Just 10 minutes away...

We just spent a really great weekend out in DC taking some fun pictures with my good friend Shilpa nd her finacee, Brian.  I have to say, brian is a great guy.  I have met him on occasion but have never really had the chance hang out with him for an extended period.  Brian & Shilpa's personalities go together perfectly.  He is quite the gentlemen.  Maybe too much so...Jennifer gave me more than one "why don't you do that kind-of-thing" nudges...hahahaha

In all seriousness, we did have a fantastic time.  You are probably wondering by now, what's up with the title of this post? If not, you should be. Anytime diring the weekend, when someone would ask how long until we get there or how far away something was, Brian would always say "About 10 minutes." So it got be be the running joke, no matter what the question...if it was about time...the answer was "About 10 minutes." Apparently, that's just how it is in DC...you are pretty close to everything.

We love you guys out there in DC...enjoy every minute of your engagement...your wedding is right around the corner!

"When is their wedding?" you ask.

"In about 10 minutes."

- Tommy

P.S.

Enjoy some of the great pictures we took below:

Beth and Josh's beautiful wedding day!

I met Josh for the first time at a bonfire of mutual friends. I thought he was the nicest guy and seemed like a mini-me version of our own Tommy. He had the curls and longer hair and beard. I am fairly certain I never knew his first name only ever referring to him as Ratts. I knew he was cool when he was the only one to offer to run downtown maybe a couple of miles to the circle from Tommy's apartment when the Colts won the superbowl!

Beth, I had only met once at a surprise birthday party for Tommy but she was so nice. You could tell they made a wonderful couple.
So now with the curls and beard gone...deep down it is the same Ratts.

I was excited when they asked Tommy and I to photograph and DJ their wedding.
They were so much fun. Their parents were the last ones on the dance floor and they all enjoyed themselves. They have amazing family and friends.

They have a family tradition to make a quilt for the new couple and this has been passed down for years and years. That was a really special moment to watch. One of the bridesmaids and cousins ( I will let you stay anonymous ;) Is the life of the party and really got people going on the dance floor.

Tommy and I had a truly wonderful time at this wedding. Everything went off without a hitch! Thank you for being so wonderful and down for fun things in the photographs.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the wedding day!

- Jennifer

Jennifer on WZPL!

I just wanted to make a little post about Jennifer and her daughter Maya.

Every year WZPL radio station has a Make-A-Wish request-a-thon.  Jennifer & Maya would always go up and donate money together, and their song they would love to listen to and dance to together was 'Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way.'

Jennifer got to call in tonight and was put on the radio to request her song.  Here it is:


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Enjoy!

- Tommy

Baby Grace Photography Announces a Huge Sale on all prints!

Has your gallery expired?...Already placed an order?... We have a great exciting deal right here...for everyone!! Photographs make great gifts...so we are going to help you out and GIVE you a great discount. If you didn't get a chance to place an order yet, or weren't able to purchase all of those photographs you marked as favorites, it's not too late. You will receive 20% off of any print order. If you have already placed an order with us, then you will receive 40% off your print order. Again this excludes any specialty items and is only applicable for the prints. This offer is valid until Saturday, November 29, 2008.

Just email us and we can give you the discount code when placing your order.

Also this is the time to place your Christmas Card order. We recently reduced our prices on all cards! Take advantage of all your great photographs on a custom made Holiday Card.

More Deadlines... Here are some more important deadlines to remember:

• Photobook Orders - The photobook order deadline has come and gone. Any orders we have received already will be done without a rush charge. Any photobook orders placed from here on out, will be done on a case-by-case basis for the Holidays. They will be subject to a rush charge based on the amount of pages in the book and the timeframe in which it is ordered and needed back.
• December 5th - Photo orders must be placed by this date in order to guarantee Christmas delivery
• Any photo orders purchased after December 5th, will be subject to a rush charge, if you want them back for Christmas. The exact amount will differ on a case-by-case basis.

We hope all of you are enjoying your Holidays!

Jennifer & Tommy

Jaxon and Ella

Awhile back Cindy contacted me about doing her childrens photographs. They were such sweet kids and the whole family was really nice and easy to work with. I enjoyed pretending with Ella and walking through the magical forests. And I loved Jaxon's huge smile and he was really independent and great for the camera. Here are a few images from their beautiful family session!

- Jennifer

Inspired...

Stephanie and Nick are some of the most open minded clients I have had the pleasure of doing engagement photographs for. They were willing,in the cold, to take off their shoes and walk in a creek and through the mud in the heels and cowboy boots. The results are fun and beautiful all at the same time. Really sweet and fun photographs. Here are some of my favorites from our day in Plainfield. We look forward to photographing your wedding next year!

- Jennifer

Grace is 6 going on 30...

I met Grace last week to do her '6 year old' photographs. She instantly charmed me. I am a sucker for babies and kids anyhow, but really...this little girl I could've taken her home and hung out with her all day long. She was funny and reminded me of my daughter in a few ways.

