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Sneak Peek of Baby Luke {San Antonio family photographer}

Jana — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:37:27 +0000

The Simmons family have been great clients of mine for a couple of years now. This was our 4th session together and for this one I went to their beautiful home and shot some photos of their 7 month old son in the comfort of familiar surroundings. This is really the way to go when shooting infants! When he needed to nurse or be changed, we were right there where everything was handy & convenient which is really the way to go. We shot for about an hour till Daddy & the siblings returned home from the bookstore and it was time for me to be on my merry way which was more than enough time to grab some cute images of Baby Luke doing what he does best at 7 months……sit up, look cute, play & practice his pretend tummy swimming skills!

Dixon Family Sneak Peeks!! {Schertz Family Photographer}

Jana — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:52:44 +0000

My husband and I spent 20 years in the military and it never gets any easier…….you make friends with another military family, you think they rock & inevitably one of you moves away shortly thereafter and this is the case w/the Dixon family. They go to my church and I recently attended a Bible study there w/Lori. We were in the same small group so we spent quite a bit of time together but I never happened to mention my photography business to her during that time. We subsequently became Facebook friends and I’m pretty sure that’s where she found out about what I do and she says, “Why didn’t you tell me??! I’m wanting family photos taken before we move to Germany this summer!” and the rest is history. Her oldest son is staying here in San Antonio to continue attending college so family photos will be especially important to her I’m guessing, I know how much mine mean to me and all of my boys are still here together under my roof (for a few more months anyway!). Dixon Family, I thank you for trusting me with these precious memories and I hope you enjoy your sneak peeks from that warm Saturday morning we spent together……

Sweet Baby Sneak Peeks! {San Antonio Family Photographer}

Jana — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:57:12 +0000

I spent a part of my lovely cool saturday morning taking family photos with the Wier family and I enjoyed my time with them SO much! They were a referral to me by my friend Shawna, it’s always such an honor when my friends trust their clients & friends with me. I always enjoy it when clients invite me to their homes for family photos because to me it makes the photographs even more meaningful & special when you see familar beloved backgrounds in the images. We spent the morning roaming around the home & property finding fun spots to take photos of sweet 6 month old baby Finn with his mommy & daddy. Thank GOODNESS for his grandparents & aunt who were also there to help me out in getting Finn’s attention & making him smile, they were troopers & such a blessing!! He was a happy baby all morning and such a little trooper for us…….enjoy your sneak peeks, Wier family!

Daddy’s little Mini Me who will be on the golf course with him before you know it!

I will MIA for a short while……I’m leaving on Thursday for a short trip to NYC. I’ve never been there before so I’m really excited to have my friend, Danielle, show me around so I can soak in all the sights & sounds of the Big Apple and take a bajillion photos!

Meet the White Family! {Cibolo Family Photographer}

Jana — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:34:37 +0000

I really enjoyed my time with the White Family. We met on some beautiful property in the Texas Hill Country close to Canyon Lake on a breezy friday evening for some family portraits. I was met by a cheerful nice man named Randy who proceeded to show me around his property & home and my mind immediately began racing with ideas & love for the scenery there. His land is such a fabulous place for his grandson, Randy Jr, to spend time and grow up (you can see in the first photo how dry things are around here since we’ve had no rain since February). They told me stories about how Randy Jr’s birthday is around Halloween so every year they hold his birthday party at his grandpa’s land where they have hay rides and all sorts of fun things set up and then Grandpa takes the boys to the back of the property to tell them stories. I just love stories & photo shoots like this. I love it that the land we shot on holds memories for this family, memories already gone and more wonderful memories to be made and I loved being there. Thank you for trusting me with your family portraits White Family, enjoy your sneak peeks!

Wedding Sneak Peeks for Tiffany & Joel {Brown-Eyed Girl Photography}

Jana — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:25:52 +0000

I’ve been blessed to call Tiffany for many years now. Thinking back on it, I can’t even remember exactly when we met…….it just seems that as long as I’ve lived in this area she’s been my friend. It might’ve been through scrapbooking because wayyyyyyy back in the day we used to get together & scrap at her house or perhaps it was through baseball back when her oldest & my oldest played ball together? (Tiff, perhaps you can refresh my memory on this!) Regardless, we’ve managed to stay in touch through the years and meet up every now & then over coffee and catch up on things and I’m happy that we did. She was one of my first friends who allowed me to take photos of her adorable family and use them in my marketing materials back when I was starting my photography business and for that I was very grateful but then, Tiffany is just that sort of sweet friend, so when she asked me if I’d photograph her wedding day there was no way I’d ever say no. I was honored to be there and be part of her very special day all the while smiling & thinking how happy I am that God brought Joel into her life. She was a single mom to her 4 precious kids for many years being the only one to get them to school, band practice, sports practices, etc. and now her family is complete and I couldn’t be happier for her. I was secretly hoping she’d also ask me to come along with them on their honeymoon to Spain as their photographer but alas, that didn’t happen!! Congrats Tiffany & Joel, I hope you enjoy your sneak peeks! XOXO

The ceremony was held at the lovely historical Koehler House here in San Antonio.

