by Jaron | Apr 10, 2012 | Life
Easter is such an amazing holiday. It seems unacceptable to just refer to it as a holiday, to lump it in with presidents day or any of the other countless holidays that we see come and go with barely an acknowledgment. Hope this Easter held something special for each of you. Something filled with love. Something filled with hope. Something filled with joy. Most of all, I hope your easter held high the one that holds those as just a few of his names. Jesus. The name above all names. The King of Kings. To those that fear death, know that he conquered it. To those that have never known true life, he offers it freely. Seek him out. Place yourself in submission to him, and he will open the heavens to you. He will open himself to you. Seek out his will, on earth as it is in heaven.
by Jaron | Mar 26, 2012 | Family, Newborn
I’ve managed to make it this long without doing a maternity shoot, but that time must end. Scott and Jenna are so relaxed and fun, I couldn’t resist getting to hang out with them for a while before I do their newborn shoot in probably about a week, considering she is due pretty much anytime now. I half expected her to have to go straight to the hospital from the shoot. It would have been super convenient though, seeing how we were right behind the hospital at the arboretum! Boy was the arboretum perfect though! I need to get several more of you all out there soon to do some pictures before all these AMAZING flowers fall from the trees. Give Jenna some encouragement in the comment section below. She needs it for what she is about to do. Maybe leave some for Scott too 😉
by Jaron | Mar 7, 2012 | Editorial, Headshots, Life
Ok, so it’s winter, a notoriously more relaxed time of year for us photographers. However due to the unusual warmth, I’ve been able to fit in some very fun personal projects that help me practice new techniques and keep my sanity. The first of which was to do some head shots of my best friend Curt. He’s a happy fella, and a full time worship and discipleship minister. I figured he’d be a good place to start, considering I know he’d do anything I asked haha.
Then, as a bit of a change of pace, I thought I’d take some shots of my alter-ego. To help out some friends in their business, as well as to give myself an opportunity to let my crazy side out, I do some work in churches and schools as the mascot known as Jiggy for Remix Education (www.remixeducation.com). For these shots, one of the other guys hopped in the suit so I could remain behind the camera, then we got some great shots downtown.
On one of the many unusually warm winter days last week, me and a friend J decided to go around downtown and find some interesting willing participants to have their photo taken. As we roamed over near Victorian Square, I spotted this next fellow. I saw his incredible beard and knew I had to shoot him. Larry was his name. He was a great guy waiting for a store to open and had a great time getting his photo taken. He later said he was getting quite a chuckle out of telling his friends of his impromptu professional modeling encounter. I hope all of you are having a wonderful winter, and getting out to make your dreams come true, no matter how warm or cold the weather.
God Bless.
by Jaron | Jan 24, 2012 | Weddings
Considering I my schedule has been filled with mostly families and babies lately, I haven’t been able to showcase any weddings. So to ensure that you all don’t forget that I do in fact shoot weddings, I decided to post a wedding that I shot before my blog came into existence. I may even put up a blog with some of my favorite shots from the past several weddings in the near future. Adam and Kristen were so great though. I’ve never felt so appreciated while shooting before. Everyone was constantly thanking me for everything and made me feel so incredibly welcome. The more you can let your photographer know that you are grateful for what they are doing and that you totally trust them in what they do, the more free they are to truly do their best. That’s how I felt all day, from the very beginning at the salon where even the adorable flower girl was getting her hair done 🙂
Ok, so to illustrate how awesome this crew was, they actually ASKED me to get a photo of this haha 🙂
The guys went on a quick golf excursion the morning of the wedding so they had some clubs handy 🙂
by Jaron | Jan 20, 2012 | Family, Newborn
This, my friends, is one adorable little baby. Anna Grace and her head of hair is certainly a sight to see. It always blows my mind how crazy tiny babies are! The itty bitty little toes and insanely soft skin melts me every time. I always underestimate how easily they get confused with the wild world we live in. Have you ever thought about what it must have been like to have been so newly created and how literally EVERYTHING is foreign to you and frightening. To know nothing but the comfort of the ones you love and to have the utter inability to meet any want or need of your own. It’s funny that we think we ever really move past that.
Oh yeah, there were some other awesome kids there too 🙂
