Ginger Jacobs Photography

The Stevens Family Makes Pancakes

gingerjacobs — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:45:54 +0000

My favorite kind of photography is called Lifestyle Photography. I believe that real life is beautiful. When you capture a family doing things they normally do together, you get such a feeling for their home and everyone’s personalities.

The Stevens had me over for Saturday morning pancakes. I’m just going to come right out and say it. I LOVE THESE PHOTOS. This is my favorite thing I’ve done in a long time.

Jake, Lindsay, and Evie, I hope you guys enjoy your slideshow. Can you see how beautiful you are?

Reese Family

gingerjacobs — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:05:05 +0000

Last weekend I had the great pleasure of visiting this lovely family in their beautiful home. The little boys were squirrley, and maybe not super excited about getting their photos taken so early on a Saturday morning, but I think we still managed to get some good ones! Thanks so much to Mom and Grandma for their help and enthusiasm. Here are a few of the great moments we captured:

These boys were so cute and the older one was such a great big brother. Four years apart is a good spread, I think.

Classroom Candids

gingerjacobs — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:22:25 +0000

In preparation for a school photography gig I have coming up, I accompanied a colleague to her photo shoot at a similar school last week. After she finished, the two of us had the great opportunity to visit a few of the classrooms. It was wonderful to see these kids in action, and to get to admire some of their truly spectacular work! Here are a few of my favorites:

Jared Platt Lightroom Workshop

gingerjacobs — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:02:47 +0000

Earlier this month, I attended an AWESOME workshop by Jared Platt. The subject was Adobe Lightroom and workflow. Lightroom is the program I use to do all of my post processing work. I LOVE it, but there’re a lot of ins and a lot of outs, (a lot of whathaveyous, as The Dude would say). I’ve been using it for about a year, but after this workshop, it’s like a brand new toy. I learned a lot about how to use it more efficiently. Post processing can be a killer for photographers. Firstly, if you spend too much time at it, your pay is reduced dramatically. Secondly, a good photographer is a good photographer because they see the beauty in the moment, they press the shutter, and capture that instant. They ‘re not necessarily good at staring at that instant a week later, and tweek tweek tweeking it for hours on end. That takes what you love about photography and kills it dead.

Not only did I learn to use Lightroom more efficiently, he also included a set of really useful actions as part of the workshop. (If you are familiar with Photoshop, you know what an action is, basically it is a one click way of applying a bunch of different steps to an image. ) Those were worth the cost of the workshop right there!

For my photographer peeps, I highly recommend this workshop. It was super packed with information. We even learned stuff through lunch! There was no time wasting at all. If you’re going to PartnerCon (I am! SO STOKED) he’s doing a workshop on November 2nd in New Orleans, so you can add that to your trip if you want.

I LOVE going to stuff like this. Maybe someday I’ll feel like I know it all and I won’t need workshops anymore, but for now, I’ll go to as many as I can. It’s so exciting to learn more about this subject I’m so passionate about, and just to be with other photographers and soak up their energy.

Todd’s Half-Yearly Hoedown

gingerjacobs — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:47:11 +0000

Todd has two fabulous parties every year, one on his birthday, and one on his half birthday. They never disappoint! They’re SO FABULOUS that people happily pay admission, with all the proceeds going to feed the homeless. He’s a stand-up guy, that Todd.

Here’s a slideshow of my favorites.

So Fun!

There are tons more over on the website. The password for the gallery is “hoedown”.

Rachel & Sean

gingerjacobs — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:40:34 +0000

On a lovely Sunday in August, people came from far and wide, and rode the ferry to Anderson Island to celebrate the wedding of Rachel and Sean. Here is a slide show of my favorite images from the day:

Thanks so much for including me in your special day! I can’t wait for you guys to see the rest of the pictures!

Steve

gingerjacobs — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:57:46 +0000

An actor’s headshot is obviously really important. It’s how you get called in for an audition, to even have a chance at the part.

Well, this actor is doing really well, with a headshot he hasn’t updated for 10 years, so what do I know! I was stoked to get the chance to document his more mature face. Here’s hoping for a seat at that first big movie premiere.

BLHS Cheerleaders

gingerjacobs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:38:25 +0000

Ah… high school. I had a GREAT time in high school. I wouldn’t go back there for anything, but being around high school kids and their boundless energy is just good for the soul! These sweet girls don’t have their uniforms yet, but they needed a picture for their football team’s program. The backs of their shirts read, “We do all our own stunts.” HA!

Here is the serious one I liked the best:

I liked this one, too. I told them to get cozy.

So fun! I’m hoping to get to do some more team shots and individuals with them later this fall.

Harris Family

gingerjacobs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:22:56 +0000

The magic of the Internets brought Ms. Harris to my other blog. Then I ran into her at Target and gave her my card and soon after I was at their lovely home snapping away! Her sweet Viv is the same age as my Clark.

Look at the pretty baby with the pretty mommy and daddy!

So sweet!

I also like this one with the interesting angle. Lowering the aperture makes for the shallow depth of field.

*sigh* I LOVE catching beautiful moments with beautiful families!

Olivia

gingerjacobs — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:56:50 +0000

Through the magic of The Facebooks, I got back in touch with an old friend from high school. I was so thrilled to get to photograph her beautiful little girl.

This was taken right after she told me she was pretty shy:

Love this one, too: