Captured by Jami's Spring Giveaway begins today!

Hello spring, goodbye snow! It is time for a spring giveaway!! The winner will get their choice of this adorable pink & white tutu or a $50 gift certificate for Captured by Jami Photography. The tutu is perfect for dress up or as a all too cute prop for child photography, this is the size I use for 1-4 year olds. The gift certificate can be used towards any portrait session.

This giveaway will begin today, March 24, and run through April 7

1. Become a fan of CapturedbyJami on Facebook & come back here and leave a comment letting me know you are now a fan.

2. Post a link to the giveaway on your Facebook wall, then come back and link to your post.

3. If you are not registered to leave a comment on this blog, choose anonymous and leave an email address so I can contact you if you win.

Good luck!!!!

Who doesn't love free stuff??

Ahh.. spring has returned! Now, if this snow would just melt out of sight I would be happy.

I've been seeing a lot of spring giveaways and I'm thinking it may be time for Captured by Jami to hop on the bandwagon. I mean my fans deserve the chance to win something wonderful too! Up for grabs will be a beautiful pink & white tutu, great for any little princess/photo prop or a $50 credit for Captured by Jami photography. So be looking in the next few days for my giveaway to begin.

There is something truly special about maternity sessions. I love watching an expectant mother through my lens, the way she holds and caresses her belly, smiles down at the miraculous little life within her. Those nine months fly by all to quickly and in capturing just a small sample of those moments on film I am able to give a mother something she can treasure for a lifetime. Is it any wonder I love my job so much!

Inevitably, naked babies will pee..

Spring is a busy time for a photographer. In order to maximize my time I often stack meetings and sessions. This weekend I learned a valuable lesson. When scheduling anything after a newborn session, be sure to bring a change of clothes. Inevitably, naked babies will pee, it's simply a hazard of my profession I have come to expect. However, it was a little embarrassing walking into a Starbucks with a wet spot on my pants looking to meet a potential client. Luckily, the spot had almost dried and no one was the wiser. The meeting was a success and I was able to giggle on the inside at what only I knew.

What a week!

So, I won't lie. This week started off very bumpy for me. I felt used and abused which had my outlook for the week pretty grim. Then I get a call to do an Op:Love homecoming session, which can't help but leave you dancing on cloud nine. To top it off I got to spend lunch with a great friend, reminding me that while you can' t control all of the bad, you can choose to let it roll off of you and relish in all the good!

So, it's Friday and I'm feeling quite bubbly! I have a couple of meetings regarding weddings, a maternity shoot with a friend, and a newbie shoot with a 2 week old. It's going to be a busy and fun weekend.

Ahh.. sweet escape

Blah! I'm don't feel well, I've been stuck in the house for days and the light at the end of the tunnel is still pretty distant. I am tired of TV, have finished the books I was reading and am in need of some sort of stimulation before I go mad. And then it hits me.. I'm not sure why I didn't think about it earlier, but a mental vacation is just what the doctor ordered. I simply open the folder "Road trip 2008" and I'm off. Winding through the mountains on the back of a motorcycle in Colorado... Climbing to the edge of a canyon to look thousands of feet down, the butterflies in my stomach going wild.. The freezing cold sprays of the white water rapids in New Mexico chilling me to my bones... I close my eyes and I'm there.. I can now drift out of consciousness with a smile on my face and hope to wake feeling a little better.

And if I don't.. I'll just open another folder and visit my dear friends on the beaches of California.

The beginning...

I was going to create two different blogs. One for photography and one just about me. However, as I tried to separate the two parts of me for these blogs I came to a brick wall. I put so much of myself into my photography that to separate the two would be an exceedingly difficult task. Photography is a part of who I am. I can most effectively express myself, share myself, and get lost behind my lens.

Life is an adventure, and the moments that take your breath away are gone in an instant. My camera is a tool that I use to capture every moment I can. Life flies by, children grow up too quickly, love intensifies with every second. Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but they can also hold a million feelings, show unexpected truths, keep saucy secrets, and hold together friends separated by a thousand miles.