New Blog!!

Well, we are retiring this blog... It served its short little purpose.

Our new blog is www.andrewjadephoto.blogspot.com

Check it out!!

Also our website, andrewjadephoto.com will be up and running soon!! Be sure to view that when its all together!

See you on the new blog!

A NEW NAME!?

Yes, a new name.

So we have discovered that there a quite a few photographers out there named Andrew James, and no website names that fit our business! So... we are changing our name! We want to be unique and I am sure they do too!

Our new name for our photography business is: Andrew Jade Photography.

Why not Andrew Fleming Photography being that Fleming is my last name? Well, it's just plain boring! Don't you agree?

Where did I get Jade from? Well, let me tell you! Jade is my lovely wifes middle name and we both just love the name! We are going to use it for one of our daughter's names and we think its so neat!

Also, we like the idea of having my first name in our title because we want to seem like a "personal" business. A photographer who will really connect with you and cares about what YOU want and how your photos represent who YOU are. This business is not about us, its all about YOU.

So, I would like to say for the first time, welcome to the blog of Andrew Jade Photography. :)

What do YOU think?

A WEDDING GLIMPSE: TJ & JENNA

A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of shooting a wedding for TJ & Jenna with my dad. They had a great little outdoor venue at a country club in the west valley. They were a really fun couple! :) It always helps when you have a bride and groom who are just natural in front of the camera... and sometimes even a little comical. I was really impressed with how they seemed to adore eachother. As a wedding photographer, I get to see all the different creative ideas that people come up with to make their BIG DAY all the more meaningful, and this was a REALLY creative couple!

Here are a few pictures from their special day:

Once Upon A Time In Spain... Part 2

Here's a few more pictures from Ireland and Spain...





A beautiful sunset over Granada, Spain.



There was tagging all over the place... Em didn't appreciate it.





Robbie and Joanna











My hot wife :)





I kinda miss my beard...



Joanna Cuamba shot this one with my Nikon D70






Oldest bull fighting ring in the world



***All pictures of Emily and I together are compliments of Joanna Cuamba***

Once upon a time in Ireland...

Emily and I went to Ireland and Spain in the spring with our friends Joanna and Robbie. This was our first 'real' trip together out of the country... Well except for our honeymoon to Mexico, but you don't really end up seeing much on a honeymoon so we count this as our first :) So to put it plainly, this trip didn't go exactly as planned... more plainly, everything went wrong! Lets see if I can put it all in one paragraph...

Joanna and Robbie's plane didn't get in 'til the next day, we booked our hotels in advance in other cities and never got to them so we lost our deposit money, we found out our international phone card wasn't so international, the car rental company decided to add $50 a day in extra fees, they drive on the other side of the road, they have no road signs, couldnt get a hold of Joanna, stalled in many intersections, almost hit a few signs, food was SO expensive!, Spain was the same with the road signs, we got our car towed, Joanna and I spent 3 hours trying to find our way back to the hostel after picking it up, Emily and I got pregnant... (unexpected but good. :)) etc...

Thats the main gist of all the problems. HOWEVER!, the trip was still extremely fun. After you've traveled for a while you just get used to things going wrong and rolling with it. I would love to go back to either country (Spain more than Ireland, it was so beautiful!) and spend a couple weeks just traveling around. FYI, you don't need a car in Spain. The transportation there is more than efficient to get you from city to city and everything is walking distance once you are in a particular location. I wish we knew this ahead of time. Ireland, on the other hand, you need a car. If we had more time we would have gone from Dublin all the way to Dingle, but we didn't get the chance.

So here are a few pics from our trip. Enjoy...




One of my faves... caught this one of Robbie and Joanna when they werent looking.




Joanna's shot... and a good one at that...





St. Patrick's Cathedral



Does anyone else think its wierd to see horses in Ireland??







Private schoolers on the play ground for the afternoon