new website

So my big secret is going to have to wait. Great things take time and I want it to be perfect before I let everyone know.
On a GREAT note I bought not 1, but 2 websites today. I will be splitting up my wedding and portrait work on two seperate websites. It will take about a month to get set up so keep your eyes posted.
Here is a photo I took on March 15th at Todd and Jen's wedding. Their photos are being uploaded as I speak so for all of you that are waiting patiently to see their photos, they should be available tonight!

This one was taken straight from the camera. It is a great photo.


This shot was touched up with my "old photo" action in photoshop. What a difference!

catching up

I am still trying to sort through the hundreds of emails I have gotten in the last two weeks. I am sorry if I have not gotten to you yet. Today has been a busy day of graphic design jobs and finishing up some photo awards from the hockey tournament I shot in January. I have some big news about a new idea I have been working on. I have a meeting with the person who will make it happen tomorrow, so after that meeting I will announce my biggest idea yet! I'll give you a hint.... It has to do with photography.

We just booked one of our last possible dates for 2008. Nov 22nd. We are shooting Emily & Jason's wedding at the Sherwood Inn in Skaneateles. If you are getting married in 2008 and you want us to shoot your wedding you better call us quick. If we are booked we have a list of our favorite photographers we can give you to help your search go quicker.

WPPI conference was so great. I will be launching a new website hopefully in May that will set the tone for the new and improved look we are going for. My website just doesn't do my business justice. Here is another thing I am working on. This is a poster I made for a bride and groom. I am currently in the process of copyrighting and trademarking this idea so it will be my little niche! I did my first poster for my oldest sister and husband when I was in 10th grade. Who would've known it would become a great asset to my business. If you have us as a photographer you can order this awesome poster. Ask me for details.




This is a cool bridge near franklin park in downtown Syracuse. We often shoot at Franklin Park but never do we leave the fountain area. I want to get a whole bridal party to be climbing on this bridge. It will look awesome.


This is just a fun snapshot we took in downtown Saratoga while I was visiting for easter. Incase you don't know me I am the second from the left and my husband Isaac is right behind me. Both my sister, my parents, and Isaac and I got engaged right near this fountain in Congress Park!

Leaving on a jet plane...

...don't know when I'll get home tonight!

It is 12:15pm MST, and I am sitting in the Las Vegas airport waiting to depart. We are already delayed over an hour because of high winds in JFK. At this point I am scheduled to get home shortly after midnight in SYR. I had an amazing time in Las Vegas as WPPI. I learned so many photography techniques as well as bought a few new gadgets. I will post more when I get home. We will still be out of town until Monday. Right when Isaac picks me up from the airport we are driving to Saratoga to visit my folks for Easter. We will be home by dinner on Monday. Here is a photo I just have to share right now:


This is a famous photographer Mike Colon. :-)


The billboard of the hotel where the tradeshow was held.

Leaving for Vegas

Tonight Isaac and shot Jen and Todd's wedding. We brought along one of our newest assistants, Jeff. He did such a great job. It is almost 1am and i my flight leaves for Vegas at 6am so I am just going to post images. I will be out of the office all week. It will take me about 10 days to get the Jen and Todd's photos online. Click on their name on the online proof page and sign yourself up to receive an email when the photos are available. Congrats guys, we were so happy to be a part of your wedding.
ENJOY!

Baby Eli's 6 month portrait

Today I shot baby Eli's 6 month portrait.

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We had a great time! He was such a great baby during the whole photo shoot. Here are some of my favorites from the session.
Just a reminder again that I will be out of the office all next week. So if you need to get in touch with me email will be the only way: Jenna@KainsPhotography.com
ENJOY!

Diary of a Washed Up Rock Star Wedding Photographer-Episode 1

Here is a very funny video that I found today will trying to do some research about WPPI's photography conference I will be at all next week. I am VERY excited.

VEGAS then New things coming!

First off I want to let everyone know that we will be out of the office starting at 4pm on Friday the 14th until Friday the 21st. We will be photographing Jen & Todd's wedding at Lakeshore Country Club this Saturday and then bright and early on Sunday morning I (Jenna) will be heading off for LAS VEGAS! I am going for WPPI's annual photography conference. I will be in workshops, meetings, and photo shoots all week with other professional photographers from all over the world. I cannot wait to buy new equipment at the trade show and to meet famous photographers. I am going with Meghan Thomas of Meghan Thomas Photography located out of Phoenix. I know my hotel does not have free internet so I am not quite sure how often I will be able to check emails, but I will try my hardest to check once a day. After I get back I will have so many great ideas so if you want to schedule a portrait with us, after I get back will be a great time!

