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....