Month: April 2014

Rocky Mountain Bride Feature

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Check out our Rocky Mountain Bride feature on their blog today at VINTAGE WOODLANDS STYLED SHOOT!

This was a truly epic bridal styled shoot we did a few years ago – and it proof positive that you can photograph a wedding in a style that doesn’t date your wedding. Keeping it romantic and timeless will fit every year now and in the future… and I’m still in absolute love with everything about this day, the amazing vendors, and the models!

Flowers – Julia Kaaren of Mulberries Flowers

Coordinator/Designer Isabelle Kline Design

Dresses – Danielle Banfield of Blushing Bride

Cake – The Makery Cake Co.

Make-up & Hair – Samantha Koch Beauty

 

Melissa, Kirsten, Brittany… couldn’t have done it without your beautiful faces!!!

Pure imagination

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I have always been in love with this song since the first time I saw Gene Wilder sing it in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was a kid.  It is a great set of lyrics to think about when you are in a creating mode.  I’m so lucky to have such an amazing team of “creatives” that help me play and make images while having fun.

 

These are some images from our Alice in Wonderland styled shoot…. a perfect theme for imagination.

Jill Scott Hatter

Jill Scott Hatter

Lyrics to Pure Imagination –

Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three

Come with me and you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you’ll see
Into your imagination

We’ll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation
What we’ll see will defy explanation

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There’s nothing to it

There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you’ll be free
If you truly wish to be

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There’s nothing to it

There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you’ll be free
If you truly wish to be

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Jill Scott – MUA/Stylist

Samantha Koch – MUA/Stylist

Susan Dillon – Beautiful hat & Alice’s hair piece

Melissa Schans – Alice & Hatter Muse

 

Egg in the hole

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Maybe egg in the hole won’t change your world, but fried egg in a hole made in some bread is one of my favorite things for breakfast lunch or dinner.  Best of all it can be done about a million different ways – so never grows old.

You may also know it as Egg in the basket, Betty Grable Eggs and has been adapted to things like “toad in the hole” for the sausage dish make in its likeness.  Really, all it involves is a piece of bread with a hole removed  and an egg in the center and then cooked with a little butter.

So here is just a slight variation from the traditional.

1 slice of bread

1 egg

1/2 of a sliced avocado

Salt & Pepper to taste

Bacon cut up into pieces.

 

That’s it – so yummy and no directions required – you assemble it how you wish and fry it in a pan.  I fight the normal and always put the “hole” to off center – so there is more room for the “extras” like bacon, scallions, chives, jalapeños, basil, honey … etc.  Cook the egg to your liking – soft, over easy, sunny side up, or hard.Egg in the hole Jeanine Thurston Photography_EIH_002

Don’t miss any time you can take photos of and with your family.

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Don't miss any time you can take photos of and with your family.

My grandmother passed many years ago from cancer and this is the last photo I have of her, my mother and myself. It doesn’t matter who takes the photo… or the fact that there is a nice JELLO advertisement in the background!lol But it does matter that I have this image. It is one of my most cherished photos. Yeah – of course I wish we had nice professional portraits of the three of us… but this will due and just a reminder of how AWESOME she was. My grandpa is fading, but still around… but still love photos we have of him too.

TUTUS AT THE PARK – June 2014

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Tutu session

The warm weather has me anxious to get some tutus outdoors.  So we are having a free tutu day at a location in Boulder, CO on June 8th, 2014 from 9am-2pm!   We dance, we play, and of course try on some custom tutus by Kimber Cyr of Kim’s Designs.    If you have a little ballerina, or just a princess that loves her some tutus and pearls, then give us a call to set up your time.  The day is very limited on times available, so please call or e-mail us as soon as you can!  It’s photographs of your little ladies that they will be talking about for days, weeks, months and years to come!!!!

Contact us for your appointment:

jennyb@fototails.com

or call us at (720)566-9770

The experience that end with portraits.

Deviled Avocado & Egg Salad

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Easter is almost here, and if you’re like me – you’re hard-boiling those eggs for the kids to decorate.  Well – I don’t actually boil any more, we bake them… so much easier.  For the next week we will be trying to consume the eggs in various forms, and I needed something light and quick for a snack or fast lunch.

1-Avocado (split in half and pitted)

2 – Hard-boiled Eggs

1 – tsp mustard of choice (I love the stone ground to give it a little texture)

1 – tbs of mayo (again – you can substitute with Miracle Whip or any Vegi variety)

Take the yolks out and lightly mash the yolks with the mustard and mayo.  Then chop the whites and lightly fold into the yolk mixture and spoon it on top of the avocado!  Easy, quick, yummy.

Variations:  Add some paprika to the top, or I love adding some chopped green onions and jalapeño into the mix too.

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I cater to rock stars.

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“I cater to the Rock Stars.”

The people who own their imperfections and know that these are the very things that make them who they are.  The people who may know or not know that they are Rock Stars every day of their life.  The people who will look me in the eye and stand proud that they are special; as well as the people who don’t know… because I’m here to tell them, to show them, and to be their biggest cheerleader.

See, we are all rock stars at some level in our life.  What we see as rough around the edges can be years of trying to define ourselves or years of trying to escape our definitions.  The boy who is called crazy, the girl who is called self-centered… labels are useless pieces of information.  But what I like to do is see those things that make you different, show you that attitude and smile that you rarely see… and hope only to point out that YES, you are different.  You are different from everyone else on this earth… and if we were all the same, how boring would that really be.  So I feel honored when I get the chance to photograph you, because I study your face, your gestures, and the way you move and react to me any others around you because I’m searching for an expression or a “thing” about you that is different… I’m looking for you.

YOU ARE A ROCK STAR.

~Jeanine~

Photographer

Moms rule.

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You have a child or children?  Yes, I’m talking to you.  You have a mom?.. again, I’m talking to you.  You have a grandmother? Yep – them too.

You rule.

I’m not even needing to go into details of why moms are so amazing.. .it is clear cut and I’m going to say it a few more times during this post.  YOU RULE, YOUR MOM RULES, YOUR GRANDMOTHER RULES.

If you would like professional photographs of your children with you, parents, grandparents I would love to have you.  But in any case…

Don’t stop taking photographs.  If there is something that you think is absolutely amazing about your mom or grandmother… or your children.  Photograph it… and photograph often.

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Jeanine Thurston Photography 2014