About 1 crazy hour of shooting, 7 over stimulating parents, 11 grandkids, (one was not present but added in later) and 4 different photos combined to make one heck of a Christmas present for Lara's parents! I'm pretty certain they don't even know we have a blog so I think I'm safe on posting it here! If not, love you guys! Merry Christmas to ALL and may God truly bless your New Year! Remember this year it's all about knowing Him, the rest is just part of the journey!

These three images represent why I LOVE working with a select number of clients each year!

Because I love what I do and choose to work with fewer clients to keep it that way, I am stimulated and encouraged to get creative and unique images at every wedding! I take every wedding I shoot as a personal commission to capture the most artistic and creative images I possibly can! I'm not happy with simply a "good enough" attitude. I want excellence, fresh perspectives and crazy cool stuff at every wedding I shoot! So whether it's some guys getting crazy and having fun in front af a wall and capturing their shadows or whether it's a night shot and dragging my shutter to get some colors or using amazing windows and a beautiful bride to create a timeless bridal shot I go above and beyond to make it happen! Each of these images was created under a tremendous time crunch with unique circumstances that could have made it easy for me to say "Well, you can only get what they'll give you." But, because I come to my weddings fresh, excited and committed to capturing cutting edge images, I go for it every time! I absolutely love my job! I am truly blessed!

Thank you to all my wonderful clients this past 2007! Have a very merry Christmas and happy new year!

God bless you all! jim and lara

I recently had the privilege of shooting some promotional/cd cover pix for a really amazing individual Garry Jones. Gary and his wife Leesa are really wonderful people and it was as much fun hanging with them as it was taking their pix! Gary most recently has been a part of Mercy's Mark, but is now producing his own cd, it's really good! I received a complimentary copy. As soon as his website is up I'll post a link for the new stuff. Be on the lookout for it.

So last night I'm laying in bed with Brayden and I'm telling him how wonderful I think he is etc. and after I finished he say's to me "Dad, I think your the best gotopher ever!" I said "what honey? I don't understand?" He replied "Your the best gotopher ever." I still didn't understand, so I said "What honey?" He said "you know, work." I said "Oh, photographer!" He said "Ya!" So there it is, I have won the ultimate photography/gotopher award of all time!

A Tree, a really, really old cool tree. I actually think it's dead, so sad.

Santa Clause is coming to town, Santa Clause is coming to town, Santa Clause is coming to Town!

Dan "Beard" Banks aka Santa came over for a shoot last week! So fun. The kids LOVED it!

Karsyn is the most angelic baby I've ever seen! She is so happy almost all of the time! Rarely if ever cries and LOVES her brothers, mommy and daddy! When you make eye contact with her and smile this is what you get back! I am so thankful to Jesus that He has blessed us with such a treasure!