The Weddings of 2012

So, the whole reason for me coming up to Michigan during the summer was to second shoot a few weddings with my amazing partner in crime, Cindy, owner of Peach Moon Photography.  Well, and to visit family..but ya know.
Now something you should know: photographing weddings scares the bejesus out of me.  I put so much pressure on myself knowing that this is it, my one shot, if I screw up, these people lost the documentation of one of the most important days of their lives. Cindy on the other hand, she was gung-ho, lets do it, We. Got. This.  In reality, we did discuss our nerves before the shooting began at the first wedding of the summer.

The first wedding of the summer was, in all honesty, the best wedding for us to start out on. Not saying we did a poor job or anything like that!  Just that the schedule ran perfect, and the bride, Theresa, was super laid back, and the bridesmaids even had some great image ideas! It was a fun night!

The second wedding was a little bit trickier. Definitely kept us on our toes and moving!  I had a brain fart the night before and forgot to charge my battery for my camera (seriously-who does that!?) and I missed some AMAZING shots of the bride & groom in downtown Spring Lake..I'm pretty jealous of the images Cindy was able to capture there!  All in all, we ended up getting some GREAT shots-and we even got to photograph them at the Cinema-where they met (awe!).

And last but not least the third, and my last wedding of the season.  I did remember to charge my battery the night before this wedding!  The bride, Autumn, was very detailed on what she wanted and where she wanted it-Awesome! Totally made our job a little bit easier.  The forecast was calling for rain that day, luckily it held out until after the reception started, but we did have a nice little overcast for the images we got at the beach.  We were nervous thinking we'd have to shoot in full sun while there-not the case!

On to the images!  By the way, if you are a soon to be bride researching, looking for a photographer for next summer, and like what you see, definitely check out Peach Moon Photography's site and get a hold of Cindy for information!  I just might be back to second shoot again next summer!

{little people} Brecken

This 'lifestyle' shoot was by far one of my favorite sessions of the summer.  I call it 'lifestyle' because I can't categorize it in any other way. It was in NO way posed at all.

Brecken was diagnosed with Autism when he was 2.  God definitely blessed him with his parents, Karrie & Andy.  Karrie wanted to document Brecken's little things that are unique to who he is today.  When we arrived at the park, Breck chose where he wanted to go, Karrie dumped out his bag of toys and he went to town. The boy loves to race, and workout. In quite a few of the images I got he was down ready for Karrie to say "on your  mark, get set, go!" and he would take off!

Breck is also the face of the 'Face of Autism' image.

He had a serious love for Mario and Luigi.  I don't know if the bond is that strong anymore, but I do remember that his parents (jokingly) made an Armless Mario & Luigi facebook page.  

Even though this image is so simple, I love it!

Waiting for his Momma to say "Go!"

{family} Rufener

Every time I come in town to West Michigan, my sister always says that shes wants family photos done, but for some reason or another we never got around to it-until this year.  It was her youngest's first birthday as well, so we could kill two birds with one stone, family photos and one year photos.  To get the older girls photos it took some bribery, suggestions, and a fast shutter speed! Those girls can move!

How dreamy was the light!?

Journey's 'sassy girl' pose. We would say "Journey, can you be a sassy girl?" She would say "yeah!" and strike this pose.

 Rylee would not hold still, unless we let her pic the location and everything involved with the shot. Not that I mind, because this image is gorgeous!

Jaden was also pretty pumped to pick his place where he could get his photo taken.  He was definitely the easiest, 3 frames and he was done.

Miss Kinley... the birthday girl.  

I love this shy girl pose she did. Sooo cute. Probably one of my favorites of the summer!

And, if you're wondering where I got the super cute headband from, it's by Chaseing Rain.  

{family} Bleich

I have been itching to do a session at the Muskegon Fairgrounds...the shade, the barns, the fences...it would make the perfect setting!  When I set it up to do a family session there, I had no idea that they were going to be setting up the 4H fair that night, so unfortunately we were limited to 2-3 areas where there wouldn't be a giant striped tent in the background. Never the less, we got some pretty amazing shots, pretty quickly.

You might recognize those blue eyes...yes, this is the little man in my banner at the top of this webpage

This is what happens when you tell Jason to hold the baby 'naturally'...gotta give him props, make for a cute photo!

And, last but not least...I can't believe it's been a year....Bryson is so big now!

