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Welcome ...

to my brand spanking new blogsite ... blog and website all rolled into one. I'm being a little crazy here straying from the traditional website AND blog, but I found that I was directing people to the blog way more often than the gallery site. Plus, I never, and I mean NEVER, updated the main site. This way, everything's always updated and you only have to go to one place. No more switching back and forth. That's just for you (ok ... and a little for me). You'll also notice new colors, a new logo and nice BIG images. Oh, and by the way, the old blog has been imported into this one, so if you're looking for something older, you'll find it here. So, please bear with me over the next couple of weeks as I'm sure I'll have some tweaking to do and things to add.  

A little about me: I am completely in love with my sweet husband, Jeff, our dogs, Jack and Morgan, and our life.  My other loves: family, spending time with great friends, warm socks, hot baths, traveling, camping, campfires, the great outdoors, autumn, being out on the lake, fishing (when we're catching something), laughing and then laughing some more, wine and my own caesar salads. I am genuine. I am sentimental, often to the point of total sappiness. I am passionate about photography and have been for nearly 25 years. 

I don't consider myself a writer ... that would be Jeff. He's the "word guy" in the family.  I'm a photographer!  I'm completely jealous of the people who can do BOTH well. This fact is partly to blame for me not being a particularly good blogger. Oh, I can usually get to a place where I'm happy with what I've written, but it often takes me a good while to get there.  Lately, however, I'm realizing that its more important for me to write SOMETHING. What's the point of having a blog if I'm not using it for MY voice?  So, this is my vow to blog more often, even if the writing isn't perfectly penned. 



 


The Webb Family …

I met up with the Webb family at Nashville’s old Marathon Motor Works building … an early automobile manufacturer at the turn of the Twentieth Century.  The building, which now houses offices and studios, was originally built as a cotton mill in the late 1800s.  Such a cool old place!  Anyway, I borrowed a friend’s studio who has space there and had access to some other parts of the building.  I was in love with all the brick and huge windows.  It was fabulous … a little cold even inside … but fabulous. 

So, the Webb family … well, they were fabulous themselves!  What a seriously fun family!  We had such a fun afternoon.  Most of the clan was visiting from Texas.  Anyway … here’s the fam (a pretty darn good looking bunch):

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January 27, 2010 - 12:46 pm cindy Threadgill - Beautiful pictures of the Webb Family. I love them all!

January 27, 2010 - 9:44 pm Jenna Weikel - Absolutely great pictures of the Webb's! Terrific Job!

January 30, 2010 - 6:50 pm Renee - BEAUTIFUL Job!! Your work amazes me every time!

And the winner is …

CAT LORENZO !!!!!!

Cat’s name was drawn out of the blue bucket last night and is the winner of the free portrait session! 

Last night Nashville Paw Magazine held an awesome party … the 3rd Annual Art for Animals, an art gallery show and auction, while the HA Gallery played host to the event.  Proceeds from the auction go to support Fix For Life, a low cost spay and neuter clinic.  Jen Wood Photography was proud to be the main sponsor of the event and we had a drawing for a free portrait session. 

Congratulations, Cat!

November 20, 2009 - 5:30 pm Cat Lorenzo - WOOHOO!!! WOW - WOW - WOW! how cool is that - THANKS SO MUCH JEN! I will be in touch - WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!

Kayli …

Wasn’t it just yesterday this beautiful girl was 5?  This is my niece, Kayli, who is in her senior year in high school. CRAZY!  She lives in Florida with her family so we don’t get to see them all that often … once, maybe twice a year if we’re lucky. They seem to grow up more quickly that way … every time we see them, they’re obviously older. Anyway, they came to visit before school started up (yes, I’m a little late getting these online) and we shot her senior pictures. The session started well …

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But then out came the hat! It was a completely different session from here on out. Girl can rock a cowboy hat!

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Kayli – I’m glad we didn’t forget that hat ;)

October 27, 2009 - 1:29 pm Renee - WOW...I LOVE YOUR WORK! You really captured the beauty of an obviously already GORGEOUS subject!!! Can't wait to see what you do next...MORE PLEASE :-}~

October 27, 2009 - 1:42 pm Suzanne - What a beautiful young lady! I love the idea of fun, non-traditional photos for Senior portraits! Definitely lets the individual's personality shine through. I am sure all of her classmates were green with envy when they saw these adorable pics!

October 27, 2009 - 1:47 pm Merida - As usual, these are incredible pieces! The way you are able to capture all the different textures and light is always such a treat to see! I just love how such a feeling of FUN exudes from your varying subjects, and Miss Kayli is no exception- GREAT work!! :D

October 27, 2009 - 3:06 pm mike - she is absolutely beautiful. great shots of her, you really captured her real beauty in these pictures. i love how i get lost in her eyes..

October 27, 2009 - 4:14 pm Amy - Jen, Thank you sooo much for these special shots of Kayli, you know how to leave a mom speechless, it means so much to us that you did her senior pics. Forever Grateful!

October 28, 2009 - 7:47 am Kayli - I LOVEEEEEE THESEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can't stop looking at them... THANK YOU so much Jen ! Thank God for that hat haha!

November 2, 2009 - 9:28 am Jenny Best - Love these! Beautiful work and beautiful girl, I remember her from the wedding reception-can't believe she's a senior!

December 4, 2009 - 7:20 pm Jan - Thanks for showing me how really lovely my "Great" Granddaughter is! Since we live in WA state we only get to see her in photos!

Agape’s Ice Cream Social – Take 2

We had MUCH better weather the second time around for Agape Animal Rescue’s 4th Annual Ice Cream Social.  The first attempt back in May was pretty much a wash … literally (see here and here), with the heavy rains keeping most people away.  Not this time! Weather was perfect, ice cream was oh-so-yummy and dogs were ready for some good play time and oh-so-yummy treats of their own.

For those of you who were there, the full galleries for both events are now online. You should have received a card with instructions on how to access the gallery along with the password information.  If you no longer have that information, feel free to email me or Tanya at Agape and we’d be happy to get that information to you. Prints may be purchased through the gallery and all proceeds benefit Agape Animal Rescue.

Here are a couple images from the last event:

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Sweet Boy, Murphy …

This little guy … I swear, if there would have been a time when his parents weren’t looking, I would have run off with him!  He’s so sweet and so cute and so well behaved!  Murphy is Candi and Warren’s sweet new german shepherd baby.   My assistant, Jackie, and I could have spent all day with these guys (and we almost did).  I love making new friends and funny friends are even better :) .  Oh my gosh … we talked and laughed and talked and laughed and then talked and laughed some more.   Murphy is one lucky pup!  Meet the fam:

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I absolutely enjoyed hanging out with you guys and can’t wait to do it again!

Jen