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Playing Catch Up! {Brown-Eyed Girl Photography}

Jana — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:04:33 +0000

Just catching up on some spring sessions I haven’t posted yet! We met at the Japanese Tea Gardens for an evening of hiking, fun & exploring all over the park and then met at my studio for part 2 a few days later, a 2nd birthday celebration!

Thanks for stopping by! I have more to post so I hope you’ll stop in often & say hello!! Stay tuned for information on a day of Boudoir sessions I’ll be doing sometime in early August at my studio. I’ll provide a makeup artist, a private fun location & fruity drinks so all you’ll have to do is show up & have FUN!

Sneak Peek for the Remey Family!

Jana — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:15:19 +0000

Whew! It’s been a busy month so far here at Brown-Eyed Girl!! I’ve been busy with senior sessions, bluebonnet sessions, 1 yr. little girl portraits, all sorts of yummy goodness and I’m warning you, I’m going to be on a posting frenzy here soon. Heck, I haven’t even blogged photos from our cruise back in February for the love of pete so I’m far behind! Anyway, I have a few minutes before I’m out the door to head to the studio for a senior session so I wanted to blog some sneak peek pics for the Remey family. I took some family portraits for them last year and they wanted some new ones in the bluebonnets and it’s good we got them because shortly after their session they found out they’ll be moving from Texas. Thank you, Remey Family, for asking me to take your portraits again. It’s always an honor & I’ll sure miss you!

Just a reminder that I’ll be accepting bookings for senior portraits for another month or so and mostly have weekday evening appointments left at this point. The weather has been lovely & perfect for evening sessions so don’t hesitate to contact me if you or your son or daughter need senior portraits! You can contact me via the contact form above or call me directly at 210-363-1991.

The Johnson Family {Schertz Family Photographer}

Jana — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:12:17 +0000

I know I talk occasionally about my church family at Crosspoint Fellowship and how they great they are and I promise I wouldn’t do that unless I really meant it. We have such a nice diversity of membership there of retirees, military families, young families, students, you name it and the Johnsons are one of those invaluable families to Crosspoint Fellowship. Kasey heads up the Clubhouse which is the birth-kinder aged kids and Johnny helps out with the older kids in the Warehouse. I get to watch their sweet little girl each sunday in the nursery and I just adore her too. A friend of the Johnson’s bought them a photo session with me as thanks for watching their dog and after many months of trying, we were finally able to meet up a few weeks ago on what was shaping up to be a lovely spring day but instead we arrived to New Braunfels to find a chilly breeze. They were troopers as we hiked around the park for a while snapping some shots and thankfully my new studio came in VERY handy on a chilly day such as this. We drove the short mile there and took a few more shots of Maddie in a much warmer environment for her 1st birthday portraits. Thank you Johnson Family, I had such a fun afternoon with you guys!

What a beautiful family!

Loved this one, though it would be fun to look back on the photo years from now to see the height difference at 1 yr. old.

Still waiting on the Bluebonnets to begin blooming but will hopefully begin seeing the little beauties within a week or two. I’m booking family & high school senior sessions for the remainder of March, April & May so now is the time to book & lock in the day & time of your choice. You can contact me through the comments below, the contact link above or by calling me at (210)363-1991. Hope to hear from you soon!

Sneak Peek of Little Noelle {Brown-Eyed Girl Photography}

Jana — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:01 +0000

It’s been such a pleasure watching this little one grow up along with her 2 big sisters. Noelle just turned 1 on monday so she & mommy met me at the studio for a few quick photos to document the momentous day so here are a few sneak peeks for them……..

Nothing like ending the session with a big hearty giggle!! Happy 1st birthday Sweet Noelle.

I just love it when…..

Jana — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:30:19 +0000

……I’m uploading images from a session and then I run across one that literally makes my heart leap with joy. Tonight this one was it. Little Brother in the midst & safety of his 3 big sisters. At that moment I just don’t think it got any better for him.

Pretty Girl

Jana — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:26:51 +0000

A few weeks ago I was asked to do headshots for a young girl who is interested in persuing acting & such and she needed some headshots for her portfolio. Her mom wanted them to be very relaxed & outdoorsy so I met them at their home and we had fun taking pretty photos in their backyard. I had NO idea she was going to wear pink and had just happened to bring along my trusty pink wooden chair and a pretty old quilt I scored recently at a local craft mall and they worked just perfectly for some of the shots! Of course I felt the need to emphasize her baby blues & lovely smile so I hope the photos bring her luck because she is sure a talented lovely girl, inside & out.

I’m also THRILLED to announce that I’m hoping to sign a lease on studio space this week so I will also be able to provide indoor studio natural light photography along with my usual on-location photography. The space is big & bright with 2 large windows and I can’t wait to move in and make it my own! I promise to post pics soon as soon as I’m able to so you can see it for yourself to keep checking back!

Happy New Year!!

