Fab Grad VIP… Delaney! Our Class of 2019 Asheboro High School Senior full of heart & charm! You’ll recognize ‘D’ from her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog where you learned all sorts of things about her & her interests! And of course, let’s not forget our first full experience session together… her Forever Miss Randolph County’s Outstanding …
Fab Grad VIP… Calli Brielle McIntyre! Pinecrest High School‘s Class of 2019 Superstar! Another of our Class of 2019 Fab Grad Spokesmodels, you’ve learned a lot about Calli’s interests & MANY accomplishments in the Feature Blog last year & her Sweet 16 Sess with us the year before. Now it’s time to take a look …
Fab Grad VIP… Sophie! Our talented & super strong Class of 2019 Leesville Road High School student! Sophie is one of our wonderful Class of 2019 Fab Grad Spokesmodels. As a result, you may already know lots about her from her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog (& if not, be sure to click & go …
🎉 BIG EXCITING NEWS!!! 🎉 SO pleased to share with y’all that I’m teaming up with Brittany Crews DiCello of The Finishing Touch Consulting, LLC & Jessica Davis of Awakened Beauty by Jessica Davis for an Ultimate Headshot Day!!! Mark your calendars to be in Raleigh with us on Sunday, NOVEMBER 18th 2018! And stay tuned …
It’s time for final amazing Class of 2019 Spokesmodel spotlight… Sophie (Sophia), from Leesville Road High School here in Raleigh! I spotted Sophie at Karate International of West Raleigh, where my family would train and she was one of the instructors. I’d never seen her in any way other than raw work-out mode, and …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2019 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Sophie!!”
Here’s our next Class of 2019 Fab Grad Spokesmodel Spotlight… Hannah! She is from Johnston County Early College Academy and I’m SO excited to share more about her with you… Hannah found us simply scrolling through Instagram… she checked out our work and new this was an opportunity she would really enjoy being a …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2019 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Hannah!!”
Our next Class of 2019 Fab Grad Spokesmodels to introduce y’all to is Charlie! She attends Longleaf School of the Arts (LSA) and is QUITE spectacular… I think the first time I saw Charlie was during Longleaf‘s performance of Alice in Wonderland a few years ago. She is quite a presence and certainly not someone …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2019 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Charlie!!”
As we head into the coming week… I thought it would be the perfect time to share this particular session. It’s one that’s very near & dear to my heart because it is of my own sweet Lizzy and her mentor, Calli. Specifically, Lizzy is a Carolina Princess for Calli… Miss Moore County’s Outstanding …
It’s time to introduce our next fabulous Class of 2019 Spokesmodel! This week’s spotlight… Delaney, is from Asheboro High School and I truly can’t wait to share more about this sweet gal with you… If you’ve followed me for even just a little bit, Delaney might look a bit familiar to you! I initially met her …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2019 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Delaney!!”
We’re introducing y’all to our amazing Class of 2019 Spokesmodels! I’m so pleased to share this week’s spotlight… Calli, from Pinecrest High School… I met Calli at last year’s Miss North Carolina Outstanding Teen Work Weekend Headshot Event where we hit it off instantly (YAY ‘fan hair’ 😉 😉 ), quickly followed by her ohhh so fabulous …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2019 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Calli!!”
It’s time to get started on introducing y’all to our amazing Class of 2019 Spokesmodels! Our very first spotlight… Sydney Ross from Garner Magnet High School is an excellent young lady to get things rolling with… Sydney was referred to us, fabulously enough by another photographer friend of theirs that had seen my ad …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2019 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Sydney!!”
Introducing… Mackenzie Page, Miss Stanly County’s Outstanding Teen 2018! Mackenzie was originally planning to come to us back in December and through a string of things ended up needing to reschedule. That gave her mom the idea of waiting until March, when the Winter weather would be behind us (well, at least for the most …
Read more “Mackenzie… Miss Stanly County’s Outstanding Teen 2018”
In March, actually on the weekend of both us Mama’s birthdays, I had the honor of getting to photograph this beautiful Mother & Daughter pair! THIS is Meghan & Bre… Meghan is a seriously busy & dedicated working mom, though I think that is quite an understatement! Superwoman might be a better description?! She …
I am so very excited to introduce y’all to our my incredibly fabulous Class of 2019 Fab Grad Spokesmodels! The Fab Grad Spokesmodel program is one that is so very near & dear to my heart. This is our 4th round and oh how I grow to adore these girls and their families very …
Read more “Introducing Our Class of 2019 Fab Grad Spokesmodels!!”
