You red my mind...

This shoot for Bobby & Terri from many, many weeks ago now somehow slipped through the blogging cracks! Ah! (maybe cause they are ALL over the new website I'm working on so I FELT like, S U R E L Y I'd put them all over my blog too!) Well not to worry, without further ado, the fabulous, amazing, patient & beautiful Tallman Family!!!

I LOVE this one! Way to go Devin!

How cool is their house?! Backdrops need not apply.

3rd times a charm!

I can't believe it's been 3 years since I first started taking photos of Andy & Katie! They greet me with a big hug & instantly Katie starts with "Come on Jovee!" wanting to show me some new toy or drawing or game they've invented. They have so much energy & it's definitely a day to skip the gym, but it is always worth it when you're able to capture their awesome little personalities. This year they got really into it & I eventually had to say, ok, no more pictures! It was really hard to narrow down my favorites, so I just stopped trying. Here are tons of awesome pictures of an awesome family!

Photo Contest..... Friday :)

And the winner for photo with best facial expression is....

Daniel Friedman!

(Again!?!)

Wow, two weeks in a row he brings down the house!! Come on guys, let's step it up a notch huh?! A 3-peat? could it be? (In all fairness, he did play the "pouty lip, pig tails" card. That is like a royal flush of cute)

Hey, did somebody say niner? Well if they did maybe that's cause they know the theme of this weeks' contest.....

N I N E

Yeah, it's really that simple. It could be an actual number (like in this pic), 9 of something, a German lady yelling no... whatever represents 9. Take it, beautify it, marvel at it & email it to:

jovee @ joveephotography. com

Nein excuses!  Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot!

PHOTO CONTEST FRIDAY!!

And the WINNER of the "Evidence of man" photo contest is....

Daniel Friedman!

[click on his name to check out more of his work]

Congrats Daniel! You totally nailed the assignment, A+ shot!

Dry your tears all you reading who are not Daniel Friedman, this week could be your week! Lets go a different direction gang. The challenge for this week's contest is for the best

F A C I A L   E X P R E S S I O N  ! !

Let's face it, the face makes or breaks the shot. It can be dramatic, funny, sad, creepy.... whatever, just send your best shot where the facial expression totally makes the shot and send it on over to:

jovee@joveephotography.com

Now get your face behind the camera and take some pictures!  :D

Photo Contest Friday!

And the winner of the Black & White contest is...

Benjamin Burrows!!!

Congratulations Ben! Be sure to check out his site for more sweet pics.

I gotta tell ya, it's getting tougher and tougher to pick a winner.... I got SOOO many amazing photos this week. Thank you for all the great entries! I can tell you guys like to take it old school, so I'm gonna keep the 8 track rolling with this weeks theme:

E V I D E N C E    O F   M A N 

A little explanation... This was my very 1st assignment for my very 1st photography class ever. The challenge is to take a photo that shows evidence of human beings on earth. (Deep stuff huh?!) This is pretty vague, so feel free to interpret & run with it. Have fun with it, look at the world from a different perspective. Email me your best photo that shows evidence of man at jovee@joveephotography.com

Now get out there are shoot!

Just beachy!

Ah yes, bit by bit I am catching up on posting all the photo-fun I've been having! This session was a few weeks ago at The Melbourne Beach Hilton in Florida with the wonderful Michaella, Jason, Cameron, & Skittles. They were total naturals! (I think Cameron may have a modeling career ahead of him, this kid can work it!) It was so nice to finally shoot on a beach in Florida! (I've had 2 rain outs already) My puppy Adobe made quick friends with Skittles... I think we need to start setting up play dates. :) Thanks again guys, you were a complete blast!

See what I mean! Super curls & that 'get out of trouble' grin

I am completely sold on remote flash with gels after this shot. (Ben, I should have listened sooner)

BFF's

Kidos!

I had the pleasure of photographing Jeanine's kids (and niece) a few weeks ago. I met Jeanine through a small business class at the Women's Resource Center in Sarasota. (Great place by the way!) 

Anyway... it was wonderful to get back to my roots and work with kids and I gotta tell you, these were the best kids! They all wanted to be my helpers and carried gear to & from my car.  That never happens! I had so much fun, here are some of my favorites.