Another Day

Good Morning! So I know I apologize evrytime I haven't writen this for a while. I have been so busy with work and some bookings. I will get better! at least with once a week!
This year has just flown by! wow at this time last year I was busy and buried with projects and school and now I am working hard(: I miss Hallmark a lot by the way. I have to visit again. 
This year has been so crazy and I really don't know where the time has gone! I guess I was busier then I thought I was with the school year. 
The weather on the other hand has also been quite the thrill this year! I hope everyone that was effected with any of the disasters that has happend is well and recovering smoothly. 
I don't have too much to say but I wanted to post something just to let you all know I am still here(: and I haven't forgotten. 
I want to Thank all the Veterans on this day for everything you have and continue to do for our country and all over the world! I appreciate it very much and I think I can say that for a lot of people. 
I hope everyones day is great! And don't forget to check out the new website!
justine@justinepelletierphotography.com


Contact me and let me know what you need and how you like the website PLEASE!


Photography is my Passion


Justine

Long Time No Type...

Well Good Morning!
 Sorry I haven't written in a while I have been super busy with my new job and of course Photography! I haven't had much time but I am gonna put aside time so I can write. I hope I have people reading this because I feel it is not only for me to type this to inform my clients and followers about my business but also just so you can get a feel for what I do and if you are interested in my work you can get to know me a little better. 
 I have recently been staying in Vermont for work and I love it here. It is very pretty with the Fall Foliage coming. And I am still doing many pictures in MA so if you live in MA I have not forgotten about you and don't hesitate to ask me about Portrait needs I would be more then happy to do them! I have done a couple Senior Portraits and they came out awesome! I already have things planed for next year as well which I am more then excited for. I really feel like I have started a base for my work and I hope it grows and expands. I know it will take time I have plenty of time but when will I really be busy I am not sure but I am very excited for it! 
 I am loving everything right now and were life has taken me. If you have any portrait needs or have questions don't hesitate to ask. email me at justine@justinepelletierphotography.com 


Have a Lovely day and keep looking for new posts!


Justine 

Hello World!

Hey There, 
  So I am very sorry I missed the challenge I was just so caught up and it shows how much time I really had and put into my Portfolio for the Phase Four Final. 
  Wow it was crazy, long nights and limited social time. I tried to call my mom as often as I could so she would not worry and so I could let some feelings go. The day I passed my Final in it was sunny and then it started to rain. A nice warm refreshing summer rain! I loved it me and my friend went out and danced in the rain, The feeling of accomplishment, happiness came apon me and there was a huge weight that was lifted. I have never felt like that ever. I guess because to me I am completely done with schooling and I feel like a really big part of my life has ended. And I felt awesome, never been that happy in my life and I really found who I am. During the ten months I did my hardest and put everything into my work. Which is what I wanted and how I wanted to feel by the time i graduated. I wanted to push myself to see how far I can push myself. 
  I am so happy I chose to come to Hallmark and purse my dream, well a big part of my dreams. The rest will be taken care of in the future. As of right now it is me, my photography, family, close friends and my dreams. This was one of the biggest decisions I have made. I would not change a thing about it! The chance to meet awesome and talented individuals. And live in a place that is focused and surrounded by what I love doing. But at the same time knowing I can do this for a living and be this happy all the time! Now thats the life I want to be living. I don't see a reason to ever be upset because I am doing what I love and it makes me happy. I hope it will affect and make other people just as happy and they will know I put my heart and soul into everything. I want only the best for people and I will only give them what I feel is my best. 
  Thank you to all those who have helped me and supported me not only through my school years but also throughout my life. Life is like a roller coaster in some ways with the ups and downs and sudden turns but they are only fun when you have your favorite people having blast along with you...i just made that up. Thank you to those who read this(: 




JP Photography/Justine~ xoxox 

Hey There, 
 I am trying to stay as up to date as I can. Wow it is tough! With school, editing, portrait sessions and my yearning for my social life back! Try balancing all that at once. Well I want to start off by saying I am not as stressed  as the last post. I have calmed down and I am finding myself. Which besides this is school and I am already learning I am really learning more and more about myself in this ten month process. I have reacted my breaking point, found my inner emotions, looking for that strength I know I have and just finding myself.
 Do you really know yourself or do you think you know yourself? I have had many long nights I would stay up late and think. That is all I would do is think. Think about myself and what I want, who I want to be, where I see myself being in the future and how I am going to get there. Many other things but those are the main things. I have noticed a lot about myself through these months. Is that I think way too much! and I never really noticed how much I worry about sometimes silly things. I need to work on  living in the moment and not thinking so much about the future. But I guess that the future is closer then I thought. Because after school I am done with school which means I have to start this business and make it expand. As of June 24 when I graduate I will be the proud owner of JP Photography! It is exciting yet overwhelming at time to think about me Justine Pelletier and 18 year old business owner. I hope that people will take me serious and  know I have a lot of experience, knowledge behind this ever changing field of Photography. I love what I do and I want people to not just think about my age but also see my work. I know that people who are reading this could say I am just 18 and I don't have to worry so much and I have time to figure this out but to me I can't stop thinking/worrying because when things start to end my mind begins to race. I have always been this way even before Hallmark. I mean even going into middle school from elementary school was a big thing. But this is bigger then that because  I am so committed to this school and this basically tells my future. I want to pass and I dedicated everything to come here and I don't get a second chance. Which puts a lot more stress on me. 
 I know what I want and I know I will get there soon! It may not be easy but I will work as hard as I can to get to the point I want to be. And I really am working on myself for me and so others wont be affected by my stress and worrying anymore(:


