In a Thousand Words or Less

This is a call for 2010 Seniors (and Juniors too!)!

We are looking for Juniors and Seniors to model for us! All models receive a full session at no cost, along with 48 wallets, two 5×7s and an 8×10. It doesn’t get better than that! You pick your own outfits, name your date and we’ll be there to photograph you looking your best. We’ll even print up cards for you to give to friends. Each time you refer a friend and they book a session, you get a free 5×7 and so does your friend! [ We also have t-shirts coming in that you'll get, but it's a little cheesy to have that as an incentive ]

If you are interested, please email us at: info (at) jernelsen.com (Replace the (at) with an @)

I look forward to it!

::jer::

I had a GREAT time in Downer’s Grove, IL last weekend with Tyler and Lauren!

We did engagement photos in Tivoli theater in the downtown area — it’s an awesome little theater with a long history and some great popcorn. (It actually won a Chicago-wide award for ‘best popcorn’!) It is a special theater to Tyler and Lauren. It is their ‘date theater’ — where they go on a number of their dates. They LOVE movies together and LOVE being with each other!

I LOVED the shoot and look forward to the wedding!

This morning I awoke to a fresh blanket of powdery white snow all over. It was the perfect temperature and the first convincing snowfall, so I popped out of bed. (Okay, it was more of a yawn, sigh, grunt and a slide out of bed–but you get the picture.)

I grabbed my camera (with my new 70-200/2.8) and asked Laura to put on a gorgeous white dress from her closet. Needless to say, she looked absolutely stunning. I had to remember to press the shutter. Ha.

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We also had lunch at the Blue Lion Coffee House in Pierceton. Great, warm little place. I highly recommend it if you are ever in the area. We couldn’t leave without taking just a couple of photos.

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I had the great opportunity to photograph my friend Sonja this afternoon. It was bitter cold, but she played a good sport. I’m REALLY excited about how these photos turned out. She is so beautiful! Love it.

Love it, love it!

::jer::

All images (c) Jer Nelsen 2009 – Please don’t steal. That just ain’t right, yo.

Before I put the images from this weekend’s gorgeous fall wedding up, I’m going to show some of the different styles I’ve been trying to work with to have a different approach to the images. I’m really enjoying some of the emotive qualities of color-shifted photos and I’m working very hard to get a more vintage black-and-white feel. So far, I’m enjoying the results.

Less talk, more show, Jer!

I really really like the way the flowers fit the season as well as the whole feel of the wedding. Quite classy, but still tons of fun!

The groomsmen were a hoot. Who doesn’t want to be a ninja?

For some reason, photographers really like it when the couple looks detached. C’est la vie.

(The image above was actually taken by the lovely Laura McNulty who was kind enough to assist me. Great shot, huh?)

(I’m not usually a fan of the lens-blur look, but something about Megan and her father dancing merited it. Such a perfect and beautiful moment.)

More later? Sounds great!

ADDITION! MORE IMAGES!

::jer nelsen, over and out::

(Photography is what I do. These images are (c) Jer Nelsen Photography 2009. Please don’t steal.)