JoNa Photography

Pwiblige?

jonaphotography — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:16:00 +0000

That is how my son says “privilege”. He earns them and loses them on a minute to minute basis and I chuckle every time he says it.

Yesterday he earned a pwiblige by being a good boy and not crying during his haircut. I guess it was more of a bribe, but it got us through the haircut…and that was all the mattered to me at the time.

This was the prize for being a good boy….his name is Monty (and his brother Max), but I wish you could hear my son say it….Moooounty.

Spoiler

jonaphotography — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:22:00 +0000

These are a few snapshots from back in January. The ones of my son make me laugh seeing how long his hair was. He just got it cut today…never a simple task, but 2 adults, one stylist and one redheaded child later, we made it out of Fantastic Sams alive.

Oh…and the spoiler is for those of you who thought my super hot husband was only in his early twenties!

That is a present for my husband, not my son, in case you were wondering.

Oh Baby!

jonaphotography — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:14:00 +0000

I sure do have a lot of friends and family members who are pregnant!

Today I had the pleasure of hanging out with my fabulous photographer friend Nicole to do a maternity session here in Lansing. I have to admit I was nervous photographing a photographer, but she is so much fun and has the BEST attitude and laugh, so she made it extra fun. You should have seen all the on-lookers. It was like they had never seen a pregnant woman before.

This one is for Nicole’s 2 year-old son who apparently LOVES the billboard in the background.

Thanks Nicole! I can’t wait to meet little Hudson!

A few more

jonaphotography — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:42:00 +0000

What are the odds?

jonaphotography — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:32:00 +0000

Two sisters, both pregnant and due on the same date? I feel bad for the grandparents

Fortunately, both of the lovely pregnant women are family, so I get to meet both of the cute bundles of joy in the very near future.

We celebrated today with a fantastic shower in Rochester. I was a little off my game photographically speaking, but I do love the two shots (same pose) of each of them below.

LOVED the cake!

Cousin, meet your cousin!

Light

jonaphotography — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:32:00 +0000

Artificial and natural (since we finally had a little sun here in Michigan) to highlight my favorite little subject.

Texture or no texture? It feels a little heavy to me.

Who knew a worm could be so interesting.

Texture or no texture?
The look I got when I wanted to go home. It is still cold after all!

Indoor flare….gotta love it!

This is way too blown out, but this was the first time he figured out the flash was coming from somewhere other than my camera.

I don’t know why, but this one makes me laugh!

New Toy….I mean, tool!

jonaphotography — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:21:00 +0000

I have wanted to try using more off camera flash for a while now. I am able to use the master/slave function on my Canon Speedlight flashes, but they are limited as the two flashes need to be able to “see” each other and that doesn’t always work for the types of shots I am going for.

I have had pocket wizards sitting in my B&H shopping cart for almost a year now, but manually setting flashes is not something I am proficient at. Everyone tells me it is not that hard, but I just have been hesitant. Then I heard about Radio Poppers, which would allow me to use ETTL functions on my gear but the units don’t require “line of sight” to communicate with each other. They were originally supposed to be out in February, so I decided to hold off on the Pocket Wizards, but like most new products, production was delayed and I was getting antsy. They still have a few more weeks to go, but I was able to place a pre-order and I am soooo excited to play with them.

Splish Splash

jonaphotography — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:38:00 +0000

This is why I love photography!

When he’s 16 and tells me “I hate you mom!” I’ll know he still loves me, but I’ll want a different memory of him to fill my heart at that moment. Moments like the ones below that have made me smile all night just looking at them.

Tonight on the couch before bed

Me: Do you know I really love you?
Him: (nods yes while staring at the TV, avoiding eye contact with me)

a minute or two later

Him: (turning his head to look at me) I reeeally love you too mommy.
Me: (smiling from ear to ear while my heart melts)
Him: (turning his head back toward the TV and then to me again) But I love daddy MOST!
Me: Me too, buddy, me too.

WOWZA!

jonaphotography — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:39:00 +0000

Check out this photographer’s work! Rarindra Prakarsa

And then come help me lift my jaw off the floor!

Part 5: M-I-C…..K-E-Y….

jonaphotography — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:19:00 +0000

You know the rest. These are WAY out of order, but I can’t stay awake long enough to rearrange them tonight.