wear my heart on my sleeve. I live for life-changing moments and enjoy the company of life-changing people. ‘Giving Back’ and ‘Doing Good’ aren’t just nice things - they’re everything. I’m sensitive and love a good ‘chick flick’. I love sports radio, too. (So I’ll hold onto my man-card, thank you) I love concerts - though I’d rather sing than listen. I’d rather listen than talk. I enjoy ‘art house’ cinema in the city and frequently watch obscure films on my iPad. (When my children aren’t playing games on it.) I like designer jeans and old, ragged baseball caps. After living in Colorado 9 years, the mountains still take my breath away. So do my wife and three kids.
till looking back on 2011 with such fond memories... Again I tried to limit myself to just one photo from each wedding - but I did allow myself to break it up into two categories, 'Portraits' and 'Moments'.
Each of these portraits are so special. I like to imagine that one day, years from now, a little girl or a little boy will be sitting on Grandma's lap and flipping through a book of old photographs. They'll stumble onto one of these, point to it with their tiny little finger, then look up and say 'You were so beautiful, Grandma'.
I know it's going to happen.
And in celebration of these life-changing memories, I'm having a contest! 'Vote' for an image and it gets 1 point, leave a comment about your favorite image and it gets two points. Go over and find the image on 'Jared Wilson Photography's' Facebook Fan Page and leave a comment on the image there - 3 points! So, yes, you can give each photo a total of 6 points!! THE WINNING COUPLE WILL GET A FREE FRAMED PRINT! Vote until 12am February 1st.
ast week I posted a super cute family portrait session with the West family that we did in the studio. Well, a few days later I went over to their place for a totally different style portrait session. Call it 'documentary', call it 'photojournalistic', call it 'day in the life'. I call it precious.
e're not too far away from 2011 yet to take a brief look back are we? Nah! It's always good to pause and look back on the work I've created and the life-changing moments I've captured and reflect. These faces make me smile, these relationships I treasure, these moments are what life is made of.
I forced myself to pick one image from each session. Man, o, man was that hard! Here they are...
ne of the greatest gifts someone could give another person is the recommendation of a good book'. My dad said that to me once and I think he is right. There's nothing like a good book! It seems that there are hundreds and maybe even thousands of books published every week - so then, why is it so hard to find a good one?!
You know what I'm talking about, right? The 'page-turner'. The kind you can't put down. The kind you just can't stop thinking about. The kind of book that creates worlds you wish you could live in, and characters you wish you could spend real time with.
*sigh* I love those kinds of books.
At thanksgiving my family travelled to Oklahoma to spend the holiday with relatives. I got this idea to listen to an audiobook along the way. I had recently had a conversation with a fellow photographer friend and they had told me how they had been listening to lots of audiobooks - at 2x speed! While I wasn't so sure about listening to a person read me a book at the speed of light - I was curious. And so I perused iTunes and decided on The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
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And you know what? I really, really enjoyed it. Compelling characters and a fully realized magical world brought this to book to life for me (the narrator helped bring it to life too!) The best word I can use to describe it would be 'dreamy', and I didn't want to wake up. Not that I was sleeping mind you - I was traveling down I-70 at approximately 80mph!
At Christmas we went on another road trip to Arkansas to spend the holiday with my Mom and Dad. I thought I'd get another book. Even more, I thought that I might really start to like these things and so I signed up for a 3 month trial membership at Audible. For my first book I downloaded 1Q84.
At nearly 47 hours, this thing's a monster. The narrators read so slowly that I was able to bump it up to double speed and still make sense of it. This cut some time off the book - but still, I managed to just get about 20 hours in and I think I've given up. It's not doing it for me. It's simply not a 'page-turner', even at double speed.
So, very soon I'll be able to download book 2 at audible. What should I get? Have you read anything good lately? Have you listened to anything good lately?
'm excited for 2012 - for many different reasons. If I were to make a list, it would be a long one. Definitely making the list of things I'm excited about this year is documenting the first year of Emily and Amit's little boy. Session number one happened on this little guys 3 month birthday and we've got plans to do more photos at 6 months, 9 months, and 1 year. Another thing I'm excited about? Emily and Amit's wedding later this year! I'm just thrilled to do what I do - capturing these life changing moments of this growing family.
he West family is now FOUR! We met up recently for a family portrait session at my home in Thornton, Colorado for a few photos with Travis, Shannon, big brother, and the new baby. It is such a joy to see this family's love for one another and to see this awesome Mom and Dad welcome a new little one into the world!
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Their oldest son is adopted from Ethiopia just like my youngest son and they're very nearly the exact same age. Such a handsome little guy!
ake and Kara Miller are two of our very best friends in the whole world. Unfortunately they live in Ohio. The good news is Jake's parents live in Eureka Springs, AR as do mine, and so we were able to see each other over the holidays! Every time we see them, which fortunately turns out to be about every year, I seem to get the opportunity to do some family photos for them. (Follow this link to see last year's family portraits in Thornton and this other link to see their 2009 photos in Iowa)
For many, the most memorable post involving them was this one where I explain how Jake beats me in everything EXCEPT, as it turns out, how long you can keep your head underwater in a freezing river!
This year we did some photos at Jake's parents' home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Happy times!
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I told Kara that these photos are going to get outdated soon and we'll have to do some more here shortly!!
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Miss Personality with a capital 'P'!!
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Jake's parents own the Treehouse Cottages which is the #1 place to stay in Eureka Springs. Many others are trying to capitalize on the 'treehouse' name now but they've got the original and the best - if you're ever in the area for an overnight visit.
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Can't wait to meet the new Baby Miller! And maybe find something else I can beat Jake at...
