Lorie Garcia Bridal Session

On Thursday, April 8, 2010 we shot a bridal session for Lorie. The shoot started off at The Knolle Farm Bed & Breakfast in Orange Grove, Texas. This place is very beautiful. A quiet, peaceful location surrounded by a large pond, and fields of wildflowers. The little outdoor chapel in the back is a perfect place for intimate weddings and with a large colorful peacock running around, the scenery couldn't be anymore beautiful.

Our next location was about mile down the road in a large area heavily populated with colorful wildflowers. We spent most of our time there. Cars passing by would honk and one person even yelled, "Congratulations," out of the window. At one point about 30 minutes into shooting, a truck pulled over and a lady asked if we owned the property that we were shooting on. We all just looked at each other with a little concern as we told her, "No." We thought for sure she was going to ask us to leave. Instead, she told us that she had some property just down the road that was covered with beautiful Indian Paintbrush flowers. She told us if we wanted to we could go and shoot over on her property. We wrapped up quickly and headed over to her place. The entire session went very well and we had a lot of fun, of course.

Lorie was very pleasant to work with and very patient. We had a blast with this session. We also covered her wedding day just one week later at The Knolle Farm Bed & Breakfast. Will update this post with wedding day pictures once they are ready for posting. Enjoy...

Joey Navarro
J&P Photography

Veronica & Desi

Today (March 30, 2010) we did our first shoot at a baseball stadium. We did an engagement session for Veronica & Desi. The first location for this shoot was at "Whataburger Field." This stadium is home to the Corpus Christi Hooks. They are a minor league team with ties to the Houston Astros. This stadium was also used in a movie called "The Open Road" starring Justin Timberlake and Jeff Bridges. Priscilla and I were both excited to shoot here because we knew it might be a small challenge due to the fact that we have never shot in a stadium before. We had tons of ideas for this shoot, unfortunately a lot of those ideas involved being on the field. Well, we were not allowed to go onto the field because they were getting it ready for an upcoming event. However, we still had lots of other ideas for the seats and surrounding areas that worked out well. Shooting at the stadium was a lot of fun and we hope we get to shoot there again soon.

Second location was at a local bird park conservatory. This was a special place for the couple because it was where Veronica accepted Desi's proposal to be his wife. They wanted to shoot at the exact location on a long pier where the proposal took place. Beautiful day with great weather. We added a few balloons for props to this shooting location. Below you will find a few pictures from this shoot with more to be released soon on our Facebook page.

Veronica & Desi, we had a lot of fun shooting today and we look forward to capturing your wedding day memories in November.


Joey Navarro
J&P Photography

The Patterson Family

On Sunday, March 28, 2010 we had the pleasure of photographing a family who has never had a family photo taken. The Patterson's wanted to do something different than the normal white shirt blue jean beach shoot. They wanted something unique and fitting for their first family photo. As the brainstorming went on for a few days we finally came up with an idea. The idea was to shoot on a ranch with a rustic feel. Luckily I have a friend who owns a few horses with a horse stable. One call to my friend and he was more than willing to lend us his place for the shoot. His only request was to view the pictures and have a picture or two taken of his horses. Not a bad deal.

On the day of the shoot the weather was perfect. The Patterson family came in from Victoria, Tx. the night before and was ready for a day of sun, fun, picture taking and of course, petting the horses. During the shoot we had lots of fun. The Patterson's had a great time and had some really great ideas in helping us capture the character of their family. The horses cooperated as long as we had some feed nearby. In all the shoot went very well. We shared lots of laughs that day.

To the Patterson's, thank you for allowing us to be the first to capture your first family picture. We had lots of fun and are honored to have shared these moments with you. Like Priscilla said, "...you were a lovely easy going family to work with." And please don't let it be another 10 or so years before you take another family picture. Ha! Take care and God Bless.

We would also like to thank the Vega family for allowing us to shoot on their property.

Below are just a couple of pictures from the Patterson Family shoot. More will be released on our Facebook page soon.

Joey Navarro
J&P Photography

 

Domonic's First Communion

Here are a few pictures from the shoot we did for Domonic's first communion. The shoot was a lot of fun. Felt a little weird because while we were shooting there were people in the church praying and just sitting there. However, there are always people in the church so you just have to be very quiet and shoot around them. There was another photographer shooting panoramics of the inside so I felt a little better. Catholic churches are very beautiful inside.

Joey Navarro

J&P Photography

Joyce & George

Our shoot with Joyce and George was a lot of fun. We were all over the place in downtown Corpus Christi. I remember using Joyce as a practice subject when I was first starting out in photography. Every time I learned a new technique or just practicing with new equipment, I would always call Joyce to see if she was up to letting me shoot her. Now I have the pleasure of shooting her engagement and very soon, her wedding.

 

Here are a few previews. We will release the full engagement album soon on our Facebook page.

Joey Navarro

J&P Photography

 

7D...SD960 IS...Zi8

We have just recently upgraded to the Canon 7D. This camera is awesome. It is loaded with features and one of them is the capability of shooting full 1080p HD video. We also bought a point & shoot camera. There are times when we just don't feel like carrying a huge SLR when going out on every day family outings. However, we do believe if you have children you should always have a camera readily available. Many people think their camera phone is sufficient but that is a whole other topic for another day. We purchased the Canon PowerShot SD960 IS which also has HD video capabilities. Just before that we purchased the Kodak Zi8. That is a small pocket HD camcorder. Yesterday I took my daughter out to play at a few parks around town and decided it would be a great chance to test out some of the video quality of all three cameras. Below is a short 2 minute video that I compiled from footage of all three cameras. Of course the Canon 7D put out the best image but the PowerShot wasn't all that bad either. All three are great cameras in my opinion.

**We do not endorse any brand of camera but we do highly recommend and encourage that you make the best memories possible that your budget allows. Memories are priceless, make them look good!



Joey Navarro

The Chapa's

Another 20 member family shoot. One thing I can definitely say is that we are getting better at these large family shoots. Today we shot the Chapa Family. The energy was flowing and never was there a dull moment during this session. When I was first contacted about doing this session my first thought was, "Man, this is going to be tough." I always get nervous when doing a large family because the hardest part is getting them all to look the same way while keeping their eyes open. Over the past years I have learned a few tricks that work for me, but when many children are involved it's still tough. Well, today was a great session. All the children cooperated. The weather was great and everyone just had a good time.

 I believe this was a family get together for their father who was celebrating an age milestone. To that I would like to say Happy Birthday Thomas. To the Chapa family, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your celebration in taking your family photos. It was fun.

 Be sure to check our Facebook page for more from the Chapa family shoot. You can also go to our MySpace profile to view more of our work. Don't forget about our website J&P Photography. There you will find all the information about how you can set up your family shoot.

Joey Navarro

J&P Photography