Krysta & Brian's Photos!

Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't posted anything on this blog recently. Isaac and I have been way too busy for our own good. We bought the house last week and immediately started to fix it up. Right now the hard-wood floors are mid-way through the sanding process and then they need to be polyurethaned. I just wanted to let you all know that Krysta and Brian's photos will be online by the beginning of next week. We took almost 1800 photos are their wedding and have had a lot of sorting to do. We will be away all weekend. Tonight we are about to leave for a friend's dance show in Rochester. Then we are packing up and going to Auburn all day for Nic & Hilary's wedding. This is our last wedding of our 2007 season. We are sad, but happy to finally have a weekend to ourselves. We had such a great time working we all of our brides, grooms, and families this year. To top this weekend off we are driving to Syracuse and staying the night on Saturday because we have to get up early for a "Party" planning fair at The Temple of Concord in Syracuse. We will be returning home on Sunday to try to finish the sanding project on our floors at our new house. Can anyone tell me why I make myself so busy???

new house!!!

We closed on our house yesterday! It is so weird being a homeowner. I walked into the house after the closing and thought to myself, "Where next?" With that being said we have a lot of work to do to get the house ready to move into. We have to reroute some plumbing and buy a new hot water heater in addition to refinish the hardwoods downstairs and paint the entire house. It is going to be a work in progress. Isaac and I have taken this week off to try to get things done as soon as possible. So we will not be available for meetings this week. We will be responding to emails and voicemails. I promise I will return all emails and phone calls when I get a chance.
Also once I figure out how to get my videocamera hooked up to my computer I will add a video showing you the house :-) This winter we will be converting the 3 car garage into our studio. It will be a very welcoming place with a fireplace, big TV, and comfy furniture. We are hoping that by next summer we will have a small english garden where we could take outside portraits. Have a great day!

Hello! I hope you are all enjoying this amazing weather. Isaac and I finally have a weekend off. Our first weekend off since May. We decided to go camping in Ithaca with some friends and family. I just wanted to let you all know that our Collages.net website is not working right now. For some reason when we try to upload an event we get an internal error message. So with that being said we have all of Autumn & Brad Lyons and Niki &Mike Vant's photographs all set. We are just waiting to put them online. I will let you all know when they become available. I am sorry for making you wait for this amount of time. Have a great weekend!

Behling's Orchard

Yesterday Isaac and I took the day off. After working for over 2 weeks straight without a day off we needed a day to ourselves. We went to Behlings Orchards in Mexico with my brother & Sister-in-law and my nephew Michael. We picked a lot of apples and played in the corn maze and playground. Then Isaac and I drove down to Dunk&Bright furniture store in Syracuse and bought a brand new living room set for our new house. We are hoping to close on the house by the end of next week although we want to close now! Once we close on the house we are going to take a few days off because we need to get this house ready for us to move into at the beginning of November. Also just a quick update on Autumn and Brad's photos: We are working on them right now and are hoping to have them up by mid-day tomorrow. Here are some photos from yesterday:


They had a variety of apples with my name! I picked alot of them, they were DELICIOUS!


Even though we were not at a vineyard, we were at an orchard, and in my book they are pretty much the same thing!

Isaac's brother Alan with our nephew Michael.


Just a cool shot of Isaac walking back to the car.


Michael ate more than one of these and he is not even 3!


The pumpkins were very cool to photograph.


I was on the ladder picking Jenna apples and Michael squeezed up on the ladder also.


There was a huge playground for the kiddos to play in, Michael didn't want to leave to pick apples.


A cool shot of the ladder.


I bought some small gourds and small pumpkins and then put them in large glass canisters.

Great weekend and week!

It has been a week since I posted anything. We were very busy this weekend with the Fall Jamboree, Mike & Niki's wedding, a baby shower and a couple meetings. First I just wanted to let everyone know that the photos from the Fall Jamboree are online. I will be adding the link to my online proof's page tomorrow, but for now here is the link:
http://www.collages.net/consumersite/GuestLogin.aspx?username=Orchards&password=13791&Login.x=0&Login.y=0&Login=Submit


On another note here are some cool things we've been doing lately:




A photo of Isaac and I that Catherine took


My friend Catherine worked with us at the Fall Jamboree



A photo of a 20x30" & 8x10" family portrait that we framed and hung for the family at their house. Doesn't the large print not look so large in the big room.


