Jen Amato Photography Blog

Year: 2011

  • Stephanie & Shane :: Maternity

    Last week I photographed Stephanie and Shane! Stephanie is very close to delivering and she looks great! I am always so happy to photograph somewhere new. Stephanie and Shane live close to me in the River Ridge area so she suggested that we stay around the neighborhood for their session. I loved all the beautiful greenery we stumbled upon between her backyard, her moms backyard and this pretty open area we found. The light was beautiful that day! My favorite part about my job is getting to meet so many different personalities. I really enjoy meeting new people and getting the opportunity to chat while I’m snapping away.

    Thank you Steph and Shane for letting me capture such a special time in your lives, I can’t wait to meet the little man when he decides to enter this big ole’ world :)

    Here are some of my favs:

    A few in the baby’s nursery before heading outside…

    That dog was awesome, did whatever I said :) Great model!Love these 2 shots!Sun going down…… fav part of the day!! Gorgeous light!

  • The Fitzmorris’ :: Family

    I had a great time last week photographing The Fitzmorris Family! Mom, Angelle is a photographer also! It’s been really humbling getting local photographers book sessions with me lately! I have another one coming up next month :)

    We headed to City Park to shoot these, I always love the overgrown grass look which we were able to find towards the end. They all did great and you can tell they weren’t shy in front of the lens, loved the emotion in these – such a beautiful family!! Thanks again Patrick, Angelle and Addison for having me capture your life, even for a brief hour!

    Check back soon, there will be lots of posts coming your way. I had 4 shoots last week, a Wedding this past Saturday and 6 shoots on the calendar for this week. It’s going to be crazy busy around here and I am loving every minute of it!

    Here are some of my favs from their shoot:

  • Matt & Frances :: Wedding

    Matt and Frances were an awesome couple to work with! When I photographed their Engagements, I knew their Wedding would be alot of fun, too! I’m sure you also remember Frances’ Bridals I just posted the other day as well. Frances and I both having grown up in River Ridge, it was no surprise that I was going to bump into a ton of people I knew at the Wedding. Love that, it was so nice to see a bunch of familiar faces. Frances’ mom actually taught my husband Randy when he was in middle school! Small world.

    These two lovebirds married on June 3, 2011. Preparation was held at the Westin hotel, the Ceremony was at First Baptist Church on Canal, then the Reception was back at the Westin Grand Ballroom. Mojeaux is always a blast to work with, they surely were entertaining the crowd! Thank you Matt & Frances for letting us be a part of your beautiful Wedding, we had a great time with you guys! I love when I’m photographing Prep and I come across a sweet little note like that ;)LOVED Fran’s shoes!! Bling bling!This was a fun group of girls! The largest Wedding party I’ve ever photographed, too!!!Fran and her father Terry before they walked down the aisle…That’s a big ole’ group!!! :)Their favors were amazing! A little red bag with Zapps, Barqs, Chocolate covered almonds and hot sauce! LOVED!Fran’s good friend Josh sang their first dance!! (I’ve photographed Josh & Kalee’s son Cooper a bunch of times!) I was blown away by Josh’s voice, awesome isn’t the word!!A little photobooth fun!

  • Frances :: Bridals

    I had a great time photographing Frances a few weeks ago for her Bridals! Her dad owns Progressive Barge, which are the huge barge’s that you see on the River sometimes. Frances works for her Dad, so she wanted to incorporate that into her shoot! I love when brides have new and fresh ideas! Definitely gets the creative parts moving around in my head! Her dad also loves this old car that he keeps in his warehouse, so we did some fun photos with the blue car as well! We headed back to River Ridge to do a few with her pups afterward- all around great shoot!

    It was a pleasure to photograph both Frances’ Engagement Session and her Bridals! Looking forward to sharing her Wedding images sometime this week!!

  • Nick :: Portraits

    A couple of months ago I had somewhat of a different request for photos….. to photograph a FIREFIGHTER! In his gear! Nick contacted me via the good ole’ facebook page which has done wonders for my business. I am thankful day in and day out for all the people who are able to view my work via facebook. So anyway, Nick told me that every year the fire department puts together a calendar of all the local fireman. He wanted to book a shoot to take some photos of him in his gear and some nice dress clothes.

    I am soo used to photographing kids, families and weddings. I was a little unsure how to approach this shoot! He just told me what types of images the calendar was looking for and I went with it! We chatted alot about old cars, which I was a huge fan of the red mustang he brought along! Also, he told me how just a couple of nights before he had been called out to fight a fire. Re-living the whole thing, he explained how it is to be the man behind the fire proof suit. He said it is such rush when you’re out there! This reminded me of the tough job that these guys really have!

    As always, I am so fortunate that my career allows me to meet so many new people on a weekly basis. I love hearing everyone’s stories. I only hope that my blog can take you into their lives for a quick peek by sharing a little bit and showing some photos.

    So here is Nick! Lets hope he makes the 2012 Fireman calendar!!