JEN BARNES PHOTO - 512.553.5653 » childrens portraits

Unexpected

Jen — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:09:32 +0000

I went to a birthday party with my boys Saturday and almost didn’t bring my camera to take pictures. I’m so glad I did! Look at these portrait quality images I captured of this handsome little man. Isn’t he adorable?

the one

Jen — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:54:31 +0000

Sometimes you instantly know The One. You know the beauty of love at first sight, right? This is The One picture from her portrait session that screamed for me to show. This photo utterly, totally swept me off my feet the moment it popped off the memory card; I knew. (You might recognize it from the slideshow above; I couldn’t wait! I had to add it the minute I knew I was redesigning this blog!)

2009 revisited

Jen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:31:21 +0000

It was brought to my attention that all (okay, not all but most) of my sessions before the start of this year have gone missing. Yes, ’tis true. I switched hosting companies when I got serious about running this business my way (and not on borrowed bandwidth from family) and I didn’t realize I would need to *wait* to fill in the new DNS addresses with the domain registrar until *after* I’d backed up the blog posts. I logged in to Cpanel to download everything (probably while whistling a catchy tune) only to find out that I’d already deleted the information in Cpanel somehow. Yes, even though it takes awhile to propagate usually, it doesn’t always. In my case, it was immediate. Poof. Gone. DELETED.

Wait. Did I just reveal a little nerdiness? Yeah. I guess I did. Forgive me?

Maybe if I go back through the sessions and post them, y’all will forget I said things like… DNS addresses and propagate… For full disclosure, I’ll file all these fall ’09 sessions in the category “revisited” just so there’s no confusion that, well, they’re o-l-d. They’ve all been re-edited as my editing style has changed (for the better!) and some may feature images that I once passed over, but they were all photographed in 2009.

I hope that they inspire you to start thinking about YOUR fall 2010 photos, and you know, call me to take them. No, really. I mean it! I’d rather you call me now (512-553-5653) while my schedule is still wide open than to wait until the second week in November when I won’t be able to help you until, gasp!, next year.

Here we are, the first session. The V Family. Enjoy!

to tide you over

Jen — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:41:39 +0000

I am saving up some bluebonnet portrait posts for when the summer hits (if it hasn’t already, that is) and I have been busy, honestly, but I can’t show you until November. Something about, well, that the magazine actually needs to be published before I can show you, you know, the magazine. Press is silly like that.

So for the time being, enjoy some quick pictures I caught of my two oldest boys this afternoon with a new lens. I think I can say that I’m pleased with it. I had a big debate on whether to get an off-brand zoom or a canon brand prime. I’m glad I took my brother’s advice and stuck with the primes and the name brands.

Yes, I know the baby is missing but he was sleeping, so I’ll just have to try to get him later. Never wake a sleeping baby, afterall. I love those boys more than I even have words to describe. Enjoy!

Tiptoe through the . . . bluebonnets

Jen — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:16:48 +0000

Jessica is the sweetest person. I’ve had the honor of watching her grow as person on so many levels… from her profession to wife to mother and I have to say that she is fabulous on all levels. Not only does she have the cutest 2 year old ever, but she has a great sense of self and always has a smile to share with others. This sweet family has a wedding to go to on the actual day of my mini sessions, so we went ahead and had them early. I hope you enjoy the quick peek at what we captured that morning in the field of beautiful bluebonnets.

knights and fairies, but mostly fairies

Jen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:16:49 +0000

I had a delightful afternoon! It was full of this:

and a little bit of this!

I cannot wait to post a full run-down (with my favorite pictures!) and my take on the event, but it will have to wait until the purpose for this lovely afternoon to reveal itself elsewhere first. So for now, wipe that drool off your screen. I know those cupcakes look good!

for Jenny

Jen — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:37:45 +0000

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

Jen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:51:24 +0000

A sneaky peek for my good friend Lisa from this morning. I can’t wait to get these to you tomorrow. Thank you for letting me share your morning and come over to your beautiful home and spend time with your three beautiful children.

You can tell Connor that I counted over 100 smiles. He definitely had the most.

and I saved my favorite for last. If this was my oldest son, it would totally be going in the Christmas cards.

for Tanya

Jen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:33:56 +0000

for Erin

Jen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:29:10 +0000