Moving to Alaska!

April 12th, 2010

Sorry I have been behind on my blogging lately.  If you are interested in seeing my new work, please visit my Facebook Fan Page.  I’ve been super busy with a couple of newborn photo shoots, an upcoming traveling exhibit for the Tubman Museum and preparing to move to Alaska.

If you are in the Dayton area and were hoping to book a session with me, I’m no longer taking appointments before we move.  If you live in the Anchorage, Alaska area and are looking for a family photographer or a graphic designer, we’ll be arriving at the end of May and I’ll start taking jobs in June.

I hope to have a chance to work on updating my portfolio and my blog soon, but in the meantime, be sure to check the Facebook feed to see new work.  Thanks!

The Gruber Family

February 26th, 2010

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Recently, I took photos for my friend Jana.  She wanted a new family photo and some individual shots of her children.  We started with her almost 4 year old son, who was very shy and not very happy being in the spotlight.  He was dressed in his Batman costume in hopes of getting a superhero shot for his new superhero themed bedroom.  Luckily, I ended up with one good shot (before Batman began dismantling his outfit) and made a background scene for “batman” to be a part of.  Jana tells me I need to make a “superhero” package to offer.  I’ll get to work on that. :)

Her little girl was very happy to model for the camera and we took some photos of her playing the piano.  Thanks for a fun day!

The Unveiling of Panel Number 9

February 22nd, 2010

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I’ve done many invitations for the Tubman African American Museum.  Most of them are for gallery openings and have artwork supplied by the artist for use on the invitation.  I was happy to be challenged by the Tubman to come up with an invitation idea that couldn’t use the artwork featured in the gallery opening.  They wanted to keep the new panel of the mural “From Africa to America” under wraps until the big night of the unveiling.  The first thing that came to my mind was a piece of art covered by a sheet that gets pulled off for the unveiling.  Luckily, I had a huge canvas left over from my college days that I’ve been meaning to paint over for awhile (a nice painting for my son’s room).  I threw a white sheet over it and photographed it.  Then, I used photos of the other panels of the mural as a background and designed the invitation.  The finished product is what you see above.  I hope they had an excellent turnout to their event.

McKeever Fine Art Website

February 3rd, 2010

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When Elizabeth McKeever contacted me about designing her website, she wanted a clean and simple showcase for her artwork.  I took elements from the logo I designed for her and tried to stay as true to her art and her vision as possible.  I really wanted her art to be the focus of the site.  She is very happy with the results and I’m looking forward to future projects with her.

Check out the whole site at http://www.mckeeverfineart.com.

Shelly’s Maternity Photos

January 31st, 2010

Yesterday, I had my first maternity photo session with Shelly, Brandon, and Roxy (the dog) starring the little one on the way.  I enjoyed working with Shelly and we all had a good time laughing at Roxy (who really wanted to be my assistant).  Thanks to Shelly and Brandon for being such good models!  Looking forward to meeting little Taylor when she makes her grand debut.

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Brooke, Chelsea and Travis

December 9th, 2009

A couple of weekends ago, I took Brooke and her sister and brother to Carriage Hill Metropark to take photos for them to give to their parents for Christmas.  Despite the chill in the air, we had a lot of fun taking these photos.  Here are some of my favorites:

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Terra and Lariah

November 30th, 2009

I had a lot of fun on Saturday taking Christmas photos for Terra and her beautiful little girl Lariah.  We listened to Jackson 5’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” over and over again (Lariah said “again!”) while Lariah danced for us, we played peek-a-boo, and shared lots of laughs.

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Saint Hellion

November 7th, 2009

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Last week a friend of mine whose husband is in the local Dayton band Saint Hellion emailed me and asked if I could do a quick poster design for the band’s Halloween gig at W.O. Wright’s. I gladly accepted the job and had a lot of fun creating a spooky Halloween poster for the band. Happily, the band loved the poster and I got a big “That is awesome! Jen Rocks!”