Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Lovely mom-and-dad-to-be!







I am up to my sorry ways, I'm afraid. I don't make new year resolutions, but if I had, one of them would have been to post more frequently on here. But we're only a few weeks into January and already I am remiss.

Still, I wanted to share the lovely maternity I did on Sunday out in the Fraser Valley...after getting caught in the band of white-out snow on the highway en route (happily to no ill-effect). It's a little wild when one takes studio gear on-location and asks an ordinary house to accommodate it, but S and K were game, and game then for my wacky ideas. They were in the middle, poor things, of selling their house (talk about stressful when you're expecting a baby any week), with people due to look at the house in a short while, so partway through we packed it all up and moved out into the community, returning later for the special bath portrait we'd planned for months.

The photos turned out beautifully, and I can't wait for them to see these sneak peeks and for their ordering appointment next week. It will be so fun to see them all on the big screen with music playing! And I so look forward to photographing their new little arrival in March.

Enjoy, S and K, and everyone else, too--how beautiful these two are.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Congratulations!

Congrats to Tara and Dusten Wease. Their daughter, Hunter, posed for Jane Photo's most popular photograph of 2007!

There were 802 of you who voted in our blog-off, and thanks to every one of you for taking the time to stop by.

Hunter scored highest with 30% or 247 votes. Whew! That's one popular gal. Guess it's no surprise when you are as adorable as she is:

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Making Lemonade a la Bettie Page

For blog contest, please see prior entry, below.

We had such a fun afternoon on Thursday shooting pin-ups at Vespa Scooters and Sophie's Cosmic Café on West 4th Avenue in Vancouver. What a hoot! Thanks to all the guys at Vespa, and especially to Vince who helped us out by stepping into a couple frames.

We moved from there to the studio, where I discovered I had been burgled. All my studio gear--lights, modifiers, softboxes, a snazzy Larson reflector--were gone, along with some favourite drapes for maternity shoots. And honestly, who knows what else? I didn't have the heart to poke through the leftovers. Dishearteningly, it proves to be an inside job, since the studio itself wasn't broken into. Not a great way to start the new year, I'll tell you.

Sarah was in full pin-up hair and makeup and it seemed a pity to let it go to waste. Gary Deck of Gary Deck Photography was shooting with me, and happened to have come with his 580EXII, and a ringflash (which I used sparingly), saving the day. Any photo geeks out there know how challenging that must have been for me when I was planning 40s glamour lighting.

But I love, love, love these photos.

More on a slideshow on my site under Portraits/Slideshows!






Thursday, January 3, 2008

Our Year-End Contest!

We're having a blog contest!

Simply vote over at the top right for your favourite of our favourite 15 photos of children taken by Jane Photo in 2007! Let your friends and relatives know they can join in too. Our winning image will be created as an 11"x14" print framed up to 16"x20" and given to the child's lucky family.

I want to thank all our families this year for all their awesome kids. Our short list for photos was something like 50 long, and getting it down to our favourite 15 was agonizing. All your kids are cover kids, if you ask me; I wish each and every one could have been included for the contest.

And check out our Valentine's Day offering for mamas! After all the diapers and spit-up and late night feedings, how about a couple of hours set aside just for you to create stunning and tasteful boudoir photos for your one and only? If we get enough women interested, we'll rent a room in a boutique hotel so our backdrops will be just as enticing as you are!

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