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In a few weeks, my daughter will be entering her final year in elementary school. The bossy-by-nature, first-born that she is, she’s been excited lately to return to school and be one of the “big” kids–but I must admit when she asks me to get all excited with her, it’s hard for me to not mark this occasion with a little bit of apprehension, as next year, she’ll be leaving the safe nest of elementary and released into the big, bad world of middle school and beyond, where who-knows-what will await her. Certainly my friends with kids older than mine make me scared of the years beyond elementary and how much sooner innocence is shattered.

Jenna is one of the young women I’ve been lucky enough to photograph this year who restores my faith that not all girls in high school are Snookie wannabes. She’s a bright, athletic, beautiful girl with a really good heart. She’s the kind of girl that I’d be proud to call my own–and during our session, I could just see how proud her mom was of her, and how confident she is that she did a great job raising her and knowing that when Jenna leaves a much bigger nest than elementary school next year, she’ll be confidently going to college with a good head and a kind heart.

All my best to you during your senior year, Jenna!

This is Kieran, and like most all newborns, he operates on his own schedule. From what I understand, he kept his parents waiting when he was trying to be conceived, he kept his Mom waiting several days past his due date (despite being predicted to arrive several weeks early), and he certainly kept a certain photographer waiting for him to fall asleep both in the studio and then later outside, when we decided that might be the best place for him to sleep to be photographed. Never wanting to be left out, Mother Nature got in on the “waiting” action when we scheduled the outdoor segment last week, and rain ruined our plans and pushed our session to this week.

Still in all, I will certainly attest to the wait being worth it (and from his parents’ obvious smitteness, I’d say they think the wait was worth it, too.)

Congratulations Michele & Chris! All of my best to you guys, and many thanks again for your patience. xox

Jen running behind on blogging + a very agreeable and adorable little baby boy = lots of pictures to share!

Thanks for waiting for the long overdue sneak peek, Julia & Dennis!

This is Holden, and he’s the son of a photographer. Like many photographers’ children, he has a severe case of PCS (photographer’s child syndrome). For those of you unaware of PCS, it’s a very real condition–as any photographer will tell you–which includes severe aversion to looking at the camera, and general anxiety and unsmiling-ness whenever a camera is pointed towards them, often resulting in running in the opposite direction. Amazingly, this condition–while not contagious–often does cause symptoms in parents, primarily frustration that they can’t take pictures of their own children. (If you happen to walk by my studio close to Christmas, and hear me crying, that would be because it’s the one time a year that I force my own kids to have pictures with me, and it often doesn’t go very well….. :)

The cure for PCS? Getting someone other than mom or dad to take the pictures–as well as a ton of fun on a summer morning splashing in the lake and getting sand between the toes!

(I hope you are thrilled, Carrie! xox!)

I worked with this family in late June, and they may, quite possibly, be my winners for most sessions ever rescheduled. :) Originally, our session was scheduled for late April, but bad weather on seemingly every day that we rescehduled, and a sudden family illness that took them out of the country for a little while, definitely thwarted our attempts to get the session rescheduled soon after the first one was rained out (or was it too chilly for sundresses that day? Or both?).

It’s really my sincerest hope that the day I actually photographed their family–which was cloudless and warm–that connecting as a family and spending some joyful time with their kids helped bring a bit of sunshine to a difficult time for their family.

xox,

I think my website was about as out of date as acid washed jeans (wait, are they back in?). After a year and a half of neglect, and being on my to-do list since January, I *finally* got a fresh look (and, not to be ignored, the blog got some new pictures in the header, too!)

I always feel a little sad weeding out old favorites and replacing them with newer ones–and how I wish I had room for everyone!–but I must tell you it was great fun going through all of my work from the past year and a half (and beyond–once I get digging in hard drives, it’s hard to stop!) Suffice to say, if you’ve been a client of mine, you’ve been on my mind the past few days!

With some random summer illness going around our house, plus the holidays, plus a full load of work, I still have several blog posts to catch up on, which I promise to get to very shortly. I know I’ve got some anxious clients out there waiting to see some sneak peeks (trust me–all good!)

In the meantime, check out the new and improved Jennifer Breton Photography and let me know what you think!

xox,

Jen