August 2011

July 2012

Get in before I'm gone!

Attention Western Michigan! My summer 'work-cation' will be coming to an end in a few weeks.  If you're interested in booking a session before I leave, don't fret-I still have a few openings!  If you're interested in the details, or want to set up a session, contact me at info@threesixfivephotography.com

{little people} Jaxon

Let me start this by saying, my nephew, Jaxon, has to be one of the most photogenic babies-um..ever!  My sister in law came into town tonight, and I shot her a text to bring along some clothes so we could do a little mini session for Mr. Jaxon's 7m pics.  There's a great field accross the street from my inlaws that I have been itching to photograph.  I kind of invisioned him in a fedora type hat, and because he's a very docile happy baby, I figured he'd totally leave it on (unlike my toddler).  These are some of the amazing shots I got in under 10 minutes-yes, that's right, under 10 minutes!! Why can't all children (including my own!) be this easy to photograph!??

Casting Call?

I haven't photographed a newborn in way too long!  So, that being said, I am ITCHING to photograph a brand new little person!  The infant will have to be under the age of 2 weeks at the time of the session, I try for 7-10 days new.  If this applies to you or someone you know please contact me at info@threesixfivephotography.com for more information-including special pricing and what's included in the pricing.

{little people} Kloey

Today was, in all honesty, one of the hottest days of the year-at least in Michigan anyway.  Today was also the day I had the pleasure of photographing little Miss Kloey and her family.  How cute is it that both Kloey and her Mommy have matching patterns!?  Kloey wasn't too fond of me and my camera, but we made it work.  Half way through the session I was a little worried I wouldn't get enough images of her, but I was pleasantly surprised when I plugged my card in to start processing some sneak peeks of the shoot.  Thankfully I got quite a few good ones before we all were red in the face, and covered in sweat!

It's coming together. . . slowly. . .

So, I am in the process of turning the 'blog' into the website. It's taking a little while, but I chose to stay with blogger because I know it best.  The thought of having to relearn a hosting site, and deal with coding... *shudders* No thank you!  So, here I will stay until I can afford to pay an IT person to build a site for me :)

{little people} Grayson

Grayson is definitely the happiest baby on the block (at least in front of the camera lens!), so of course I had an easy time getting some super cute shots of him at the beach tonight.  Luckily the sun & breeze cooperated too.

Second frame I shot, I knew it was going to be a good session!

Seriously...love this one!

Big brother Jordan had to get in on the action too

{little people} Sophie

All of my kids have birthdays in the same week. My one and only girl turned 3, and I FINALLY got my hands on some pettirompers.  It was a gorgeous day out, so I packed up the van and we headed to the beach.  Normally Soph doesn't really cooperate with me..but ugh..this time... LOVE.

Sigh. . .

Last week I recieved an email from a woman who works with a non profit that helps those with Autism, and their families.  She was looking around Flickr and found my 'Face of Autism' photograph of my friend Karrie's son, Brecken.  She fell in love with it as much as Karrie and I did.  She said it reminded her of her brother when he was diagnosed with Austim at the age of 3.  Anyway, the reason for this blog post. She wanted to know if the non profit could use the image for their brochure for their annual confrence. Be still my heart. I was exstatic when I read the email. Of course the first thing I did was email Karrie to get her permission, and thankfully, she said yes! Anyway, here's the image, although I'm 99% sure I posted it in my favorites of 2011 post.

Go ahead. . .  soak in the cuteness. . .

Are you in the Muskegon area and getting married? Or know someone who is??

Cindy at Peach Moon Photography has dates open for weddings! I am plugging this because I am her second shooter :).  So, what this means for you (perspective client) is that you would not only get one super awesomely funny creative amazing photographer, ooohhh no- you'd get two!  And I would like to say, we're pretty freaking ambitious! You want those amazing magaziney (I know, that's probably not a word, but roll with it) wedding photographs? Well guess what!? WE want to give you those amazing magaziney photographs!  Not only that, but we're pretty hilarious to be around :)  You can contact Cindy on facebook or myself at jen_365_photography@yahoo.com or on the Three Six Five facebook page.

2011 In Review

2011 has allowed me to grow as a photographer & gain more experience. I just want to say Thank You to my clients out there, and here's to bigger and better things for Three Six Five in 2012!