Out of town!! We’ll be back Monday, June 2nd!

Yep – its time for our annual road-trip to Lake Havasu. The in-laws spend three months there each year and we make an annual journey the same time as my BIL, SIL and cousins – so it is LOADS of fun (for the kids at least!) I will be out of email contact until the evening of Monday, June 2nd but I will have limited cell service so if you need me leave a message and I’ll *try* to find a spot!

Here is just one of my little weirdos from last year’s adventure….

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gorgeous family I photographed on the beach in Malibu….

okay….this shoot was soooooo long ago…can’t believe i am just now posting it but i have the MOST STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL coffee table book sittting here waiting to be delivered to them this week so I thought I’d post a sneak peek.
I am DYING to post photos of the book….but I ‘ll be patient and let the parents see it first! (be on the lookout next week!)

The thing I remember most about this shoot was how FAST it was! From the first shot to the last shot was only 37 minutes – I can work quickly but that was super-duper-fast!! Luckily (for me!) they are all so exceptionally photogenic it was impossible to take a bad photo!

Is it weird to start off showing the same exact photo three times??? This is one of those times when I am making *creative* decisions and I talk to myself like this…

“Jen – this shot looks GORGEOUS in color…”

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but then I play around a little but and think “but you know – it looks amazing as a black and white also”…

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and then I can’t leave well enough alone and must continue to play with a vintage look and say “damn! it looks really great this way too!”

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Then I’m just stuck.

So I make a blog post – haha.

Okay – gorgeous parents make beautiful kids…

Who do y’all think he looks like? Just curious…

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Isn’t she lovely? Isn’t she beautiful?

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How cute are they???

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….and we all know how much i love shooting families with dogs!….

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filed under: Malibu family photographer, Malibu kids photographer, Malibu children’s photographer, Malibu beach photos, Malibu baby photographer, Malibu beach photos

more from the Kubota workshop…

just one more….i was just poking around on my external hard drive and found this….

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(edited to add – I have NO idea why this post keeps disappearing! Then I repost, then *poof* it is gone again. ‘Tis a mystery…..)

Handsome little man in Calabasas! 4 month old baby boy…

Look at this cutie! He is so adorable!
I think 4 month old babies are SO much fun to photograph. All cheeky smiles and squeezable little chunky thighs – I just love em! I think this first on eis my new current *favorite photo*… His impish grin just melts my heart – and his daddy looks so proud…

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Look what we have at Kevin Kubota’s Digital Workshop…

SNOW!!!!!
I was SO excited when I looked out the window this morning!
Just one photo for now, I’ll be back later after my brain has exploded from all the new info I’m learning…

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Okay, I’m back with a few more! It is SO beautiful here! If you are a photographer, you should RUN right now and sign up for this workshop! It is only day 2 and I’ve learned so much…


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Out of town (& out of touch!) until April 28th!

Yep. Early tomorrow morning I’ll be leaving my kiddos for SIX days. I’ve never left them that long before, and while I’m currently working myself into a sad mommy state, I’ve mostly been REALLY looking forward to a break!
Of course, this is not a *real* vacation – for all the photogs out there who want to turn green with envy (LOL!) I’ll be at Kevin Kubota’s Digital Bootcamp in Bend, Oregon!!!! Yay! Hopefully ths means that by the time I return I’ll be this amazing, lightning-fast, post-processing chick! (and for my clients – well – anything that makes me faster has GOT to be better, right???)

So – I’ll be staying at a dude ranch (how cool is that???) outside of Bend and I hear the internet access isn’t the best. If you absolutly must reach me please call becasue I don’t know how often I’ll get to my email.

And now, because no post is complete without photos, here is just one from last week….

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what a handsome little guy!

I promised this sweet baby’s mom that I’d have a sneak peek up tonight – I’m having the best time editing this session! This handsome little man just turned seven months old! He has the MOST beautiful eyes, I love how they just sparkle in the light!

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Vegas baby #1

I had such an amazing time in Las Vegas last month. I photographed three babies while I was there and it was especially fun since two of the babies I first **met** last fall when they were still in their mommy’s tummies! I was so excited to FINALLY meet these precious little munchkins!

Without further ado – meet baby #1! This little man just turned six months old! I think I’ve gotten more complimentary emails about Tina’s maternity session than any other session I’ve ever shot! (Yeah – like **I** had anything to do with it! It is impossible to take a bad photo of this girl!)

To refresh your memory… that was then….

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this is now…

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how cute???
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OMG! I love these sooooo much! Can you feel the love???
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I love this shot…
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sexy mama…
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Miss you guys already! Can’t wait to head back there soon!

Filed under: Las Vegas baby photography, Las Vegas children’s photographer, Summerlin baby photographer

Vegas baby, #2

Las Vegas, take 2! Another stunning maternity client that I got to see again last month. Some of you might remember a few of these photos! She looks even more gorgeous now with the *glow* of new mommyhood, her absolutely beautiful baby girl is now 4 months old….

that was then….

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this is now…

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awwww…sleepy baby…
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sweet dreams, little one…

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Could she be any cuter?????

Filed under: Las Vegas baby photography, Las Vegas children’s photography, Las Vegas maternity photography

Las Vegas session #3

The last, but not least, Vegas session! This was my first time to shoot this family, they were so happy and fun!Look at these smiles! This little beauty was such a performer – she wins the 2008 *happy girl* award!

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Filed under: Las Vegas baby photographer, Las Vegas children photographer, Las Vegas family photographer, Las Veags kid photographer

a few more Janie & Jack photos…

Here are some of the cuties not featured in the other *Janie & Jack* post, I was just waiting on permission from these moms to post their little darlings! These are sessions I shot last month at the Janie & Jack store on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. It is soooooo hard for me to walk out of that place without buying the bugbug a whole new wardrobe!

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NO Email at all!!

Well……after spotty, sporadic, inconsistent email issues for months, my email is now completely down, I’ve receieved NOTHING since yesterday morning. My project for today is FINDING A NEW HOSTING compnay so I can resolve this problem once and for all. Please bear with me over the next week as my site may be down as I transition servers.

Meanwhile, if you have emailed me (ever!) at my jenniferwilsonphotoDOTcom address and I have not replied, PLEASE email my alternate email address of jenwilsonphoto AT yahoo.com (spaces left so the spambots don’t pick up the email address) OR please feel free to call me at area code 661 number 803-6465.

Sorry for the communication breakdown. It is very frustrating :(

jen