Jena Murray Photography

GALLERIES ARE BACK ONLINE!

UPDATE: The galleries and website are now fully online and available for viewing. Thanks for your patience while we worked out the technical difficulties.

Hello all,

While the website and email ARE back up online, the only link still not working is the online galleries... this means that if you have an existing passcode you will be able to log-in. However, all *new* galleries waiting to be uploaded are on hold, since it's the secure log-in admin area that I am unable to access. It should be up in the next couple of days, so I'll update again on the blog as soon as it's up again.

Thanks for your patience!

-Jena

Family Portrait in Bellingham, WA

This photo session was extra special because Britta, who is the daughter in this family, was my super-duper-amazing photo assistant for the 2008 wedding season!

Here's some of my favorites from the session -

Thanks for a great season and all your help, Britta! Now if I could just get you to go to college in Portland...

Website & Email down Friday, Jan. 16th thru ?

Tuesday 1/20/09 UPDATE: The site and email are still down as we are experiencing continued technical issues with transfering the domain. Thank you for your patience... please feel free to call me if you need anything!

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The website and my email will be down for today. I am transferring the domain and changing a few links, so technically the site will be unaccessible until those links become live again.

Unfortunately, client galleries are also unavailable until the website is back up. Thanks for your patience... the galleries should be available on Saturday. Check the blog for updates.

If you need to speak with me today, please call my cell: 360.224.4377

Thanks again for your patience, it's much appreciated!

-Jena

STUDIO CLOSURE FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Happy Holidays!

The studio will be closed until Jan. 5th. If you have a 2009 wedding inquiry, please submit your request for date availability regardless and I will get back to you asap.

-Jena

Another 7 month old!

My theory holds true... 7 month olds are soooo much fun to photograph!

Here's a little sweetie who was not only in a fantastic mood to do photographs together, but mom and dad were happy to jump in as well!

Here's some of my favorites from our session together at their home...

I think this one would make a snappy holiday card, don't you think?

This last photo of the day sums it up - Little Willa's scrunched up nose is so cute!!

Happy Halloween!

My favorite little guy at 10 months old this halloween... all sweetness, no stink!

7 month old session

I used to think that 6 months was the perfect age to do a "watch me grow" kind of session... but I've had some sessions where the 6 month old wasn't quite a strong "sitter-upper" yet and so the majority of the shots were still of the baby laying down... which if we did a 3 month old session a few months before, just doesn't give us enough variety for positions from one session to another.

But after doing some recent 7 month old photoshoots, I now think that's the ideal age! They've had a little time to perfect the sitting up part and they're still as happy-go-lucky as they were the month before. I've yet to find an unhappy 7 mos old baby... every one has seemed to be all smiles the whole time I get to photograph them. It must also be the age they've perfected the "art of charming" as well.

Little Jack Henry was no exception to this theory - He was an absolute joy to photograph!! What a fun session we had together with his mom and dad.

Here's some of my favorites from the session...

Jack Henry's mom told me *she* used to suck on her two fingers as well... so cute!

This little hat is *extra* special... it once belonged to Jack Henry's dad when he was a baby.

And one last photo with his mom...

Senior Photography

Since I'm usually photographing weddings during the summer and fall months, and then when I'm not photographing weddings I'm usually photographing babies... every now and then I get the distinct pleasure of being asked to do a senior portrait. And I almost always say yes, but only after talking with the high schooler about locations and ideas - it's an entirely different hat to wear for me, but one I enjoy when I get the chance. I get really excited when that senior wants to do something different and has an open mind about where to go and what to wear. The important thing is that wherever we choose to go shoot, it be a location that really speaks to that individual.

Lisa was one such girl! She recently moved down to WA from Alaska, so being near the water and doing the session outdoors was something that really excited her. Since she lived nearby, we decided on doing the session at Semiahmoo Resort. We had perfect shooting weather when the day arrived and the kind of light that makes a photographer drool. (Not that I drool, I glisten!)

Here's some of my favorites from the session -

Finally settled in Portland... it's catch-up time!

Thanks to all my clients for their infinite amount of patience these past 4 weeks as we've moved from Bellingham to Portland... and then waited to be able to move into our new home and studios! We had many delays, but we're finally in and have internet installed, so it's time to catch-up on all the portrait sessions and weddings that need to be uploaded into galleries and blogged about. Stay tuned for a whirlwind week of blog posts highlighting all the fun and special sessions from late August and September!

STUDIO CLOSURE UPDATE

Hello clients and friends!

We are experiencing delays in our move from Washington to Oregon this week, so the studio will be closed until Wednesday, October 13 when we will finally be able to move into our new home and studio. I will be returning all phone calls and emails at that time.

Thanks for your patience in delivery of portrait & wedding online galleries/print orders during this transitional time.

If you have any questions or have a particular need that would require my immediate attention, please contact me at 360-224-4377 or email [email protected]

Thanks!
-Jena