Jean Smith Photography

new bloggity blog

2010-01-22T09:14:00.006-05:00

i have a new blog for the new year! the year isn't exactly new anymore, but i haven't even made my new years resolutions yet, so it still counts. just love me and get over there and bookmark my new blog already! this blog will no longer be updated.

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hello?

2010-01-21T02:30:00.002-05:00

hello...hello...anybody there? yeah, i kinda fell off the face of the earth for over a month. orrrrrrrr, i guess the better explanation would be that i had an amazing month of relaxtion and fun with family and friends over the holidays in utah.

well, i'm back at it and here's my first newborn of 2010...

merry merry

2009-12-21T10:37:00.002-05:00

for those of you who follow my blog, you'll remember that i flooded my blog with my sweet newborn for a few weeks. well...i have been getting asked a lot lately why he hasn't been on my blog and how is he doing.

no worries. all is perfect in the land of beckham and i am even more smitten than the day he arrived with his chubbilcious cheeks.

he (and i) wish you a VERY merry christmas. see you in 2010!

AND another

2009-12-17T13:10:00.002-05:00

another little adorable newborn and that wraps up my baby frenzy for 2009!

another

2009-12-15T07:21:00.003-05:00

...and here we have another sweet, adorable christmas baby...

i told you

2009-12-13T21:02:00.005-05:00

i told you a while back the wee ones were coming! here's the first of several christmas babies. what an ANGEL...

winding down

2009-12-10T16:31:00.005-05:00

christmas is a comin quick and i'm supposed to be winding down, but it seems things keep spiraling upwords instead. that may be partly due to the fact that our entire basement FLOODED this week...grrrr, ergh, sigh, and a big old UGH.

at least i have little faces like this to look at. it makes me smile...

photowalk

2009-12-05T00:14:00.005-05:00

as i started venturing into the world of photography, i had so many ideas of how i wanted to use my photography in ways other than my hobby/job. as life goes on, life gets more busy, and my ideas are there...but they stay tucked away because i am just "too busy."

well, enter travis, my husband. after talking and dreaming about it for so long, we decided to start our new photography company, boka studios. and with it, came all of HIS ideas of how we could use photography other than just our hobby/job.

the difference between us is that he doesn't keep his ideas tucked away...he never does. he takes his ideas and puts them into effect...as effortlessly and smoothly as anyone i have ever seen.

so, in the two months we have been working together, we have put into effect a set of mini sessions featuring friends and a contest, a photowalk with 30 other local photographers in detroit, and are hosting a charity event next saturday. and when i say "we," i mean HE puts everything together and i show up for all the fun. LOVE him.

our first photowalk took place last saturday at eastern market in detroit and we had such a great time meeting other local photographers and "photowalking." i loved it that there was such a variety of photographers...hobbyist through professional. i loved it that we were at eastern market so that we could experience so many textures, colors, people, and architecture. AND, i loved it that michigan held out for one more day of fantastic weather.

i was herding the kiddie models, so i didn't get to see or shoot as much of eastern market as i wanted, but here are a few shots of the models i captured. you can see more over on our boka blog.

another newbie

2009-12-03T01:47:00.002-05:00

another newbie, and more to come. ya'll thought it was christmas season. uh uh...it's BABY season. lots more babies coming soon...but they need to be born first...

eastern market

2009-12-02T06:56:00.002-05:00

what a lovely little day down at eastern market in detroit. we photographed here the weekend before thanksgiving and it was CRAZY busy with all sorts of fun vendors along the streets. what to do? yup, let's jump right in there and join the fun!

thankful

2009-11-27T00:05:00.003-05:00

i am so very thankful for so many things, but that is for another time. for now, i'm sure this mother is thankful that i am finally putting up a peek of her beautiful little one.

hope everyone had a fabulous thanksgiving day!

get your vote on

2009-11-20T10:47:00.004-05:00

we've got a contest up over on our boka studios blog and today is the last day for voting. if you have a wee second to spare, head on over and throw in your vote!

and now for a perfect little family of three in some perfect evening light...

outtakes

2009-11-16T12:07:00.004-05:00

first up are the "normal" pictures, then come the outtakes. every session has at least one and i love sitting down to edit and finding treasures like the last two pictures. i'm sorry to the families who i decide to throw some of their outtakes on the blog, but i just. can't. help. it. little kids are so dang funny! no, they may not be the pictures people hang on their walls, but it sure gives me a good giggle.

