ROCK THE VOTE!

Happy New Year everyone!...And what a year 2008 was!...Thank you so much to all of my wonderful clients, family & friends who made '08 truly great :)...I am looking forward to seeing what 2009 holds for everyone and I hope to see you all for your '09photo sessions very soon!...So many wonderful changes are in store for Elana P. Jones Photography this year and I can't wait to share it all with you...Coming in the very near future, we'll be opening our very first studio location on the town square!!!...We can't wait to see you all there very soon!...In the mean time, I had so much fun going back through my 2008 sessions and looking for my own personal favorites from each session...It was NOT an easy task though, that's for sure!...I loved each session so, so much!...So, now, without further ado, here are my choices for some of my own personal favorites of 2008!...

The photo which receives the most votes will receive a 16x20 mounted wall print of the winning image, as well as a complimentary session fee to use in 2009!!!...Also, the second & third place winners will receive a complimentary 8x10 of their winning image!!!...So, now it's up to you, your family, your friends, your co-workers, and anyone and everyone else who just happens upon this blog, to choose your most favorite image for 2008!!!...Voting is open to all, so feel free to forward this post along to everyone you know, but PLEASE, only one vote per computer!!!...Remember, no cheating, as I can check the IP addresses of the vote, and if there are multiple votes from the same IP address, you will be disqualified...I understand that it will be hard to chose only one and also that there may be multiple images per family, but let's please keep it honest so everyone has a fair chance!...Voting will end January 10th, 2009 at midnight...

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LITTLE SWEET CHEEKS!

So, this weekend we hosted the annual family Christmas party for my husband's side of the family, and this little precious angel is my Mother-in-law's cousin's baby boy (I think I got that right?!?!)...Well, of course I just couldn't let them leave the party without doing a super quick (and I do mean SUPER QUICK!) mini-session...We went outside as everyone was starting to leave, and due to the cold and the wind, I don't think we were out there for more than 4 minutes total, and in those 4 minutes I took exactly 27 shots, and of those 27, only one shot had his eyes closed, so not too shabby for a 4 minute mini-session, huh?!?!?...Well, it's no wonder that all 26 images are as adorable as can be, with those scrumptious cheeks and those gorgeous baby blue eyes, I knew it was a photo session made in heaven!...Of course, with every image being so darn cute, I couldn't decide what to post as a sneak peek on the blog today, so I'll just post as many as can fit and I'll have the rest posted on my website real soon for mommy and daddy to see...Hope everyone is having a truly wonderful holiday season...Merry Christmas Eve to you all and I'll be back soon with more!...-EPJ

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!

Without a doubt, that was the fastest year that has ever gone by!...I swear it was just the other day that little J came to see me for his first session, and now here he is celebrating the big O-N-E!!!...I can't even believe it, so I know that if I can't believe it, than his mommy and daddy are probably more in shock than me!...Well, we had a super fun, albeit super MESSY session, that ended with us throwing little J in the bathtub and J's daddy scrubbing my playroom floors clean :)...Here you go mommy & daddy...Just a little sneak peek for your Monday afternoon enjoyment...Of course y'all know the routine by now, plenty more to come in the near future!!!...Enjoy and hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season...-EPJ

ISN'T SHE LOVELY?

Isn't she beautiful???...That's the only song that comes to mind as I sit here looking back at some of my favorite images of the beautiful bride (and her equally handsome groom!) from this past weekend's festivities...It truly couldn't have been a more beautiful day, and I'm so thrilled that I got to be a part of it all...Thank you all so, so much for including me!!!...It was incredibly hard to sit down and go through all the oodles and oodles of shots from the day, and narrow it down to just a few sneak peeks, so hope you enjoy these few, as there are definitely LOTS and LOTS more to come!...Hope y'all are having a wonderful honeymoon you two, and I look forward to sharing the rest with you in the near future!!!...Oh, and even though you know I'm a Crimson and White girl through and through, for your sake KL, and all the "Roll Tides" that you and your wonderful family so graciously put up with over the weekend, just for you and just this once, I'll end this post with a great big "WAR EAGLE!"...Oh my, that was harder to do that I thought it would be!...See ya soon!!!...-EPJ

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MY JOB!

I really have lost count of how many times I've said it in the past, and I'm pretty sure you'll hear me say it again in the very near future, but man oh man, do I LOVE my job!!!...I am so incredibly blessed to be able to meet all the amazing people that I meet, and capture all these incredibly special moments in all of their lives...I mean really, does it get any better than that?!?!...And of course, sweet baby boy J is no exception!!!...I have been fortunate enough to see him "grow-up" (if you will) over the past nine months, and change from a teensy weensy little newbie, into a (almost!) little boy!!!...I can't get over it...I mean, he's this little teeny preemie one second, and a chunky-monkey, speed crawlin', tongue stickin' out, laughin' little man the next!...Time passes WAY too fast!...And I already can't wait for our next session...He'll be a cake smashing one year old the next time we meet!!!...We'll have a blast at that session, too!...In the mean time, here's some little sneaks for mommy and daddy of this past weekend...We had a great session with LOTS of great shots, and since I had a hard time deciding on only a few of my favorites for this preview, just know that there are LOTS, LOTS, LOTS more to come!!!...Enjoy!...-EPJ

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY!

So, it was my senior year of high school and the phone rings, and on the other end of the phone I hear, "Hey Elana, it's 'K'. I hear you're planning on going to the University of Alabama next year and I was wondering if you'd like to room together?"...And the rest, as they say, is history...So, 'K' and I, two girls from Savannah, who went to two different high schools and had only met a small handful of times, became Tutwiler roomies our freshman year, and now here we are more than a decade later, with four little girls between the two of us...My how times have changed!!!...As 'K' said during our session, "We've gone from pigging out on Ben & Jerry's Chunky-Monkey in our dorm room, to singing A-B-C's and playing peek-a-boo!"...I'll never forget sitting in my teeny little dorm bed one afternoon, and 'K' running in to tell me all about the boy in her math class that she had just met and was going to marry, and lo and behold, now here they both are all these years later and they just had their first precious baby girl only a few short weeks ago!...I'm so happy to have been able to be a part of it all...Granted, just a small little part of it, but a part nonetheless...So, without further ado, presenting a sneak peek of baby girl C and her beautiful family...May baby C grow up to love Krispy Kreme donuts as much as her momma and I did!!!...-EPJ

AND BABY MAKES FOUR!

I remember when my family went from three to four (then eventually five!), and getting to experience the wonder of my "baby" no longer being "the" baby and officially becoming a "big sister!"...I love being able to experience it through another family's eyes over and over again while behind the camera doing my job...I always say that I have the best job in the world, and it's so true and it never ceases to amaze me...And this sweet big sister was no exception...She was so loving to her new baby brother, so much in fact, that she didn't even complain (too much!) when her new baby tee-teed all over her!...Now THAT'S a good big sister!!!...I had a wonderful evening session getting to know the W family and I look forward to watching these two special little ones grow up and love each other more and more with each passing day...Hope mommy and daddy enjoy these quick little sneak peeks of their precious family, and, as always, I'll be back again soon with more...-EPJ