This was a shot that I took at the right place right time last Christmas! Missed this years with the second Full Moon this month. Wanted to share alittle scripted to manifest on.
Be Someone
Be someone who listens, and you will be heard.
Be someone who cares, and you will be loved.
Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed.
Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise.
Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired.
Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected.
Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward.
Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich.
Be someone filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which
you’ll be thankful.
Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly shines.
Be in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to be.
– Ralph Marston
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Ahhhh… what a great positive couple. Lauren and Tobin. They live in Colorado and flew out here to do the Wedding in Scottsdale over at the Whisper Rocks. Here are a few that I have posted and artistically redefined. If you know of anyone that is looking to get some images enhanced from the same ole’ photo into something worth putting on your walls, please drop me an email or a call anytime. I will be showing some before and afters in the next post with the before’s!
Here is a quote from Lauren that I recieved in my email box from here today! What a great email to come home to..:
Michell….I just wanted to tell you that I saw the first group of pictures and I think they turned out so beautiful. You did such an amazing job and we can’t thank you enough! Thank you for everything!!! You are so talented and I’m so glad we met you!!
Ahhh… Video I found that was shot of all of the emerging designers before the show. Mr Tom video’d this event. And guess who is photographing it???!! Thank you Phoenix Fashion and Tom.
Awe… Here are some images that I had shot a few days after the surgery for Phoenix Fashion 2009! I will post more of the event as well as some great shots that I have done that went into Dillards magazine, Elevee and more that I will be posting tomorrow.
Olla!
Wanted to share the latest images on a new gallery that I have just created. I would be honored for you to check out some of the images.
For some of you that have went to my website, www.michelljonas.com, sorry for the temp inconvenience. I am in the process of finding a new website and server at the moment. Thank you so much for your patience. If you need to contact me you contact me at michelljonas@gmail.com.
Thanks for coming over to my blog and checking it out. Michell Jonas
Here is to Kailey Cook another High School Senior Portrait Session! Kailey attends a Private High School. These images were taken out in the Arrowhead area. What an amazing beautiful girl! Her Mother found out about me thru a few of the other High School students that I have done. Here is a kudos from her beautiful Mother Sherie: “We think they turned out great and had a hard time choosing our favorites! We are the first in our neighborhood to have a graduate, and would be happy to spread the word regarding our good experience with you. Thank you again….you are an artist who truly loves what you do, and it shows!”
Thank you Sherie for letting me share your special day! Michell Jonas
I wanted to post an image that I captured over in Cali awhile back. I recently wrote a poem that I thought was appropriate for this image for being present in the moment. Michell Jonas
Wanted to share this Video I found on Youtube.com today. Gypsy Soul plays the music for it. They are amazing! I think it is appropriate for all Mothers in the World today. Happy Mothers day to all you beautiful women who are mothers or have mothers to share this day with. My Mother passed away 18 years ago on Mothers Day when I was pregnant with my daughter. I feel a beautiful soul was left behind and a beautiful new soul was born. A time to share the closeness and acknowledgement that has been left unsaid for completion or expression for the life we bring forth and to appreciate all that life offers us. We are here to make a difference in the generations to come. Be the change! Cheers to my two beautiful children that have made me the Mom I hoped to be.
Alright… I have to tell ya… I have been neglecting my blog for some time now. Between 3-4 moves this last year, I am feeling so blessed for photographing so many of my friends and referrals that have asked me to photograph them recently. Even though the economy is picking up now, ( I believe) we DO support each other for making a difference in each others lives. And I do know, that this is my passion, to touch each and everyone of you and to carry on that memory that can only be captured in those moments. (Just had to note that)…lol..
Ok…Now… On to Morgan.. I have to say, I really love Morgan. A High School Senior that I have photographed her and the family for years now. Which I had the honor to photograph again out at Anthem a couple of weeks ago. Tell me… Does she speak “MODEL”. Oh yea! She is one of a kind. I can’t even post all of the images that I have for her, there are so many “aha” images! They are AMAZING!! I feel so blessed to be able to Photograph such a beautiful family. Even Dad had a part in it, as he grabbed my reflector to tan with…lol… This family is so enlightened, close nit and funny, that they keep my passion alive! I can’t express enough… Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think on these images…. I was in au…. Michell
Congrats to Brittney for the High School class of 2009! Brittney is such a beautiful women. Brittneys mom came out to join us as we scouted out areas of Scottsdale Fashion Square area to take some great photos of Brittney. She is so full of life and loves to have fun. It’s apparent that she takes after Mom…;-). What an amazing personality the two of them have. Here personality is so open and comfortable to be around. I love photographing High School Seniors. We have alot of fun and get to show there expression of life to carry on for there memories.
