Dear Nancy...

Today...today was not my most favorite day. Today, I received an email from 'Nancy'... she attacked me and accused me of being uneducated and being just another girl with a camera. She went on to say that I am moonlighting without the proper education or real world experience. She said that she hopes that I feel GREAT about ruining people's once in a life time events with badly exposed, badly lit and awfully composed images. Her last line..."YOU ARE NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER, YOU ARE A CAMERA OWNER."

Well, Nancy, as much as you got my blood boiling, I can assure you that I am not just a camera owner. And I think, although you tried to bring me down...I actually KNOW that you empowered me that much more. Congrats! I hope that makes you feel better. And, Nancy, you used a hoax email and couldn't even tell me this honestly. You hid behind someone else's AWESOME business...(check out studio 1 utah, you'll see...they rock) and attempted to belittle me without knowing a thing. So, Nancy...thanks for lighting the fire. I hardly consider myself a professional photographer...but I KNOW for a fact...I got the skills to pay the bills. Nancy, I triple dog dare you to show your face and lets see your work! I've got some pretty AWESOME mentors and teachers that would back me up 100%...bring it on NANCY!

okay...now that I got that out of the way...too all the wonderful people who support me...Brody, Delo, Ashley, Laurie, Caryn, Ed, Jon, Mom, Alicia, Brad, Leah, Jennifer...the list goes on (sorry if I missed you)...thanks for your continued support and enthusiasm for me as I chase my dream of doing something I love...you guys ROCK! I'll show all those "NANCY's" out there that they AINT got nothin' :)

Love Always,

KaetheJo :)

Miss Maya :)

this shoot was in the making for nearly 3 ish months :)

but, we finally did it and i am happy to have a new friend, Miss Mya!

i will be framing this one for myself :)

nothing posed about this one. she wanted to sit. and it worked out perfectly.

watch out 'so you think you can dance'...

such a sweet little face

love her smile :)

Sweet Sisters.

these two girls are the sweetest sisters ever.

i can only hope that my girls will be as sweet as these two!

i took these photos in salt lake city, in the middle of the hustle and bustle.

such a pretty little face

cute

you couldn't have paid me to climb on that generator!

such a good sport. and i'm thinkin' we have a model in the making!

thats a BIG flower!

Schmidt Family Photos :)

this was my BIGGEST job yet!!! THREE...count 'em...

...one, two, three...

3 bouncing boys!!

good thing they are all super cute :)

all the schmidt's

baby Linkin.

looks at those eyes. love 'em.

here is mister Logan.

he puts the 'bounce' in bouncing boys!

coby the ham!

and this one...love it!

Courtney Snowball Class of 2010 :)

just a sneak peek of miss Courtney's Senior Photos :)

there's about 25 more where these came from :)

this is where we started the shoot today.

makin' wishes. i think this is my fav :)

an un-obscure smiley one for mama.

another one for mom...but we both were in favor of the brick wall :)

Caryn and Mads :)

so, i have been holding on to this picture of Caryn and Madalyn, because I wanted to frame it and give it to her for her birthday :)

i took this picture back on Easter Sunday, and i knew ALL along that in the back of Caryn's mind she was thinking..."what the heck Kaethe?!?!? I know you have a picture or two of me too?!?!?!?" well, yesterday, we celebrated Caryn's birthday (btw, she turns 29 on monday :) , so, i can now share with you this cool picture of a mommy and her sweets :)

Happy Birthday Caryn. Love ya! xoxoxo

the Snowball Fam Bam

everyone, meet the Snowball family. yes, i said Snowball. they are our beautiful neighbors :)

last fall when i got my new camera, i needed some test subjects...and here they are!

awh. how cute. cute family on a bridge. does it get any cuter than that?

such a sweet and loving couple. over 20 years and still in love.

one last family shot. :)

The Snowball Kiddos

Again, these were taken last fall...these were my test subjects with the new camera :)

'the kids'

Ashley

Courtney

More Sweet Snaps from my Natural Light Class.

Here are some more of my 'snaps' from this past weekend :)

this is Randy. isn't she beautiful?

another flower.

i want to go back to Bertha's house...take some more pictures, and remove the soap bottle from the sink, and take this picture again. i'm just sayin'

here's Jon.

'chipped'

Natural Light Class :)

This past weekend, I took a Natural Light Photography class with a local photographer, Jon Williams.



class photo...AWH...how cute :)




Here are some sweet snaps I got while out and about in Ogden, Utah.






I titled this one, BOLTS.





This one is appropriately titled 'Bricks.'





This was a very energetic little girl...we bumped into her after her ballet class at Bertha Eccles House.





Tulips are my favorite.