Ashlea : Senior

Ashlea chose to have her senior portraits done at Stanley Park in Westfield. It was a gorgeous day and I had a great time working with her. Ashlea said she was very into photography as well and I would love to see her grow as a photographer.

My favs from her session. To view more go to www.jaimesphotography.com/ashlea

Musician: Chris Greenwood

Last month I had the pleasure of photographing musician Chris Greenwood. You can check him out at www.myspace.com/chrisgreenwood

Here are some of my favs from his session. To view more go to www.jaimesphotography.com/chris

5 Dillon Boutique

A couple months ago I took some photographs of 5 Dillon Boutique located at 9 Dillon Street Holyoke. The boutique sells both gently used and new clothing as well as trendy and vintage clothing. Besides just selling clothing they sell refurbished furniture, and also sell jewlery, shoes, and other decorative items. It is a very cool little boutique and you should definately check it out. Here are some shots of the store.

Trash the Dress please check this out

Please check out this link about trash the dress sessions that was featured on the today show http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/33190828#33190828

I came across this type of photo session a couple years ago and instantly fell in love with it... the only problem... i cant find many brides who are at all interested in this so i have looked for models to wear some gowns i bought for fairly cheap.. more to come on 3 recent trash the dress shoots.

My motto: you pay X amount of money for a wedding gown... you wear it once, and pay more money to get it cleaned and preserved.. your odds of ever wearing it again, or your daughter wearing it... slim to none.. lets face it styles change, it is not very common for daughters to wear their mothers gowns these days. So why not put that gown back on and have a fun, sexy, edgy photo shoot with your lover and not worry about it getting dirty.

I also offer these sessions for teens in their prom gowns. Go solo or bring your boyfriend or a group of friends. Either way they are extremely fun!

You can view some of these sessions at www.jaimesphotography.com
for prom gowns go to seniors... then click on "trash the dress"
for wedding gowns go to weddings.... then click "on the day after"

Thank you!

With the recent anniversary of 9/11 I just wanted to send out a big thanks to all of those who serve our country and to their family members. Your courage, strength, and dedication is truely amazing! Thank you for all that you do!

Canada Eh!

Last weekend my family and I went up to Quebec to visit family and attend my grandfather's brothers 50th wedding anniversary party. It has been about 10 years since the last time I have been up there and it was nice to visit again. I love how much farmland there is in Canada! The ride there was great for sight seeing, hills and hills of farms and bails of hay and the cows and old barns, just beautiful!

This is a collage of some of my favorite canadian foods and some of the signs from town.

This is dad atop a hay bail... wish i could figure out how to do a slideshow of the images of him running and jumping onto the bail.. it was pretty funny.

This is the barn where my grandmothers brother makes maple syrup.

This is the same brothers cat... this cat was gorgeous and i love how they had him shaved to look like a lion

A cross my grandmothers brother put atop a mountain that is visible from his backyard.

Me and my sister at the 50th Wedding Anniversary Party

My grandfather's brother and his family

Two of my grandfather's brothers and his sister

My grandmother with her sons Mike and Peter

Me, Naomi, Mom, Grandma, Aunt France, Aunt Linda, Katie and in front Becky and Brianna

My grandfather's brother and sister-in-law with their great grandaughter

A shot of their 50th anniversary rings, i believe these were a gift from their children

Aunt Linda and Katie

Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Peter

Aunt Kim and Uncle Mike

Mom and Dad

Corey and Naomi

Aunt France, Becky and Brianna

The Camp

Brianna and one of the kittens from the farm

The rest of the images are of the farm and home where my grandmother grew up in Quebec, Canada and one of Becky and another kitten from the farm.