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This was a couple of the images wanted to share from one of our xmas party’s at the house. This is Dwight (Santa) in the middle. He owns the home in which Christine and I rent from right now. Doesn’t he look just like Santa!!!!! He does lots of events for this time of the year as you can imagine…
Happy Holidays! Michell Jonas
I was honored to be able to photograph this Fashion Show for Lattitude 33. They gathered together models and the different clothing companies in Carefree like Glory bees among others. They had a luncheon and and fashion show over at the Carefree Resort Center were all of the employees did there hair and makeup. Thank you lattitude 33 for letting Michell Jonas Photography photograph your special day!!
PS…. I just had my image hosting updated. So if you click on an image you will be able to see it larger!
Thanks for stopping by, Michell Jonas
I am still in the process of working on my blog and getting all of the information back on, but I wanted to share a special slide show that I had posted awhile ago that really hit home again for me. I hope that it makes a difference in your day today as well. Click Here to see Slide Show
Hackers apparently have nothing better to do than to mess up our blogs recently! Sorry for the site being down, and all images on Blogroll have disappeared. You can still see most of the posts if you click on the links to the left for each category.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
And, If you happen to have a blog through WordPress and you are getting hit with Google Bombs, I found this info:
Why on earth would a spammer target a search engine on your blog? Let’s start from the beginning. Several years ago Google pioneered a search technique called PageRank. Basically what it does is, in addition to looking at the content of a page they index, they also look at who links to a page and what that link says. This technology is what made Google very good at returning relevant results and made it the most popular search engine today. Because their ranking system relies so heavily on PageRank people can sometimes game the system in what’s called “Google Bombing.”
A google bomb is when a large number of different websites link to a page with the same link text to influence the ranking of that page for a search term.
This brings us back to the spammers. A spammer might have a site that sells viagra and wants to be at the top of a search for viagra on Google, so to create the effect of a google bomb they leave comments on hundreds or thousands of weblogs linking to their site with the link text “viagra”. They don’t really care if you see it, in fact they’d rather you didn’t because you would delete it, they just want the search engine to see it when they index your page.
Awe…… I love Desiree sooooooo much! Her friend took this shot of us over at Maricopa County Events Center were her graduation took place. She is a 2008 Graduate of Mountain Ridge High School! Here is a couple with my gorgeous son as well! Isn’t he adorable! He grew his hair out to shoulder length which is tucked in his hat! That was the first time I seen him with his hair that long! He’s adorable! I am so blessed to have awesome kids.
Enjoy!
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Michell Jonas Photography “Our hands grasp as One” Shot this the night of the Eclipse. If you notice the clouds formed two hands surrounding the eclipse!>
This saying was in my email this morning! Everything in life shows up exactly when it needs to. So I wanted to share and thought my photo was appropriate with the verb-age.
Daily OM
Finding Our Own Paths
Entering Awareness
Entering into our own spirituality is a private journey. Each of us will be drawn to a different gateway to begin on our personal path to awakening to a greater experience of ourselves. Even though we may be taught certain philosophies or beliefs as children, we still need to find our own way of understanding and applying them in our lives. For those who are raised without a spiritual framework, they may not even know their process as a form of spirituality. But at some stage in their lives, whether in youth or adulthood, they are likely to recognize the resonance of their beliefs, the ring of truth in their philosophy, and their dedication to their chosen purpose.
Our inner guidance will lead us, so that we will be drawn to the right doorway for us–a doorway that only we can recognize by the way it makes us feel inside. It could be a picture of an angel or the gift of a crystal. We may meet someone special who shares their experiences with us in a way that we find intriguing. While visiting the home of an admired friend, we may notice a book or statue of a diety, and ask why they chose those tools. Or a word or phrase may catch our attention in a song, or a lecture. For some they may find their way by walking through the experience of illness before they begin the search for what will help them to truly heal, while others may seek physical improvement and stumble across yoga or meditation–only to find that it leads them to an unexpected place beyond the body.
As we awaken to ourselves and to life, we will become more attuned to what is right for us. The universe speaks to all of us through infinite channels, but we each have our own frequency. Others may share what worked for them, but only we can decide what truly makes us feel inspired, awakened, connected, fully conscious, aware and alive. Whatever our path, it is perfect and is meant especially for us.
