Children - Camille {North Texas Children's Photographer}

My first Summer Mini session was with adorable little Camille who was soon to be celebrating her 3rd birthday! She was absolutely beautiful and had the most expressive eyes! We had such a fun session - especially when the lolli pop came out!



Birthday Card Designs

{Flat 5x7 Version}


{Die Cut 5x7 Version}

Custom cards, invitations, storyboards - anything - are always available from Captured by Jess!

Summer Cleaning - My Computer! ;)

It's too hot to do housework, so I have been working on cleaning up my digital files the past couple of days. I've got tons of stuff in a mass array on my computer that needs cleaning up so I can get down to business! However, I had to stop and make a quick little collage when I saw this frame! Isn't this tooooo freakin' cute?!?

THIS is why I am organizing my files! ;)
Later gaters!

Mental Blockage - Gainesville, Texas Children's Photographer

So just as I am finishing up the edits from a session I had with a awesome threesome of sisters and their cool Mom - I came to a mental block creativity wise. I usually have ideas soaring when I am making collages but after making a handful I totally had a mental block with their photos. I've since had a huge group session with a wonderful family and I am editing their photos waiting for inspiration to hit again but I thought I'd blog a few of the photos from the Orsburn Girls shoot meanwhile. ;)





As always, the full galleries can be seen on Facebook and MySpace.

This weekend I've got an engagement session and another newborn booked for the beginning of September and a two year old birthday session mid September. I am lucky to have such great clients and meeting new ones constantly! Until next time, with more - Captured by Jess....

:: Attention 2011 Seniors! FREE Portraits!! :: - North Texas Senior Photographer

If you want...
A FREE Senior Photo session!
AWESOME pictures for Facebook and/or MySpace?
FREE prints, photo books, announcements, and more!

Duh! Sure you do! Find out how:



If you are a camera-loving, super friendly High School Senior then I am wanting YOU! ;) LOL I need your help promoting my new photography business within the High School scene. I'll take your Senior photos for FREE, you'll get a photo disc with your 5 favorite poses along with a pack of senior rep cards with YOUR photo to pass out -- and all you have to do is send your Senior friends my way! When your friends or their families come back to me and book their session, you earn photo credits towards can be used towards prints, photo books, custom designed graduation announcements and more!

The Breakdown:: You ARE going to have to do some work to earn your free portraits. But all that consists of is online sharing of your portraits, passing out your Senior Rep cards and telling all your family and friends about your experience with Captured by Jess.

If you think you'd like to enter my program drop me a line at capturedbyjess@ymail.com, I'll send you further details about the program and we'll talk about getting you qualified!

I can't wait to meet and photograph all you great local area seniors!


NOTE: I am currently looking for senior reps in the following cities:
Gainesville :: Whitesboro :: Callisburg :: Lindsay :: Era :: Forrestburg
Muenster :: Valley View :: Sanger :: Rockwall :: Marietta, OK
[If I haven't listed your location, drop me a note and I will see what I can do!]


[Please be advised that there are a limited number of spots available for each High School. Also be advised that requirements, pricing, freebies, photo credits, etc. are subject to change at will, without notice.]

Oh Baby, Baby! - Gainesville Newborn Photographer

A week ago today, I had the awesome privilege of shooting my first (official) newborn session! For years I've been the baby paparazzi of my family and friends-- I took 100s of rolls of film during my niece's first year of life. But as an official photography business owner, I hadn't gotten the call for a newborn shoot until last Sunday. Little Miss Aubree was exactly 2 weeks old and was spectacular throughout the whole 3 1/2 hour shoot! Sure there were meal breaks and potty accidents -but that's less than what I expected for the day! ;) I've almost got all of the images done for her parents to view and of course I've gotta get my creativity on and do some collages but I had to go ahead and show off her beautiful little face here in the mean time!



I can't wait to do more newborn sessions, which should be coming up soon with my Mom's photo prop shoot. She's had some medical set-backs and it's going to be a bit longer than initially expected due to surgery. If you are one of the Mommies who will be bringing your baby to the shoot, don't fret - we will be scheduling it ASAP. ;)

That's all for now! I've got some summer fun to do today and then back to the editing grind tonight! Until next time, with more - Captured by Jess...

i♥faces photo challenge entry - North Texas Children's Photographer

Over at i♥faces, they run weekly photo challenges and this week the challenge is "Dramatic B&W". I've never entered a photo challenge before but when I saw this theme, I automatically thought of this photo and said to myself, "Well - you can't get any more dramatic than THAT!" What do you think? Do I have a chance?



This is one of my best friend's daughter, Avery. I did a session with her a couple weeks ago for her 9th birthday. We were doing some shots on a bridge and I noticed this tree around the corner that was screaming at me to photograph. She did an amazing job posing for me and I love how the shots turned out. For this photo I added a textured overlay and then applied a textured border. All the images from this session can be seen in galleries on my flickr, Facebook or MySpace pages if you want to check them out. (Links to the right >>)

There are tons more entries to the "Dramatic B&W" challenge at i♥faces, click their button below to see the other amazing shots!

Back When the West was Wild! - North Texas Children's Photographer, N

About a month ago at my niece's school, they did a '100 Days of School' celebration and told the kids to dress like someone from 100 years ago. Some parents interpreted that to be flappers or gangsters and some even thought it meant to dress like a 100 year old! My Mom however decided that we lived in Texas and she should dress like a little girl from Texas 100 years ago. So she made her this beautiful little prairie dress complete with a bonnet. As soon as I saw it, I KNEW I had to do a session with my niece in that outfit - which I got to do today! I've only had the chance to work on this one photo (because I need to get all my Easter portrait orders fulfilled) but here is a sneak peek at Lexi's Pioneer Girl photo shoot!



See you soon with more photos, Captured by Jess...

Another Busy Saturday - North Texas Children's Photographer

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I am up late getting everything ready for tomorrow's Mini Easter Sessions. It was originally supposed to be an easy peasy pick-up day but since last weekend got rained and SNOWED out - I decided to take more photos this weekend for those who missed out on the first two weekends. So I've got to run down my check list to make sure I have all the orders and all the equipment because I am notoriously forgetful! =)

I've also got a full session scheduled with a family of 6! This ought to be very exciting and eventful since they have four little ones! =)

See you soon with more photos, Captured by Jess...

I love my job! - Gainesville, Texas Children's Photographer

I posted a couple of preview shots from the session I did with Avery a few days ago and now I'm finally finished editing the entire session and I couldn't be happy with the results! I took the time to add some textured enhancements to a few of them and wanted to show them off! Here's a few of my favorites, as always you can find the entire galleries at Facebook and MySpace!