This is Mackenzy! She is Miss Statesville’s Oustanding Teen 2018 and today is her SWEET 16 Birthday!!!… Mackenzy initially reached out to me for her Headshot & maybe some Crown images, however, during our pre-consultation meeting they decided they wanted to go all out with a VIP session to capture all that & celebrate her …
Read more “Mackenzy… Miss Statesville’s Oustanding Teen 2018’s Sweet 16”
I am quite pleased to introduce you to Cate, a Longleaf School of the Arts Class of 2018 Senior! I met Cate’s awesome mom very memorably about a year & half ago and Cate herself last year. And have been anxiously awaiting her session ever since! She is unique & beautiful, inside & out… an …
It’s a very special day today, as this young lady completes her year with “one of the best experiences ever”. This is Delaney! She is Miss Randolph County’s Outstanding Teen 2017… I first met Delaney at the Miss North Carolina‘s Outstanding Teen Work Weekend Headshot event we did back in April and was quite pleased when …
Read more “Delaney… Miss Randolph County’s Outstanding Teen 2017”
I have literally waited years for this sweet girl to become a Senior & do her session. So I am beyond pleased to introduce you to our dear friend & an incredible young lady… Lexi! (yes, this is going to be a long one – grab a coffee!) Lexi is in the Class of 2018 at …
Meet Emma, Holly Springs High School Class of 2018… this is her Fab Grad VIP Session! We first met beautiful Emma when she came to us as a participant in the Distinguished Young Women of Wake County this year. She is a very active dancer both with Holly Springs HS’s dance ensemble and through Academy …
Y’all may remember our fabulous Class of 2017 Fab Grad Spokesmodel, Kylie… we are so pleased to now introduce you to her mother, Alycia and our glimpse into the oh so awesome relationship they share! When we did Kylie’s Fab Grad sess last year, these gals selected our top collection which comes with a voucher for …
What a fabulous multi-celebration session!! This one began with Sheli… she has been a dear friend of our families for a long time, of my husband’s for well longer than I’ve known him even! The session began as a gift for her oh so fabulous 50th Birthday! She immediately knew that she wanted to hold …
Read more “Graduation Celebration – Ladies Day Out Session!”
I’m SO pleased to introduce y’all to Lindsay! I had the pleasure of meeting Lindsay at the Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen Work Weekend Headshot event that I did back in March. As Miss Stanly County’s Outstanding Teen, she was in the last group that I got to work with but was definitely among the girls …
Welcome to our Enchanted Gardens themed Sweet 16 Session for Calli! When Calli & her mom, Noelle contacted me with their thoughts for this session, I was immediately ecstatic! Her Sweet 16 party of the same theme was coming up in just a couple weeks and it would compliment things perfectly for her. Making it even better …
It’s time to share our Fab Grad VIP Session of Marigrace! Marigrace is new to our area, having moved here from Illinois with her family earlier in the year. Having been an ‘army brat’ growing up myself, I know how hard that can be. However, as the next to youngest of 4 girls she seems pretty …
Meet our next Fab Grad… Irene! When Irene’s mom contacted me with their interest in a session & mentioned that she is both a dancer AND an Ice Hockey player, and that they are looking for someone to capture her varied sides in the creative ways she had envisioned, my response was immediately… Ummm… YES …
Here is the beautiful Anna’s 1:1 session!!! You’ve already learned lots from her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog (& if not, definitely go check it out too!). What you don’t know yet is that she pushed through her classes with determination & graduated early already! Yes she did! She achieved her diploma in January of this year and is, as I …
Our Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen 2016… Cat White! Cat’s session was planned for the ever fabulous, ‘The Glass Box‘ in downtown Raleigh. However, once her hair & make-up was beautifully finished by Kevin Driver at studioKray, we had some extra time! As we rode down Glenwood, Kevin (also the Director of the MNCOTeen program) …
Read more “Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen 2016… Cat”
Fabulous… Kathryn! Oh, where do I begin?! Kathryn came to us looking for a Headshot to update her LinkedIn & maybe one for her social media as well. After discussing our options, she was intrigued by the idea of a ‘personal branding’ session & felt that it was what she really wanted to do in …
Fab Grad… Sarah! Our wonderfully kind, sincere & sweet Class of 2017 Homeschool student! You may already know lots about Sarah from her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog (& if not, be sure to click & go check that out too!). This, is her 1:1 session though… where we capture who she is & how …
You may remember our #ExistInPortraits Contest that was run this Summer? Well, we had a wonderfully surprising number of entrants and drew the fabulous… Tracey as our winner! Tracey had been encouraged to enter our contest by Kathy who y’all met back in the Spring and we’re SO glad that she did. Tracey is a …
Distinguished Young Woman of Wake County … Darian Buck of Garner Magnet High School‘s Class of 2017! Darian was the fabulous winner of this summer’s Distinguished Young Woman of Wake County, and like her predecessor, received a session with Jen Mink Photography! Darian is quite the focused & accomplished student with aspirations of becoming an …
Read more “Distinguished Young Woman of Wake County… Darian”
My sweet & beautiful younger sister, Kelly, turned the fabulous 4-0 this year (yes, I know that dates me too!). We are right at 2 years apart in age and as such, grew up very close. She is my dearest friend, she is kind, giving & talented in many ways but especially so, at being …
This May I finally got to fulfill the dream I’ve had of doing a Mother Daughter Session! Who better to do our first one with than our very own, Nola Grace & her beautiful mama, Denise! Their session was actually planned well before Nola Grace was our assistant though. As some of you may know, …
Completing introductions to our fabulous Class of 2017 Spokesmodels, this is Anna!! Coming from Apex High School, Anna Parrish is sweet, sassy, and oh so powerful! Through the introduction of Denise and Nola Grace Brown, Anna’s mom, Karen was made aware of us and was the very first to submit an application. She filled out a …
Continuing introductions of our amazing Class of 2017 Spokesmodels, up next is our lovely Sarah! Sarah was introduced to our program by former Spokesmodel, now Assistant, Nola Grace. Her detailed, honest and heartwarming application had us blown away! After just the first few sentences, we fell in love with this kind and soft-spoken young …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2017 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Sarah!!”