This is a new album we offer! This one in particular holds 4x6's, but there are some for wallets, 5x7's and 8x10's. This is a "flushmount" type album for a reasonable cost.

Lauren & Seth's Photos are online!

In the article I linked to below the author Sabrina Beasley comments:
"When I saw moments of my wedding day captured on paper, suddenly I was there again. I could smell the cool September breeze. I remembered how the sun felt warm on my bundled hair, and the softness of the veil hanging down around my ears. I reminisced the tender thoughts I had about David—how happy I was to marry him. I remembered wondering what he was thinking as I looked into those bright blue eyes, not able to imagine that I would be waking up to that face the next morning. It was like living the day all over again."

What she said captures what Isaac and I try to do when we photograph your wedding. We want you to be able to feel the emotions you had on your wedding day even 50 years down the road.




I just wanted to let you all know that Lauren and Seth's photos are available to view online now! I am hoping to get Dustin & April's up by tomorrow evening.

We hope to see you out this weekend at either Nicole & Mike's wedding or at the Fall Jamboree. Stop by and say hi!

I read an article on a website today about family photos albums. It made me realize I have to get out all those boxes of photos from the past couple years and create albums. These photos deserve to be shared with family and friends. This article highlights a good reason to have great wedding photography! It is something you will look back through when you have children and grandchildren.
Read this:

http://www.familylife.com/articles/article_detail.asp?id=901

New house-Crazy week

Hello! This week has been completly hectic. First off I was out shooting all week with Oswego Health. I have posted some photos that I shot this week below. Second Isaac and I bought our first house, well we haven't closed yet, but we're getting there. Although we have to give up our amazing house we currently live in, we are so excited to finally be homeowners. There is a 3 car garage that we are going to turn into a studio. In a few years we hope to have a nice English garden going where we can take portraits. We have the professional inspection today, so hopefully everything is good to go! Here is a photo of the outside of the house:




It is a 4 bedroom 1.5 bath house. It is on the corner of W 5th and Niagara, right across from Kingsford Elementary School. Good thing Isaac is great at landscaping because we need some serious curb appeal. We are going to buy a video camera so once we close we can show everyone around the house. Wish us luck with the inspection!

Photos from the Oswego Health Shoot will be posted shortly.

Dustin & April

Today Isaac and I had the privilege to photograph Dustin & April Geer's wedding. We had a great time getting to know both families. It was nice to see all our old friends there as well.

Dustin & April tied the knot at St. Josephs in Oswego. The bridal party hopped in classic cars and drove over to Breitbeck park where we had a quick but relaxing photo shoot. It was a gorgeous day, the sun was out and there was a little breeze. The party then moved onto the reception which was held at The American Foundry. Isaac and I had our reception at the Foundry. Whenever we get a chance to go back and photograph a wedding there we always think back to our wedding day. It will take 10-14 days to post their photos online, but tomorrow I will post some photos of their wedding on this Blog. Have a great night

Keith & Lisa's Wedding

Wow what an excellent day! We just got back from shooting Keith & Lisa Hibbert's wedding. It was quite a hot day but everyone had great spirits. It was a 10 hour day for us so I will keep this short! We had a wonderful time getting to know all of the family and friends present. The ceremony was at St. Josephs in Oswego and the reception was at The Oasis in Fulton. We shoot photos at Fort Ontario. It was like a dream come true for a photographer. If you want awesome wedding photographs and you don't mind taking a little more time for photos you should definitely consider going INSIDE the Fort. Today there was a reenactment! It was so cool to have that going on while we were shooting our photos. Their photos will be online by the middle of next week. Don't forget to go to our "Online Proofs" page, find and click on Lisa & Keith's name and put your e-mail address down so once the photos are online you will be notified.
Isaac and I will be out of town until late Monday night. We are going into Saratoga to say goodbye to an old friend who is moving to California and to take photos for the Saratoga Racetrack. Here are some photos from the night as well as a poster I made for Lisa & Keith:

Sandi & Brooks's Photos are online!

