Friendship is a beautiful thing...

...to have. Without friends our lives would be empty.

My husband and I have been friends with the Spendloves for a very long time. We've had a lot of fun adventures together. That is why I had so much fun photographing their family. Plus, they are such an attractive family! Here are some of my favorite photos from the session:

Lilly was not in the mood to smile so we all decided to look at her...

Jon and Callie are one of the cutest couples I know. They've been married for four years and are still madly in LOVE!

Lexie and Lilly are best friends...

I tweaked the picture to get a funky vintage look.

These sweet girls adore their mom. And look at how gorgeous Callie is...

And that is it. Hope you liked them. Thanks for letting me photograph your family :)

WPPI After Party

WPPI is a wonderful place to network and grow as a photographer.  A lot of valid information gets thrown your way, but what you decide to do with it is what really matters.  After WPPI ended I got together with my buddy Kennedy and exchanged information about the conference, ordered some pizza, and had some fun.  It was a nice way to relax.   The biggest challenge that we run into as photographers is putting plans into ACTIONS.  This is my goal for 2009.  I want to follow through with my ideas.  

Remember that WPPI had the largest number of attendees this year than any other year.  

So what does

 this mean?  

2009 is going to be a great year for all of us!

The Rest of WPPI

On Valentine's Day I attended the BI (Business Institute). This is the place to be for those of you that want to improve your photography business skills. The day was packed with amazing speakers. Covering topics like: marketing, branding, sales, advertising, etc. They were very knowledgeable and uplifting. Some of my favorite speakers were:

Yervant - Phenomenal wedding photographer from Australia
Michele Celentano - Family and wedding photographer
Doug Box - Very knowledgeable with sales
Mitch Graf - Marketing 101

Feel free to visit their website for more information.

I spent the next few days attending one workshop after another with my buddy Kennedy. We had such a blast. Friends sure make this world a more interesting place to live. Some of my absolute favorite presenters were:

Beth Forester - incredible senior photographer
Nancy Emmerich - another amazing senior photographer
Jim Garner - wonderful wedding photographer
Jerry Ghionis - very talented wedding photographer
Julienne Kost - works for Adobe and gave a hilarious presentation about Lightroom 2 (this girl could seriously be on SNL, she had the crowd laughing the entire time!)

To see such great talent in one place was incredible. This was the first year I attended the WPPI Conference, and I thought it ws THE PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT OF THE YEAR! You learn so much in such a short amount of time, you get to connect with photographers from all over the world, and meet face to face with vendors. You get to ask all the questions you've always wondered about. If you aren't a WPPI member yet, go to wppionline to register. Plus, you receive a free Rangefinder magazine subscription (this is a great resource for photographer). I love getting my copy in the mail every month, its filled with great ideas and inspiration. Make sure to mark your calendar for WPPI 2010 for March 4-11. See you there!

Valentine's Day Promotion

And the WINNER is... (press play to find out)


Congratulations!

LOVE is in the air...

In celebration of my website being launched and with Valentine's Day around the corner I've decided to give away a one hour couple session.  The only requirement is that you must be in LOVE! You can have kids or not, married or engaged, etc. You get the idea. The winner will receive a CD with 5 of your favorite images. To enter all you have to do is leave a comment in this post with your name on it. I will announce the winner on Valentine's Day so  make sure to check my blog that day. Good luck! 

p.s.

I will randomly select a name out of a hat

WPPI ROCKS!

This is my first year going to WPPI. Every photographer I've met says that WPPI is the photography conference of the year to go to. I finally understand why. I have spent the last two days learning and shooting from two of the best photographers in the industry: Alycia Alvarez (award winning family photographer) and Kevin Jairaj (international award winning wedding photographer). Their seminar is called "Rings to Rattles," since they cover the entire spectrum. They are soo talented and such a cute couple. I've learned so much in such little time. 

They had different models come in during the two days and they taught us some tricks and how they do things. I'll be posting some of the pictures I took later. I am kinda tired from all the workshops.  Plus I have more to go to tomorrow. :)

Senior Photo Montage

Paulina's Photo Montage



Tynia's Senior Photo Montage



Both girls had such a great style. I felt as though I was photographing for a magazine. Thanks for your style girls!

MY PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE IS FINALLY LAUNCHED

After endless hours of building my website it is finally done.  I am so excited! Feel free to visit www.wendhyjeffers.com  . The only problem is that for the next 48 hours things might not work properly or might be missing. So make sure to visit it again by Friday so you can get the full effect. Thanks to all my family and friends for the amazing love and support I've received. Feel free to leave comments on my blog!