wedding & lifestyle photography
I was so excited when Marissa asked me to take Coraline’s photos again for her first birthday!! She is such a joy to photograph! Balloons, a set of keys, and cupcakes are all it takes to make Coraline a happy camper!
Hope you all enjoy the photos!
Jaison
I have known Brooke since I started working at the salon in 2008. She actually hired me back in the day (haha)! I was so excited when she told me she wanted to have photos taken. I knew how cute her family was and knew they would make for the cutest pictures! Her kiddos Maddie and Cade are so sweet and went along with all of the ideas we had, (even if one of them included tying Maddie up with Christmas lights.) Josh & Brooke, you sure do have a beautiful family. Jaison & I had a fun time laughing with you guys!
<3 Callie
I had such a wonderful time on this family shoot! Izzy is so adorable and did a wonderful job during the entire shoot!!
I am looking forward to getting the film photos back from their session! Those will be in a later post!
Enjoy the photos!
— Jaison
Jordan asked me some time ago about doing some photos for him before he graduates college. I love that there were so many settings we got to use! I am glad he was up for a variety of different locations and wardrobe changes!
Here are the photos! This part one of two. I also have some film photos of Jordan that will be in an upcoming post!
Oh, where to start?
I have known Kyle for about 11 years now and we have been good friends almost since the day I met him. He was even in Callie and I’s wedding this past May. In all the years I have known Kyle, I don’t think I have ever seen him as happy as he is with Rylee. I was so excited to get to take some photos for these two! Callie and I are very happy for both of you and it has been great getting to know Rylee!
–Jaison
P.S. – Kyle, put a ring on it already!!
We are in the midst of football season! This year I have the privilege of shooting all the North Little Rock Charging Wildcat football games for the North Little Rock Times! Last football season was my first time to actually shoot sports. Callie and I are mainly portrait photographers and it is nice to get to branch out and try some other areas of photography! Callie thinks I am a little obsessed with football but, what husband is not?
On a technical note, shooting football games has taught me that stadium lighting is absolutely horrendous and our cameras are awesome at shooting at high ISOs! When shooting football games I am constantly shooting at 5000-6400 ISO! It’s crazy to think shooting at that high of an ISO we can still get a usable image.
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Here are some photos from the first four games that I have shot!
Enjoy!
Jaison
Finally, I get to post some of the photos I have taken for 501 LIFE Magazine over the past couple months!
This past month I have been kept pretty busy taking photos for not only Sterling Imageworks but for 501 Life in Conway.
This first story is from the August 2013 Pet Feature. Allison and Alex adopted their cat, Tripawd (Tripey), from the Maumelle Friends of the Animals. Tripey, as you can assume, is a three legged cat. Allison and Alex both wanted to help Tripey out and give him a good home. It looks as though he has found a wonderful home!
These next photos are from September’s issue featuring Sandy and Alan Brandon and their dog Sofie. Sofie was also adopted from the Maumelle Friends of the Animals.
Now we get to the St. Joseph Bazaar! This was a pretty cool festival the St. Joseph’s Church puts on every year in Conway.
And, the last set of photos is from September’s issue featuring Baron Mannis as the “Kid of the Month.”
All I can say is, WOW!! These photos turned out to be amazing! The lighting and skyline were incredible. The new uniforms look awesome! So glad I got to do the shoot with these guys!
Last week I got quite the surprise at work. A client brought in a Mamiya rz67 and two Pentax 645s. He had owned his own photography business before becoming a preacher. He told me I could have the cameras as long as I used them!
Well of course I am going to use them! I went that day and bought film.
This past Sunday, Callie and I got to do a wonderful engagement session for Olivia & Braxton. I asked them if it would be alright if I took some photos with film. They both agreed and said they could not wait to see the photos! Well, I finally have my first roll of 120 back from being developed and I LOVE it!!
These are the photos from the Mamiya rz67.
What an awesome session Callie and I had with these two!! Everything turned out perfect! Check out the photos! 
First off, let me say that I am not the photographer who likes to use a flash. I prefer to use natural lighting. This past week I was doing a shoot for Unraveled Boutique. When we got to the location I soon realized I had left my memory cards at home. Oops!! Well, I had my 1976 film camera with me and a lot of film. My wife said she would drive thirty minutes back home to get the memory cards. I shot the first part of this session all on 35mm film. That turned out great. You can see those photos in my previous post.
When my wife returned with the memory cards the sun had already set and I just wasn’t getting the kind of lighting I wanted. So, I set up my off camera flash at about a 45 degree angle to the girls and exposed the shot to them.
Let me just say, WOW!! The colors after sunset were stunning!! I am extremely happy with the way these portraits turned out!!
This wedding was a new experience for me. I was in charge of not only the photography, but videography as well. Needless to say, I was a little stressed out. Despite the stress, the photos turned out great. We could not have asked for better weather for the outside ceremony. It was such a great experience to work with this wonderful couple and their families on their special day!!