Till next time~JP Photography

Frustration

Hey There, Well it seems I messed up the challenge but I am working on it. I have been busy with school. SO BUSY! There is a lot going on like classes, my final and social life, well I can't really add that because I don't have a social life anymore. When I started going to this school and people said the program went by fast I didn't believe them...well I should have listened to them. Because this program was a lot more then what I set out for. I mean I know I will do all i can to pass and not give up but damn this is exhausting! Losing sleep, eating whenever possible and at time I have to think "Am I still breathing?" I am trying to find the inner strength to really give me that push and boost I need to keep going but it is drifting away. But I remember that I am going here for my future and start my business. I love what I do and I always know that whatever happened's in life I will have my business/photography. I know this is short and sweet but I have to go sleep. Maybe tonight I will be well rested instead of waking up thinking and worrying! 

until next time~fierce and love~JP Photography

Time

Hey There,
 Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been so busy with School, Shooting and Family and Friend Things. Things have been crazy for me since I am almost done with school and I have been very stressed with that and other things. I didn't notice until now how expensive this business really is! Wow it is overwhelming! I have been staying at the school later and trying to keep busy. But for the most part I am doing well. I have 19 more days until this final is due and everyday i am going to post something! Weather it is just a paragraph or a couple sentences but this is my challenge for rest of the days I have left! I had to come up with a 27 image portfolio by June 1 2011 and I have 8 more I need done. We have a criteria i have to follow and it seemed like a lot but as I started going  I figured this wasn't as hard as I thought. I went to an instructor this morning to show him my test prints and I made sure I asked him to be brutally honest about my work and I thought I would leave his office crying but I got a better response. He said I needed some minor adjustments and over all he liked the images I had and he would have passed me(: I was happy to hear this because I guess I am a little hard on myself about my work because I didn't think it was that great, maybe because I stare at it way too long everyday. But it was nice to hear that. 


 I have been in classes all day and then I am going home to my Mom's tonight. I have shoots tomorrow and Sunday. So I will be editing for the rest of the week and if everything goes as planned I will be getting four more shots for my portfolio done! YAY! so then I will need four more then done. With just enough time if  I need to reshoot something. I hope that wont happen, I will make it so I wont have too. 

 Other then school I am ok. Sort of stressed. When things start to end like school or anything I have been working on for a long time I start to worry and think a lot about what will happen in the future, what I will be doing, MONEY is a big thing, and my mind just wont stop going on and on. I know I don't have to really think so in depth on these subjects but I do. I try not to but it is difficult when my future is important and I know what I want to do and I can picture what I want it to be doing, but getting there is my problem. I didn't really start noticing this until I talk to a couple different people about it. They made me realize it, what I was doing and how I tend to act different.  Which I hate that I don't want it to mess with my everyday life and affect other people. Because it is different talking about but taking it out on other people. I guess I am more committed to this then I thought meaning school and my business. 


 I have a class next so I should be going! Thank you for reading! Let me know what you think!


xoxo~fierce and love~until next time

Wonderful World

 Hello There!

Long time not type. I am sorry it has been a while but this girl has been busy. I mean BUSY! I had to finish 17 images for my Phase 3 Final. It went well and I was happy with the turn out. I just hope the  teachers enjoy them as much as I did. I have a meeting with the teachers next monday about the work I passed in, so wish me luck! I have a new project I am working on which I have to come up with 7 images by the 18 or March and I am coming up with ideas as I type. So much goes through my head when they tell us that there is new projects coming up and I jump right on the computer and look for people and ideas of what to do. So far I have so good with models and scheduling. I just worry about people canceling and not being able to make it but I will always have back up. When that happens I just have to learn that in life I will be turned down and there will be cancellations, so it is sort of a learning experience. I am still in school and learning so it is a good place for it to start happening. And I try and stay positive it has been working so far.

I took pictures for a friend of his car which is another project I have been working on. It is coming a long great and I had fun at the shoot. I took a series of images and I am in the process of editing them. They are looking great and I have been working hard on them. He enjoys them or the ones I have showed him which makes me even happier. I have never done car pictures before but I really liked it so maybe on the side of the portraits I might do something with this hidden talent. 

