SENIORS - SENIORS - SENIORS!

Here are a few of my favorites from the marathon month of photographing the class of 2009! Enjoy. Pass on my contact info to the class of 2010!

Spring Fling Portrait Fundraising Event

I've teamed up with kids Helping Kids to help raise money for their great cause. I've created a special event just for them! Your $25 session fee will go directly to Kids Helping Kids. You will receive an additional 25% off our already discounted package prices.

What more could you want? Beautiful portraits, save money, raise money for a good cause. It feels as nice as a warm spring day.

Call now, sessions will be filling up fast! Click on the flier to see it full sized!

Mike B. FHS 2009!

Crazy Cody turns 3!

It took a few minutes, but once mom got Cody laughing, it was almost too easy to get awesome expressions. I love the variety of faces he made. These are 3 of my favorites.

The Gensburger Family

We weren't sure if the rain would hold off long enough to create their portrait but it did. This background is much better than a studio backdrop even if I have 7 or 8 of them to chose from. This is a multi-generational family portrait which is fantastic to create. We all know how special grandparents are!

Oliver by Heritage High School Productions

Here is a quick video of some scenes from the musical Oliver.  From what I saw on Monday night at dress rehearsal, it's going to be a great performance, so don't miss out.  You'll get an evening of entertainment and help the drama department.

I'll be there with my fundraiser.  It's my goal to raise $900 during the run of this play.  That will bring my total up to $3765 that I've raised for the drama boosters.

SPECIAL OFFER ON GRADUATION PORTRAITS!

Class of 2009 Seniors!

As of today there are 106 days, including today, until your graduation. That may seem like a long time, but it's not. It's just a little over three months! Spring break is also coming up quickly and if you haven't had your senior portraits created yet, now is the time.

As a thank you for attending our open house last August we are offering you the chance to save money and still get awesome senior portraits! How can you beat that? Have your portraits created in March and your order placed by April 15th and you'll save an additional 10% off our already discounted portrait packages. That's more than a 20% savings! (I can't seem to do the actual math!)

Go to my Facebook page Become a fan while you're there.

This offer will be going out to our email list of nearly 600 in a week, so call today! You don't want to miss out!

Caitlin - Freedom HS 2009

I love when I get to be fun and creative. It's one of the reasons I really like photographing high school seniors. It's probably the last time they'll get a portrait that's all about them and for many, it's the only time they've had this experience. Just say no to school photography you really don't like and have portraits created that truly show off your personality at least a few times when the kids are growing up.

Here are my 3 favorites of Caitlin. I love the moodiness of the clouds in the first one so I lit her to emphasize her and the drama, If you know Caitlin, you'll know that this suits her. The sepia (brown tone) treatment adds to the mood.





I love this stairwell behind the Delta theater. The No Loitering sign makes it a fun place to create some fun teenage portraits. It's great for skateboarders or others who are guilty of "just hanging out" and isn't that what most teens do?



Lastly, Caitlin kept telling me about this old truck they recently purchased so i suggested we head to her house and photograph her in her prom dress with the truck as a background. She loved that idea, so here is one of my favorites. I like how the pale green of the truck offsets the black and white of her dress.




Here is the video of Caitlins session. Enjoy!

Seniors...by Generations Photography

This is a compilation video of our favorite graduation portraits created in the last year! Use it to get ideas for your session or just sit back and enjoy!

Which major to choose?

I love high school seniors, they're part kid, part adult and it's fun working with them. With that said, being the mom of a senior is a totally different story some days.

For the past 3 years, my daughter has participated in the Academy of Art's pre-college program. She started this to help her narrow down a career path/major. She's gone through 3 and in October, she thought she had decided on photography.

Then along came the XBox Live and her passion for video game design came back. In her photography class today, she was thinking of how different photography terms would make good video game character names and an entire story line went through her head!

So, it's off to call the Animation/Visual Effects department head (something I strongly encouraged last summer) to discuss her passion, her talent and see if this is a good fit for her.

If not, I guess she can "settle" on photography.

That's all for now. Just wanted to vent a little. I think I am looking forward to the class of 2010!

Zach - Heritage 2009

It took months to get him here and still he asked his mom "why are we doing this?" but once we got started Zach discovered that senior portraits can be a lot of fun. I think the only reason we stopped was because the sun went down! We still have a few more portraits to create, we just need to have the pool cover off to achieve the look we want.

As many of you know, Zach is an accomplished swimmer, is part of class leadership and would not look like Zach without a hat. This is one of my favorites because it looks like Zach to me, this is who he is. I can't wait to get the cap and gown shot with the pool as a background - I know we're all going to love it!





Here is Zacha s slideshow. We still have to photograph him in his cap and gown with the pool as a background, but we got rained out yesterday and today, maybe tomorrow!

New Kid on the Block

I've had dogs all my life. Those of you who've been to my studio have likely met Jinx & Ginger, my two Golden Retrievers. What you may not know is that I grew up with black, female miniature poodles. Daphne was the last one of "my" poodles, we got her when I was almost 13. She lived long enough to meet Laura, my daughter.

Then came Holly. My parents got Holly when Laura was 6 weeks old. The two "babies" slept together in a cardboard box at the studio in Concord. Holly lived to over 17 years old, a very long life for a dog. We were able to create a portrait of the two 17 year olds before Holly passed away.

This past weekend, the newest kid in the family joined my parents. Her name is Misty, and she is a distant relative of Holly. Mom and Dad brought Misty over for her first official portrait. She's in for a life time of them!

Mitch Stroski Graduates!

Creating the portraits of Mitch at the baseball field was a creative challenge, but I am glad I took that challenge on! All the elements that make a dugout a dugout were the perfect background for his baseball portraits. The following image is one of my favorites:

A fun Portrait of ME!

So, I have a new years resolution to have my portrait created once a month. Since my daughter is planning on majoring in Fine Art Photography at the Academy of Art, I figured this would be a good learning opportunity for her. I also need to have more portraits of me. I wouldn't want to depart this earth and have nothing visual of me to pass down.

This is a portrait of me and my dog Jinx. I gave Laura a pretty tough assignment on this first one. Working with dogs isn't easy plus there are always "body issues" to take into consideration with every client including me.

I love this portrait because Jinx is a total love. He L*O*V*E*S his momza! Every where I go, he goes. He's wrapped around the office chair now.

I will be posting more portraits and how/why they were created the way they were because many of you have asked me these questions in the past. I hope you enjoy the added blog content!

Best of 2008!

Thank you to everyone who has helped make Generations Photography a success. 2008 was an exciting year. Keep watching this blog and your email for some exciting announcements coming in 2009!

Jennifer