Jen Amato Photography Blog

Year: 2011

  • Ryan & Casey :: Wedding

    Ryan & Casey tied the knot on Saturday, July 16, 2011! Preparation began at the Hilton Riverside, the Ceremony was at St. Stephen’s Church on Napolean Ave, and the Reception was at the Audubon Tea Room. It sprinkled off an on all day, but as you all know- it just means good luck! :) It’s been great getting to know Casey and her family over the past several months. From her Bridals, to the Rehearsal Dinner and then the Wedding Day.

    Thank you Ryan and Casey for allowing me to capture your special day!! The funny hats towards the end of the Reception were awesome! I laughed out loud numerous times while editing. Those hats were unreal!! :)

    Casey’s prep suite was beautiful, it overlooked the River. Boats were passing by the entire time. Loved the shot of her dress with them in the background. Gettin’ beautified! Casey and one of her good friends Lauren. I grew up with Lauren, small world!! She is due soon, and she is the cutest pregnant lady ever :) These two were goofing off and trying out some sweet Maternity session poses ;)The exterior of St. Stephen’s is just beautiful! All the guys looking sharp!Almost time to walk down the aisle! Love these shots that my second shooter Kacie gets!Loved the favors!!Here come the silly hats!!!Awesome!Every single guest was wearing a silly hat, so much fun!

  • Ryan & Casey :: Rehearsal

    Ryan & Casey’s Wedding Rehearsal Dinner was held at Mother’s Next Door on Friday, July 15, 2011. As most of you know, this is my uncle’s Restaurant in the City. It’s become a great place to have any type of special event! I was excited to hear that Casey and Ryan chose the private party room for their Rehearsal!! :) I love photographing in that space, it has such New Orleans character and charm. Every now and then, the couple will ask me to photograph both days for them. Lots of times, it’s when they know they are going to have a good bit of out of town guests visiting. It gives us a chance to get lots of group shots that we don’t always have enough time to get on the Wedding day. Ryan and Casey are adorable together! I enjoyed photographing their Rehearsal Dinner. Look out for the next post up, it will be their Wedding Day! :)

    Ryan & Casey!! :)Greg & Brittany to the bottom left. Their little man Tyler is part of my “Grow With Me” club and he is soo cute!!Speech time!Loved those photo towels, GREAT gift idea!!! I want to get some of those made ASAP!

  • Cara Beth & Brent :: Anniversary

    I had the pleasure of photographing Cara Beth Buie, a photographer based out of Arkansas and her husband Brent! They were celebrating their 3 year Anniversary in New Orleans! I was humbled that while they were here, they wanted me to photograph them in the French Quarter! It’s always important for the photographer to remember to take time and have photos taken of themselves! We go through life capturing beautiful memories for everyone else, it’s easy to forget to get in front the camera every now and then!!

    Cara Beth & Brent, thank you thank you for giving me the opportunity to document such a special time in your lives. I’m happy to hear that these photos will be used for your Christmas cards the year, makes me happy! I could tell from your tweets that you guys really enjoyed your stay here in New Orleans! It’s the city that’s always got somethin’ goin’ on! :)

    I hope you enjoy the photos! Now I’m headed to Covington, LA to photograph a sweet little newborn. This rain better not get in my wayyyy!!

    Love this time of day! The sun was gorgeous!A home divided! LSU vs. Arkansas…… womp womp womp! ;)

  • Samuel :: Newborn

    Little Samuel is finally here! You may remember his parent’s Maternity session that I photographed last month? I was super excited when Samuel’s mom, Stephanie contacted me to photograph his newborn session as well! There have been so many little one’s being born lately. I have 3 more newborn shoots this week! They are so much fun to photograph, it really is interesting to see how similar yet different each baby is. Looking forward to watching Samuel grow up! His blonde hair and precious little nose just melted my heart! He was so tiny and cute!

    Here are some of my favs from our session:

    Tiny smile ;)Love when they yawn!Hey there!Love this one!

  • Olivia :: Newborn

    Olivia’s mom, Kalee will always be special to me! She is now on Baby #2 and ‘Grow With Me’ round #2! She is the one who called me over a year ago and told me I should start up a Growing Baby package! Well I took her advice and I can honestly say it’s been such a blessing to get to photograph so many beautiful children throughout their first year! It has changed my business for the better.

    I’ve enjoyed getting to know this group and it’s been a treat to watch their family expand! I had so much fun photographing Olivia, she has the chunkiest little cheeks! I could have eatin’ her up! I’ve never photographed a baby who smiled that much, I swear there was a good 5 minutes were she just kept doing it over and over again. In photographers land- it was perfect and I was in hogs heaven snapping away! Looking forward to watching Olivia grow up over the next year, we are going to have a BLAST! ;)