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Longest JEM Blog EVER!

jem — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:18:43 +0000

OK all you JEM blog fans who have been deprived of posts, our number one stalker (you know who you are), Megan Swartz/Heidi Steinker and all you other followers who say our blogs brighten your day… it’s time for the ultimate and monumental, longest JEM blog ever!!!! Yes, I know you are trying to control your excitement!

Before our fresh season begins, I can’t leave ALL of the shoots behind from my rewind 2010 blogs. My intentions were to post individual blogs for each and every one of these shoots as there is a story and a smile and probably a laugh or two from all. As a wise person once told me, intentions are just that, intentions. So without further ado, this is one of the best feelings I have had in a long time, to be able to post highlights from so many awesome JEM shoots.

Rewind 2010 {Elena} Beautiful Senior Portrait

jem — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:48:49 +0000

This is yet another awesome shoot I had this past fall. I’m so excited to post just some of the amazing portraits of the beautiful Elena, pronounced (El-eh-nah). Wow, wow, wow! This girl blew me away with her beauty. I had never met Elena before our shoot in Monroe. She had so many amazing secret places in Monroe for our portraits with outfits to match. While the actual photo shoot of Elena was amazing, I think the ordering of Elena’s portraits was equally as fun. Imagine, 7pm in the evening before Christmas at JEM. For those of you who have been in our studio office or as we call it, our “broom closet” , you will know that not many people fit comfortably in here when ordering. When Elena arrived she also brought her brother, sister, Grandma and Dad. We all squeezed in the “broom closet”, ate cake balls, talked music and took on the task of picking out what would be printed from all these beautiful portraits that Elena produces. It was quite comical but so fun at the same time.

Haha! Thanks family for a great evening together. I told you the cake balls were to die for!!

Elena – You are truly beautiful on the inside and out. Thank you for allowing me to photograph you and being so open to all my ideas. Good luck this year and your plans for next school year.

{Tessa} Whitmer High School Senior

jem — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:53:30 +0000

So for Tessa’s senior shoot we went to one of the best places in Toledo, well actually we caravanned within a mile radius all over downtown Toledo. Tessa has the edgy urban with a mix of -o so pretty- tied in. I first met her a few years ago and when I did, I remember thinking this girl is gorgeous. I was so happy that she contacted me for her senior pictures. I am loving all the color she chose for her outfits and I think the yellow coat, if ever you got sick of it could find a nice home in my closet. Tessa- though it might have been a little wee bit cold when we took these pictures, you never once complained…I am so happy how the ‘dream’ turned out and my wish for you is that you dream BIG and you dream OFTEN. Then, chase it.

{Ashley} Bowling Green High School

jem — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:42:33 +0000

Ashley is a little extra special to us here at JEM because she is our newest intern. She is a senior at Bowling Green High School in the famous Decca program and through word of mouth she just so happened to be placed with JEM. Things seem to happen that way around here quite often So, on the first day of her internship she asked us, “Have you ever photographed at Schedel Gardens in Elmore!??” Just recently Jennifer had been there and knew how b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l the gardens are…of course this is where we took her portraits. Ashley basically grew up at this garden, running around, chasing firefly’s and taking naps in the big house because her grandparents oversaw the gardens. It was so cool to head out there and see where she had ran around as a child near the willow and visit the Japanese Gardens and take in the views on this wispy Fall day. No words needed on how softly beautiful this young lady is. She is also an extremely hard worker, a dreamer and a dedicated senior. We are so thankful for her to have been placed in our studio for the following year. Some of you reading this blog might have already met her and if you haven’t she might be the face that greets you when popping in at JEM…

{Greg} Anthony Wayne High School Senior

jem — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:41:38 +0000

Greg seems to be the guy that might surprise you every once in a while because you really never expected him to do something so c-r-a-z-y. Such as allow his friends to dress him up like Edward Scissor Hands for school during spirit week. Not that this is crazy, but I wanted to get your attention. Taking a look at him, would you expect this?? Ha! He came home from school and his mom had been busy all day finalizing schedules to squeeze Greg in for senior portraits when she took one look at him as he walked in the door and with wide eyes she said, ” Is the black hair color permanent??!” Nope. Washable.

So Greg came to the studio a couple weeks ago on one of those outrageously gorgeous Fall days. We walked down the street for a few ‘urban’ pictures and then headed to Wildwood where it just so happened that the sun light loved Greg (along with the camera) … Greg it’s all in the tilted chin, right? Thanks for letting me take you throughout the park and photographing you! I loved how we went from business to urban to nature. You can rock it all