Baby Rocco Sneak Peeks! {Schertz Newborn Photographer}

Jana — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:47:58 +0000

As I’ve talked about before, word of mouth is everything in this industry. As much as photography is about producing wonderful photographs for your clients, it’s about customer service……taking care of your client from the moment they contact you till the last second when you hand off the finished product to their hands. I worked in the Retail Industry for over 10 years and of course in that line of work, customer service is EVERYTHING and taking good care of your customer is so vital and I think because of this background, I take extra special care of my clients and ultimately, they usually always end up my friend. Having someone refer me as a good photographer to someone else is the ultimate gratification of knowing I’ve done my job and done it well. I say all of that because that is how the Guastellas found me. They had gotten a Christmas card from a holiday client of mine where they had used a collage of images from their session and then in turn asked who photographed the images for them and Voila! They hired me to come to their home and photograph their precious Baby Rocco who was less than a week old and I enjoyed spending time with them so much. What a precious sweet baby boy……..just LOOK at him!

Daddy is from NY and Mommy from Minnesota, can you tell?! Thank you Guastella family for trusting me with Rocco’s first portraits, hope you enjoy your sneak peeks!

Oh baby baby! {Schertz Maternity Photographer}

Jana — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:23:30 +0000

It’s always a special honor when a fellow photographer asks me to take photos for them & this was the case with Autumn. She’s beginning her own photography business here locally and asked if I’d take maternity pics for her since she’d never had them done before and this little peanut is her baby #5. We met up at the studio and spent a fun morning taking photos for her, here are just a few of my faves. Enjoy your sneak peeks Autumn & Matt!

I’m still truckin’ on with my Project 52 photos as well. The theme for week 3 was “Shades of Grey” so I snapped this shot of me at my studio before taking Autumn’s photos. I was looking out the window of my studio at the pavement and wall of the building across the street from mine on a grey gloomy day……thought it fit the theme well and I guess others did too because it was chosen as one of their Top 10 on the MCP Blog. I was so honored to have been noticed out of the hundreds of photos that are submitted! Here it is……

Canyon Cuties {Garden Ridge Family Photography}

Jana — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:50:18 +0000

In my nearly 3 years of owning Brown-Eyed Girl, the Wells family have been some of my BEST, most loyal and supportive clients. I’ve shot photographs for their outdoor lighting business, of their daughter Mariah when she turned 16, some lovely boudoir shots of Staci as a surprise for her husband and now their entire family which I was SO excited about since I hadn’t met Laura & Megan yet. We met up for a family mini-session after Christmas while everyone was in town and had a fun time (Staci keeps everyone laughing and everything running like a well-oiled machine and I LOVE that about her!). Wonder if I could convince her to come along to ALL of my sessions?! All the girls in the family attended Canyon High School and some of my favorite images from the session are of the girls in their Canyon letter jackets……

Being cute…..

…..and being silly! The 2 track girls & the 2 cheerleaders!

Mariah brought her boyfriend & their new adorable puppy along for a few shots!

Thanks again Wells/Seelhammer family for your friendship & support, you guys mean the world to me!! Everyone stay dry & warm and enjoy your weekend! XOXO

One more mini-session! {Brown-Eyed Girl Photography}

Jana — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:31:19 +0000

Had one last holiday mini-session last weekend and once again, we were blessed with the most gorgeous weather. That is certainly one thing I can’t complain about living here in South Texas as an on-location photographer who loves to shoot outdoors. We’re pretty much able to shoot outside here every month of the year and with the exception of the original day I had my mini-sessions scheduled, every other day I’ve had sessions scheduled has been wonderful and this particular saturday morning with the Marbach family was no exception. The mini-sessions have been a huge hit particularly with families with little ones whose attention spans rarely surpass that 30 minutes anyway. By the time we’re finished exploring and having fun I’ve pretty much gotten all the images I need to present a nice collection of images for the client. I’m toying with the idea of carrying on the concept of the mini-session into my regular year-long pricing since it’s been such a hit, we’ll see…….lots of idea rolling around in my head for 2011 but I digress…….here’s the adorable Marbach family!

Mini-Session Sneak Peek! {Brown-Eyed Girl Photography}

Jana — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:52:01 +0000

First off, a huge heartfelt THANKS to all of my holiday mini-session clients from this past weekend!! Thanks for hanging in there and being so flexible with the rescheduling of your sessions because of the weather. Thankfully it all worked out for the best & we were blessed with lovely warm weather & lovely light all weekend, yay! I appreciate & value each & every one of you and I thank you for trusting me with your family portraits. Over the next few days I’ll be posting some sneak peeks from those sessions and first up is my lovely talented scrapbooking friend, Erin Terrell Clarkson, and her lovely daughter Daisy. I’ve been a huge fan of scrabooking since I first heard about it back in 1995 when my 2nd son was born and over the years I’ve managed to collect quite a few scrapbooking magazines, attend conventions, classes and things and if you’ve opened up an issue of Creating Keepsakes or Scrapbooks Etc. magazine within the past several years then you most likely know who Erin is. We’ve literally watched her daughter Daisy grow up in the magazines & idea books through Erin’s scrapbook pages & projects so it was a royal treat for me to be able to photograph her just days after turing 13! Thank you, Erin, for asking me to take photos for you…….I’m already looking forward to our next coffee date!