I have to start this post by saying I owe a HUGE thank you to be-dazzled in North Dallas and to my mother in law for helping Jonathan and I create this fabulous room!  We had so much fun bringing all this together!  As soon as the nurse said, “it’s a girl!” I thought my head was going to pop with excitement, thoughts and planning!  Right then and there, things went crazy and Jonathan could see himself going broke  Although I must admit I feel like I did a good job budget wise, I think I did an ever better job creating a Pink Paradise.  Like seriously, this room radiates pink!  It is so happy in Emma’s room!  Here are a few photos Jonathan took for us!

The hanging balloon and the ballet shoes were both brought back from France from our trip there in 2011. We actually left the day after we found out we were having a girl so all I could think about the entire time was looking for things for Emma.  These are 2 of the items Jon’s mom aka: Mimi brought back for us.  It was also while in Paris that we decided we would name our little girl Emma!

Here is the bed as a whole containing all the custom bedding designed by Jonathan & I and created at be-dazzled.  Isn’t it awesome!  We love it!!!  The stuffed animal on the right is Jams!  Jonathan bought him for Emma while we were in France.  Jonathan though he was so cool and knew Emma just had to have him.  She LOVES him by the way!

The animals hanging on the back of the bed are also from France.  They have the best colors over there.  No bright or florescent colors, just elegant neutrals.  They also have unique and cute characters that aren’t Winnie the Pooh (sorry Pooh fans, I’m just not one).  We brought these items back and designed the entire room around them!  Below are the other items that played a significant role in our design.

These are 4 drawings by a French artist about a love story between a boy and a girl that we found in a small outdoor market in Europe.  So we bought them and brought them back and framed them through our framing company (perk of the job).  Aren’t they amazing!

The paper chain and Emma sign above Emma’s bed was made by Jonathan’s parents for her baby shower and we brought it back and placed it in her room.  Hand Made my Mimi and Papa with love!

And then of course we had to get some photos with our girl in her room wearing her signature color!  Onesie: Robin Wren Designs  Headband: Heaven Sent Children’s Boutique

Every month (or so…we try) to take a picture of Emma in this chair with Jams beside her so that we can see her grow!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

As wedding photographers I’m sure its easy to see why we are in love with Love!  Love is the very reason we exist!  So in honor of this beautiful holiday we are sharing with you the thing we love the most…Our little Emma!  As a professional model for JIP the demand of her duty to be fabulously cute all the time seem to never wear on her and for that we are thankful.  Here is yet another adorable session with the Love of our Life!

Emma’s adorable ruffled romper is from Giggle, Glitz and Glam and the lace headband with flower is from Heaven Sent Boutique!

The pearls Emma is wearing around her neck belonged to her Great Great Grandmother Mamaw (Samantha’s Great Grandmother on Dad’s side) and the pearls around her wrist belong to her Mommy and were given to her Mommy by Mimi (Jonathan’s mom)!

And by now most of y’all will have received your Valentine’s card from us! Below is the card for those who didn’t receive one in the mail!  Jonathan did a great job designing it around our model’s favorite color and photo.

Love,

Jonathan, Samantha & Emma Foster

So yes, we are still at it, posting photos that should have been posted a LONG time ago!  Better late than never is still the theme here  Here are a few photos from Emma’s First Christmas photo shoot!  As you can see, she had fun on this shoot!  We timed things a bit better and we did not place her in anything freezing cold or wet which I’m sure was a great start.  Anyhow, the first few photos of Emma were of her “styled shoot” which was a theme Jonathan and I did together.  Isn’t she the cutest in her pink Christmas!

Then these next few photos of her in red were my theme.  I just love her My First Christmas outfit with her Santa shoes that Maddie gave her and her striped hat that I bought her.  She had a blast doing this photo shoot as you can see!

Then this last set of photos was Jonathan’s theme.  Her “Decked Out” outfit is Jon’s favorite and he set her up in the greenery.  Now, I must admit we almost ran back into the pumpkin problem here with how pokey the greenery was but she pulled through to get these.

Merry Late Christmas from the Fosters!

So, I know we are so late!  This is ridiculous that we are just now getting around to finishing these but better late than never I say!  So little Emma had quite a day during this shoot.  She did not want to take photos that day nevertheless Jonathan and I continued to bribe and beg her and she cooperated for the most part.  We snagged a few cute ones and a few mad ones.  She did not like being naked and put inside a cold, wet pumpkin…can’t say that I really blame her. BUT she looked too darn cute in there!  I’m sharing a few of both the mad and content photos because I think they both are great!  Very accurate portrayal of her feelings that day!

These first few photos were taken in an alley downtown McKinney.

These last few photos we taken at the McKinney Cotton Mill right before a bridal shoot we did there.  Needless to say, the bridal shoot resulted in much happier photos than these.  But look at those little feetsies below.  They are so tiny and cute!  I just love them!!!

