Despite having been a journalist for 12 years, it still gives me a kick to see my work in print.

Thank you Seattle’s Child!

Pick up your free copy today, and don’t forget to LIKE them on Facebook!

I almost forgot to post this until my friend Priya reminded me.

Seattle’s Child emailed me to ask if I could contribute a cover for an ad. Hell, yea!

It was for their A New Arrival Spring 2011 issue.

My first magazine cover

Be sure to pick up your free copy before it’s all gone – it’s free!

Are you expecting between Jan – March 2011? JTPA is running its first annual Welcoming Winter Babies promo!

Here’s the deal: $300 for a newborn session and ten high res JPGs on a DVD for any session booked for babies due between the months of January to March 2011. The regularly priced value is $700.

Only ten sessions available so book early! First come first serve! Email me at jenn@jennifertai.net or call 425.463.8480 to book today.

Hi gang! I am happy to announce that JTPA is offering wall canvas clusters now!

These quality wraps make awesome displays and are much more economical than framed prints. I love them personally. Turns one’s house into an art gallery! Shipping is ALWAYS free at JTPA

Also, the JTPA 2010-2011 prices are now on the website. They will be effective immediately.

As some of you may know, I have worked with the fabulous Amar Ramesh for over a year now. What a long way we’ve come.

Amar is returning to India in a few weeks for good. I am sad that he is leaving and that our great collaboration is coming to an end but I am proud that my friend will be starting his own photography business in Chennai. I cannot be more happy for him as he begins his journey. Amar has the talent, passion and integrity as an artist as well as the zeal of a successful entrepreneur. I have no doubt that he will be rocking the wedding industry in India, as he did here.

And so, I am in need of an apprentice again.

What I am looking for:
This is a a paid assistant apprenticeship. I require a commitment to stay with me for one full year, working weekends whenever called upon to assist for a variety of shoots, including weddings, family sessions, maternity and newborn shoots. This will also include opportunities to second shoot once you are ready, which normally happens after six months.

Besides the fun photography assignments, I also share with you the day-to-day operations of my business, areas such as marketing and accounting, my workflow, processing techniques, customer relationship management and even when making sales calls. After a year, like Amar, you will leave with enough knowledge and practical know-how to start your own photography business.

After around ten days of furious commenting and dancing (and the private recording/performance of these dances), one of the 19 entrants vying for the Canon A-1, the world’s coolest retro film SLR , emerged victorious through the all-seeing, all-knowing eye of Random.org.

And the winner is…

Congratulations Veronica! Please email me your details so i can send the camera to you!

So I was going through my inventory for a bit yesterday (because you never want to do more than a bit of inventory), and discovered my second Canon A-1. This is Canon’s first SLR camera This is the first film SLR that features electronic exposure compensation based on light meter input. I had bid on two on ebay a while ago – because I’m an idiot or just “kiasu” as my Singapore friends love to call it- and ended up with both.

The one I’m giving away, I’ve never used and comes with a 50mm f1.8 FD lens. This is a fully manual SLR. Tons of manuals online but I like this one.

So how about it? Sound good?

All you have to do is to:

1) follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jennifertai. Not on Twitter? Well go get one!

2) Tweet the following (without quotes): “@jennifertai is giving away a Canon A-1 Film SLR camera with a 50mm f1.8 FD lens. How very retro! http://bit.ly/8yrwte. RT if u pls!”

3) Join my List (if you haven’t already) by scrolling down this blog and looking at the left corner. You should see a “Sign up for our Email newsletter” button.

4) Leave a comment here to say you joined

5) Do some sort of “I want a retro film camera!” dance.

Deadline for entries will be 12pm Memorial Day Monday May 31 2010, which gives you a little over ten days to get your Tweet on! I will Randomize the week after and the lucky winner will be announced middle of June.

Now go Tweet up a storm and good luck!

Before I announce the winners for these lovely cozies from HolyMacro, some heartfelt gratitude.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to enter this contest.

Thank you for your patience in waiting for the results because I was away and took a while to get to this.

And last but definitely not least, THANK YOU FOR LIKING my Facebook Page, all 5,000+ of you. Without you, there would be no cause to celebrate!

Now the results! There were 85 entries all together. Congratulations to:

I will be emailing each of the winners personally as well to let you know. If you do not get an email from me, please send me one at jenn [at] jennifertai.net. I need your name, mailing address and phone number. The cozies will be sent within two weeks from today.

Thanks again and be sure to keep an eye out on my page from time to time for more aww-inspiring photos and stories, giveaways and promos!

UPDATE MAY 25 2010: A NEW SPONSOR HAS STEPPED UP! BIRTH & BEYOND has come in with a white $370 Moses Basket! Be sure to “like” their Facebook page!

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Do you know (or are) an expecting mom in the Seattle area or the Eastside? Would she like a newborn session plus other goodies from Petit Couture,  Angelolli and Birth & Beyond worth almost $1,000? Well then, come on and pay a visit to my Facebook page and enter the May/June 2010 Giveaway. Here’s the gist:

1) you will need to be a Facebook user

2) You will need to “like” the JTPA Page, Petit Coutur,  Angelolli and Birth and Beyond.

3) On JTPA’s wall, write a reason why you should win the contest, and get your friends to go there and comment on it.

Do note that YOU DON”T HAVE TO BE THE ONE WHO’S PREGNANT to enter. You can nominate a friend or family member living in Seattle or the Eastside (or will travel to Duvall WA for the session), who’s expecting.

4) Leave a comment here to say you entered and post the link of your entry (to the wall post on my page since if your personal account is permissioned to private, we can’t see it even if you link it).

4) Criteria for winning: The most compelling update will win, so work those words!

5) This contest will run from May 18 to June 18 2010. Winner will be announced 30 June 2010.

Thank you for all your support and good luck!

I am very happy and proud to announce a collaboration with Sammi’s Circle Guild and Seattle Children’s Hospital for this coming Mother’s Day.

Sammi’s Circle begun its journey in 2008, when a circle of people came together to raise money for uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

The guild was founded in the name of Samantha Crowell, an 18-year old girl from Monroe WA who died in 2008 from cancer. A video tribute shown at Sammi’s memorial can be viewed here: http://blip.tv/file/1256568/

The Mother’s Day Mini sessions are eight 20-minute family sessions of up to four persons per family held at Woodinville’s Cottage Lake Park. The fee is $200 per family.

You get the session, five 5×7 prints and one 8×10 (of different poses).

All proceeds go to Sammi’s Guild and SCH.

Time slots are:
900 – 920am
930 – 950am
10am -1020am
1030am – 1050am
11am – 1120am
1130am – 1150am
12 noon – 1220pm
1230pm – 1250pm

To book, please email Jenn at jenn [at] jennifertai.net or call 425 463 8480 or 206 905 9918 today. Only eight slots available!