Look at this cutie...

Tonight I had my first session in the new studio!!
Can I just tell you all how much I LOVE it?!?!?!?!
Here are a few pics of Mollee:

"She said what??"

JK Photography is proud to announce....

That I FINALLY have a studio!!!
Yes its true, Amy Carroll and I have officially opened our studio together!
Our new location is at 820 Monroe Ave downtown Grand Rapids!
The studio name will be Mirror Mirror Studios, but we will both be operating under our own business names.
This is a very exciting opportunity for both of us and is going to bring great new things for both of us!

So what does this mean to you, my clients and potential clients?
Well, I will have a space to display my work, sell my fine art and have a professional studio for you to come to and have your pictures taken by me in one place. Of course we can still go outside and do pictures too :)
Mirror Mirror Studios will have a website soon and we will also be having a grand opening as soon as we get settled in, so you all can come and see our FABULOUS new location!

Here is even better news:
For the months of December and January I have decided to run a spectacular studio special!
For $50 you can come to my studio, have your family pictures, kids pictures, pet pictures (basically what ever you want) taken, professionally edited and proofed, placed online and you get 1 8x10 and 2 5x7's with the package!!!
Call or email to get in on this great deal because I have a feeling the time slots are going to book up fast :)

Here is a picture that Amy took of me of me opening the champagne to celebrate (I hope to have more pictures of our space soon, for some reason I did not bring my camera. Can you believe that??):

Helping the animals this winter

The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (How about 20 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box "fund food for animals" for free.

This doesn't cost you a thing and you can click as many times as you like. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site The Animal Rescue Site!

I have this link saved in my favorites and I click on it 5 or 6 times per day

Pass it along to people you know.

Here are a few pictures of my fur babies, they OBVIOUSLY do not need any food donated to them :)
(Note: Hanna the black and white one, is my camera hog! Thats why there are so many pictures of her)

Holiday Fun at Aquinas College

Yesterday I had a photo shoot at Aquinas College here in Grand Rapids.
The Campus Life team set up Moose Lodge Cafe with holiday decor and had students come in to have their pictures taken!
I had a blast taking their pictures, these students were just awesome to work with.
Their personalities and spirit really show through, especially when you give them a few props to play with :)
Here are just a few of the pictures I took during the day:



What a cutie she is!!!

Great sax player!


What a cute puppy, can you believe his name is "Big"?
Love it!!


Many thanks to Joey and Dave for making yesterday such a great event!

Movin' on up....

The time has come for JK Photography to move up in the world of photography :)
My friend and now business partner Amy Carroll and I have decided to open a brand new studio together!
We are still working out all the details, but the studio will be open soon and I will keep you all posted when we finalize everything!
This is a very exciting time in my life for me. After years of hauling around my portable studio, I will finally be able to have a place where you can come to visit me!
I just love the color on the walls and the exposed beams!
Here are some photos that Amy took last night!

Holidays are the time to give calendars..

And I am now offering them!!
Make 2008 memorable with a personalized calendar for your family and friends. You can also add a photo and text to mark a birthday, anniversary or special event.
These are great holiday gifts and they come ready to hang!
The calendars are 8.5"x11 when closed and 11x17 when open. You can order them in matte or glossy!
Order your calendar before the 30th of November and $5.00 of your purchase will go to the Humane Society of Kent County.
Calendars are $35.00 and can be ordered anytime through me!

Kathryn and Will-Perfect love

Today I had the pleasure of photographing Kathryn and Will's engagement pictures!
Despite the cold weather and rain/snow mix, we braved mother nature and headed out for a fabulous session!
I was really excited about this session today, not only because it had been a while since I got to do engagement pictures, but because Kathryn and Will are such an amazing couple! They have a great personality and such a natural presense with each other, it was really easy for me to see why they are getting married.
We had a great time talking and taking pictures, we even got out of the cold weather for a cup of joe!
Here is a preview of our session today. I can't wait to photograph their wedding, they are an AWESOME couple!
Congratulations Kathryn and Will, enjoy the preview!

DC with AC

What a great week this was!
Amy and I went to the lighting seminar on Tuesday (I will post more pictures tomorrow of that) and then yesterday morning we got up bright and early to make the drive down to DC.
Let me just tell you, if you have not been there yet, GO! We had such a blast walking around for a few hours taking pictures and cracking each other up! We both left feeling very patriotic!
Here are a few of the pictures I took of Amy and some other land mark sights!
We were quite the tourists!



Watergate


DC's finest


Of course we had to stop by and say hello to George

Click click

Bye bye birdie

Love this shirt!!



A barn in Maryland... apparently it is not legal to stop on the side of a freeway to take pictures, who woulda thought?
Read more about our trip and see more pictures on Amy's Blog