Jen Amato Photography Blog

Year: 2011

  • Tutti Frutti River Ridge = OPEN!!

    So it’s been a long time coming! I’ve watched my brother turn on old cleaners in River Ridge into a place that our community really needed! Over the past week, I’ve seen dancing school girls, sports teams, parents, kids and grandparents all gathering together to enjoy a cup of yogurt. Laughing, smiling, and happy to be in each others company!! My brother made the decision to purchase a Tutti Frutti franchise about 6 months ago. It was a name and a brand that came with a reputation. An unbelievable reputation. It’s known for it’s bright colors, delicious yogurt and fun toppings. You can please the ones who are health conscious with original tart and fresh fruit. Then you can please the ones who love peanut butter and cake batter with candy toppings! Yogurt is something that does our body well, the probiotics are necessary! Yogurt strengthens the immune system, helps prevent colon cancer, lowers blood pressure & cholesterol, prevents infections, reduces inflammation, improves mineral absorption, prevents harmful bacterial and growth under stress. I’ve lost of couple of lbs since they’ve opened!!

    The first day of the opening was amazing. I had just finished up a shoot that morning and headed to the store to spend time with my family and help get things ready. It was fun to see all of us in our Tutti Frutti shirts greeting people! I was so happy to see a good bit of my photography clients walk thru the door. THANK YOU!! I am so proud of my brother and it’s really nice to see so many people supporting him. This is something that is going to do well in our little River Ridge community- we’re all like family around here! Everyone knows everyone. People were evening coming from the St. Rose, Destrehan area, as well as down in Jefferson. Awesome!

    So here is a peek at Opening Day. June 7th, 2011. It’s been a world wind around here, spending lots of nights hanging out over there now. It’s brought our family closer together and I can’t wait to see all the great things that are to come!

    9029 Jefferson Highway in River Ridge, come check it out guys!

    My grandmother in her glory!! She has owned a Snowball/Ice cream Stand for 30+ years!! Yogurt is HER THING! She has been an amazing help over the past few months! We love her so much!My fav toppings!!!First customers!! They even rode their bikes there :)Special thanks to my future sis in law Jen Russo for printing these awesome shirts!! Email me if any of you guys need shirts, she has a professional t-shirt press machine and does great work!!A very happy dude! Congrats JIM!!!Proud Mama!! ;)Some of the Tutti Frutti crew!!Happy customer!My mom and her best friend of 40+ years!!! Mrs. Roxie’s daughter Bridgette works at Tutti Frutti and has been such a HUGE help!!Checking out how the machines work in the back kitchen!Mamaw and my Uncle Pat!Some of the Bootcamp crew!!

  • Ross & Tallie :: Wedding

    I’m sure you guys remember Ross and Tallie from when I photographed their Engagement Session back in March. I was blown away by the 75+ “LIKES” that their Session received on the blog. Sweet as can be, you can tell this couple is LOVED by so many people! It was an honor to photograph their Wedding and awesome to get to spend time with these guys! Ross and Tallie married on May 27th, 2011. Preparation began at the Sheraton, the Ceremony was at the beautiful St. Louis Cathedral and their Reception was back at the Ballroom of the Sheraton.

    Tallie & Ross, thanks for allowing Kacie and I to photograph such an amazing Wedding, we had a great time! Happy to hear that you enjoyed your honeymoon! Live up the newlywed Bliss! :)

    Ross opening his Wedding gifts from Tallie. Gotta LOVE the book! hahaDon’t think we didn’t jump in the photobooth to take a quick shot!!! :)

  • Ryan & Christine :: Wedding

    Ryan & Christine married on May 20, 2011! Same day at my parent’s anniversary – they’ve been together for 34 years, AWESOME DATE! ;) I first met Christine at PJ’s Coffee in River Ridge, over a year ago! She was cute as can be and told me she had been following my blog for a while. She said she knew she wanted me as her photographer. I love meeting with brides like that! Makes my day! You may remember their Engagement photos I took back in January? They are the sweetest couple, it truly was an honor capturing their love!

    Preparation for both the Bride and Groom was at the Royal Sonesta downtown, then we headed to St. Agnes Church in Jefferson for the Ceremony. The Reception was at beautiful Southern Oaks Plantation. My assistant Kacie and I had an awesome time with these guys! I loved the walking shots we were able to get of the guys back at the Royal Sonesta! Something about all the guys in their tuxes! That photo is a framer for sure!

    Christine and Ryan – thank you! We had fun! Christine you looked so beautiful!

    Getting a little teary ;) Kinda makes me teary behind the camera!! Dancing with her Dad got her a little emotional again, I love shots like this!That little guys was so adorable!

     

  • Gia :: Maternity

    I can always expect Gia or her Sister, Alicia to do an awesome job when it comes to how they want their portrait sessions to look! You may remember when I photographed Gia’s sister, Alicia’s Engagement photos? Both beautiful girls, the camera loves them! Last week I had the pleasure of photographing this session in City Park. There is this little “honey hole” spot that I found and I am obsessed with it, you can see more of that spot towards the end of the session. I love the overgrown grass, wild flowers and rustic look. We took these in the evening so we were getting great sunlight, too! Jared and John were there to join us, loved their matching outfits. Loved this shoot! My favorite thing is when clients have a “vision” for their shoot, it makes the sessions so much fun :) I’ve been waiting to share these for a while, I couldn’t wait to finish editing them!!

    So here is Gia and her baby bump, gorgeous as can be!

  • The Boudreaux’s :: Family

    I headed to Audubon Park last week to photograph The Boudreaux Kids! They were super sweet and a joy to photograph :) Loved their outfits, a mix of darker colors and then pastels. It’s always a nice change when I get to shoot Family Portraits, it usually makes me want to get my whole family together to do some photos like this! Maybe this Summer I’ll find some time to arrange that!! I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day Weekend, I was so lazy it wasn’t even funny. Just enjoyed doing NOTHING! Ya just need that every now and then ;)

    Check out how adorable this family is!!