Amanda and Ivan Brnilovich!!!! OMG… talk about a fun wedding! (I know, they are all fun) Ivan was hilarious! I can see how this couple is going to have a great future together. They were so happy with each other and always goofing around together! We shot this wedding over at the Boojum Tree! I love this place! They have done so much work to this location in the last couple of years, hat’s off to the Boojum Tree! Ok… back to Amanda and Ivan..hehe.. Come to find out, my daughter text me and says, “Do you know the Brinilovich’s? I think you did there wedding, I seen a picture of you. The Grooms brother is one of my good friends!” Awe…and you thought it was a large world didnt ya! Ok… on with the photos.. I have to post alot, cause I like um alot.. Enjoy and hope you all are having a wonderful weedend! Michell Jonas
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Wow! This was a great wedding over at the Hotel Valley Ho. I had the privledge of Photographing J’me Williams which is a Makeup Artist and teacher. She has the opportunity to travel to so many great locations teaching others how to use Make up For ever. She is a very highly skilled makeup artist and has alot of images on Model Mayhem as well. She was so fun to photograph. I just love her. She is truly a gifted person with such a great heart and full of positive energy! Thank you J’me for allowing me to share your special day! Michell Jonas Photography
Thanks for checking out my blog! Today, I wanted to show Santana. Isn’t that an amazing name!! I love it. With that name alone, I see great things for her in the future. For this one we went out to Scottsdale area and did some shots. She wanted the feel of flowers etc. She brought her friend with her and I put her to work..hehe. Thanks so much for holding the reflector!
Enjoy!!! Michell Jonas
This is Meghan my daughters great friend! I’ve known her since she was a wee little one. I love her so much. I use to do her Moms (Amy) nails way back. It’s so funny.. her Mom has not had her nails done since I did them a few years ago. Meghan is a proud graduate of Mountain Ridge High School. Graduation is tomorrow! Man, they grown up so quickly. So, here are a few from her session.
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Alexandria had so much energy and spirit in her! She was so much fun to photograph in her theatrical ways! We went to a couple of locations out in Scottsdale. One of them was out were she works part time for a family out in the community with houses that were (what did she say, 30,000 sq foot! Thats huge!!! Beautiful location. She also attends Sandra Day O’connor High School. I had so many images that I wanted to share…. I know I went overboard in posting. Hehe.. Oh well! Michell Jonas Other website
This is Kate from Sandra Day O’connor High School! We headed out to Anthem for this one on a very windy day! But we did get some great shots of her. Her boyfriend loves baseball and we were able to get over to the field and borrow some of the kids gear that were practicing and do some fun shots of her. She is good friends with Courtney from a previous post… It’s so funny, because they all have the same expressions. I did some images of them all pulling there hair and making a funny face… It’s so cute!!!
See you soon! Michell Jonas
Awe…..I love her soooo much. We took her downtown Glendale to take some shots for her High School Senior Announcements. She also attends Mountain Ridge High School which she finished up in December of 2007 early and is now attending Cosmetology School… Im so proud of her! She’s my baby…
Enjoy, Michell Jonas
Whew… that time of the year! LOve it! This is Kiara that I so dearly love. Kiara and my daughter grew up together and played Hockey together for a few years on different teams! Obviously we loved Hockey, both of my kids were Hockey players and on travel teams. And of course we would always head out to see the Phoenix Coyotes! Ok… enough of that..hehe. I haven’t seen her in so loooong and was so great to see her. She also attends Mountain Ridge High School. She wanted a downtown rustic feel, so we headed downtown Phoenix over and around Alice Cooper Town. High School Seniors are loving this location. More to come tomorrow!! If you need portraits you can contact me at 623 556 6100.
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This is Raquel a High School Senior. We photographed her boyfriend, “Styles” Senior Portraits last year with Britney… I will put some of those up as well that were shot downtown Glendale. We took her downtown Phoenix to photograph most of these, and then went and had dinner over at Alice Cooper Town with Styles and his half brother.
Enjoy! Michell Jonas
Its Senior Time! Lots of Seniors to show this week! If you or anyone you know is needing High School Senior Photos this is the time right now. Calender has filled up fast for last call for the end of 2008 Seniors! This one is of Courtney. She so natural and knew how to work it in the camera. We took her downtown Phoenix and had so much fun. She was a blast to photograph. Her Mom came along to help and we clicked right away and had so much in common.
Fun Fun Fun!
Ahhhhh…. Little teaser of Megan and Daniel’s Beautiful Wedding day! This was a beautiful one over at The Castle at Ashley Manor. Wow! What a great turn out with lots of friends and family. And to top it off they are a great looking couple! One really great and unique thing that they did was, they used “sparklers” as they exited for the night to the Grande Limo. I put the image in the collage, but not sure if you can see it so well. But if anyone is looking to do something alittle different with there grand exit, this was a fantastic idea!
Whoo Hoo!!! This was a great wedding to say the least! Both Heather and Scott are wonderful peeps! And to top it off they both live in New York City and are both in Theater and acting. You can view there information at Heathers Web Pages and Heathers site here. They are such an amazing couple. This wedding took place in Tucson at Wild Horse Ranch.. What a great location. I have to say, this may have been one of the funnest weddings I have done in a while. Being that they are both in theater and very theatrical. LOved it!!! I have to say that I had so many great “kudos” from them! Wanted to share some of there images of there day with you!
Enjoy! Michell Jonas
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