By Heart Photography

Happy New Year!!

2011-01-01T22:09:00.002-06:00

Wow, hard to believe it's a new year already! Happy New Year to all of you!!! We celebrated Christmas with my immediate family today, and I thought I would share a couple of cute photos I got during the fun :)

I Heart Faces Weekly Photo Challenge Week 50 ~ Pets

2010-12-14T13:19:00.011-06:00

I was excited when I saw the them for this week's photo challenge as I have MANY photos of both my girl (Bailey) and family and friends pets...the hardest part was deciding which one to enter. I chose this one of Bailey, ONE: because who can resist that sweet face, and TWO: because it has a Christmas theme, and I can't wait to get home and get finished up and ready for Christmas, even if it means leaving the sunshine for frigid cold!

The challenge this week was made a little more tough by the fact that I am traveling and in Dubai. Yes, as in the United Arab Emirates. Blogger thinks that because I am in Dubai, I should understand Arabic and has all of the links on their pages in Arabic...let's just say it took me more than 3 tries to even figure out how to log into my own account. Happily, I figured it out, and you can see my lady looking like an angel in front of the Christmas tree. Shukran (thank you) for visiting and have a happy Tuesday everyone!

What to Wear?!

2010-11-30T21:50:00.006-06:00

I get asked all the time by clients what they should wear to a photo session. So, I have a new feature for you...here is a compilation of outfit suggestions all from Gap, Old Navy and Piperlime! I have a few openings left for holiday sessions, give me a call if you need to book!

Eagles

2010-10-02T19:18:00.003-05:00

We went to my brother's today to take family photos. A mile or so from his house, we saw these three eagles sitting in a field. I had to grab my 70-200 and take a few quick shots. This eagle decided to really give me a thrill and fly a few feet for me. SO FUN!!!

St. Paul Photo Shoot

2010-07-22T15:05:00.009-05:00

I had the pleasure of photographing my good friend Kasey in St. Paul a few weeks ago and thought I would share some of my favorites. Actually, Kasey is more like my little sister, and I have known her since she was only six months old! You can see from the pictures what a gorgeous lady she has turned into!

Fix it Friday with I Heart Faces

2010-07-16T13:19:00.011-05:00

It has been AGES since I have made a post. I have today off, and this little girl was too adorable not to take a few minutes trying to my hand at editing for today's Fix it Friday. Here is the original photo straight out of the camera (photo not taken by me).

Here is my first attempt. I cropped the photo, brightened up the girl and made the colors brighter using TRA actions in PS4.

I love the bright colors in the first photo, but couldn't resist trying to make it look a little more "vintage"...with this edit, I added Kubota Image Tools "Blue Dawn Leonidas".

Let me know what you think and which edit is your favorite! If you want to see what others have done with this image, head on over to I Heart Faces by clicking the link below!

Spring Break Fun!

2010-03-27T20:44:00.015-05:00

We had a great time on spring break...my parents were kind enough to let us borrow their place in Bradenton, FL. Here are a few of my favorite photos from the week...

Sunset from The Sun House Restaurant:

My Birthday dinner at Pelican Pete's Restaurant:

Complete with live band:

Sand castles on the beach:

Pirates Mascot:

St. Paddy's Day Parade:

Too many more fun times to mention...but we have plenty of memories and photos to prove that fun was had by all!

Owen - 6 Month Pictures

2010-01-23T02:39:00.011-06:00

I am a bit behind in blogging as you can see! Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure taking Owen's 6 month pictures in the studio. Owen is the baby you see at the top of my blog page with his mom and dad ~ he has grown quite a bit since that photo was taken!

Owen is a happy, smiley little guy...but unfortunately for me, his momma, his toes, and Steve the chicken were all much more appealing than looking at my camera...so he was a challenge, but so much fun to take pictures of! I think we got some good ones here!

Merry Day After Christmas

2009-12-26T22:46:00.005-06:00

We came home today after enjoying Christmas in Amery with our family. It was so nice to see everyone and to relax. This was the gorgeous site we came home too...ice on the rock wall waterfall...this is my favorite part of winter snow/ice storms!

Although a second storm soon followed once we let the boys loose...

Who can resist these two?

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!!

2009-11-15T14:17:00.005-06:00

Yesterday I had a booth at the Hudson Hockey Association Craft Fair Fundraiser. Traffic was slower than expected, but Santa showed up! As you can see, he is looking well, and the kids liked him. He even had fun trading his trademark cap for a set of antlers. What a way to kick off the Christmas season!

For those of you that missed Santa, he agreed to visit me one more time this year so you all still have a chance to see him and get a photo. Kids...get your Christmas lists ready! Studio J is hosting an open house to celebrate our new studio, and Santa will be the star attraction from noon until 4 PM on Saturday, November 28th. This event is also going to be a charity fundraiser for our favorite charities. We really hope you can make it, so mark your calendars today!

Jessica Meyer Photography

2009-10-02T22:13:00.000-05:00

So, now that you have seen my new portrait, wedding and seniors logo (By Heart Photography)...let me introduce you to the new logo for Jessica Meyer Photography...I will continue to use this for my commercial work! Hope you like it as much as I do :)

Happy Friday!

2009-10-01T20:02:00.000-05:00

My new logo...YAY! I am so excited to show it off...next up...new blog splashpage and getting website running!!!

Class of 1994 Reunion

2009-09-29T20:11:00.005-05:00

Two weeks ago I had my 15 year class reunion. Wow. Has it really been 15 years since I graduated from high school? In any case, I had a great time catching up with classmates and seeing them and their families...we actually had two "reunions"...one at D.D. Kennedy park with our families, and one at the Clear Lake Golf Course for adults only. It was nice to see everyone, just wish there was more time to talk! It amazes me that even though so many years have passed, you can pick up and start conversations like no time has gone by! All of this was also during our hometown Fall Festival...so lots of fun activities going on. Here are a few photos from the weekend.

Test Post :)

2009-08-12T21:29:00.002-05:00

My lovely friend, Lisa, is helping me set up my VERY FIRST blog! How cool is that???

Wayne and Beth's wedding photos are posted on my Pictage website now...here's a link for you to see:
http://www.pictage.com/686726