What really got me was the whole time we were doing photographs when I would set the shot up she would say, "Miss Jennifer I think you should take 4 of this picture." Then she would tell me what she thought would make a good photograph. I kept laughing at her and she said, " I love making you laugh! " I thought what little kid thinks like this. It was really cute.

Then she offered to carry my backpack with my gear in it. I knew it was kind of heavy but she wanted to carry it anyway. I asked her if she was my assistant how much would she want to be paid. "Only 90 hundred dollars," she said. Then she said, "but I would take $5," hahahahahaha!.

I happened to have a five in my pocket, so I decided to give it to her. She whispered to her mom, "I should of asked for 10." So cute.

She use to call pine cones rain cones which I thought was cute. I like the photographs we did of those in her hands. She also wanted her mom in the photographs which is just precious really. Too quickly kids go off and grow up and so those moments they want you right next them in photographs is something to cherish for sure.

I look forward to seeing Grace and all her cute freckles again some day soon.

Thanks Kristen for everything. I had a lot of fun hanging out with the two of you!

- Jennifer

Kristen Paige

A friend of mine I used to know from working at the community hospitals approached me a while back about taking pictures of her daughter.
I had the pleasure of getting to do her Kristen, her daughter's, senior photographs.

It was a lot of fun. I felt inspired and like I was back in college. She was up for any ideas and had a fun personality.  I look at highschoolers like her and I wish I was half as cool as her when I was in school. The fashion mistakes we all made in the 90's did me no justice but kids now are able to express themselves in such creative and much more unique ways then when I was going through my teen years. Kristen is artsy and fun and beautiful so taking good photographs was not hard.

Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

- Jennifer

Jack struts the catwalk...

So little Jack and his parents Dawn and Pete met me early the other morning at the IMA. As soon as I saw little 2 year old Jack he was all smiles. Quite the ladies man this one was.

He was so cute in his brown sweater and button down shirt...but what really got me was how we were walking around the grounds. I had stopped taking photographs and was just walking and talking to his parents. Jack was walking right behind us and when I turned around to look at Jack, I picked up my camera and he immediately took a step back and did a 360 just as you would see on a catwalk. As he spun around his eyes looked straight up at the camera and he smiled and posed.

It was hilarious. Then I would pose his parents and he would do exactly what his dad was doing for the photographs. I was doing photographs of just his parents and he walked right in and posed himself right infront of his parents. I think that is kind of what being a parent is about. It is not about the 2 of you anymore...and Jack was saying anywhere you guys are I want to be right there with you ;)

Thanks guys for letting me do your photographs it was a great day!

- Jennifer

Rob & Jenny...

Jenny and Rob are long-time friends of Tommy's.  When I met them I instantly felt so comfortable around them.  I think they make an amazing couple. There friends and family are so much fun and take you in and make you feel one of the group.

With all this support of their families, the whole event went really smooth and was a lot of fun.  The rehearsal started with duckpin bowling...which I happen to be horrible at...I will keep my day job. And then we ate some really delicious BBQ.

The wedding took place at Fountain Square Theatre. We did photographs before hand at the IMA.
Jenny and Rob chose to see each other prior to the ceremony which I thought made for some really special photographs of the two of them alone taking in that moment of seeing each other for the first time and exchanging gifts.

Thanks Jenny and Rob for letting be such a big part of your day!

- Jennifer

Mason turns 1!

Mason's mom, Amy, I have know since she was 15. I managed a Delia's a long time ago. She was my favorite young lady working there for me. Something connected us right away. I found of sense of wanting to be a good role model and be that person she could talk to about anything.

So much has happened in both of our lives. She was the videographer during Maya's birth. She now has her own little one, Mason. He is adorable. He has the biggest blue eyes I have ever seen.

We did photographs in a couple of locations and ended our day at the Flying Cupcake, in Broadripple. I got some really great shots of him with the cupcake.

Happy 1st Year Mason! Auntie Jenn Loves You!

Yanni

Yanni's mom Aretoula contacted me about doing newborn photographs. Although he has been here for a couple of months he is only about 8lbs. Adorable and no doubt the most laid back I have had for newborn photographs he was a dream come true.
I could place him anywhere for photographs and he was just fine with that.
He is so cute and doing so well now after being just 4lbs when born.

- Jennifer

Here are some precious photographs of him!

Ella and Cameron

These two cuties are all over our website. Cameron adorns our splash page with his, all too cool, football stance. Ella has this really amazing soul and big smile. She reminds me a lot of her mom. They are so good and so cute. I really loved getting to see them a year later. Cameron looked the most different to me this year. His chubby cheeks were less chubby and his hair cut was cute and more grown up.

He is now into baseball and was cracking me up with his batting stance. He was really getting into the role by spitting on the ground like a real baseball player and then getting into position for me.

Cameron and Ella will be really great siblings to the new baby on the way.

- Jennifer -

Here are some new photographs of some of my favorite little people to photograph.