Jess Bishop Photography

Hawaii here we come.

Jess — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:44:11 +0000

Today’s game revealed the winners that move on to regionals in Hawaii. That’s us. Celtic Storm! U12 was drawn the wild card so they take 2 teams to the playoffs. We still have our game next Saturday to determine first and second but as for now I am finding every avenue to pay for this wonderful dream, along with Bryn’s help We are still in need of filling more spots on the mini sessions for June 1st and 8th times that are still open are. I have the exact same times open on both days. 4:00, 5:30, & 7:00. At this time we need to raise about $5000. These mini sessions will get $2000 if I fill them all up. If you don’t want a mini you can book a regular session. Or you can just donate money to us I’ll take it.

Now you could be asking why didn’t we do fundraising or saving up until now. Well, let me answer that question for ya. We had to be first place to even go. In the regular season our biggest competitor is Sparta and in the fall we won them 4-0 but in the spring we lost 1-0 …tight game. We just didn’t know for sure. Okay, but you still could have saved. Your right, but times are tough and it has hit us pretty hard right now. We just haven’t been able to save…your getting the honest Jess and that’s what I’m about. Please, please book your session!!!!! You will not regret it.

Click here to go to the post about all the details.

***I will be in Hawaii June 15-24th so I won’t have openings for those dates.

Fundraiser Mini Sessions

Jess — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:25:25 +0000

Okay, here it is. My daughter Bryn plays on the Cletic Storm Primier soccer team. They have an opportunity to go to the Region Championship in Hawaii in June. We don’t know of this surety until the play in the State Cup finals in the next couple weeks. If they win 1st they would be off to Hawaii in 3 short weeks after the state playoffs. So, here we are planning ahead. To be WINNERS! I’m going to offer mini sessions to help aide in the cost of her dream. Let’s make this a reality for her and book them up. Tell everyone you know. Tell those who haven’t had there family photos done…ever! Yes I know a family that has done that…still working on them to get it down. Or for those who haven’t had them done in 5 yrs, you know its time for an update. And to those who think they are too fat read this article. I am offering these sessions priced at $250 for 30 min 15-20 images. This price is a WIN/WIN situation here. Its priced for those who don’t have the money for my custom session priced at $450. So, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain like for instance an awesome family photo to hang on your mantel for all the world to see. See how much you gain!

Bryn has put a lot of time, hard work and dedication as well as the team to be where they are. Up until last night they have won all of there games 5-0 but unfortunately they took a sad lose yesterday to make 5-1

Let’s make this a reality and help her to her goal. If, however they don’t win state cup, the funds will go to her next soccer tournament in Washington in July.

Details:

30 min session (this session here, this session is a good idea of what you can get is 30 min yes, one was 45 min but a very close idea)

This is perfect for family, seniors, or just your children. ***Families up to 6…let me know if you have 7 or 8 in your family. I would need more time to shoot and edit. $25 more per extra person. Excludes any extended family sessions.

15-20 images edited of your choose (I will put them on an online gallery) there is an option to have more purchased and edited.

Location: We will be at Star Mill in American Fork. Daniel has offered to waive the of $40 per client fee to a one time fee of $40 so that I can put more money towards her fund. A big thank you Daniel!!!! He saved us $480!

Dates: Saturday June 1st and 8th (I need to fill both days but if I have 4 on one day and 2 on the other I will combine them to one day)

Times: starting at 3:15 (questionable I will need to look at the light but I did this session at that time) 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:00 ***the fee is due at the time of booking.

My goal is to do 6 sessions a day. Please help me fill them…tell everyone…facebook it, tweet it whatever you can do put it out there.

Here are a few sessions done here at the infamous Star Mill

Extended Family

Miss North Utah County

Sierra

Bentley Family

***Please note that these are MINI SESSIONS which means the sessions are considerably shorter than a regular photo session. It means that I will have less time to get my shots so please plan accordingly. Mini sessions are not always best for everyone. If you feel like your family takes a bit of time to warm up to the camera, or you have small children that could be “difficult” you may want to schedule a regular session, which I am willing to do as well.

Photography Tip 101: Golden Hour

Jess — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:45:11 +0000

Many photographers ask me how I get such good skin tones and light. I’ve had to think about this and my best answer is the time of day I shoot for particular locations. This particular location, Star Mill, I knew I could start at 3:00 and be just fine with light but this night we started at 5:00 the sun sets at about 8 or 9 in the summer. So, for me shooting at the golden hour isn’t always golden Click here for another session I did at the same location at 3:00 pm. Scroll all the down you will see a session that I shot at the Golden Hour.

Clothes: Persnickety

Model: Cute little Lennon…don’t you love her name?!

This is just before sunset…referred to as the Golden Hour. As you can see the lighting is different. I like this time of shooting but not all the time. Also, it really only lasts an hour, you have to be quick to get what you want.

These 2 shots below I used a reflector so I could more light on her face.

Barnard Family all the way from the Middle East

Jess — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:19:27 +0000

I love family sessions in the spring, when we have good weather to do it. We were pretty lucky to have great weather the day we scheduled the session. The days before it rained if and I remember right it rained the day after. Utah spring weather is just crazy.

Heather and Jared it was great to meet you guys and talk about travel, maybe I will get the chance to take that plunge

Bryn

Jess — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:58:07 +0000

Here is Bryn and all her beauty. I’m so happy to finally have some photos of her. I don’t think I really got an official session with her last year, she’s just too busy for my camera

I can’t even believe it but she is all grown up. She is just the sweetest thing a mother could have. The other day I was a little overwhelmed and she just took over and started to clean up and help out…love her.

Maddie | Lone Peak High School Senior

Jess — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:20:07 +0000

This session was fun! I love that Maddie kept saying this isn’t real, as if I would be doing this while skiing but hey, we’ll work with what we can get without actually going skiing…right?!

Nirvana & Layla

Jess — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:43:22 +0000

Just look at these cute girls. We only shot for an hour, it was so hard to narrow down the images to edit.

Shooting the daily stuff

Jess — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:48:49 +0000

So, Beckam and I spend a lot of time together. I love it, though there are times I would love to get something done without distractions. I do know at some point it will end, until now we get to have some major bonding.

Check out our forever neverland blog. Its a blog that a bunch of photographers committed to taking more daily photos of our kids…its fun, if you like photos like me it will be fun to look at. The layout is strictly about the photos no words needed but if you click on the photos they will take you to the blog of the artist

Nash

Jess — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:58:14 +0000

Nash is 6 months.

Here he is at 3 months and just as adorable but this time we had about 15/20 min of shooting and then he didn’t like me.

Lauren the model :)

Jess — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:54:52 +0000

Hey, totally forgot to post this session.

This girl really knows how to make a cold day look warm. She is such a beauty!