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New! – Custom Photo Jewlery

It’s nice to be able to have your favorite images of your loved ones with you at all times. But carrying around an album or a framed image just isn’t practical. So, I am pleased to announce we are now going to be offering custom, sterling silver photo jewelry! Below are just a few of the pieces we will be offering. They are truly an art piece that will last a lifetime. Each piece will come with cleaning and care instructions and will be delivered in a black satin pouch. We have pieces for men and women, there are many other items available, so please contact us for more details and pricing. All custom jewelry is professionally hand made and completely waterproof so you won’t have to worry about ruining your favorite picture while swimming or showering. They will make amazing gifts for friends or family, or just get one for yourself!

Alastair – 3 months old! | Issaquah baby photographer

Alastair and his family came to visit a couple of weeks ago and he was just the sweetest little guy. I haven’t seen his mom in many years and it was great to spend some time catching up and seeing her beautiful new family. Congratulations you guys, I hope we can get together again really soon!

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3 month old | Bellevue baby photography

3 month old | Sammamish baby photography

2009 Clients – Digital File Sale!

I can hardly believe it is already March! I am just now getting caught up from 2009. I just started to clean up my hard drive from all of the sessions last year. Digital files can be enormous and they take up a lot of hard drive space. So I have decided to set aside all of the sessions from 2009 and offer up a huge digital file sale.

Digital files are great for scrap booking, Facebook, emailing to friends, printing extra copies for family, and creating all sorts of other projects. The are also a great way to archive your images when you want them in the future. Your child will have changed so much in the next few years. How fun would it be to do a collage from newborn through Pre-K. Not sure where to have that done? Well,
I have a list of reputable consumer labs that are great for printing just about anything you can think of.

So from now until the end of March, ALL clients who had a session in 2009 can purchase all of their digital files from their session for 50% off…a $500 savings!

Files will be burned on a CD and will be mounted in a custom case. You pick the image you want on the CD and the CD case. Delivery can take up to two weeks, but if you need files sooner we can work something out before your CD arrives. Send me an email and I can open up your gallery again.

Sale runs through March 31st!

Where in the world have we gone?

Well we took a little hiatus from updating this blog. We have been swamped this past month or two and are excited to be back in 2010 with some great new offerings! One of the first new things this year we are offering is mini-sessions. This is a great way to get some updated photos of your kids, pets or family without the time and expense of a full session. The session fee for a mini-session is $100 and will last about 30 minutes to an hour. You will have your choice of 5-10 images and smaller collections to choose from. Updates to the Investment Page will have more details. *Mini-sessions cannot be used to replace newborn sessions.

We are also expanding our product line to include some custom jewelry, some fun frames, folios, chroma panels and some different types of books. Product shots to come!

Also stay tuned for a huge digital sale for all of our 2009 clients. Digital files are a great way to archive and reorder prints for family members or to share online with friends and family. Next post will detail this great sale if you were a past client!

The last addition for 2010 is for people that are interested in modeling for stock photography. Microstock photography is where photographs are licensed for royalty free use in advertising, publishing, graphic arts, bloggers and anyone else who may need imagery for their projects. With a signed model release, the images that are uploaded to our portfolio can be purchased to meet buyers specific needs. I am an exclusive artist with istockphoto.com and my images have been used in Rachael Ray Magazine, Seattle Magazine, Book Covers, Cable Radio/TV, and many blog and web sites around the world. If you would like to be a model for stock, you must sign an istockphoto model release and in return, the fee for your session will be waived and you will receive 20% off anything additional you would like to purchase. Now that is one great deal!

I look forward to an exciting 2010 with lots of fun funky products and some great images!

