New Name, New Home

I have been woefully neglecting this blog. Not on purpose mind you. I've been hard at work making major changes to my business and everything that goes with it! It's official Jennie Sjursen Photography is no longer. Frankly Jennie Sjursen is to hard to spell and remember. So I decided I need a new name and direction. Jennie Sjursen Photography is now two seperate entities!

Lil Blu Dragonfly is my lifestyle children and family portraiture brand. So excited about this move and change - new logo and everything. The name has special meaning to me. Over the last year or so I've grown and gone through many changes. Dragonflies are a symbol of new beginnings, which is where I feel my business is at. Blu comes from my love of all things water! Lil was added in to convey that this new direction is about children's portraiture. - Please check it out at www.lilbludragonfly.com

For those of you who are a bummed because I haven't mentioned weddings - don't be! I have a wonderful new business partner named Dave Field. Our weddings brand is Strawberry Road and honestly that name came about because it was the first one we really liked the sound and feel of. We're still in the building process - putting together the website and blog. Please keep us in mind for any upcoming weddings and in the meantime you can watch us grow at www.strawberryrd.com

So with that this will be my last official post on this blog - I'll keep it up and running for awhile - but if you want to see what new things we are getting up to please visit our other two sites!

Favorite Images From Providence GTG

I had such a blast playing with other photographers in Providence the other day. Just watching people work and think was so much fun. As my friend Dave shouted out in the middle of the day "This is better than Disney World!!". Here are a few of my favorites.

Be Bold

I read a quote attributed to Goethe yesterday that made me think what a perfect outlook to start the new year!

"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves as well. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen accidents, meetings and material assistance that no one could have dreamed would come their way. Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." - Goethe

I intend to go into the new year being bold!

It's So Pretty!!

Check out my new MacBook Pro! The last few months not just one, but both of my computers died - so sad, so painful. For a variety of reason I decided to go with the MacBook. My old computers were 4+ years old so no matter what I went with it would be amazingly faster than what I had. The set up process was painful - only in that neither of the old computers turn on - so I had to manually transfer everything from the backup drive - thank goodness for the backup drive!! I've also got a swank new external monitor for the big retouching work. Only problem is I think my new computer is sexier than me!

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* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence along with these instructions in a note to your wall.
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A friend on Facebook started this - it's been really fun to see the replies in the comment section and I thought I'd share it here too!

Exciting Things in the Hopper

I've got some great projects in the works - one of them is a new logo - which should be premiering the beginning of the new year - so excited! I'm also in the beginning stages of developing a new website - I'm planning on going big and bold with the images, showing more storyboards and planning a section for albums. I'm not leaving the blog behind, it too will be getting a whole new look. I'm just finishing putting together all my new plans for 2009 - big and exciting things are coming!

It's That Time of Year - Christmas Cards!

I'm so excited to share this design! I'm so loving the possibilities of trifold cards. It was so much fun to shoot and it is the boys to a T!