Bring on Fall!! I'm definitely here for it!!

I am, most definitely, channeling fall!🍂🍂🍂August, you nearly melted me and now we can't be friends anymore.😏 I'm sure I'll be over it by next year, but for now...bring on the pumpkins, cooler temps, shorter days (yes, I said it) and cozy sweaters!

So, I've been down this road before of "to blog or not to blog"...and I keep asking myself "Janice, why in the world are you still carrying on this blogging business when practically no one is reading it?".  Well, for starters, I'm just stubborn.  I set out to create a once a month blog for 2023 (after not blogging for a couple of years) and I'm not backing down now. And then there is the part of me that loves choosing my favorite images from each session.  Even though I post a sneak peek, I get to choose additional images for the individual collages and it just makes me happy.  Okie doke, all done here. 

Well, go on...scroll through, you know you want to see my faves!😊 

Rabi Erik Uriarte from Tree of Life Congregation. Such an interesting fellow who let me ask ALL the questions and so gracefully corrected my terminology!  

Mrs. Guerry turns 99!  One of my favorite people (and a Decade Project participant) had a wonderful party to celebrate her birthday, surrounded by her adoring family!💗 

From time to time, I have a client that brings a collection of outfits and I like them ALL!!  Cortney arrived in the yellow dress and she absolutely wowed me!  She is as bright and sunny as that gorgeous dress and I enjoyed every minute I spent with this Realtor from Coldwell Banker.

I've been photographing pets and their owners for Journey's End sessions for about 2 years now and every single one of them hits me right here💓, but none more so than Meghan and Diesel.  Knowing that I was there in their last few hours together, and that the images I created for her would likely be the last ones they would have together - well, let's just say, I was humbled and honored to be there. 

And then in February, I ate chocolate!

 

I know some people shun Valentine's Day as a silly "holiday".  Whatever...it's a license to eat chocolate!  I mean, what's not to like about that?! Especially since my Christmas cookie hangover was just wearing off.  But I digress...😊.  

What else did I do in February?  Headshots, Couples in Love💗, Adorable Babies, and a sweet Journey's End session were on the agenda for the month of love and chocolate, and I am here for all of it!  Maybe most significant, to my Mama heart, I got to share my daughter Erin's engagement portraits, heart eyes all the way.😍

I was - oh so excited😍 - to shoot these Engagement portraits for Erin and David.  I am thrilled that David is officially going to be a member of our family!!  The plan was for a sunrise shoot on the beach, but the fog wrapped this gauzy swirl around them, and it was just magical.

I kicked off the month with headshots for my best friend of 51 years (okay, and we had a fabulous shopping trip as well!).  Rhonda is a long time Creative Memories consultant and the 'bestest' BFF in the world!

This sweet family was the 'Ronald McDonald House Gala' featured family this year and they stole my heart!  Look at that adorable smile!!

Need something printed?  Kathleen Hoover, owner of PAG Marketing and Southern Press Printing is easily accessible in downtown Cola.  Local and fast!

 Madison, also of PAG and Southern Press Printing

Need some great window coverings?  That's what Robert with Budget Blinds of Forest Lake Columbia specializes in!

Need promo products for your next event?  Gracey with Mike Willis Promotions is my go to for all things branded!

Sending Dane and Anastasia off to their wedding with all the best wishes of love and laughter for a lifetime.

Love seeing friends enjoying baby love - all day long!!

I got my Dachshund fix with Laverne and Shirley😍

Elle, is always here for your mortgage needs at Mortgage Options Inc.

I've had such a great time with Cameron, 2023 JSP Senior Model Team, this year!!  One session to go and then I have to let her go be a college girl!

 

Beechnut | Journey's End | Janice Sanford Photography

Celebrating relationships, celebrating life, and celebrating love...that's what Journey's End is all about.  It takes only moments to be immersed in the bond that Beechnut and Kelly share.  As Kelly told me in her details about Beechnut, "Beechnut loves people, loves having company, especially women.  He just wants attention".  From the first minute I was in the backyard with Kelly and this handsome 14.5 year old fellow, he was ready for a head rub, a good scratch, and a treat.  Every time I squatted at his level with my camera, he bounded right toward me. It's impossible not to fall in love with him.💓