Hello all! I hope you had a great week. I just wanted to let you know that Sandi & Brooks Beshures's photos are online. So go to our "Online Proofs" page and click on their name. We started out the afternoon with Maggie & I going to their house and taking photos of the girls while Isaac went to Brooks's parents house. They rented a limo from S&S limo out of Rochester. We highly recommend S&S. Their vehicles are great but best of all their drivers are very nice and professional. The ceremony was at St. Mary's Church in Oswego, We always love photographing at St. Mary's! It is such a gorgous church, defenitly inspiring! During the ceremony there was a short thunderstorm. It was very cool to hear the low roar of the thunder while they were reciting their vows. It sure made me feel the presence of God during their ceremony. We took some quick shots at St. Mary's and then headed on over to BayShore Grove. It was raining out, but through the clouds and the rain there was an amazing sunset. Unfortunatly it didnt not last long enough, and the bridal party arrived after it went down. What a fun filled night. Visa-Versa Entertainment kept the party going (www.vvep.com/). If you are getting married in the near future you need to give Brian a call! We have worked with Visa Versa a couple of times and we have nothing but rave reviews. Their playlists, MCing, and equipment are all top notch. Congrats again
I Will post some photos from their wedding some other time. It's Friday and I gotta take a night Off :-D

Getting excited for fall

Sorry I haven't blogged lately. We have had a couple portrait shots as well as weddings and all the office work during the week. Isaac and I went away from Saturday to Monday. We went camping up to the Adirondacks. It was nice to be outside, where there is no computers, phone service, or work to do.
This week we have been busy bees getting ready for your fall portrait season. This is our busiest time for portraits as the weather is just right and the leaves look beautiful. We have signed up to take portraits at the Ontario Orchards Fall Jamboree this year. We will be taking portraits with hay, cornstalks, pumpkins, and other assorted fall "accessories". We will be printing most of the photographs on site! So come to the Fall Jamboree the 2nd to last weekend in September and get your portrait taken! No sitting fee.
For the more extensive portrait sessions give us a call! We are taking dates now for our fall portrait sittings. We like to take our time shooting and showing you the photos afterwards so we do not do more than 2 portraits in a day. We work around your schedule!

Don't forget to check out our window display at the Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce until the end of August.

New products & Chamber Window

Hello! We have been busy catching up on work and ordering new products. For the month of August Kain's Photography is showcasing their work at the Chamber of Commerce in Oswego. So get out there and check the display out! We got a new lighting set up which is so much fun! And its portable which is awesome too. We have started printing on canvas which is mounted on 1 1/2" stretcher boards. When you put a photograph on canvas it then becomes a piece of art comparable to the old oil paintings the made during the Victorian era. The canvas looks amazing. I will take a picture of the finished product in a couple days. In addition to offering our images on canvas we are now offering posters. This is a trendy, less expensive way to showcase you favorite photographs. We offer sizes up to 30-40" in both the canvas and poster. If you are interested in seeing either before you order just let me know and you can come look at them. We also got T-shirts for events where we are not required to dress up or for day to day office-work. They look so nice. We got them done at Hometown Embroidery in Oswego. They do an amazing job! I have attached a couple photos of our new things! Have a great evening


Photo of our new light setup and of Isaac in his new Shirt!


Photo of our dog Ruby watching us take photos and of me in my new shirt!


Me holding our new poster. I just got it in the mail today so it is still curly from being mailed in a tube. This one is 16x24"

Merritt-Borisov wedding

I just wanted to let everyone know that the photos have not yet been posted to Heather and Dan's wedding. Isaac and I took our yearly week off to "revitalize" ourselves in the middle of this hectic season. With that being said everything has been pushed back a week or two. I am sorry for any problems this may have caused, this is not are normal procedure, we usually get them online between 7-10 days. We did not want to rush getting the photos online because Heather and Dan's photos deserve as much time and effort as every other wedding. I will let you all know once the photos are up.

Also our email is up and working for the meantime! So go ahead and send us your messages to Jenna@KainsPhotography.com

Have a great weekend

MY Family portrait

Today the family party continued. Isaac and I took a short bike ride through the Saratoga State Park. It was great to get out and enjoy the weather. When we got home we got a chance to feel what it is like to be on the other side of the camera. We took family portraits. With this new found love of portraiture I realized how important it is to get a portrait of my own family. We had a great time! In the evening we celebrated my nephew, Andrew's, 2nd birthday. He was so cute with his truck cake. Here are some selected photos from today! We will be home Tomorrow around dinner time!