I know, I didn’t post last week! It was a crazy week, and we were away for a few days with no internet (I know, can you imagine??). But I’m back now, and need to post last week’s image!

I didn’t shoot much last week, because I was busy preparing for our trip. So this is a quick shot I grabbed of my daughter while we were playing one day. Her head is definitely distorted from the lens (for you non-photogs, she was super close to the lens, so I zoomed way out to fit her in the frame–she’s not normally bobble-headed!), but I still love the way she’s looking at me.

I will have this week’s post up within the next day or two also, because I already have some great images to choose from, taken while we were away this weekend.

I’d say Happy Monday, but you may throw things at me. Instead, I’ll just keep this short, and post!

When I first started doing this project, I wasn’t sure how personal I would end up making it. I didn’t know how much of me I wanted “out there”. But I’m finding as I shoot every week, I NEED this to be personal. I shoot from the heart. I love capturing moments, emotions, those little pieces of time that are gone before you even realize they were there.

This week’s photo is one of my all-time favorites. It is not technically perfect, in any way–in fact, it’s quite imperfect. But the story it tells, is perfect.

This is an image of my daughter, with my parents. She’s turning one next month. She had a rough start in this world, and to see her, playing with her grandparents almost a year later brings me such joy. She’s never been what people call an “easy baby”. But she is coming into her own these days, and couldn’t be more amazing.

(My mom will probably kill me for posting a photo of her in her slippers, haha!)

We are still sick over here, so this will be short and sweet. She’s getting better, slowly but surely.

This photo was taken of Lila doing one of her favorite pastimes–throwing herself on the couch. She loves to stand up and look out the window, and then throw herself on the cushions. Never fear–I’m always sitting on the couch with her, barricading her in. This is a good example of why I love wide angle lenses! And of shooting from the hip. Big fan.

Happy Weekend!!

**Make sure you scroll past that last photo, there is something some of you will want to read down there!**

This post has been a long time coming! I’ve been putting it off for a few reasons: first, to get through busy season, and make sure my clients were all taken care of. Then, the holidays were here, and it was our daughter’s First Christmas, so we had a lot of fun events and things to do for that. Also, I had plans to incorporate a new endeavor with this post, so I wanted to make sure we were good to roll with it before posting.

Now that things have calmed down, I am finally going to blog my favorite session to date. You read that right! I am STILL feeling the inspiration from this session. This is going to be a very photo-heavy post, fair warning.

I had an idea late last summer to do a more custom shoot. I LOVE all of my amazing kid and family clients, but I was itching to try something where I picked the locations, the time of day, the whole shebang. I even begged my gorgeous cousins to be my models for the afternoon. I bribed them with my daughter, so they couldn’t resist. I knew they’d be perfect for my vision–not only would they be dressed perfectly for this late fall afternoon, but they’d be up for anything, which boded well for the locations I had in mind–oh, you’ll see what I mean!

On to the photos! Eeek, I’m SO excited to finally be sharing these.

This first set may or may not be right off a state highway. Meaning, we were parked on the side of said highway.

There are about a billion of this next series, I could. not. stop. shooting. It may have been part swamp, but it was pure magic.

One last one for my wonderful aunt.

Sass & K, thank you both so much for coming to hang out. We are SO definitely doing this again! Start thinking about your wardrobe for a snowstorm shoot now. Love you both!

**One last thing. I’ve decided I would like to incorporate more work like this into my portfolio. SO. I am having a mini modeling call! I am looking for people (male or female) who would be interested in a shoot like this. We would discuss styling ahead of time, and I would pick the location and time, and general overall vision. Mostly candid and natural light driven. Obviously, it would not be the same as this session, given the time of year. But I have some fabulous and fun ideas for wintery shoots, and I can’t wait to see them executed.

If you are interested, please email me at: megan@meganjanephotography.com, and please include a photo of yourself. Serious inquiries only, and you must be at least 15 years old to be considered (under 18 requiring parental consent). And yes, there are certainly heavy discounts involved.

Happy Weekend, everyone! Get out, enjoy those mid-40s temps while you can!

I can’t believe it’s been a week! I also have other things to post on here, but I’m just getting all caught up.

The theme of this week is Sick. Sick, sick, siiiiiiick. The daughter is sick, and the husband is also sick. I’m hoping I’m spared this round, because I’ve already had 2 or 3 colds this fall/winter. Fingers crossed!

Here’s the little peanut, lying on the floor in the living room. She’s watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (her favorite), and snuggling with her giraffe lovey/blanket thing, thumb in mouth and all. I absolutely love that I caught this moment, even though I see her do it all the time. Just usually, if I lie on the floor to attempt to take this shot, she sees it as me trying to play with her, and comes speed-crawling over to me.

Hopefully we’ll have a healthy house by the weekend! The weather is going to climb into the 40s, and I, for one, can’t wait! A little taste of spring in the air is just what we need.

New project number one, for 2010.

