Chad and Jamie had such a beautiful light about their day. Typically many think that harsh light (full sun) would not yield good results. Just the opposite in Julia and I's way of seeing light. We use it to our advantage. With great light you can use it to create such depth in an image. It takes some understanding but love the challenge of finding great light. We really enjoyed the clouds on this day and we used them as a background. The couple really allowed us to be us. We wish you guys all the best and just remember on your special day God showed all his beauty with fall colors and beautiful light. If you would like to see more check out the love inspired showcase.
I know we are a few weeks behind on showcasing weddings but it has been a busy November. Thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by.
Love the wedding Images of Chad & Jamie especially the cross road. Worth a thousand words!
(11.28.08 @ 08:19 AM)The bride is beautiful!
(11.28.08 @ 02:04 PM)We now know what "stage parents" must feel like! We don't remember our son being so photogenic ... he usually closed one eye with the opened eye rolled upward and his smile screwed up to one side. The bride, our new daughter-in-law, on the other hand, is beautiful in every way! What a blessing for our family! Photographers J&J certainly captured the happiness of this special day ... Thanks for sharing.
(11.28.08 @ 04:27 PM)That was so neat! I loved it. You are very lucky to have such wonderful images to remember your special day.
(11.28.08 @ 04:51 PM)Absolutely beautiful! The photos capture Jamie and Chad's happiness. J & J are amazing!
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(11.29.08 @ 07:12 PM)"Octeber fun in the sun" by J & J captured the beauty and love that surrounded everyone on Chad and Jamies wedding day.
Loving the pictures! You really captured the beauty of both Chad & Jamie, and the beautiful October day. Thanks for sharing!
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(02.13.12 @ 07:53 PM)The Grys family's home in Pekin, Illinois has been extremely made over. We teamed up with ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to unveil a new home for the Grys family and made a donation of approximately 40 photography pieces in efforts to help make the new house a home and capture the Grys family. This episode will air in January on ABC.
This opportunity was so exciting - seeing the Grys' receive something incredible for a change, which will enable them to give back even more. We were honored to be a part of this amazing experience.
ABC chose the Grys family because of their ability to do more than just help children in need survive, but rather thrive, against the odds that result from disabilities. The Grys parents have four children of their own, all of whom have continued on in social service of some type. Over the years, the Grys' have fostered more than 250 children - three of which they adopted. Two of the adopted children are twin girls born with fetal alcohol syndrome, thus resulting in mental disabilities. The third is Jake, who is eight years old and suffers from dwarfism and brittle bone disease.
Jake is an amazing little guy and was truly the hero of the show. He recently spoke at an Easter Seals event in front of thousands of people and helped to raise money for the organization. He is such a bright child and impacts everyone he meets. Jake brings people hope, and inspired both Julia and I during our time with the family.
Their inspiration is what drove us to capture and create images in what turned out to be one of the most difficult shooting conditions we have ever faced.
The process was so different than what we imagined - seeing what goes into making a TV show is really mind blowing. We waited for approximately six hours before we were given 5 minutes with the entire family. During those six hours, we had small increments of time with various family members. The lighting conditions were less than ideal and continued to change as the day progressed, while the actual backdrop was not the location we would have chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was the most challenging situation to photograph in, and thankfully, due to our years of experience shooting weddings with less than desirable lighting and backdrops, we have learned to find the opportunities. We were also told to bring only camera and lenses. No external lighting. All we had was one scrim and a reflector.
This was such a wonderful experience for Julia and I. First, to be given the opportunity to give back to a family that has done so much for children in need, and second to be so challenged as artists to pull from deep within our creativity and try to produce something special in the shooting and lighting conditions we were given - we are just so grateful to ABC. We hope the Grys family enjoys the art created from their incredible family for years to come. We have already been contacted by ABC again to help out another family in Rhode Island. We offered our service to either shoot for them or help them find a photographer.
Here is a show of the images. Enjoy. We will keep you up to date to when the show will air. We also want to think our Lab Burrell Color Imaging and our personal framer Barb Milacco (Exhibit A art gallery in Peoria,IL) they not only worked around the clock they donated all their products as well.
About Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," which has won previous back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), is in its 5th season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Denise Cramsey is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA.
Wow! I love to watch Extreme Home Makeover! I always thought it would be awesome to work with Ty and his group of people to create and provide images of the families they help! And everytime I watch it, I think "someone should be documenting the family images for them"...
I love all the images, favorites are the ones in the sky (trampoline?).. The Gry Family and ABC are LUCKY to get you guys! And I'm sure you got alot of love from it too. Looking forward to the episode. k
Impactive, emotional and awesome photography!
(11.29.08 @ 07:18 PM)Hey I am so glad you had the chance to photograph this family. I photographed Jake last year for an Easter Seals calendar and he was so cute and just cracked me up the whole time I was shooting him. When I heard that they were getting a new house.....it was too late to ask if i could do anything although we did try to get in contact with them. It looks like you guys did a great job in less than ideal conditions! I am sure it was fun to be a part of the whole event!
See you guys in January!
The Photos that are placed in our new home are probably my favorite part of the whole experience. With as many children as we have and busy schedules along with limited resources, we have very very few family photos. This gift is something that is truely PRICELESS to us. There is no way to thank you for our treasured photos. They captured our family perfectly. (you even disguised the confused deer in the headlights look all of us had because of the shock of what was happening to us!)
Thank you again for creating priceless memories!
The Grys family
wow. Just watched the slide show.. great job, guys! Whew! Nothing more nerve-wracking then having a huge desire to get awesome shots but being limited with your tools. Love it. Can't wait to watch the show! Hope it shows you guys!
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(11.25.08 @ 09:50 AM)It was fun to keep this little secret with you over our photo session. What a cute dog! Hope Wrigley is ready for all the many more spectacular photos over the years to come! We're so glad you posted this! By the way, we cannot thank you enough for doing our photos and not just doing them, but doing them so amazingly well! You really captured us! You guys ROCK!
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