September/October Special!

Don't miss out on this great deal. Go to the main site to see a large image & more info on the special. :)

Bailey, Kara & Tara

Here are some recent samples of sessions I've lately.

I was in the Stockyards with some friends one weeknight this summer and was so inspired by the setting & buildings that I asked Bailey if we could move our session from Downtown Ft Worth to the Stockyards. She agreed and I think we came away with some absolutely amazing images.



More of Bailey's session is available on the site under 'Enlightened'.

Kara's Senior portraits were taken at Botanical Gardens. We had a great time, and we were even lucky enough to be treated to some live music that was going on at a wedding reception at the Rose Garden. I think this is my favorite of Kara's images.



Tara's Senior session was at Chandor Gardens in Weatherford. Chandor is so dreamy & just an artists dream to be able to work in. We were having a great time until the mosquitos began to attack us. I have so many favorites from her session, but she is so beautiful that I had to share a headshot.




More of Kara & Tara's sessions will be available soon on the site under 'Enlightened'. Enjoy!

July/August Specials

So my friend Robin kicked me in the butt a bit today and said, 'When are you running those summer specials you told me about?'

Well, as much as I hate to admit it...I've just had brain freeze all summer. Part of it has been my POWERAde slush addiction, part is the fact that when school is out---I am tuned out and the rest is general laziness.

But here it is...my July/August special. It will be hot, but we will have fun. Availability really is limited because I'm going on a wicked cool trip to Boston in July and then school starts up (UGH) in August so make sure if you're interested you get on the e-mail or dail me up soon!

~Jaclyn

Hot In The City...Reba's Senior Session

Reba is special to me because she's one of my former Yearbook students who is about to not only be a senior, but Drum Major, which is very exciting!

I think neither of us ever thought I'd be taking her Senior pictures. I'm really glad that she asked me to, because we had a great time out in Sundance Square, even though it was muggy as all get-out, there was absolutely no sun (no light!), and everyone was about to have a heart attack over the impending thunderstorms.

Her photos turned out beautiful, with minimal help from me, because she is just gorgeous! I love you Reba!

Here's just a little sneak-peak...hot off the press:

Savannah, I Miss You

Blogger has decided to be nice today. Yay!

I was lucky to get to travel to Savannah last week with some girlfriends of mine and I honestly didn't think I was going to come back. I absolutely fell in love with the city, especially the downtown historical area. I'm no history buff, by any means, but the amount of preservation is just amazing. It's definitely a photographer's dream and I can't imagine ever running out of places to shoot. I would love to relocate and move my business there. If only...

Here's one shot I took on River Street. We were told that some of these streets are original cobble stone, but some of it is newer. I can't imagine cobblestone looking so good after almost 300 years. Amazing. Beautiful city & lovely people!

Madison's Senior...Sneaky-Peek

So I'm giving this another try today since Blogger hates me.

For Madison's Senior portraits she wanted something a bit different so I talked her into hitting a junkyard that I've had my eye on for a few months. Unfortunately for us our session was cut short by the apparent junkyard 'owner'. I think this was my first & last session in a junkyard, but I definitely love some of these shots. We ended up finishing our session in both mine & Madison's hometown of Springtown. It was a very sticky & humid day and I think after both sessions we never want to see another mosquito.

See more of this unique session on the website under 'Enlightened'.

And Baby Makes Three

I have to admit, I have a love/hate relationship with Blogger.

I love that it's FREE and I can use it to display work and advertise my baby business until I can afford something better, but I hate that it only wants to sporadically work with linking images from Photobucket. THAT is why I'm so terrible about posting. I will have these flashes of inspiration and decide to post newly edited images only to find that I can't get my copy/paste to work from Photobucket. I'm not sure what it is. It might be some sort of Mac issue for all I know. God forbid, I love this machine, but it's been angry at me lately. I think it knows I was gone for a week and totally neglected it. Poor iMac...

And the sizing issue is just a nightmare. So please forgive me for the cut-off images. I'm about to lose my sanity fighting with both Blogger & Photobucket, so today I just decided to let them win. I, Jaclyn Dodd, vow to one day have a BigFolioBlog and display my work properly. ;)

Back to photography...I did a fun session a while back with a very young, but very lovely couple, Chris & Kenny who actually just had their first child last week. I hope the future holds nothing but good things for them. To see more of this session go to the website & click on the Endearing gallery. Enjoy! ~Jaclyn