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Bride’s Choice Award 2010 Awarded to Forever Young Photography

Maranda — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:28:19 +0000

Forever Young Photography is happy to announce that we made the list again for the Bride’s Choice Award for WeddingWire!!

“The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards ™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. This year’s winners represent the top five percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which consists of over 100,000 local wedding professionals nationwide.”
~ WeddingWire

Another article about the award on www.webwire.com.

Forever Young Photography to Photograph the 2010 Spring/Summer Line of The Jenna Kator Collection

Maranda — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:07:08 +0000

I’m excited to share that Forever Young Photography LLC will be photographing the 2010 Spring/Summer Collection of Handbags and accessories of The Jenna Kator Collection. We’ll be flying out to do a session on location. I am really excited to work with Jenna and honored to photograph her 2010 Spring/Summer Line. I am also excited to get a sneak peek at the new Lineup and figure out what I am going to order when the collection is released!!

New to The Jenna Kator Collection?
Featured on CNNmoney.com, Crains Detroit Business, and Hour Detroit on the A-List, The Jenna Kator Collection is making an imprint on the fashion front.

“The Jenna Kator Collection of designer handbags and accessories enhances self-confidence of women and allows them to be a fashionista! Our designer handbags and accessories are classic, yet trendy, while upholding complete sophistication. All collections will reflect an east coast style with a west coast attitude!” ~ jennakator.com

Looking for a new purse now? Check out jennakator.com to spruce up your 2010. You can order online and have everything shipped conveniently to you.
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More to come about our upcoming photo shoot!!

Happy Holidays – Gift of Trees

Maranda — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:08:56 +0000

Happy Holidays from Forever Young Photography LLC. I hope you are enjoying the season and making some time for yourself to relax and reflect on the year. Instead of sending holiday cards this year, I have decided to spread the cheer a few different greener ways – literally. Forever Young Photography has planted trees through the Arbor Day Foundation in the honor of past and current clients this year. Native Pine, Fir, & Cedar Trees will be planted in the Plumas National Forest. Also, instead of sending paper cards this year, our holiday greetings are via electronic greetings.

I wish you and your family a happy, healthy holiday season!!

{Raves} Category

Maranda — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:19:01 +0000

I want to share with you all the wonderful Thank You cards Forever Young Photography receives. So I created a new blog category {Raves}. You can also see more Raves on weddingwire.com and on my website under the Raves category as well. It is wonderful to hear all the personal thoughts of my clients and know that I am making a difference in the world by sharing my photography talents. Its great to have a job that makes people smile. :-) Thanks again to all for “all the Thanks.”

New Green ideas in the works

Maranda — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:49:15 +0000

I am excited about a new idea and I want to share it with you now, but I feel I have to wait until it is completed. So just know that soon I will have some great news for you and taking another big step to making Forever Young Photography an even greener photography company. More to come soon! Have a great day!

The way to make memories

Maranda — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:43:39 +0000

Jenn and Tom put in a lot of personal touches to make their wedding day memorable and special. They selected the Jabberwok Inn in Monterey, CA as the setting for the wedding day. It was a great setting for the family to spend some time together and celebrate. Here are some of my favorite images from the day.

Jenn has fond childhood memories of Snapdragons and chose to have her bouquet made of them. The bouquet looked beautiful and smelled great.

Tom’s brother officiated the ceremony. The outline of the ceremony was sitting on a table and I loved using it as a backdrop to their rings. Especially with “Beginning” labeled at the top of the page.

Jenn’s mom made her dress {awesome job Mom!}.

The Bocce Ball Court was a great feature of Jabberwork Inn, especially since this is a family with love for Bocce. {me too!}

Congratulations to Jenn and Tom!

Are you friends or family of Jenn & Tom? Anxious to see more photographs? If so, here is a link to their website. Enjoy!

Advice from a Bumblebee

Maranda — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:39:10 +0000

When photographing a wedding, a bride had the little notebook above. I thought it was a really cute saying and wanted to share it with you. Do something special today to enjoy the present. Happy Summer!

Have an old pair of jeans you can’t part with???

Maranda — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:30:05 +0000

Okay so I like many people have a fav pair of jeans that has passed its prime. I have come to terms with the fact that it is time to send them off to a better place. Unfortunetly, they are so past a state to donate to Good Will – they have holes and would not make it on the rack to be resold. So, I searched the internet in hopes for a jean recycling program. I thought I had heard that there were companies out there that would recycle jeans; with a little searching I found the perfect one: Cotton from Blue to Green. Here is an explanation of the program from the website:

“What Are We Going to Do With All This Denim?

All the denim will be donated to COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®. This denim drive recycles jeans into UltraTouch™ Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation, which is used to help build houses in places that have been damaged by hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. Your jeans will help set a record, keep clothes out of landfills, and build houses for families to live in!

It’s a Fact

It takes about 500 pairs of jeans to recycle enough denim to insulate one average-size U.S. house. So send us lots!”

Have a pair of jeans that you should really pass along? Now you have a good reason to do so. Click here for more info on the program. I am going to send my jeans in today. I feel good that my fav jeans will be put to a good use. Hurry and send yours in too. They have to be received by June 30th!!

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Maranda — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:04:31 +0000

Mexico needs some love today. In honor of Cinco de Mayo I wanted to post some pics of one of Justin and my finds from a trip. We both realized we have a soft spot for Mexican Art and fell in love with a butterfly covered skull. I know it sounds weird, but once you look at it, it just makes you happy and relaxed. You get memorized by all the fine details painted into such a small space. It was love at first site. If your a fan, you can check out more work by Alfonso Castillo. Happy Cinco de Mayo!!

Earth Hour Pics – Downtown San Francisco

Maranda — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:01:56 +0000

Justin and I headed downtown to watch the lights go down in the city. It was chilly, but worth the wait. We stood on a pier to see both the city view and the Golden Gate Bridge. Check out the results.

For safety reasons, all of the lights on the bridge could not be turned off, but it is still a rare view to see without the towers lit up.

Not exactly total darkness in the city, but you can see these structures dark: Coit Tower (to the left) and Palace of Fine Arts (bottom right). If you look closely you can also notice other lights that were shut off in various buildings and the glow in the haze around the city was diminished slightly.

Afterward we headed downtown to Market Bar – a restaurant participating in Earth Hour – for a candlelit dinner and some live music powered by people riding stationary bicycles.