WE'VE MOVED!

I completely forgot to write a blog post about this on here, but our blog has moved! I have been so focused on our NEW blog (which is pretty spectacular, if I don't say so myself ;) that I didn't think to update THIS one for all of our blog readers. Most of you follow us on Facebook anyway, so you already know because we posted our move on there. BUT... that's no excuse to those of you who ONLY read our blog and could care less about FB. If you fall into that category... many apologies :)

So here is our new blog site...

blog.andrewjadephoto.com

Please update us in your blogosphere and keep up with us as usual. We hope to be seeing you on our new site very soon! :)

~Andrew

As a teaser to coax you along, here's a pic from one of our latest posts on our new blog that I didn't post here. :)

Kyler + Janet: An Engagement Shoot

Happy Friday...

Lat week I had the pleasure of shooting Kyler and Janet's engagement shoot up in Fountain Hills. We met up by the fountain which was where we were supposed to start our photo shoot, but as the weather would have it, the lighting was all wrong. We decided to skip on over to highway 87, pull off on a dirt road, drive as far as we could and just start walking. We hopped a barbwire fence and found a good location... it was a fun shoot :) If it wasn't so far away from where we live, I would definitely be tempted to go back and keep shooting at the same location. It was THAT good of a spot!

Kyler and Janet have been together for a few years and finally decided it was time to take that next step. So on a trip to Napa Valley, Kyler proposed at a winery; they are getting married on December 29th, so put a sticky note on your computer to check back for their wedding photos early 2013 ;)

Here is their photo shoot...

On the day that Kyler and Janet got engaged, they kept their glasses from the winery and wrote notes to each other on them. They also kept a bottle from their engagement that they wanted to open up for their engagement shoot. Awesome :)

Thanks guys! Can't wait for your wedding in December!

Trey and Megan: A Belly shoot (sort of :)

My very good friends Trey and Megan are about to have a baby boy and we have been trying for months to get together to do a maternity session with them but our schedules have been crazy. Well we were finally able to put it together last week Sunday which was a HUGE blessing because if it didn't happen then, I don't know that it would've at all.

I shot this one solo (which is the norm these days for anything other than weddings as leaving our 2 adorable babies behind for small photo shoots is just TOO hard :) Trey and Megan have done a couple other photo sessions but this was my first one with them. They didn't come into it with a bunch of expectations which meant I got to paint on a blank canvas. This is always challenging yet VERY enjoyable because I have to be more creative but also that I can just do whatever I want ;) And being that they are good friends of mine, we all felt really comfortable and just had a good time. I also felt the freedom to try a bunch of ideas that I had no idea if they would work or not... I do this anyway, as I tell all of our clients during a photo shoot, but I felt like I could try some stuff that just sounded ridiculous, even in my OWN head :) And, surprise to me, some of it came out looking great! Trey and Meg are SO much fun and I had a blast shooting their session. They really wanted pictures to remember this season in their life. I LOVE this photo shoot because I think that we really captured their personalities in it; goofy, fun, not too overly lovey-dovey yet still affectionate, joking around, relaxed, etc. Here are some of my favorites, enjoy!

SO Trey and Meg :)

This was a pretty cool shot because I was about to pose them and the baby started kicking. So instead of just doing a pose, we captured a real moment. It is so common yet when you really think about it, it's amazing! A tiny, little precious baby inside of his mommy's tummy kicking and his parent's getting to feel him. They haven't seen him but there is only a thin layer of skin in between them. Crazy :)

Cool shoes, and also the shoes they were married in :)

Trey being Trey

And my favorite saved for the last shot.

Thanks again guys, you rock! Now get that baby out :)