adobe lightroom

...I'm supposed to be cleaning out the camper and the house since we just got back from our trip to Nashville... instead I downloaded a demo of adobe lightroom and got to playing w/ this image of Brett.

I upped the saturation of blue and lowered all other colors... I think this is kind of neat.

garage doors....

...make pretty cool backgrounds!
it is pretty overcast out right now, so I thought I'd try out some different ISO setting... this was shot with ISO set at 200, f stopped at 2.8 and shutterspeed at 1/250.

it is getting harder and harder to get Brett to smile naturally for me.. he just want to make faces which makes me laugh!

little liam...

...there he goes.
I love this one of Liam and as he races through the lawn w/ his wobbly gait.

we took this while visiting my sister in England:)

Holiday Cards

call or email if you would like a quick family photo shoot for this years holiday cards!!!

tractor...

This tractor has been parked in a field for several weeks. I see it everyday on my way to and from work.

I just had to stop and get a shot of it.

I upped the contrast and did a color fade, so it looks all old and neat! ...and I added a little blur on the edges.

I really like it!

Happy Birthday....

..to little Buster.  He is a whole entire one year old this month!!
He is still our little baby!

Boogie!!

...look at him go.  He got a couple of sacks and a few tackles this past weekend!!  He is having such a good year...  which makes taking pics at the game that much better!!

another practice shot....

... brett is calling to buster, too cute!!!!

...for this one I set my ISO to 400 since it was going into evening and there was lots of cloud coverage. I set the aperture to 2.8 and moved my shutterspeed to 1/125th of a second.

I was trying out the practice of metering on his face, then focusing on his eyes, then holding the button half-way down and recomposing...
all while he was playing with Buster.

I think the whole thing is getting easier and easier!!!! I love it! I'm still not 100% that my exposure was totally correct, but I like this result.

OH... and I LOVE Sepia... I went through a huge sepia phase a few years ago where I changed everything to sepia:')

shoot scheduled....

Oh my... I have a shoot scheduled w/ a very good friend in a few weeks... I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. I've been practicing like crazy w/ my son... he is just about sick of me. I'm going to have to start paying him for his time!!!
As nervous as I am, I'm looking forward to shooting for my friends... most cuz the mom is an awesome chica!
Hopefully she'll let me share some shots on the blog.

sweet baby...

I attended a CONFIDENCE workshop w/ 19 other beautiful and talented women in DC the weekend of 9/19.

The workshop was lead by Me Ra Koh and her husband.

Not only did I learn a ton, but we got to shoot these sweet little babes!
These are some of my favorite shots!


The workshop really was great!

fall...

I just love taking photos in the fall...  look how fun this one turned out w/just a walk down the road.

indoor shots...

... not to shabby. I had Brett sit by the sliders and let the sunlight fall onto his face. I set my ISO to 400 then the aperture to 1.4 and the shutter speed to 1/200.

how does this work?

clothes?
be casual..
wear similar colors, blue is good for outdoor shots...
jeans and tee-shirts are great!

how long?
let's hang out for about an hour...
maybe a little more or less depending on how things go.

where are the proofs?
i'll let you know where to preview your proofs w/in about a week.

there's my boogie and buster...

...yes, i still call brett boogie.
he is still cute as ever!

moms are people too...

...look at this lovely mom.

inanimate objects are our friends...

...this was a beautiful farmers market.

the sweetest little girl...

...and her adoring father.

jolene knox photography is born

i've been taking photos for a quite some time...
i've just recently decided to take myself seriously...
but just a little bit.

book your fall photo shoot now!
call or email for rates and dates:
jolene.knox@gmail.com
410*746*1965

all shots will be taken on location...
my back yard...
your home...
or pick another place that makes you smile.