Happy Holidays | Giving is Awesome announcement

Here we are on Christmas Eve! I can’t believe how fast the year went by! Tonight I am announcing the winners of the 2009 Giving is Awesome Project. Thanks to everyone who took time to not only think of someone but to email in your nomination. It was truly amazing reading all the love and thoughtfulness in your letters. There were so many deserving families out there, it was hard to choose just one. In the end we chose the Brooks family. They were nominated by the Gurney family and I am very much looking forward to getting together with them to capture their family this season and sharing a few of their portraits with you in the near future.

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I hope next year brings great peace and happiness to everyone. Thanks again for a fantastic 2009 and a special thanks to the families that invited me into their lives this year to photograph your newborns, kids and pets!

Football mini session | Issaquah kids photographer

The holidays are crazy this year! I shot this a couple weeks back, but am now just getting caught up with my blog and getting things posted. I had an awesome time with this family. This was the first year of football for this kiddo. The long practices, tough workouts and the many hours he put in this season paid off as they made their way to the finals. I think he’ll play again next year, he’s a great kid with a lot of determination and a big heart and I know he’ll make a great football player. He was truly a ton of fun to have a session with. I look forward to doing more of these mini sport sessions for kids around the area. If you’re interested, please contact me! Thanks again you guys, can’t wait to get together for basketball and baseball season!

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Giving is Awesome! | Giving Back – JClegg Photography

It has truly been a wonderful year filled with meeting all sorts of new clients, friends and families. I feel very thankful for what I am able to do day in and day out. I wanted to take this chance during the holidays to give back to the community which has helped me get my business off the ground. A fellow photographer friend of mine turned me on to this project called ‘Giving is Awesome’ and I could not be more excited to be a part of it.

The goal is to reach out to those in the community and provide a gift for someone in need this holiday season. We all know someone who’s experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down more than one job, or is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. You probably know someone who can’t afford custom photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season. Perhaps you know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family’s spirit, love, and beauty.

You personally know someone in these circumstances, I guarantee it.

I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography – $1000 worth, to be exact. Whether it’s a beautiful canvas or a gorgeous album, prints for Grandma, or a slideshow to watch over and over, it’s now within your power to give them a meaningful keepsake this holiday season.

Oh, and the best part? The person who nominates the winner receives a $250 print credit. What better reason could there possibly be to show some love, people?

The Rules:
* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services.

* The nominee must reside within 30 miles of Issaquah, WA. Tell me who you know, what they’re experiencing, and why they deserve my artwork. Please include contact information for both your nominee and yourself.

* E-mail your nomination to: jcleggphotography@gmail.com .

* ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE IN BY DECEMBER 18th!

The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve – get nominating! I can’t wait to read all of your entries!

Open your heart to someone this holiday season – and thanks for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

With Love,
Julie

Please feel free to forward this blog post/email to whom you feel would be a good candidate for this very special project!
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Not so sleepy newborn | Bellevue newborn photographer

This gorgeous little newborn boy was the sweetest little guy. He slept so sound, all wrapped in his blanket. He was on a great schedule. Never giving his parents any problems. But as soon as we got ready to get some pictures…wide awake! I did manage to get a few while he was starting to snooze, but he never did quite get into that deep sleep I would have expected for a five day old! I think he just wanted to see what we were up to. Here are a few from that day. Thanks so much to mom and dad, he really is an angel and it was such a pleasure being able to photograph your son.

I love this first one, with those curled up little toes! So cute!

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Wonderful “T” | Issaquah Childrens Photographer

Spent a quick afternoon at the lake with this fun kiddo who just lost her two front teeth! The weather was cool and there was a bit of a story about getting to the lake, but that’s for another time. :) I had a great time with her and her cousin. We will definitely have to do it again when the weather clears up. Here are a few from that afternoon.

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Baby ‘T’ is home! | Issaquah Newborn Photographer

After a long month-plus – finally the two girls are reunited and safe at home with their family! I know her parents could not be more happy to hang out with both of them at home instead of trekking back and forth to the hospital. Here are a few of Baby T and a couple of her and her sister together. SO adorable! Congratulations again you two, you have one fantastic family!

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