Happy Thanksgiving!

The past 12 months have been tough for me, losing a lot and feeling like I really was on a roller coaster of emotions.

Life likes to throw fastballs, sometimes when we least want them. If you are a creative, diy, food loving, fit-life desiring person like me, you are probably on Pinterest. I've been looking through the quotes section a lot and there are so many fitting quotes. Both uplifting & a bit sad.

We can only go up from what may feel like rock bottom. 

So through all I have lost, I am thankful for the air in my lungs & the chance to photograph what I see.

 Pain makes us alive. If I wasn't here, breathing, I wouldn't have known how my great grandma loved to play scrabble, or make cinnamon rolls for the holidays. I wouldn't have been able to love her and have her in my life. May she rest in peace & know how much I miss her.

It's hard to be thankful after such a hard year but I really am so grateful for the friends, family and beauty around me. Life would be nothing without them.

I hope you all have a good thanksgiving and have much to be thankful for!

& here are some recent photos I am thankful to have captured, some of my favorites!

KC Roberts-

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/KC-Roberts/326393724070802?fref=ts

Ai Chan-

 http://www.facebook.com/helloaichan?fref=ts

Updates

Any one else on Instagram? 

I love it, sharing photos as soon as I take them, see other photos from around the world, and seeing how everyone lives. 

I use it to share behind the scenes photos, locations, props and photos before I upload them to facebook. 

You can see such photos with this hashtag #jordanudhusphotography

I will also be starting to do some contests & specials on instagram so stay tuned!  

& now here are some recent photos I've taken from some fun little trips.

Enjoy!

Deception Pass

           My brother, great model material!

 Snoqualmie Falls

Isn't Washintgon beautiful?!

So many shoots!

My last blog I said my best friend Caroline, who I did maternity photos with had her little boy, so here are some adorable photos of Parker :)

Little feet :)

It was such a beautiful day in Stanwood where they live so we went to a nearby park to take some pictures as well :)

How precious is this family??

<3

I am so honored to be a part of Carolines life & meeting her little family, taking theses photos has meant so much to me! A new life is so amazing.

I have also had a handful of model shoots in the past few weeks! Here are a few photos. Different scenes and ideas for all of them personalities were all so different too. It's great to have so may shoots in a short time & get to know new people. This industry of models, photographers, makeup artists, clothing designers, it has so many shapes, sizes, colors, ideas.... It's wonderful.

Kayla

                                                                          Angela

                                                                       Isabella

Robin

Makeup Artist- Arianna Scott

 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arianna-Scott-Freelance-Makeup/206587562717225)

To see more of these great shoots and more adorable photos of Parker, head over to my facebook page.

( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jordan-Udhus-Photography/150659695003086 )

New stuff

Since my last post, we had the 4th of July! I spent it with family and had a little party that was also a mini HS Grad party for my uncle. ( He's 18 ) It was a really nice night.  To see more of the photos I took, head over here- http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.367184056683981.82596.150659695003086&type=3 

On Tuesday Lacara (http://www.facebook.com/PorcelainDawn) and I got together for another shoot. Last time we shot on an overpass and she had some cool fishnets and we made some awesome photos. This time we played with some colorful makeup and took advantage of the sun.

Oh and my best friend Caroline, who I did marternity photos with... She had her little boy on the 10th!  So excited for her & can't wait to meet him :)  & take photos of him!

Also, look at this awesome-ness !!

Cats Meow Magazine!  That is my ad on the back cover!!!  :D

http://www.facebook.com/TheCatsMeowMagazine

Go check them out!

& these would be MY photos PUBLISHED in Prysm magazine!! Can you tell I'm excited? :)

http://www.facebook.com/prysmmagazine?ref=ts

Maternity Shoot

Last Tuesday I had one of my favorite shoots to date. It was a maternity shoot with my best friend, Caroline. The morning started off crummy and grey. But by the time I left work the sun started to peek through the clouds with some hope. By the time I got up to Stanwood, the sun was shining and I was getting so anxious! First we took some photos in the baby's room. Oh!  & the baby is a little boy :)  Caroline has 3yr old Kennedi who likes to call the baby her "Monkey Parker". Adorable!

After finding a few outfits we got started, she was a natural! She didn't think she was going to be a good model, not knowing what to do...Psh! She has always been beautiful and as a mama to be (for the second time), even more lovely!