outtake #1
oh, how cute...big brother is pushing baby brother in the wagon. oh no, big brother just pushed baby brother down the hill (dont' worry, mom and dad were there to save baby's life).

outtake #2
this picture started out with baby brother next to big brother but somehow ended up with baby face down and big brother severely distracted by, um, digging for gold?

uber cute

2009-11-13T10:23:00.003-05:00

good times hanging out with these two cuties...

insert cool title here

2009-11-07T05:34:00.005-05:00

not many words, just lots and lots and lots of pictures of some fabulous people. here's what i have been up to in the last week...ish.

wee one #1

to my friends (and neighbors) in these next pics...please love me after posting these first two...i just LOVE that it screams this-is-our-crazy-but-so-much-fun-life-with-all-boys, because i can SOOOO relate! you guys are great sports...

wee one #2

triplets! my first set of triplets! so. much. fun.

wee one #3

more family fun...in the weeds. yes, i love me some tall weeds.

we hit the jackpot with colors for this maternity session. the leaves seriously fell off the next day.

john and lauren...married

2009-11-04T01:27:00.005-05:00

i've said it before, but i absolutely LOVE love. i adore photographing the love between two people and everything else that goes along with it on a wedding day.

john and lauren, you two are ridiculously in love and i ridiculously loved photographing your day.

my dear friend and fabulous photographer, joy, was my second shooter for john and lauren's wedding. love her work and her eye behind that camera. while i was shooting this...

joy was shooting this.

and while i was shooting this...

joy captured this. thanks joy!

mmmmmmmmmmm. love the first dance with new husband and wife...

rest easy

2009-10-30T23:16:00.003-04:00

all right mommy of this session...you can rest easy. as we battled through cold, wind, and rain, she was wondering if any of the pictures would even turn out. well, turns out that when i got them home and started looking, i was in love with their session...not just a few...but the whole dang thing!

yipee for cute families who just go with the flow and make the best of it!

booooooo for icky weather.

my little friends

2009-10-29T14:40:00.004-04:00

my little friends are i are close. so close in fact that they are my next door neighbors! we are just a happy little street overflowing with little boys. if you can't tell by their constant giggling faces, we had a good time in the midst of michigan's autumn beauty...

some lovelies

2009-10-27T12:29:00.004-04:00

i hung out with them last year, and last year again, and once again, we had a blast giggling, finding caterpillars, teasing dad, and giggling some more.

hannah

2009-10-23T15:30:00.003-04:00

mother nature and i haven't been getting along lately, but she obviously LOVES hannah because her session day was the nicest we've had in several weeks! well, the sunshine and warmth lasted, um, one day, because we are back to cold and rain. UGH. enjoy!

come with me...

2009-10-20T16:22:00.012-04:00

come along with me as i take you on a tour through the craziness that has been my life as of late. that said craziness leads to extremely late blog posts and extremely long blog posts. and extremely tired jean eyes. good thing i absolutely A.D.O.R.E these people that i get to work with...

first up is a super cute six monther...

next, we move to two of the cutest (and cutest dressed) girls ever...

third, this family knows me well as this is the third time i have photographed their amazing little selves...

fourth, this family was up for session #2 and we had so much fun...

and last, we come to paul and melissa's UH-MAZ-ING wedding day! this girl absolutely lights up a room just by walking into it and their day was filled with such sweet happiness!

jordon

2009-10-17T00:24:00.009-04:00

yeah, i know. he just exudes cool. but don't let these pictures fool you...he is quite the funny guy and was so fun to hang out with. now, as my eyes hang heavy, i leave you with jordon and his awesomeness...

baby belly

2009-10-15T00:01:00.002-04:00

love those bellies and i absolutely loved this momma and daddy to be and their baby bump. SO. MUCH. FUN.

good luck you two and i can't wait to meet your wee one!

tiny

2009-10-14T07:41:00.002-04:00

it's been quite a while since a tiny one has graced my blog. i love newborns and this beautiful little guy was an ANGEL. meet jonathan.

converse

2009-10-10T01:21:00.004-04:00

i forgot how much i love converse shoes until katie wore her cons to her session. i came home, pulled my baby blue cons out my closet, dusted them off, and took a little trip down memory lane. i remember my husband and i had a "slight" obsession with these shoes when we lived in china and we would negotiate our way to every color and style we could get our hands on. we kind of fell off the converse train when we moved back to the states and couldn't bring ourselves to pay full price. sniff...i love me some china memories.

anyway, katie...thanks for being so fun, beautiful, pulling out the "fierce" when needed, and rocking those converse shoes.