I have to come up with more ideas and do some research so I am gonna go and I will be back soon . A big Thanks to all my readers and Thank you to my followers as well!

xoxo~fierce and love~until next time 

Listen to Your Heart

Good Evening, to those who are reading this. 
      Today felt a little long, but it was nice to sleep in an hour later. Last night I didn't get much sleep but I made it through the day today which was good. This morning I was busy cleaning the apartment a little and then I had classes afternoon. Very interesting...learned more about senior portraits and how we should try to connect with the senior, which for me should be kind of easy because I am around the same age. The other class was about Light room editing. Very helpful information. 
     This weekend will be very busy. I have three shoots to do! Starting Thursday I am doing my low key, Friday I am going to a Linkin Park Concert <3, Saturday I am going to the studio for the child portrait, then Sunday I am going to Boston for a Fashion Shoot. I am so excited and since I will be so busy I chose to write now because the rest of the week I don't want to forget to write. 
     Tomorrow I am waking up, dropping off my equipment and then planting myself infront of a computer at school and working on my career business plan. I have to get this done and what better time. So  by the end of the day tomorrow I should have most if not all of it done and looked at so it will be able to be typed one day I stay later. 
     I guess things are pulling together and it is nice to feel a little less stressed. But it is still tough to make sure I have everything done, it's a lot of work. I know it will get done and I am putting my heart and everything into every bit of this final. Which makes it a good thing....right?




xoxo~fierce and love~until next time


Listen to Your Heart: By DHT: Very Nice


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXo7Jb8Tk6s

It's a New Day

We are on day two of this blog. Once again I have no idea what to write about... But I can't sleep another night so what else to but drown my eyes in my computer. I had also thought that I said I was gonna write once a week or try to .It is almost the end of the week so its a good idea if I want to stick to my word. Well I could start off by saying my day was good. I had class and a lovely photo shoot after! My mom came and shoot my PR Shot/Alternative. They came out good and it was very fun! Lots of editing tomorrow morning! 

Speaking of tomorrow,I am going to be very busy. I have a shoot Saturday morning, a birthday of a very special/close person Sunday, classes all through the week and next weekend will be even busier. All of this is getting me a little stressed. It is just a lot at once, so much to get done and think about. But I try not to let it get to me because I have to manage the time that I have wisely. I know I can do it... some how. 

Since I love what I do that is what keeps me going everyday. I really do love it very much. I always get butterflies when I put my eye to the camera. When I get the image I want or it looks even better that is the best feeling in the world to me. Its like living the dream everyday and I love that I can do this for the rest of my life. I hope people will enjoy the art I can give to them and share with them. And to those of you who read this. Thank you by the way for reading this. It makes me also realize what I do is not just for me. 

I need to stop for tonight because I need sleep. Even though thats not going to happen... Who needs sleep anyways, just wasting time and something good could happen but everyone would miss it because they were sleeping. We would never know. Good night to all that are sleeping and hello to those that aren't. 

xoxo~fierce and love~until next time 

Here I am: By Bryan Adams: Simply Amazing!! Its all in the lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6xr6VKg7sE

Everthing Is Alright....

So today is day one of this blogging page(: I was told that I should start this by my Instructors at my Photography school, I also thought it would be a good idea too just to try it. Well it is a lot harder then I thought since a have no idea how to start this or what to say. To me my life is average I go to school have a fantastic family and a lovely group of friends, I have big dreams and a head that is filled with lots of thoughts/memories/knowledge/hopes/ and ideas. There is a lot I want to accomplish and do while I am on this world. Some being traveling, producing breath taking images, touching the lives of people and maybe one day speaking at a photo school and all together getting my business and name out there. I know it is a hard road to go down but I am determined and ready to do what it takes to accomplish those goals... But not only do I see them as goals but more of a bucket list. It is a list I have made that I have slowly been checking things off. One day the list will be empty.
Today started out like every other day for me I woke up and did my normal routine and went to school. But when I got to school I was in for a day that really got me thinking about my future. In one of my classes the instructor had started asking what we wanted to do after we graduate in June  and where we wanted our businesses to go, how we were gonna do it and the steps on how to be successful. My mind went blank for a minute because thats something I have not thought about in that much detail. I mean I know what I want to do but the more I think about it I guess I don't know. If I had to choose between commercial or portrait I would not be able to answer. I love them both but there are somethings that I don't like. I will have to find out how to do both I guess... And when I sit and think about where I will be in the future I have no idea but I will be doing some sort of Photography and hopefully successful. It is a lot to think about and I am a little worried. Only because with all good things there are always bad things and so far since I've started school there have been no bad things which I guess is a good thing but I just have this feeling something bad will happen. I don't know what the out come will be, so we shall see.I am super busy with my Phase III Final coming up so I will hope to write as much as possible and I have to get some inspiration!!


xoxo~fierce and love~until next time 


Breathe: By Michelle Branch: Good song when I need help and need to think/get away 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQQZSL_tVsE