For the past week I have been swamped with paperwork. We are finally going through the process to get a loan to renovate our garage on our property to a meeting, studio, and office space. We are so excited about the change. I cannot wait to buy our comfy couches for our meeting space and buy all the fun equipment needed for the shooting space. Once we are done we will be able to accommodate up to 15 people in our studio. This is a great opportunity, as we will soon be able to offer portraits all year round! We will keep you updated on the progress of the renovations. We will be hosting a formal open house once everything is up and running. Probably in mid-May or early June.

Also I am in the process of setting up a brand spanking new website. We will be launching the website hopefully by mid-April. It will feature many galleries with slide shows, a calendar so you can all know when we are available, info on everything you could ever think of, and a brand new online proofing page. We have been in need of a new website for over a year now and we are finally finding the time to get the new one up. So keep on the lookout for that change.

So for right now thats all I'm doing. I will be very busy the next few weeks trying to get this loan and redoing our website.

Here are some images I took during the summer at a weeklong photography workshop. My class was on lifestyle portraiture which includes using natural light and the environment to take portraits:

My old photos: a little about ME!

I was sorting through old photos on my laptop today and found these two images from 2004. I have played ice hockey since 5th grade. I LOVE it and I wish I could get on a team again. These photos were taken by a friend with a point and shoot camera era 2003 so the quality sucks. But it'll give you an idea of what was going on. My friend Catherine and I started the women's ice hockey team at SUNY Oswego. There was a team in the 70's that played, but they folded in the early 80's. We played for 3 years before our team turned DIII. Unfortunately I graduated by then and could never play!

Almost done with 2007

I am almost finished with all weddings from 2007. I have one last album from late October to finish. I am hoping to figure out a way to show you my album creations on this blog. Also just wanted to let you know that we only have a few dates left for 2008, so If you want to meet with us give us a call very soon! Here is a little fun information I found today about wedding traditions in England. I have this very cool website that explains wedding traditions from around the world. I wish I had incorporated some of them from Spain (my family's heritage) and Ireland (Isaac's family's heritage). ENJOY!



Getting Married in Great Brittain

Wedding flowers are scattered by a small girl preceding the English bride and her wedding party, who walk together to the wedding chapel or the wedding site. The flowered path and symbolic walk express hope for the bride's path through life to be happy and lovely. English bridesmaids wear wedding dresses very much like the bride's, so she cannot be singled out by any jealous evil wishers, who might curse her for her happiness.

Brides sew a good luck charm, such as the silver horseshoe of royal British brides, to the hem of their wedding dresses. Old English wedding tradition also calls for the bride to carry a horseshoe, streaming with ribbons, for good luck.

English Wedding Ceremony

Traditionally, an English couple getting married will exchange their vows outside the wedding chapel doorway, allowing the ceremony to be witnessed by anyone who might want to watch.

Traditional English Wedding Receptions

Traditional English wedding cake is a fruitcake, usually made with raisins, ground almonds, cherries and marzipan. The top layer of the wedding cake is called the "christening cake" which the couple is saves for the baptism of their first child.

The fruitcake is served at the wedding reception along with another traditional cake -- the groom's cake -- which originated during the Tudor period. It was once English custom for this to be a fruitcake as well, but today, the groom's cake is likely to be chocolate.

A unique Victorian wedding reception event is called a 'ribbon pull'. A sterling silver charm is purchased for each of the bridesmaids. A ribbon is tied to each one, and the baker places them between layers of the wedding cake as it is being assembled. Before the bride and groom share their first slice of cake, the bridesmaids gather so that ech can pull one ribbon, claiming for herself a future good promise.

The wedding tradition of tying shoes to the cars of newlyweds also began in England during the Tudor period. Originally, wedding reception guests threw shoes at the newlyweds as they were leaving the church for good luck. The modern tradition is to tie shoes to the honeymoon vehicle. The English consider rain on a wedding day a sign of good fortune.