Big news though….I have made the switch to blogspot. I wanted to give my blog a new look to go along with my new website….which is still to come. In order to do that I needed to make a switch to something which allowed a little more flexibility. SOOOOO I would LOVE it if you updated my link to www.pbjstudio.blogspot.com. I’m not going to lie….the link may change one more time with the change of my new name. NO I’m not getting married. PBJ Studio is going to be replaced though. Exciting changes!

The Boutwells and John Michael Cooper really challenged us this week to step outside the box. They were completly inspiring! I can not implement everything I learned fast enough but I sure will try. Our week was filled with some crazy excercises and shoots. Tuesday we were sent out with a blow up pig and a polaroid camera. We had two hours to tell a story about our pig and 10 polaroids to accomplish it. Talk about a challenge! I was paired up with a couple of awesome girls. Our pig was planning her upcoming wedding. As you can imagine we had some good laughs. Wednesday we headed out with a model/bride and a list of 24 shots we had to get. Two hours didn’t seem like nearly enough time for this one. Our bride was super sweet and beautiful as you can see from the slideshow. Thursday the Boutwells got to strut their stuff for us. We went down to underground Seattle with our bride and groom for a smokin hot shoot. Talk about outside the box. I LOVED it!!! It was so different and a refreshing change. I was pretty sad to say goodbye to all of my new friends. We had some great times, lots of laughs, (best taxi ride EVA!) and I have tons of memories and new blogs to stalk

I will update some more images I high jack a little later….

From Kelly’s Blog

So, onto the events of last weekend….Friday night I shot Chelsea and Grant’s wedding at the cutest little chapel. I am going to have to hand out the best dance award on this one. These two danced until my feet hurt and they were awesome at it! It made me want to get out there and shake my booty too. You can thank me later for sparing you that sight. Although I did not get a chance to know Chelsea and Grant prior to the wedding I learned Friday they are both tons-o-fun. Here are just a couple of pictures from thier wedding.

Saturday I fortunate enough to shoot a wedding with a superstar in the biz (that’s a little inside joke really). On a serious note though, I have been so lucky this past month to shoot with some of the best photographers and Saturday was another one of those expierences. Fred Egan asked me help him out on a wedding in Ft Worth. I thought I had seen it all but it turns out I had never seen a reception just THIS spectacular. It isn’t every day you see 7 wedding cakes at one wedding. OR an ice dolphin sculpture that serves drinks out of it’s mouth. Talk about going all out. I had the best time enjoying the sites and watching Fred in action. I learned so much, what a priceless expierence! Thanks Fred for a very memorable evening.

A few of my faves.

Seriously, how many embarassing pictures can you get of one person? I guess this was my lucky night.

 Here are a few others…not as entertaining…..

Saturday morning I went to a Berry Farm just north of Sherman with my favorite people in the world (Laurie, Paige and Addi of course). Here are a couple of pictures from our exciting and exhausting day.

 As you can see we put the kids to work immediatly. We had 4 buckets to fill!

 I wonder why we couldn’t seem to fill up a whole bucket??

Here’s  a slideshow with the rest. Enjoy.

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 Sunday afternoon I did a shoot with the Newman Smith Cheerleading squad. After waking up to terrible thunderstorms I thought for sure this shoot wasn’t going to happen. But the skies quickly cleared up and one of the team moms bought a big piece of plastic for the girls to sit on (good thinking Cindy!). The pictures went off without out a hitch…or one complaint about the mud. I must admit I was pleasantly surprised! Here is a picture of the 2007- 2008 NSHS Varsity Cheerleaders.

You would think it ends there but it doesn’t……from our cheer shoot I had to rush over to Glen Eagles Country Club for a wedding with Faces Photography. I have known Heather for several years now and this was my first opportunity to second shoot for her. It was such a blast! You wouldn’t believe how free I felt…no real pressure not to miss anything. I just got to enjoy the day and watch see the moments that I would sometimes miss when directing the “show”. Heather and Ted were so much fun to work with. We even had radio’s so we could talk to each other during the day. It was total CIA stuff and I loved it!! It is such an honored to be asked to shoot with someone you admire. Those two really know what they are doing….maybe that’s why Heather was featured in D Magazine. Thanks again for letting me be apart of the team for a day. Can’t wait to do it again (next Sunday). Here are a few of my favorites from the wedding.

This is my favorite of the day…

If you were a guest at Lindsey and Jeremy’s wedding and would like to be notified when their pictures are available online please send an email to Jamie@pbjstudio.com .

 Thank you for allowing me to be apart of this special day. I had a fabulous time (even though you made me cry ) !!!!

 If you would like to be notified when Christina and Shaylon’s pictures are posted online please email me at Jamie@pbjstudio.com .

 If you attended Amaanda and Thomas’ wedding and would like to be notified when their proofs are online for viewing please email me at jamie@pbjstudio.com and I will get you the info.

Isn’t this the cutest ring bearer you have ever seen?!?

They have a cute family already!

This is how cool people exit a wedding!

Before I left for Texas School I took engagement pictures for my friend Gwen and her fiance Cody. Gwen and I used to go to the same church and I couldn’t be happier that she has asked me to shoot her wedding. What a huge compliment! She really found herself a keeper…..but I think Cody’s a pretty lucky guy as well. Congrats you two!

(takin during Texas School)

This last week has been an insanely crazy one!!! Last week was Texas School and what a good time it was. Texas school is a week long photography school offered by TPPA in College Station. You choose a class from about 30 different speakers. I attended Rick and Deb Ferro’s class again for my second year and learned SOOO much. This year I felt I walked away with much needed business advice and direction. Deb is an amazing woman and SO gifted in that area. The days were long and the nights…some felt even longer. Over all I learned a ton, gained 5 pounds, saw old friends, met new friends, and was re-energized about my work. I’d say I got my monies worth! I can’t wait to see what the next 3 months hold. I came back from Texas School and it was right back to work. Saturday was prom (pictures to come), Sunday I did a shoot with Lindsay which I just have to share. She is getting married on June 2nd in Grapevine, TX. Lindsay was SOOO much fun to work with and I can’t wait to shoot her wedding. We shot at some new locations in Deep Ellum (well new to me). I wish I could share more but my blog could go on for days. There we just so many that I loved. I have had the most beautiful brides in the last year. They make my job SO easy!!!

 I almost forgot to mention that I won a new printer at our “end of school bash”. Our of about 1000+ they called my name!!!! It took a lot for me to contain the excitement and not make a fool of myself. I was screaming like a girl on the inside. It is the Epson and I can’t wait to get it up and running. This will cut out a lot of my lab processing and really speed up the process (that’s the plan at least).

 I’m in the middle of LOTS of post work. I will share some finished portraits this week.  Stay tuned!