Fab Grad… Leilani of Longleaf School of the Arts Class of 2017!! Like Kylie, you’ve already learned all sorts about Leilani in her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog last week. Now we go from our single themed cohesive group session to a personal session FULL of capturing who LEILANI is! With all the variety & …
Continuing our introductions to our amazing Class of 2017 Spokesmodels, our 3rd spotlight… Leilani Carr from Longleaf School of the Arts! Leilani was the first girl to start following our program last summer, pretty much from the moment we announced that there would be another coming up. This gave us a great opportunity to start …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2017 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Leilani!!”
Oh, Kathy! SO VERY Fabulous… Kathy! Talented graphic artist, jewelry designer, dog lover & so much more. I’m thrilled to share this long time friend with y’all! Kathy has been a friend of my husband’s since their college days; and a friend of mine since, well… since I met him myself! I’ve always found her …
Here’s another one of our FABULOUS Class of 2017 Spokesmodels! Our second spotlight features Charlotte Wilson of Leesville Road High School, our spunky, bubbly swimmer! Charlotte was made aware of the program through our neighborhood, since she lives just down the road! She, too, was pinched for time in submitting her application, thus, her responses …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2017 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Charlotte!!”
Fab Grad… Kylie! Surely Millbrook High School Class of 2017’s kindest & most delightful student!! You’ve already learned all sorts about Kylie in her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog last week. This session… is her personal 1:1 session… all about HER & capturing those things that make her who she is! This wise young lady …
It’s time to get started on introducing y’all to our amazing Class of 2017 Spokesmodels! Our first spotlight… Kylie Budd from Millbrook High School is the perfect young lady to get things rolling… Kylie came to us as a nominee from Victoria, a kind and thoughtful neighbor of hers. With little time to get her …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2017 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Kylie!!”
We are so very excited to introduce y’all to our very fabulous, amazing & super extraordinary Class of 2017 Fab Grad Spokesmodels! This is our Fab Grad Spokesmodel (FGSM) program’s 3rd year and without doubt, one of our very FAVORITE parts of the year! These girls & families too, quickly grow so very dear to …
Read more “Introducing Our Class of 2017 Fab Grad Spokesmodels!!”
Fab Grad & Distinguished Young Woman… Jen from Leesville Road High School‘s Class of 2016! Jen was the fabulous winner of this summer’s Distinguished Young Woman of Wake County, and as such, received a session with Jen Mink Photography. Among her talents, she is an actress & dancer and as coincidence would have it, a …
Fab Grad… Jayden. Oh, where do I even start with this young lady from Enloe High School‘s Class of 2016?! You learned all sorts or things about ‘her’, her amazing business (Magical Memories Party Entertainment… you know, in case you needed the link again 😉 ) in her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Feature Blog last week. …
A little #TBT spotlight for my sweet, beautiful & oh so busy, Fab Grad Spokesmodel… Jayden McGrael from Enloe High School Class of 2016! Her individual session will be up next for sharing… but FIRST, as you will understand after reading what follows – she’s been a very busy girl and we haven’t had opportunity …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2016 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Jayden!!”
Fab Grad… Olivia perfectly completes my fall gals from Longleaf School of the Arts, Class of 2016! You’ll remember my beautiful Olivia from her Fab Grad Spokesmodel session blog a few months ago. We had an extra special location for individual session… her own home!! From the first time I dropped off some of her …
Fab Grad… Nola Grace of Longleaf School of the Arts, Class of 2016 is next up for the September session blogs! Y’all may remember, our beautiful Nola Grace from her Fab Grad Spokesmodel Spotlight. Now it was time to do her personally planned 1:1 session. For this session, she wanted to do it in the …
Fab Grad… Jasmine of Longleaf School of the Arts, Class of 2016 starts out the September session blogs! We couldn’t have had a more beautiful evening or setting to capture this extraordinarily beautiful young lady! I met up with her at Makeup for Your Day, where she was getting her hair & make-up pampered for …
My next beautiful spotlight… Olivia Bouzigard from Longleaf School of the Arts Class of 2016! In fact, she is the Student Body President of Longleaf and begins her Senior year… tomorrow!! Olivia describes herself as outgoing, positive and determined… extremely organized and when given an opportunity, she takes it to the fullest, giving it …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2016 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Olivia!!”
My next beautiful spotlight… Nola Grace Brown from Longleaf School of the Arts Class of 2016! She is a dance endorsement candidate at this new fine arts focused, college preparatory high school downtown. Joining the Longleaf family as a sophomore in the school’s founding year, she will graduate as a part of the school’s first …
Read more “JMP Fab Grad 2016 Spokesmodel Spotlight… Nola Grace!!”