I have decided to do a more personal project this year, as a new goal to get out and shoot for ME more. I wasn’t sure where I would keep track of this at first–flickr? Facebook? A personal blog? Or here, on my business blog? Ultimately, I decided this would be the perfect place for my new project, for a few reasons. First, and most obvious, it is a photography project, so the photography blog made the most sense. I also thought it would be fun to give all my readers (hi, Cait!) a little glimpse into my world–I know you’re all she’s thrilled.They won’t all be people pictures, I have no idea what each week’s photo will end up being until I see it. But I’m so excited to be embarking on this, I can’t wait to see what’s in store!

Oh, one more little bit about this project: I’m doing it in black & white (well, I’m 90% sure I am). I don’t do nearly enough of this type of work, and I LOVE it, so this is my attempt at getting comfortable with it, and perfecting my conversion methods. My pics may look a little different from week to week, as I figure that out, but they will all be colorless!

On to the all important image for Week One: The Beginning. I just had to start off with an image of my daughter! I took this a couple of days ago, just us, hanging out in the morning. And yes, she’s chewing on a sock.

If there are any other photographers reading who are doing their own project this year, let me know, so I can follow along! And if anyone has a challenge for me (take a picture of –something strange/fun/exciting/new– and post it!), I’d LOVE to hear it.

(I still have an amazing session to post, I haven’t forgotten! I’m just having a hard time narrowing down which images to show, there are so many I just love.)

I know, you’re probably wondering where I’ve been! Easy answer? Swamped.

Longer answer, I’ve been editing, shopping, wrapping, editing, ordering, delivering, shipping, designing, editing, uploading, and decorating. Did I mention editing?

What a craaazy time of year! But I think I am finally caught up on most things. We are ready for Christmas this week (yay!), and I am mostly caught up on sessions. My husband got me a fabulous gift for Christmas this year (yes, I’m a surprise ruiner, I know what it is), I will post it once I get it.

In the meantime, I just had to share these images from a recent session. This little guy was born two days after our daughter, and is pretty much the opposite of her–mellow, laid-back, and quiet. He was a dream to photograph! Can you believe those blue eyes? Gorgeous.

(LOVE this shot. A little different processing, but I can totally see this on a giant canvas!)

I have a killer post on tap for soon–may not be until after the holidays. SO many awesome images to choose from, and will coincide with a little announcement from me–a new business interest for 2010! I get so excited thinking about it, I have a feeling 2010 is going to be a GREAT year.

This family is one of my favorite families in the world. We’ve been friends since before all the girls were born (theirs and ours), and have had so much fun since we moved out near them about 3 years ago. I love watching the girls grow up together, and hope we’ll be living near each other for a long time!

Last time we were over, mom and I took on all 4 girls (I had L with me), and attempted a mini-session for some Christmas cards. I’m not going to show the photos they picked for their cards (but I may be doing a post with a bunch of my clients’ card choices after the holidays, so stay tuned!), but I just HAD to share some of my faves from the day.

Mom had the CUTEST matching red dresses for the girls, which we did first, before everyone got antsy.

We also went outside to play in all the leaves. The girls loved this!

(I had to sneak in the shot below of my daughter in the wagon with little M, they are TOO funny together.)

And just the sweetest moment (this was totally unprovoked, I’m so happy I saw this!):

D Family, we love you guys! I’m sure we’ll have many more days like these as the girls grow up, and we can’t wait.

Another gorgeous fall day in New England, a perfect setting to this recent engagement session. I met C & B up at the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, to capture some late afternoon golden light. This area holds a lot of meaning to them, and made for the perfect setting to mark this new chapter in their lives.

We dodged the crowds of other people who also thought it was the perfect day for some leaf-peeping and visiting some historic landmarks, and had a blast doing so. I think I laughed through the entire session! This was no surprise to me, as C and I are good friends from my old job, and spent many hours cracking each other up.

Seriously, love this shot of C:

Loooove this one, it is just so sweet.

Thank you guys, for a great afternoon, it was so fun to catch up! Your wedding is going to be just beautiful, I already know. xoxo

Some amazingly talented friends of mine run a blog called Style Lush. They post daily about all sorts of fun stuff: fashion, kids toys and clothes, food, beauty products, and today, they posted about ME! I was so flattered when Jennie approached me about doing a print giveaway on Style Lush. I’ve been reading the contributors individual blogs for quite some time now, and to be featured in their new venture is such an honor. I love this blog already, and have gotten some great ideas and tips from it.

I picked out a few of my favorite non-people images from the past couple of years, and compiled them in a Flickr set. I’m giving away a mounted 8×10 to one lucky commenter over there (not here!), so make sure you head on over and comment if you want a chance to win! While you’re over there, you should probably look around, get addicted like I did, and add them to your feed reader. You’ll be missing out if you don’t!

And since I can’t post without including a couple of images, here are just a couple included in the set the winner will be able to choose from.

Thank you, Style Lush, for this wonderful opportunity! I’m humbled, and so excited to share my passion for photography with your readers.