Thank you to Kim Anderson & David DiFranco. Your kids are just beautiful! Jack and Kate were a joy to photograph, and so much fun to play with. I hope you are as happy with their portraits. Come back anytime!
Due to the huge popularity of these sessions, June 30th will be our final session date
Come to our studio during Happy Hour for your FREE photo session!
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Before the gorgeous wedding of our very own Kelsey, we went to play in Snoqualmie near Kelsey and Gabe’s new home to create their engagement photographs. Images were displayed on each dining table during the wedding night meal.
For more information on throwing a beautiful event like Kelsey’s, see the Seattle Style article featuring her wedding. The following quote describes my thoughts on what made Kelsey and Gabe’s wedding so special.
“Kelsey wears her love for friends and family on her sleeve, and clearly the love is returned. I felt so connected to everyone, appreciating the deep meaning in each of the friends participating in hand-making programs, performing ceremony music including a recorded processional played on the piano by Gabe’s deceased Dad. Others hung decorations, created favors, and bartended. What made her a fabulous bride to work with? She is in touch with her emotions and has a self-confidence and awareness that made this event heart-felt for all lucky enough to be in attendance.”
When we saw that Photo Friday’s theme this week was “the team”, we couldn’t resist these pictures of a valued member of our team, Kelsey, at her engagement session with now-husband Gabe sporting matching Seahawks football jerseys.
Halloween is a wonderful combination of the simple and the wild. Pretending to be someone or something we are not (at least externally) has it’s own excitement. Stimulated by endless possibilities, I am sometimes inspired and sometimes overwhelmed with costume decisions. What I love about the Annual Janet Klinger Photography Halloween Costume Photos is that, for our neighbors the studio is a hop, skip or slither from home. And for everyone, it’s an affordable treat to capture our own children at their best, beastly or beautiful. I have never seen a child in costume, no matter what his mood, who wasn’t adorable. See for yourself. The halloween photos are in!
Our not-scary Studio Manager kelsey
Purchase a photo session with Janet Klinger Photography by October 25, 2008 and receive either 8 wallets or an 8×10 photograph. Pre-purchase a 20 image Coffee Table Book and 10% of the book cost goes to the Seattle Public School of your choice.
For more details including pricing click here.
For this week’s Photo Friday word, Relationship, we picked an image that works in two ways for us. Obviously, the first is the lovely relationship between these two big sisters and their brand new baby brother, but also, the relationships we form with our clients over the years as they allow us to chronicle their extraordinary lives. In this case, we first met their parents when we photographed their engagement session and wedding, and it is such a joy to get to visit with them again as their family grows. Thank you for letting us be a part of your life!
For this week’s Photo Friday theme, rough, we couldn’t quite decide between showcasing a rough texture or a rough moment. So you get both!
We’ve decided to start participating in the Photo Friday photo challenge. This week’s theme, Beauty, is doubling as a sneak peek at last weekend’s wedding, with this lovely natural light portrait of the bride, Meridith, in the dressing room
Janet’s next travel special will be August 16-20th, covering several beautiful and scenic locations in Oregon:
Lake of the Woods (by Klamath Falls) — One of Outside Magazine’s “Perfect 10″ family travel destinations
The unparalleled beauty of Crater Lake (only one Crater Lake session left, 10 AM on Monday the 18th.)
Ashland (home of the Shakespeare Festival)
(photographs courtesy Ashland Chamber of Commerce)
Our next travel special is coming up soon. Janet will be in Cape Meares, Oregon June 27th-30th. Take advantage of this beautiful location and have a fun filled session with Janet!
Jocelyn is Engaged! Just because Clive is thousands of miles away didn’t stop Jocelyn from having an engagement session. I can’t wait to meet the mystery man, and share with him how lucky he is. Jocelyn, thanks for choosing me. I had a ball working with you. Now you know first hand why it’s easy to love my job.
For a fun urban location, we chose the Seattle Central Library, which was the building voted #108 on the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) list of Americans’ 150 favorite structures in the U.S. It provides a stunning setting, both inside and out!
Put couple-in-love into playful mood, add great teamwork with photographer, get memorable stories to tell and photos to share. Thanks Lauren and Andy, for a fabulous few hours. Can’t wait to see you soon for session #2, your wedding!
Maria & Ray get cosy above downtown Seattle
Engagement sessions are invaluable. How many times have I heard “My fiance hates to have his picture taken”, or “I am so awkward in front of the camera”. These sentiments are based in truth as known prior to working with a pro photographer, yet are dispelled as myths upon seeing the images. Confidence is built. And not simply with the couple, but with all those invited to view their images on-line or around the coffee table.
Let’s face it. Uncle Joe may have the same camera as the pros, but does he know how to find great locations, compose, inspire his models, and most importantly, does Uncle Joe know when to press the shutter? Timing is at least 50% of a good photo. Everyone who’s been snapped mid-sentence, eating, or at an awkward moment is susceptible to thinking they are unfit to be photographed. (Just avoid this uncle masquerading as a photographer until he comes to one of my Photography for Beginners classes!)
