Inspiration Contest: Nominate away!

As a photographer, I am fortunate to meet so many different families - families who let me into their lives for a brief moment to capture special memories. Every family has a story. Every picture captures an emotion. Do you know a special family that deserves to have their story told? Nominate a friend, family, colleague - whoever has inspired you and JMP will be giving away one free portrait session.

Details:
-Email me at janet@jmpmoments.com or comment on this post nominating someone who has truly been an inspiration to you by Feb 7, 2011.
-Winner will receive 1 free portrait session and CD of your 10 favorite images.

A winner will be selected at random and announced Feb 9, 2011.

The rainbow in the picture? That was taken almost 5 years ago in my back yard. It holds extra special meaning to me as it was the day I returned home from a 5 day stay in the hospital. I was 5 months pregnant and rushed to the ER with a kidney stone that I had to have removed via laparoscopy surgery.  I felt like God placed that rainbow right there in my back yard as a reminder of His love and promise and He made sure that my baby (little K!) was safe and sound throughout the whole surgery. I haven't looked at this picture in years and it's the first picture that came to mind for this "Inspiration Contest."

Perfect pair of shoes

My little K has inherited her love of shoes from me. Ever since she could walk, she would look for the shoe dept and had so much fun trying on different pairs of shoes. K would rather play with shoes than with toys. She is a total girly girl and loves anything with sparkles, glitter, and jewels. She has a lot of hand me downs from her sister but I've succumbed to buying her shoes she doesn't need because, let's face it...who can resist shoes? And to see the happiness in her face when she brings home a new pair of shoes is priceless. This makes mornings really difficult as she sorts through all her shoes trying to pick a pair that suits her mood. I'm always telling her to just wear any thing but inside I totally understand her. :)

Last year, K spotted the most pinkest, sparkliest, princess shoes ever and instantly fell in love. She would not let go of the box and of course, it came home with us. She wore those shoes every single day and the mornings went so smoothly. As her feet grew and as the front of the shoes wore out, I begged her to wear other shoes but she always went back to these. They are retired now and I haven't had the heart to throw them out yet. Of course, she has replaced these with a new pair that are covered in multi-colored glitter. :)

I made the mistake of leaving these shoes in the house after I photographed them. After dinner, K saw them and proceeded to put them on and yell, "They're perfect!" I guess you can't come in between a girl and the perfect pair of shoes.

California livin'

Had a great day at the park enjoying the sunny weather with the family. It was almost 70 degrees today and the kids had so much fun running around the park. We were there until the sun started setting and the light was absolutely beautiful. I was so sad that I didn't have my baby with me (yes, I'm talking about my Canon 5D).  But I never leave home without my little Canon S95 point and shoot.  Isn't the sky gorgeous? No photoshopping there - just a bit of sharpening.

See- 2 posts in 3 days! I told ya I was going to be better at blogging!

First post of 2011- I'm back!

A demonstrating how her skirt twirls.

 A always has flyaway hair all over her face and it drives me crazy but she doesn't even seem to notice it. 

A told me she had a great pose that she wanted to show me. Then a car passed by and she got distracted (SQUIRREL!!)

Hello 2011! I took a loooong break and am finally back. The end of 2010 was crazy busy and I have all of you to thank! I am really excited to see what this new year will bring. I promise to be better about blogging this year. Really. I will also be updating my pricing guide and refreshing my website as well.

Can't post without pictures, so here's a few of A that I took yesterday. The weather has been so nice (finally!!) and I was itching to take some pictures outside. Of course, when I asked A if I could take some shots of her, her response was, "Can I get a prize?" She knows that all my clients' kids get a prize/goody bag after a session. Of course, like any strong mom...I totally gave in and let her choose a prize from the prize box. :)