Jennifer Chaney Photography

I’m very excited to have partnered with The Nurture Center in Lafayette, CA, for a one hour beginning photography class!  This class is geared toward anyone wanting to move their photography skills beyond the snapshot.  We will study light, location, and composition to help us discover why we love some photos, but don’t like others.  Bring your cameras and manuals as we will go over basic camera operation, if time allows.  Oh yes, and bring your questions, too!  The more questions the better, that’s what I say!

And be sure to pop into the Nurture Center while you’re there – I hadn’t stopped by for quite some time and they’ve gone through some lovely changes.  The store has been totally redone and they now carry clothes and toys for older kids.  I was pretty impressed by some of the items (especially the little baby clothes!) and have added them to my recommended shopping page.  I sincerely believe we should shop local as much as possible, so I’m very happy with the new direction of the store.

Saturday Feb. 27th @ 11am

The Nurture Center Classroom

Cost: 35.00

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Early registration is suggested as there are only 10 openings.  To register, please contact me (click HERE) and include “photography class registration” in the notes section – you will receive a registration form link via email shortly after.

PLEASE NOTE:  this class is not intended for professional photographers or those wanting to turn professional.

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Over the past few years I have been so fortunate to have opportunities to learn from some of the best lifestyle and portrait photographers like Cheryl Muhr, Brianna Graham, Barb Uil of Jinky Art, Joe McNally, and  Kevin Kubota (which, for the record, was amazing!  He is informative, passionate, and entertaining!)  So some time last fall I began the painful process of trying to decide what workshop I wanted to take next.  It may sound like an easy decision to make, but workshops are expensive and 9 times out of 10 they involve travel.  In my blog-hopping trying to narrow down my picks, I got side tracked (as I often do!) by Jasmine Star’s blog.  She’s always so funny and informative that I just get sucked right in.  On this day I realized that if I took just one more workshop this year, hers would be the one.  I had no idea when it would be and I knew she was in HIGH demand, so I signed up for her newsletter and crossed fingers.  The very next day (I kid you not!) I got an email announcing a workshop in the OC… are you serious?  I grabbed the phone, made a quick call to my husband and upon hanging up, I registered.  I patiently waited to hear back – half expecting that taking a mere 30 minutes to register was 30 minutes too long.   Then I got the email saying I was in!  Ecstatic doesn’t even begin to express my state of mind.  I was beyond thrilled.  Her workshop sells out quickly.  I know a couple of people who tried just a few hours after seeing the announcement and didn’t make it.  So I was feeling very much like this was meant to be!

The workshop did not disappoint.  The brilliant Jasmine Star was on fire!  She is so vivacious and kind – it was worth every penny to hang out with her for a day.  Here are some pictures from the workshop – I’m not a heavy shooter at workshops because I learn best by watching, but I did find some moments I felt that I needed to get.  This couple is just gorgeous.  Should that be in caps?  GORGEOUS!  Yes, that’s better.   So here’s a little wedding eye candy for you!

Have a fabulous weekend!

xoxo

The details:  Bride’s amazing makeup and hair was done by Vivian Tran of All Made Up, and Lauryl Lane did the extra fancy fall bouquet.  Someone had asked Jasmine about the bride’s headband and I believe it’s from ETSY.  They used a few of them to layer and make the feathers more substantial.  Very creative and very beautiful!

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If you follow me on twitter, you’ve probably already seen some pictures of recent displays I’ve had hung around Danville, but I wanted to share a few more!  Aren’t they purdy?

When I originally designed the first set for one of my favorite people,  Julie Ligon, owner of The Dailey Method in Danville, I had envisioned three large pictures running along the back wall.  But after spending some time with it, I decided I really wanted to make a bigger impact.  I played around with some ideas I came up with 9 16×16 flush gallery mounts pictures with a black beveled edge.  I absolutely love it!  I mean LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  And these mounts are such a great alternative to frames.  They are solid, come ready to hang, and have a super sleek modern look.  They are absolutely perfect for her studio!

The second set was a special project for long time clients (wedding, maternity, and newborn sessions)  Jenny and Brian Oas of Allstar Swim School.  They just redid their swim shack and wanted to include some fun swimming pictures of a few of their clients.  I went with white for these gallery mounts and made them a little thinner because they were bigger.  I love the colors and the clean look of them.  As a side note, my Crazies take swim lessons with Jenny and Brian and I sincerely cannot say enough kind things about this couple.  They are amazing at their jobs.  People drive from all over the Bay Area to have their kids take lessons here.  And I believe they are one of the only swim schools in the area that will start teaching kids as early as 6 months old.  Plus they do the ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) training which is a must if you own a pool or have your babies around water a lot.

As always, I hope your weekends were lovely and you were able to get out into the sun!

xoxo

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