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Authentic Images has a Myspace page:

www.myspace.com/authenticimages

I've announced it here before, but there was a change to it.  I changed the Layout and designed it MYSELF <---eek, to better match the new website front page and other new promotional pieces.  Please feel free to add me as your friend (if you already haven't) and check it out.  Oh and, I was alerted to a couple of weird things about the page when it first went live.  Apparently it displays differently in IE than it does in Firefox (which is what I browse with) so, if it's hard to read or something isn't coming thru right, please let me know!

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Brighteyes!

Samuel is TECHNICALLY still a newborn (just over a month old) but this was a very, very alert baby.  A very strong baby too - there were several times during the session that I think if he would have known *how* to get up and walk, he would have, and man, oh man....check out that HAIR!  I *LOVE* IT!  Both of my kids were bald until they were almost 2, so it's always a trip to see a newbie with a head of hair! 

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Time keeps on slippin'

Man, time is flying lately.  It's like I blink and it's 2 weeks later than before.  I'm sooooo late in blogging several sessions.  This session was actually a very large family session, but I had to pull these 2 out to show.  The first time I met this family, the older boy was only 8 months old and mom had just found out baby brother was on the way.  See....time slippin' again.  Is this what happens when you get "into your thirties" vs. just being 30?  Yikes.

Here's Camden and Everett...

ahhhh...fresh GLASS!

So I had a session the other day, which my great friend and fellow Professional Photographer, Kim, so lovingly helped out with....I'll post pictures of that later, just think twins....twin 8 month olds....yeah, we needed an extra set of hands.  ANYWAY, she also lent me her brand new 85mm lens to play with and let me just say that thing was SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! After the session, we stuck around the park and just took in the scenery...and came across and VERY LARGE SNAKE, but that's a whole different story.  This is one of the images I captured....

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SUPER SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD, BUT TACK SHARP ON THE SUBJECT......OOOHH, SOOOO SWEET!

(and yes, mine should now be here in 5-7 business days!)

HI, I'M JENNIFER AND I'M A DOOF THAT GETS EXCITED OVER A HUNK OF GLASS.

This just struck me funny...

April 15th is (I kid you not) National "THAT SUCKS" day....Sheesh...I can't imagine why? <----note the sarcasm! 

LOL...PSA over, back to proofing!

I can totally relate!

I'm sure any of you out there that have tried to take a picture of 2 or more children together can relate!

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This is pulled from an online comic strip based on the everyday lives of photographers called "What the Duck."  www.whattheduck.net

I don't know about you all, but I can TOTALLY relate!

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

I had several guesses within just a few minutes of the actual time, but ONE person guessed it smack on the dot:

7:01 pm

Congratulations to Renee Boudousquie!!! - She wins a complimentary session and a custom designed 10x20 Storyboard Collage from that session.  

Thanks to all of you that participated and for all the birthday wishes!  I really had fun with this contest, and I look foward to doing more fun blog things like this! 

THE CONTEST!

Alright, the moment you have been waiting for.....HERE GOES:

Today is my birthday....I'd hide my age, but it's all over myspace, so why hide it here....It's my 31st birthday and darn it, I'll cry if I want to.  31 seems to be hitting me harder than 30 did, so I want to drag myself out of this funk and have fun with it!  THE CONTEST.....GUESS WHAT TIME I WAS BORN!  It's that easy....I'll even narrow it down for you.  It's between the hours of 6 pm and 11:59 pm.

The technical blah, blah, blah, RULES and such....

1. To enter simply send an email with your guess(ex. 4:32 pm <------ NOT IT, btw!) and daytime contact information to jennifer@authentic-images.com with the subject line: birthday contest.
2. One entry per person...not per email address....per person!!!!
3. The contest is open to anyone (well almost - if we happen to share DNA, you're out!) , so let your local friends and family know! If the winner is NOT a current client and was told about this contest by you....YOU GET A REFERRAL CREDIT! So spread the word!
4. The winner will receive a free outdoor or studio session and a custom designed 10x20 storyboard collage from that session. The winner must book their session to take place before May 30, 2008.  The session and collage are NON-TRANSFERABLE and NON REFUNDABLE with no cash value, weekend session availability is not guaranteed, not valid with any other offers, outdoor session location is at the discretion of the photographer, signed portrait agreement and model release required, session is only good for up to 2 people children OR adults......yada, yada, yada.
5. If there is no exact correct guess, the person with the closest guess without going past the time of my birth will be declared the winner.  If there is more than one correct guess, the winner will be drawn at random from the correct guesses.
6. The contest will run on March 25, 2008 from 12:00 am until 11:59 pm ONLY.  No entries will be accepted after that.

and just for good measure....a THEN and NOW picture:

What do photographers do for fun?

We shoot the moon!  It was a beautiful full moon, a crystal clear night, and a very steady tripod! I wanted to get out during the lunar eclipse a few weeks ago, but it was raining basketballs that night.  I couldn't resist the next best thing!

 

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Oh, the weather...

This session was rescheduled 3 or 4 times due to weather!  Finally, it held out on us.  It wasn't perfect, very overcast and windy, but it wasn't pouring buckets either!  We concentrated mainly on family stuff, both posed and candid, but I managed to sneek a few of the oldest by himself!