You might recognize this little girl and all her soft looks that accompany her sweet face. My words are few this time with this little girl only because she doesn’t really need many. I think her photograph speaks better than me.
A Dainty Gift…
I have the best of intentions when it comes to creating things. For instance, I tell my husband that there is no need to buy wall hangings for the living room because I have the best of intentions of painting a huge canvas that is going to hang above our television center. Or how I have about 20 or so wood square pieces of every variety-oak, cherry, walnut and zebra just waiting in the back of my closet to be made into a mosaic on the other wall. And then there is my bucket of fabric, tool, ribbon and buttons just screaming at me every time I glimpse their way saying, “DO SOMETHING WITH ME!” It just makes me think to myself, one day I will have time to put forth these ideas but until that day comes I am so THANKFUL for those people who are really good at manifesting their creativity and sharing it with the rest of us! So this post is dedicated to the awesome woman who made these delicate, o-so tiny hair flowers for our tiniest JEM’s. I photographed her daughters a few weeks ago and just raved about the hair flower that she made. Then an unexpected delivery arrived just a short week later! Three beautiful flower headbands! Just the fact that you put forth the effort to do that made my day Steph! Thank YOU!!
A Beautiful ‘Mother To Be…’
I love when a voice from the past contacts JEM for an important milestone. Rachel was a bridesmaid from a wedding I photographed years ago ( 3 years ago can seem like a really long time) and then we found out that we have more friends in common than we thought and actually went to birthday parties as a kid together. Lizzie D if you read this it was your party! Well Rachel you have turned into a beautiful woman and you radiate the pregnancy glow. I loved how you were so comfortable in front of the camera as I was able to capture some of your pure, natural beauty. Thank you.
-The New JEM-
We are so excited for our new JEM Photography building and have gotten so many requests for an update. Wanted to post some pics of our progress in getting our building done. Thank you to everyone who helped us with our renovations and everyone else who helped us get here along the way. We are so loved! Thank you family, friends, husbands and clients for everything!
P.S. Disclaimer - Some of these photos were taken by our dear loved ones and while we do share our expertise with them their cameras may not live up to ours therefore please do not judge these photos on quality or crispness as you normally would in our posts. 
JEM says a special THANK YOU to Jill Lewis for all your help and work on our JEM sign. We love it!
-Sarah, a Belly and a Field-
Sarah and Mark are expecting their first baby girl in a couple of weeks. We met at Secor Park (my fav) for an evening shoot of Sarah’s beautiful belly. Of course I am completely and totally in my element when I’m in a field but it’s the best when my subjects don’t mind a bed of grass either. When Sarah walked towards me in a gorgeous and flowy dress so many words came to mind, enchanted, serene, radiant, glowing…. It was so funny because I had never met Sarah before our shoot but she said, “I knew you would love this dress!” So great when my/our style is recognized and shared with our clients.
Sarah, I loved photographing you so much! Thank you. Looking forward to meeting your little one when she arrives. Mark, excellent job fixing the dress and being patient with us. Isn’t your wife lovely?
Kaden and Karson
My old friend called me up for her two boys’ pictures and to say the least, I was elated. I hadn’t met the youngest before and when seeing him, I see Ambria’s smile. If you know Ambrea, I know you can see this too…
As much as these two brothers look alike, they have completely different personalities. I think I started sweating before I even began photographing little Carson. Just watching him run around makes me break a sweat. Aside from being ADORABLE, he is every bit of active. Then there is handsome Caden. He will politely take direction and he could probably be entertained for hours with a mini firetruck.
Thank you Ambrea for coming to the new studio!! It was great to see you!!
Amanda, Did you Have the Baby?
Whew, this blog story could be really long…because it all started last week when Amanda asked if there were any openings soon because to be honest she didn’t know how much longer she would be pregnant for. Well it was meant to be since I had just gotten a reschedule for that weekend! This baby boy or baby girl could be coming any day now. In fact as I type this she could be at the hospital! I will leave out details of me arriving way early, panicking, running to the library (we were meeting at the library) to check my email (which everyone and their brother must use the computers at the library since it was a 20 minute wait) breaking out in a cold sweat, and finally realizing all I need to do is pray that Amanda will call me (yes, the number had been left at the studio in the midst of my frazzled day) Well as soon as I lifted up my prayer, guess what?! She called me and within minutes I was meeting her at the correct library at the correct time!
Nadeau family- you all are so gracious and wonderful. Amanda, you are breathtaking. I loved spending time with you guys and playing around with Sophie and Max. I am so excited to see what baby #3 will be!
Got Triplets?
This session had been scheduled for weeks and I had been looking forward to my first ever triplet girls photo shoot! Each little girl has her own personality and I loved capturing them as individuals and then together as sisters. I think every time I turned around either Amanda or Seth were whipping out 3 beach balls, 3 blankets, 3 cups, well…you get it. Seth entertained us with his fabulous kite flying skills and their friend Stephanie was a big help as being a walking ‘pack mule.’ To sum up the beauty of these three little ones: precious. Absolutely precious. Some of my favorites are of them simply being themselves….little Abigail wanting her daddy or Lauren taking a break on her blanket, and sweet Samantha just checking me out.
Lauren, Samantha, and Abigail willingly taking a break before moving on to the bench…
-Vera Elizabeth-
Vera and I played on our new wood floor yesterday for a just a bit to get some portraits for her body parts collage. So fun to roll around with a one year old and feel like a kid again. Thanks Deidra for hanging out and chattin it up with me! 
I’m so excited about this last picture. As soon as my camera clicked and this picture came up of Vera I immediately thought of the picture I had taken some time ago of her older brother Simon. I was so excited to find it and compare. I love seeing family resemblances and WOW what a resemblance!!
JEM Photography- In Search of Models for Mini Session!
We have a great opportunity to partner with a local childrens’ boutique, Silly Monkey Boutique, in hosting a mini session day event! We have never done anything like this before but know that it will be a big success!! Currently the store sells their personalized merchandise on their Etsy site: www.sillymonkeyboutique.etsy.com and will be launching their website soon after our mini session day. We love supporting local businesses and this business so happens to be run by a mother-daughter team doing what they love. So if you have ever thought about checking us out, now would be a great time!
