Simply Simon…

I have been hiding out lately, taking the time to spend with my family, and my newest addition, Simon.  Wanted to post a pic of this precious little creature today, before i get too busy in the coming weeks to do so.  Here is our newest love, and what a crazy month it has been!

So help me in welcoming little Simon Cooper Westmoreland.

Jennifer

Tiana

Can you believe that Tiana is only 16 years old?  She had such pose and took such great direction for her first modeling session, I have absolutely no doubt that she will do well!

We had such a great time, and even spent some time swimming after the pool session.  I love my job!

-Jennifer

All in the Family…

Family Portrait for our cousin’s, Nate and Monica Jones and their three boys.  A long, hot, sultry evening on the farm, and some wonderful images.  Love creating magic for our family.

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My boy…

As he gets older, he gets harder to capture, and I’m sure it will only get worse.  So for every 100 images I snap of this enigma that my son is becoming I get about 10 images that I love, that show me his soul.  I’m sure, being a man, he’ll never EVER wear his heart on his sleeve again, but for now, I get to capture that 10% of the time.  For now.

 

 

 

-Jennifer

Granny’s Towels…

After a shoot for Our State Magazine last week, I was left with several of Granny’s vintage towels and aprons, all of which needed to be washed.  I couldn’t resist a shoot, with some of my fresh mint and hydrangeas from the garden.  Makes me glad I’m able to preserve this part of her.

enjoy!

-jennifer

Daily Greens…

Shooting Vegetables this week, to send to my Highschool Friend to use on her website.  I LOVE the clean, green look of this asparagus, and actually am going to grill it tomorrow!

 

enjoy!

-jennifer

Just a little push…

I’ve been working so much lately, haven’t really had much desire to shoot anything extra, let alone anything pretty.   Well, this week, while on location with Our State Magazine, I decided to push just a bit further than the required shoot content, and catch some of my wonderful Hydrangea blooms I had brought from my yard as props.


I think that little extra moment of shooting turned out to be cathartic for me, because now I’m back in the groove, and ready to shoot some more personal work.  We’ll see…  the 6th month of pregnancy is starting to drain on me a bit, but there’s still a bit of energy left.

Hope you enjoy my beautiful blooms.  I’m so proud i can get these to grow!  lol

-jennifer

Rodanthe, NC

A little break, less than a week.  Spent a lot of time with my son, and had some wonderful relaxing moments, along with some super stressful ones.  I guess vacation is like that.

Hope your Easter break was wonderful.

-Jennifer

Sprung…

Have been in hibernation myself lately, and finally starting to stretch myself into existence.  Thank goodness the flowers are cheering me on.

-Jennifer

New, New, New…

So I have to start off this post with a preface…  This year, for Christmas, Quinn got the flu…  the coughing, sneezing, fever of 102 kind of flu.  So rather than get everyone sick, or having Quinn miss Christmas with his grandparents, they postponed our Christmas lunch, and instead we waited a week and it just so happened to fall on New Years Day.

So rather than our annual New Years Hike, we were playing at Mimi’s house with our cousins, pretending it was Christmas.

I missed the hike a little, but it was SOOOOO dreary and gray, and thick with fog.  Don’t get me wrong, I love walking in fog.  It reminds me of the Central Valley in California, where I grew up visiting my Grandmother.  Acres and Acres of thick, grey/white fog would settle on the cotton fields and almond orchards, muffling sound and limiting vision.  All at once, fog is a dangerous and beautiful part of nature to me.  My aunt was hurt very badly in a school bus accident back in the ’70s, because of fog and a big 18 wheeler.  I understand the danger of fog, and have spent nights driving home from work with my head stuck out the window of my car, travelling no more than 15 miles an hour, hoping nobody would come up behind me.

Thick, Pea Soup, Delay school kind of fog.

So my walk this year was cut short, but it was peppered with wonderful, just thick enough fog.

The really humid kind that leaves drops of moisture on everything, that hangs in the sky like a heavy sock full of water, until it just can’t hold any more and drips off of branches and fence posts.

So, though this Year’s Hike was cut short, I enjoyed what I had, and this year, that’s what I plan to do.  Enjoy what I have.  Quit wishing for more.  Love the now.

Hope your New Years is full of resolutions that aren’t too lofty to follow through on.  I’m going to make this a great year.

Jennifer