to accomplish just that during this session!

Gannon was a doll for us!  I think he enjoyed modeling! lol  We want to thank Jamie & JJ for bringing him to see us!  We look forward to all of the other session of Gannon we will be doing this year.  Gannon is in our “One Small Step Program” So you will get to see more of him!

But of course Jamie, JJ, and Gannon were not alone.  Big sister Carlee was also there!  And her “pops” bought her a balloon to occupy her.  Of course I couldn’t miss the opportunity to photograph Miss Carlee and her balloon!If you enjoy our blog post, let us know by commenting and sharing on Facebook & Twitter.  If you want to make sure you see all of our blog post,  click on home, and the find the “follow” button on the right hand side of the screen.  You will then be emailed every time we make a new blog post!

-Jay

How About A Simple And Delicious Treat?

How about spending about 30 minutes, (or less with help) to make a fun treat for a valentines party!!!

Tonight is our church Valentine’s Banquet, so I decided this morning to make a treat I seen on Pinterest!  Here is what you will need.

• 1-bag of Pretzel Squares or Mini Pretzel Twist (our Walmart didn’t have the squares)
• 1-11oz. bag of Hershey’s Hugs (Kisses will work, but not as well)
• 1-bag of Plain M&M’s (I got the pretty valentine colored ones!)
• Cookie Sheet
• Parchment or Waxed paper
• Oven

Preheat your oven to 200°  And place your pretzels on your cookie sheet covered with Parchment paper. My cookie sheet held 70 mini twist!Now, to the most time consuming part…unwrapping the hugs!  This is where a second person would really speed up the prep time!  The first thing I had to do was eat one hug, only to test for the proper taste you know!!  So then I unwrapped and placed the hugs onto the pretzels.  However the bag only had 69 Hugs in it, and I ate one, so now I am only left with 68 treats! So now that I have all 68 hugs properly placed on my pretzels, pop them in the oven for 4-5 minutes.  You want them kinda glossy looking but not melting, just soft.  Now you should open your bag of Plain M&M’s and pour you enough in a bowl.   Be sure and don’t leave your treats in the oven too long, you don’t want them melting and running all over your cookie sheet.  Pull them out of the oven, and let set for about 1 minute.  Then take you an M&M and press into the center.  These are really soft, so there is not much pressing needed!  Now the only thing left to do is let these cool!  If you have room, put them in your refrigerator for about 30 minutes, if not they will cool at room temperature, it will just take longer.  I cheated and stuck them in my freezer for about 2 minutes ( I had to sample a finished product!)  Now I only have 67 left!!

Go ahead try it!  And Enjoy them!!!

-Jay

P.S. Excuse the lower quality photos taken with my iPhone 4S

Just Try And Rate The Cuteness Of This!

So you want to see a 9 month old Rock Star rockin’ out a modeling session? Look no further than Karlee!!

We had the privileged of meeting and photographing a new client tonight!  Yes, I know it’s hard to tell this was her first time in our studio.  Miss Karlee was a doll for us!  You pair adorable Karlee with the super cute outfit mom brought…and we have a winner!  Thank you so much Tausha for giving us this opportunity!  We look forward to several more sessions with Karlee! And the rest of the family as well!

If you would like to book a session with us, for ANY age call 870-857-5297 or visit http://www.jaysphoto.com We can’t wait to hear from you!!

-Jay