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coffee table books.

I had a mini photo shoot with my coffee table book! They are even better in real life!

I used photos from our wedding for this book, but am also in the process of creating a book from a family vacation a few years ago for us as well as a book for each girl's first year of life.  You can create a book with any kind of photos! A Jodified photo shoot in a book would be perfect!  :)

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Coffee Table Books and DVDs

I finally figured out my options for coffee table books and DVD video montages! Very exciting b/c I love both of these items!  They make GREAT gifts for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birthday's, Christmas, or just b/c you love someone!  Email me for more details!

Tomorrow I will post photos of one of the printed books, so check back!

You can find this information in "packages and prices" over on the right, but here it is also:

Hardcover Coffee Table Book:

These books are such a beautiful way to capture your entire photo shoot!  They are hardbound books with your favorite photo on the jacket cover, professionally bound with 4 color printing on coated semi-matte paper.  I can take the photos from your session and create a book, or I can take a disk of your own photos (from a family vacation, a child's wedding, old family photos, etc.) and create a book.  Session and Non-Session prices are below:

Square 7x7:  Session: $80      Non-Session: $100

8x10 Portfolio:  Session: $100        Non-Session: $125

10x8 Landscape:  Session: $100        Non-Session: $125

13x11 Large Format Landscape:  Session: $180        Non-Session: $225

Photo Montage DVD:  $150

I will take all the photos from your session and create a wonderful DVD set to music you can watch over and over again.  This is an incredible way to show your photos to family and friends! They also make GREAT gifts for grandparents!

Each additional DVD is $15.

baby lucas.

See the adorable pregnant couple up on the banner of this site?  That's Billy and Jenny and I just got a call last week that their little man, Lucas, was born and ready for some photographs! So I went over there yesterday (yes, in winter I get things done fast!) and had an incredible time!  I love seeing new parents with their baby, especially the dads!  Smitten doesn't even cover it, but that's what Billy is with little Lucas... it was so amazing to watch this tiny baby being snuggled in his dad's arms. It really makes me excited to welcome our little man into the world in a few months!

Thanks for letting me share some really special moments with you guys!

OH, and how CLASSIC is this photo?  I about died when it came up in editing!  Don't you love it?

*see his finger?

Check out the baby lucas album over on the right!

valentine's

Don't forget that Vanetine's Day can be a really great holiday to send fun custom cards to friends and family!

See? Wouldn't it be fun to send one of those?  :)

2008 rates.

The new 2008 rates are updated so please check them out before booking a session or considering a design project.  They are over on the right under "prices and packages".

If you have any questions concerning the new prices feel free to email me at jodified@mac.com

Thanks to everyone who I had the pleasure of working with in 2007 and looking forward to meeting all of my 2008 clients!

personalized cards

aren't just for Christmas anymore!

Consider sending your friends and family some love this February with a personalized Valentine's Day card!

Here is the one my family is sending out:

Let me design one for you today, or chose from one of my current designs.  Brighten someone's day with a beautiful card!

Kerber

I have known the Kerber family for 10 years I guess, which makes me feel really old!  John, Erin and I were all a year apart in school at Kirkwood HS and Katie, I think, was my sister's age. A few years ago John also worked for my dad which was great b/c I really got to know him better than I ever did in high school.  The entire family is awesome, there's just no other way to state it.  I had a blast on this photo shoot and as I was leaving I realized my cheeks hurt from laughing so much!  That's never happened to me on a shoot!  The best part of the shoot was that Mr. Kerber works at Grant's Farm and we had the entire place to ourselves since it was closed for Christmas. I've never been able to walk around a public place like that with no other tourists around! 

Kerber's, thanks for your patience in getting these photos and thank you so much for being such a great family! I hope to work with you again soon (babies anyone?)!

2008 Changes

Change is in the air, can you feel it? I've been working diligently on the new face of Jodified Designs and am SO excited about the changes! As you might have noticed, I've added some new albums to the right...

1. Business: This is an album where I will put items I design for businesses; logos, ads, business cards, etc.

2. Birthdays: Birthday invitations, mainly for children.

3. Babies: Baby shower invitations, birth announcements, etc.

4. Christmas: Christmas cards and party invitations

5. Photo 365: In case you don't read my personal blog, this is my new year goal... to take a photo a day for one year. This is where I post those daily photos.

Right now I am in the midst of creating designs for all sorts of events. The albums will be added to as I finish new designs and upload old designs. There will also be new albums added as new categories are created, like Easter, Valentine's, Halloween, Wedding, etc.  This is a work in progress, but my goal is to have at least 5-15 designs per category for you to chose from for all your card sending needs! And as always, I can create something customized JUST FOR YOU.

Other changes that are coming are mainly in the pricing dept. I am raising my photo shoot prices as well as my card and custom design prices. I'm almost done with this process so within the next week or so they will be updated.  These prices changes are based on other photographers in the area as well as how fast this business is growing. I priced myself way below normal as I was starting out so if you worked with me in the fall you lucked out!  I will still be considerably lower than other photographers in the sense that I will NEVER charge you for your prints, you will ALWAYS get a CD with your photos so that YOU can have full access to your photos forever. This will never change, you have my word.

So keep your eyes out for changes around here! A new year always brings change and I couldn't be more excited about the direction this little dream of mine is heading. And please, remember me when you have any invitation/card needs! I love design as much, if not more, than I love photography!

Happy New Year!

My sister.

Just a few days before Christmas I got the pleasure of doing a much anticipated photo shoot with my very pregnant sister, Abbie and her husband Chris Enlund.  I've been dying to photograph her growing belly and MAN did we do one heck of a shoot!  We started at The Jewel Box in Forest Park, then hit the upper entrance to The Muny, met up with the rest of the fam at The City Museum, took a few at Christ Church Cathedral, one or two at the St. Louis Public Library in downtown St. Louis and finally ended up in an alley lost in some neighborhood while on a wild goose chase with out mom!  By the end of this day we were all exhausted and Chris wanted to kill me, but man we got some good shots and MAN is she a gorgeous momma!

Her album is to the right, Abbie's Belly.  Go check it out!

Thanks Ab and Chris! I had a great time! Can't wait for that little girl to get here so I can smother her with photos too!  :)

Christmas Cards FINALLY

I finally figured out how to post the Christmas cards I've been working on! FINALLY! These are just a few of them, but it's a start! Next year I will have designs already created for you to chose from b/c the custom designs, although the most fun, take me the most time.  Anyway, here is a sample of my Christmas designs!

This was a flat card

This was the inside of a fold-over card... the front is just a photo of their children with a polka-dot border

This was a design I had posted that this family chose... I turned it into a fold-over card for them with their sentiment on the inside

This was a flat birth announcement

This was definitely my favorite to do this year b/c I thought their idea was so GREAT! Too cute!

If I find time I will post the others I've been working on, including our own Christmas card that went out last week!