They're getting married!

We've had such a great time with Dustin and Mary. They are such a fun couple and the camera loves them! We can hardly wait for the wedding!

We have additional photos taken in Lake Oswego when we actually had a few minutes of SUN...but will reserve them for later!

Our First Christmas!

Click on 'Our First Christmas' to see Season's Greetings!

Our First Christmas!

Contest!

The best suggestion for a caption for this portrait wins a free 5x7 portrait of their pet or kids (or adults!) in our gorgeous new studio!
And by the way, "who cut the cheese!" has already been suggested..  :) (although captions along that same line will not be disqualified. Oh yeah - it has to be printable (publishable!).
Post your suggestions below (click on 'comment') or else send them to me at jamieforsythe1@comcast.net.
Contest closes Wednesday night, November 23rd (2011) at midnight.

            Dog costumes by Custom Canine / Sharon Peterson.

Two Boys, a Dog & a Photo Shoot

Family Portraits & Holiday Cards!

Halloween Charity Event

On Saturday, October 29th  we hosted a Halloween Charity even with Scooby Shack - the exceptional and super fun doggie training, day care, grooming business that lives next to us (they also offer the Invisible Fence - more about that later). Tan Republic, on our other side, also participated. For a donation to the Oregon Food Bank or Humane Society we offered a free 4x6 portrait of children (OK, so we had some adults too) or pets in our Halloween set, which was very spooky! We had helpers from the Oregon Youth Choral dressed in costume, the Adam's Family movie showing in our Show Room and yummy treats for both humans and canine. At the end of the day we were able to donate $100 and over a hundred pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank.
We hope that you'll join us next year  for an even bigger event!

For all those that came, including the dogs - we think you ROCK!!

 

Check out our Spook Show!

Blogging Bootcamp

OK - so this blog is embarrassing and I'm tempted just to take it down and pretend that I never had one. But I won't because it IS the reason that I joined the blogging bootcamp. So there you have it.

There will be a better blog in the future - I will show my face....

Dang Snow!

The only ones that like it are the dogs and now that it's soggy and wet and mushy, they want it gone too. We had so much (20" at least) that even though it's been in the 40s for a couple of days now, the side streets are still impassable. We in Lake Oswego have been thinking of taking up a collection and buying a bleeping SNOW PLOW for our street. Dang! You'd think that they could get these streets at least passable by now - TWO weeks later!

Sheesh!

Merry Christmas!

Amanda & Friends

I had the opportunity to shoot a high school senior recently - a real animal lover. She has a horse, two dogs and a cat.....all very photogenic. I have posted her photos as I edit a few - on jamzphoto.com

60 Years

Yesterday was my folks 60th wedding anniversary. We celebrated in September however the real day (December 10th) was yesterday. When I was younger, I could never imagine being married 10 years, let alone 60 years....and now I've been married almost thirty. Getting to 30 was hard - I wonder if the next 30 would be as hard?

The album was finished in time for the celebration. It was a huge project - the largest I've ever undertaken. There are about (some used more than once) __ photos in this album. You can view the album at: jamzphoto.com under the "Album gallery".

60 years

I'm working on the largest photo project that I've ever worked on. I can't say too much about it because it's a surprise for two folks who have been married for SIXTY years. But it's hours and hours of hunting down photos and memories, scanning photos and slides and then assembling a (digital) album. But it's fun and I have a whole new perspective on their lives....and mine.

And appreciation for what my parents have given my siblings (3) and myself. More on that later.

I'm counting on them not reading this blog....

Did the Easter bunny come?

Saturday, March 1

We loved Egypt, the people, the pyramids and the experience. They can keep the camels though.

One last comment - we had wonderful tour guides in Egypt - Tarek, Michael and of course Philip, who kept everything running smoothly and on time. Tarek happened to be our group's guide and made the ancient history of Egypt meaningful, answered our endless questions about Egypt today, put up with our (OK, my) King Tut jokes, saved us from certain disaster, and entertained us. Thanks Tarek - we are all better travelers for knowing you.

Friday, February 29

As we started out our last day in Egypt, we visited the granite quarry where the Egyptians carved out many blocks and other structures (obelisks) for the pyramids, tombs and temples. A giant obelisk can still be seen which was never completed as it has a huge crack in it. Many of the marks can be seen where the stones were hammered. These large stones were pulled over to the Nile river where they were 'floated' to their final destinations. It's very difficult to imagine how this could be accomplished as these rocks weighed tons - and the tools (hammers) were very primitive.





After visiting the quarry we boarded a small ferry boat and motored to the island temple complex of Philae, dedicated to the Goddess Isis in Upper Egypt.
This structure was dismantled and re-assembled on higher ground about 500 meters from the original site through a worldwide preservation effort. It was threatened by the rising waters of the High Aswan Dam.

After lunch we said goodbye to the Sonesta St George (our ship) and on the way to the airport back to Cairo, we had a look at the impressive High Dam. This engineering marvel was built by the Russians in the 1960s, creating the world's largest artificial lake which provides irrigation and electricity for all of Egypt.

Does this look like the cat that ate the mouse?




I'm still amazed at all the donkeys and carts. In Cairo.



Before heading back to Cairo, we stopped at a shop where alabaster is carved from stone. The vases and statues were beautiful and very transparent. I still had to provide some 'baksheesh' in order to take this photo. Story of our trip.