Turtle Dove Photography

Well as most of you know I had a contest a while back! I finally got to meet with the contest winners to do a shoot at Fairmount Park. Shawna and her family are so adorable! Her kids are way too cute!

Well I am happy to finally have met the person behind the computer 😉 Here is your sneak peak! I will try to post a few more later but for now here are a couple 🙂

. . . That I can get a picture of both kids together lol

I am only posting one photograph today. I think this says it all! Rory is being a booger and dancing on the table while Logan looks at me thinking “oooo whacha gonna do about that mom????” This is typical in our house, Rory doing whatever she can get away with :p and poor little Logan wondering if she’s really going to get away with it or not hahaha

I took a TON of pics but decided to just post two today 🙂

My theme for today was food lol (not really but it kind of just happened that way lo)

3/365

Because Dipping Sauce is just THAT good!

Who doesn’t sleep like this?!?!

Well today is day TWO of project 365 🙂 So far so good 🙂

Here are a few shots of my kiddos from today 🙂

Logan riding his plane 🙂

Showing me his TEETH (just for Jenn) 😉

What a GOON

I told her there was a bug in my lens! She kept saying BUG!! and pointing! It was really quite cute how excited she got 🙂

I decided to start a 365 project! This is where I will take a picture of both my kids EVERY day for an entire year!!! I have tried to do this before (with self portraits) but failed miserably when I realized I can’t stand looking at THAT many pics of myself lol. So seeing as it is Logan’s first birthday, I decided that I should start it today and end it on his Second Birthday! Or better yet maybe I can just do it from now on 🙂 I am really hoping that I will make it through this and I know from experience it is a LOT harder than it looks! So I am going to need all of your support in doing this project! So leave comments, ideas, or anything else you can think of to show your support!

Wow that ceiling light SURE is interesting!

Rory just LOVES Rebel or “Bubble” as she calls her

LOOK mommy! I found my belly button!

WOW so I am sitting here at 10:43 pm and I can’t believe in a few short hours it will be my baby boy’s first birthday! It has been such a wonderful year, and as sad as I am for him to get older, I am just so happy that so many scary things (SIDS) are now a thing of the past! On to bigger and better things 😉 I wanted to share a couple pics of his b-day party on Saturday

Let me at that cake!!!

wooohooo THANK YOU

The only present he opened. The rest he just chewed on lol

and you KNOW I have to post one of rory! So here she is with my mom

I am looking to add some new faces for my website. So I am looking for some models! Here is what I am looking for if you are interested please either email me jenilee@turtledovephotography.net or call me at (909) 534-7825 Every session will receive a CD of images in exchange for a model release to be signed.

1. Women in Wedding dresses! I want to do bridal pictures and trash the dress sessions! (up to 10 spots available)

2. Women in Dresses and Men in Tuxes! (If you are getting married soon and would like a free “day after session” then contact me! I want the bride in her gown and the groom in his tux 🙂 Even if you were married years ago and still fit in that dress and want your man dressed up nice to take pics together let me know! (up to 10 spots available)

3. Maternity pics- I am looking for someone who is 34 or more weeks pregnant to do some outdoor maternity pictures! (up to 5 spots available)

(I reserve the right to deny any applicant for any reason)

I second shot a wedding with Jennifer Bartlett photography at Green River Golf Club. I didn’t get a ton of my regular images but thought I’d share a couple anyways 🙂

I am always striving to bring the latest things into my photography for my clients, because of this I am really happy to introduce a few new developments!

First of all you can now register with Turtle Dove Photography! Whether you are getting married, having a birthday, or having a baby you can register with TDP! This is something very exciting because registering will allow guests from your wedding, baby shower, and birthdays to invest money to go towards photography and prints!

Also I am now offering gift cards that will be available in prices of $25, $50, $100, $250 and $500 intervals! So if you register with TDP then your guests can give you gift cards towards photography!

Another neat thing I am really excited about is I am now offering a day after session! What is a day after session? Well let me tell you! 😉 Ok that was totally cheesy sounding but I really am excited about this so let me tell you what it is. A day after session is just that, a session that happens the day after the wedding. This is really cool because it will give my brides and grooms the opportunity to get some fun and relaxed portraits in their gown and tux without the time restraints of the actual wedding. The day after shoot can be done at a location of the bride and grooms choosing.

Anyways, these are just three of my exciting new developments! Keep checking back in to see more developments!

Today was a hard day. My best friend Jennifer moved to Indiana today. As much as I know that this is such a wonderful opportunity for her and her family it still hurts. I never realized how hard it was going to be to say goodbye. I met up with her and her family and friends for breakfast this morning before she headed off. I did fine through out the entire breakfast. I was supposed to take pictures but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it, as taking pictures just made it seem so final. So we all ate breakfast together and I had to say goodbye to my boys Dylan and Deven, and then lastly Jenn. I couldn’t hold it any longer and started crying, which of course made poor Jenn start crying which just made me cry harder. So after tearful goodbyes we got in our cars and one last time headed in separate directions. My husband tried to comfort me and said that we would definitely go visit her this summer. So that at least makes me somewhat happy. Then he was cute and said, “Well you still have me, even if I’m not as cool as Jenn”. That made me laugh because he knows he isn’t as cool as Jenn lol. We then decided to take a trip to circuit city to get my mind off things. We walked around for a little bit and then wandered over to Petsmart, I was hoping they would have the puppies in but nope just kittens. Now I am NOT a cat person but dang those kittens were cute. William told me I could get one hahaha all I could think was I could just see those little terrors tearing up my new couches and attacking my kids as they played so of course I passed. Again I am NOT a cat person. Anyways, Jenn has been keeping me updated on their progress of driving there. Right now they are in Flagstaff, AZ, they should hopefully finish their trip by Tuesday at around 3pm. So now all I get to look forward to is talking to my Jenn online and hopefully saving enough money to make a trip there in the next month or two. Anyways, today was a hard day. 🙁