Jana — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:59:15 +0000

Hope that all of you had a wonderful, safe & blessed holiday season and are looking foward to the new year with as much anticipation as I am. We had a nice relaxing Christmas with my mom & brother here at the house. Everyone loved their gifts, candlelight church service on Christmas eve was lovely, got to hang with friends that evening, Christmas dinner turned out yummy and I spent nearly 2 days in my jammies so I’d say that’s an overall success! As much as I enjoy this time of year, for some reason when the hubby & my family headed out early on sunday morning I decided it was time to take all of the Christmas decor down when I normally am the gal who’s FINALLY taking her tree down in January. I don’t know……I just seemed to have the motivation & energy to do it so down it came. It took me two full days of working but it’s done and put away nicely all tucked away for next year which is a really good feeling. I don’t know if it was because this was our first Christmas without Dad or what, but I was just ready for it to be DONE and now I’m eagerly anticipating to see what 2010 will hold for me personally & professionally. If it’s anything like what 2009 was, it’ll be exciting for sure!

The next week or so I’ll be going back & posting sessions from ’09, the first of which is one I did with my pastor & his family back in August. They gave prints from their session as Christmas presents so I needed to keep their secret with them till now. We did the session at their river-side property which is so lovely. It was a warm summer day but they were troopers & did great and thankfully their print gifts were a hit!

Thank you Deahl family for allowing me to capture memories for you & your family!

We’ll be heading up to Dallas soon to cheer on Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl on the 2nd so if I don’t post again before then, I pray all of you have a safe & FUN New Years Eve! Adios 2009, you’ve been a year of extreme highs & the lowest of lows but all in all you were a good one so thank you.

Sneak Peek, the Simmons family! {San Antonio family photographer}

Jana — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:11:56 +0000

Happy 1st day of December!! I don’t know about where you live but here in South Texas it definitely feels like it’s winter time now when just last week we were blessed with warm nice temps and my boys were outside playing in their shorts & t-shirts! Mother Nature sure likes to keep us on our toes here, that’s for sure. I have outdoor sessions planned this week but we shall see if the weather decides to cooperate with us or not? I sincerely hope it does because I’d love to get pics taken of everyone who wants them in time for the holidays and heaven knows we had NO idea the weather would turn like this so quickly but you know what they say about living in Texas, if you don’t like the weather just wait 5 minutes and it’ll change so I’m keeping my fingers crossed! Thankfully when I met with the Simmons family we were blessed with a truly gorgeous November morning and we spent it walking around Landa Park with their little ones. They were a referral from my dear friend Shawna (http://styleberryhome.com/) so thanks Girlie!

I always let the little ones play a bit before we jump in taking pics, things just seems to work better that way!

What a beautiful family!

Just LOOK at this precious curly hair……

Loved her big dark eyes & gorgeous skin………beautiful.

Ended our session with some more playtime…….play is always good!

Meet the Cooper Family! {Schertz family photographer}

Jana — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:14:13 +0000

The Coopers were such a fun family to work with and thankfully we were blessed with gorgeous weather and a lovely setting in which to take their holiday family photos. It’s always fun to meet fellow small business owners, they own our local Party Station (http://www.mypartystation.com/) which is an awesome indoor play place for kiddos. When my boys were little we lived in places like this, too bad mine are all grown now or else I’m sure we’d be camped out there as well! Eric is also a firefighter and said his station is the one right behind the Alamo so it’s very old & historic, very cool.

One of my favorites from the day…..

The colors they wore were perfect for the setting…..

I think the kids even had fun romping around and enjoying the scenery!

Hope that all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving & holiday weekend. Mine was very relaxing & laid back here at home w/my family and mom & brother which was nice. We stuffed ourselves full of turkey & pie, watched a ton of football & even ventured to downtown San Antonio for the annual holiday River Parade on friday evening where they turn on the Christmas lights in the trees downtown that line the Riverwalk…….so beautiful. I enjoyed a few days off but now it’s time to get back to work so speaking of that, photographs are beckoning so back to work I go. Have a great week!

The Edge Performing Arts Center, Cibolo Texas

Jana — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:04:58 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, Shawn from The Edge called me up and told me he’d found my website and was looking for a local photographer to take come photos of his students so I was pleased to be able to help him out. We met in Cibolo on a rainy sunday afternoon and got the job done right before a downpour began thankfully! The kids were great and so much fun to work with and as a special treat I followed him back to the studio and got a tour of the new facilities which are SO great and I love it that such a state-of-the-art studio is right here in our neck of the woods in the Schertz/Cibolo area, what an awesome treat for local talent! Here’s his website if you’re interested, http://theedgepac.com/. A few of the images will hopefully be used on a holiday CD they are releasing which will be sold in the local Little Ceasars, awesome!

Also, just a friendly reminder for my holiday clients that all Christmas card & print orders that you need by Christmas need to be placed by the end of the month to ensure holiday delivery, thanks!