The adorable onesie she is wearing was created by Giggles Glitz and Glam

Happy Belated Halloween & Fall!

Lewisville, TX– January 31, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Jonathan Ivy Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Photography!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Jonathan Ivy Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Jonathan Ivy Photography for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Jonathan Ivy Photography is among the very best Photography within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

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Dallas Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ivy Photography is a International photographer based out of Dallas, TX who enjoys working locally and world-wide. Thank you for visiting us and for viewing this DFW Wedding.

Hi All

As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches we just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  Hope that you all enjoy your friends and family during this day of thanks.  As the holidays come and go we pray that you all remember this time, for most of you these holidays are a first as a new couple.  Take a moment to make a memory that you will look back on for years.  Feel free to leave a comment of advise to our newlyweds, to share what you are thankful for or just to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.  We love you all, we have the best photography family!

Jonathan & Samantha

Couldn’t end without a photo I love: a bride seeking out her groom for the first time

Dallas Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ivy Photography is a International photographer based out of Dallas, TX who enjoys working locally and world-wide. Thank you for visiting us and for viewing this DFW Wedding.

Hey All,

Sorry we have been distant this past week.  We have been out in New Orleans, LA (NOLA) at PartnerCon learning as much as we can to better serve you all.  If we have missed your call or not replied to an e-mail, please reach out to us again, we want to hear from you. We are off to Houston from here to photograph Jonathan’s little sister’s wedding so look for some fabulous photos to come.  Hope that you all have had a wonderful week and we will be back soon.  Happy Holidays!!!

Jon & Sam

Dallas Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ivy Photography is a International photographer based out of Dallas, TX who enjoys working locally and world-wide. Thank you for visiting us and for viewing this DFW Wedding.

One thing all of our couples who have visited our hudio know is that we spoil our furr-babies!  Jack is our 18lb mix breed Main Coon cat who usually makes at least one appearance in the hudio with each couple we meet. He swings by, says Hi, and then proceeds to just stare at us from the floor while we talk weddings.  Molly is our other furr-baby.  She is a mix breed Main Coon who hates everyone but Jonathan and prefers to say Hi to no one.  Most of our couples do not even know she exsists.  Today’s post is to introduce Molly and to brag on Jack (yes, we have favorites in this household).

Jack hanging out on the porch with us:

They like to help us edit:

Jack is the love of Samantha’s life:

Jon made this for Samantha with an iPhone photo:

Hope that you all have a simply fabulous upcoming weekend!

Dallas Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ivy Photography is a International photographer based out of Dallas, TX who enjoys working locally and world-wide. Thank you for visiting us and for viewing this DFW Wedding.

A question we often receive is, “What equipment do you shoot with?”, so take a look at what’s in our bag:

Bodies:

Nikon D3S

Nikon D700

Nikon D300

Lenses:

Nikkor 50mm 1.4G

Nikkor 60mm 2.8 macro

Nikkor 85mm 1.4G

Nikkor 14-24mm 2.8

Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8

Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 VRII

Flashes:

3- Nikon SB 900′s

1- Nikon SB 800

Dallas Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ivy Photography is a International photographer based out of Dallas, TX who enjoys working locally and world-wide. Thank you for visiting us and for viewing this DFW Wedding.

Hi Everyone

We are back in Dallas and we must admit, we missed the good ol’ DFW!  While we enjoyed San Juan, St Thomas, St John, Antigua, Bermuda and NYC we are happy to be home.  Here are a few photos from our insane 11 days compliments of my sister and mom’s camera…yes, photos by someone other than JIP.  Of course, we have our own set and those are still to come.  In the mean time…here is our story:

So we hopped on a plane

So we could hang out here: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Then we hopped on a boat

So we could hang out here: St Thomas, VI

Then we hopped on a ferry from St Thomas over to St John for a bit where we snagged this: St John, VI

From here we hopped back on our boat, went to bed and woke up here: Antigua

Where we took a tour of the island on a bus with Trevor a local.  He took us high and low…here we are high

Then he took us back down low where we spent hours in this beautiful water

Then we took a million pictures here until we broke the camera

After an amazing time on the island we went back to the boat and went back to bed and woke up to take care of this:

After we got that under control we hung out on the boat playing alot of this:

After a couple days at sea we ended up here where we noticed a temperature change= COLD: Bermuda

After a wonderful time on the pink sand beach we hopped back on the boat, went to bed and woke up here where we noticed a significant temperature change= FREEZING: NYC

Jon & I took my parents on their first subway and that added in its own adventure.  We ate some amazing food & hung out all over NYC & can officially check off just about every means of transportation after this trip. Keep an eye out for more to come from Jon’s camera as we really snagged some great ones of everyone, yes of course we “worked” a little on our vaca!

Dallas Wedding Photographer Jonathan Ivy Photography is a International photographer based out of Dallas, TX who enjoys working locally and world-wide. Thank you for visiting us and for viewing this DFW Wedding.