Kim Jones Photography

It is a fun challenge for me when I arrive to a newborn session and the parents have special requests for me.  In the instance with Rainey, her mommy asked me to pose her on one of her old antique chairs that she had in her room growing up as a child.  We covered it with one of my prop blankets (she didn’t like the original chair fabric) and posed little Rainey in it for a few shots.  What a fun memory they will always have with this chair!

Meet Jadon, the cutest little 3-year-old cowboy you ever did see!  He told me he liked dressing up as a cowboy and wanted to look just like Matt Dillon.  He gave me a pretty good stare down with his big bad rifle, too.  We jumped around in the grass and playing big and mean cowboys together.  I absolutely loved this part of his family session because it reminded me of something I’d do with my little boys!

We did an urban shoot for Jack’s senior photos and ran across this brightly colored wall that wasn’t too “manly” for senior pictures, but a fun background for some quick shots with him and his mom, Janet.  It started me thinking that someday I will be taking my boys’ senior photos.  Sniff. Sniff!  Got me feeling all sentimental!  I loved these outtakes of Janet and Jack to show their playful side and the fun relationship these two have with each other.  I don’t think you can look at the last photo of them and not crack up a little.  Funny stuff!  Not sure what they were laughing about, but you can tell they have genuine affection for each other.  Here’s to hoping that someday my boys look at me the same way Jack looks at his mom!

I met Hayley about four years ago just before her Freshman year in high school when she was only 14.  She has been the best babysitter for our kids and we have loved getting to know her over the years! She is super energetic, respectful and a talented soccer player.  She is just one of the most easy-going and nicest people you will ever meet!  I was honored to shoot her senior photos and cannot wait to see where life will take her over the next few years!  Congrats, Hayley, hope your Senior year is special and fun!  I picked these photos of her because they show of her really cute personality.

On my last trip home to Oregon, I got to take photos of my niece, Kate, in honor of her second birthday.  She is just the sweetest little girl so full of smiles and spunk!  My mom, sister, Kate and I walked around downtown Salem for an  hour snapping photos and hanging out for this particular shoot.  I was scouting out locations for an upcoming session so it worked out great to have Kate come along and help me test the locations and lighting.  She was so natural and did exactly what I asked her to do the entire time.  I’m glad we’ll have these images to keep for years to come and feel blessed that I was the one that got to capture them!