Location’s influence on a successful image fluctuates dramatically in importance. If the scene is horrific, as some basement-of-the-church receptions are, then lighting, lens choice, angle, and model’s inspiration and expression reign supreme. But if the location is even slightly interesting, why wouldn’t you want a significant portion of the images to glorify your unique choice of environment?
Every time I hear a version of “We look horrible in photographs”, I know this client will benefit even more than the usual from an engagement session. Invaluable is the confidence gained by seeing how great you look when in front of a pro’s lens. Invaluable is the experience of working together as a team before your wedding day to gain rapport. Even family members gain confidence about how good THEY will look. One of the many wonderful side effects of engagement sessions is how helpful, inspired, and interested family and wedding party become in making the photos great. We’re a team on the wedding day. It’s great to have everyone working toward the same goal.
Take the time for an engagement session. In 3 of our 5 wedding packages it’s included at no charge. In Options I and II add a simple one hour engagement session for $395, or an extended three hour engagement session allowing us time to explore a complete range of ideas. For a complete list of custom engagement options, visit the websites’s Cost section, and choose the “Tell your story- Engagement and bridal” botton at the top.
And thank you to Maria and Ray for the fun session — they’ve put together a website for their upcoming wedding at RayFinallyAsked.com
Here comes the eccentric neighborhood activist decked out in Rollerski gear, even though the streets of Chicago are still icy. That’s my dad. Still running, swimming and/or biking nearly each day of the week, Dad has always loved to be active and adventuresome. In the last few years he went biking in Europe, biked the West Coast on Highway 1, bused to Washington DC to protest, and is planning his next bike trip with my cousin Jerry. Granted I am getting a bit more worried about him, especially after his dip in the Danube, bike and all. While a bit more cautious, and certainly slower, Dad remains dedicated to his active lifestyle and true to his personable, adventuresome spirit.
Beyond nurturing his eccentricities and devoting himself to multiple causes, my Pop finds time to show how much he loves me. I’ve never doubted it. Truly blessed am I to know the meaning of unconditional love. I hope to be able to share the security this brings with my own little bambina. Happy Birthday, Dad. Thank you for the gift.
Associate Photographer (and intrepid Production Manager) Jane P. is celebrating Pride Month by offering 20% off portrait sessions with LGBT/alternative families & individuals in the month of June! You can check out her portfolio under “Associates & Design” on the main website. Weekend sessions are available, except the day of the Seattle Pride parade (but if you find her there, I’m sure she’ll have a camera handy!). Portraits are in-studio and immediate environs only.
Call the studio at 206-622-7478 to take advantage of this special event!
Hurry! Janet will be in Anchorage, Alaska doing Alaska location portraits through June 7th! For information on how travel specials work, see our former post here.
Even getting here is beautiful
You in your kyak here
Join me for one or two of the final Kentucky portraits.
$450 each for one hour including unlimited exposures and a private website.
Still available on Friday May 16th
10AM – Overlooking the rolling glow-green hills surrounding Louisville.
5PM- An Hour at the Churchill Downs. Overlooking the track from a private box, surrounded by manicured grounds or the stables.
Book today for a sure bet!
Mothers to be, mothers with 3-or more generations, new mothers, grandmothers, I want to tell the story of your extraordinary life. JKP Blog readers receive 20% off an adorable Uno Album or a Wall Canvas of your next session. Simply purchase a One Hour or longer session by Mothers Day. To see a sample album layout, come visit the new website, www.janetklinger.com, then choose the Associates and Design button.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Want to love your job? Photograph a teenager. Just when you thought you were charmed, humored, humbled more than possible, the next teenager comes along to raise the bar.
Sure, I love babies. Heart-melting, sweet, chubby adorable faces that change expressions each second. Toddlers and preschoolers have dress-up and Big messes, my jokes are hysterical even when the studio team rolls their eyes. Grade schoolers charmingly tell me how to operate the camera, serve the beverages, encourage their pet to smile, accurately. Middle schoolers are most brilliant of all ages. I get to simply take their lead on these energetic sessions. No matter how much we plan, we detour down the path taken at this fleeting moment.
Teenagers are often excited to help plan & design their own photo session. Remarkably different from the year before, I capture the theme unfolding, sometimes leading the action, more often following. From this teen-time on, I know my most important collaborator is no longer the parent designer of yesteryear, but the unfolding teenager now before the camera. With the design work done, let’s play!
Jane was a gem to work with. Enthusiastic and positive in mind, determined to ignore the cold in body.
Test: How old is Jane? She celebrates her Bat Mitzvah this weekend.
Answer: 20 of course!
Or 26?
Congratulations on your Bat Mitzvah, Jane. Looking forward to photographing you and your family at Temple Beth Am tomorrow. And thank you for the great downtown Ballard session! Ballard looks good on you.
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