After Kennedi woke up from her nap & Ivan, the daddy to be ( for the second time) was ready to go, we headed out to their yard for some photos. & can I just say, thank goodness for sun! I love the sunshine :)

Aren't they a great looking little family?!?!?   They make my heart smile so much <3




We took some great photos, little miss had fun running around, talking and playing in the grass and then we headed off to Camano Island! What a nice drive it was too, windows down with the fresh cool air blowing through, what a great start to summer. We arrived at the State Park and what a view! The water was gorgeous, the sun was beautiful!

What a lovely day!

Check out Jordan Udhus Photography for more photos!

Quick post

New favorite thing, Drifting. Evergreen Drift has been so much fun already and I can't wait for the next event, 2 weeks from now! Ack, I don't know how I will last!

Don't forget to check out my facebook for more photos!

Shoots and more shoots!

In the past week and a half I have had 3 photoshoots! That makes me so happy, you don't even know :)  & tomorrow is Drift School at Evergreen speedway in Monroe, so I will be shooting there as well!

Here are some photos from the shoots :)  Enjoy!

Oh how I love what I do!! Such beautiful ladies, and I noticed, more tattooed than most the girls I have worked with. Which is awesome cause I love tattoos :)

Time

The past few days have been some of the roughest in my life. My great grandmother, or my Mother Lois as I use to call her, is coming close to he end of her time...
Today some photos were brought out and showed her in her younger years. It is so nice to see her playing softball, lounging and living life. For many years, she has had to use crutches and the past few years, a electric wheelchair, not having the strength to walk. As her body weakens, the past few weeks she was in the hospital, not able to leave her bed. Since she has been home she has stayed the same. Now she is worse. & I don't know what will happen.


I am so thankful for all of the times I have had with her, and all of the pictures we have together. On thanksgiving we took a picture together, and then yesterday when she was sleeping I had my mom take a picture of me holding her hand. (I will post it when I get to a computer).

Time is short. An hour can go by so fast. Or crawl on like a snail. Be thankful for what you have, don't take the time you have with your loved ones for granted.


                                                       Below is the picture my mom took of my hand & my grams.

         & this below picture is of my mothers hand & my grams, that I took

Valenbirthday

What is a Valenbirthday you ask?  Well it is when it is Valentines Day, and also my birthday! :)  Mhm, Valentines Baby right here. Yes it is kind of awesome, and kind of not at the same time.

But yes, you are here for photos! So here they are :)

For breakfast we had crepes and since I had cake at my party a few days earlier, we put the 24 candles (Yes! A whole pack of candles!!) into this donut that I made :)

& I am so happy I was able to do a few Valentines shoots for others, I had so much fun with the little details and sharing this holiday. Valentines day seems to be such a controversial day, I'm glad to say that I have been pretty happy about it most my life. Being my birthday, I've always tried to make it a good one. & true, not everyone can always have a sweetheart on V-day, but it's good to take time out for those you love, care about, and those who are in your heart.   

Those "secret photos"

Sometimes I take pictures that I immediately  fall in love with, and I am so crazy about them, I'm afraid to post them online so that no one else steals them. Silly? Maybe. But sometimes the camera, myself and whatever I'm shooting, just make it work. The above photo was taken a bit before one of these amazing shots was taken. I found a photo challenge online and for todays, it was "hands". So I grabbed my brother real quick and took about 20 photos of them, and a handful of them are super.

The bokeh, the light around his hand, love it!

Anxious

In the start of January I was feeling very anxious, it had been a few weeks since my last shoot and it was a new year. I made a few Goals, not resolutions, to have atleast 24 shoots in 2012. That would be about 2 a month. Since June I had about 19 shoots,  12 of those being with (aspiring/new/accomplished) models.  So far this month I have done 3 shoots, already ahead of the plan.

So why was I anxious? I think because the past few months have been really tough, and knowing I have shoots surrounding me, I have a place to be, a schedule to keep me sane. Having a photoshoot is like a fix, keeps me going to the next one ( as long as it's not too far!) I feel sometimes like photography for me is like an addiction, I call it my obsession. & I mean it. I love it, and I love meeting new people and creating art with them. Taking pictures of landscapes, odds & ends was fun, still is, but now I am Making pictures, creating scenes, telling a story, sealing moments up. Seriously, how awesome is that?  :)

Like this photo! This makes me smile everytime I look at it!  :)  What an adorable little baby.  I think he is saying "Oy!" 

New blog

Don't you just hate it when you forget a password...Mhhhmm, me too....
So here we are, maybe till now, or for good.
New blog, new photos, new me.


I am a photographer, a pet owner, a coffee lover, music lover, and a fan of nutella.

Above are a few of my recent photos. The two lovely ladies were part of Valentine shoots. Which is also my birthday :)  I <3 photography. See more here.