A Tragic Story - Please, Please, Read This

Denise being escorted down the asile by her uncle.

I have something to share with everyone. This is something that has hit home, because this has happened to a couple of mine. Denise and Craig are such wonderful people I can not think of a more horrible thing to happen to them.

Before I met Denise at a coffee shop on the northside of Houston little did I know about her tragic loss leading up to our meeting. I short time earlier she had lost her parents in a awful car accident in which the driver was sending a text message. A text message that changed entire family forever.

I urge you. No! You have a moral obligation to never ever do this while driving. This especially true this holiday weekend. Read her and Craig's entire story on their newly formed blog Cell Phone Justice.

Here is the web address... http://handsonthesteeringwheel.blogspot.com/

Please leave comment, and tell everyone you love in your life. Which we all know should be everyone you meet.

Thank you,
Jason
www.jasonconnel.com

Joline and Alex's Wedding Photography - Hotel Derek - Houston, Tx

Again trying to catch up with my blogging, and I have the very fabulous wedding of Joline and Alex to share with you all. The wedding was at Hotel Derek in Houston, and they did an amazing job. The Hotel is just amazing for an amazing weekend retreat or a wedding.

Joline and Alex are so much fun. They had this really awesome 80's cover band call The Lost Boys. I had the hardest time selecting images for this post, so it is a little longer than usual.

Here is the slideshow!

Enjoy!
Jason
www.jasonconnel.com

The groom is blind folded! This can't be good. Don't look!!!!!

You looked!!! I warned you!

A Whole Lot of Somethin' - Misty & Aarron - Chateau Elan

Lets air the business of the day. As for the previous emergency announcement we are okay. Yesterday, was sort of the deadline for me to head to my Aunt's and help her out with the kidos. However, the doctors came back with some good news. The infection in her husband's leg from the injury had not made it to the bones. Thank for the prayers!

Onto other business. In a previous post I talked about a little bit about Lightroom. Well, folks you are about to start seeing the results of what this amazing piece of software is doing for me. For now lets get caught up on some of the AMAZING weddings I have been photographing.

Let me introduce you guys to Misty and Aarron. They were married a while back at Chateau Elan just outside of Atlanta, GA. If you are looking for a place to have a wedding. This would be on my short list for sure. I must say I LOVE military weddings!

Here is the slideshow.

Enjoy!
Jason
www.jasonconnel.com

An Emergency Announcement

My Aunt's husband was in a dirt bike accident last week. We have been watching and monitoring the situation. It looks like the first hospital did a less than steller job patching him up. He was taken by ambulance this week to another hospital that discovered his previous surgery had left him in really bad shape.

They have three kids that have been floating around church members houses in Tennessee. If it looks like the infection is bad he will have to be in the hospital for six weeks, and we will have their kids here for that time. That way he can get back on his feet again. Bringing the total little ones in our house up to 6.

Any prayers would be appreciated for the kids, for us, and for his speedy recovery. I will keep everyone updated right here.

Jason

Lightroom 2.0 Saves My Life

I can not tell you what this newest piece of software has done for my life. Lightroom 2.0 has completely changed my life and my business, and just about has done it overnight. A while back my very good friend Matt Dunmore convinced me to give it a try. I was also motivated by the fact I was going to see David Jay on his Free to Succeed Tour that was going to focus on the new product from Adobe. I had to give it a try so I could take away as much information as I could. Boy I am glad I did!

I went and saw his talk with Jasmine Star with some good friends of mine here in Houston (I would give you guys some blog love, but there are too many of you... This would sound like a Presidential speech... LOL!) There were so many wonderful things that they spoke about that I plan on trying, but I immediately took what they said in Lightroom and ran with it.

That alone has changed my life! I am not kidding either. Stay tuned folks good things are coming!

Enjoy!
Jason
www.jasonconnel.com

I Love Jim Cantore - Tropical Storm Edouard - Texas City, TX

This weekend we learned of Tropical Storm Edouard on our door step. It has been a little hectic getting ready. We had needed to get our hurricane emergency kit in order, so after most of the day working on that the girls were a bit wound up. They were a little nervous to hear their parents say if Tropical Storm Edouard becomes a Category 1 Hurricane we would ride it out.

So, we decided to have a little fun. We love hurricane season and watching Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel work on his leaning in various storms in the past. Since he is a favorite person to watch and tease on TV this time of year we decided to make a few signs. Then we were off to the Texas City Dike for a evening of letting loose.

We had a lot of fun and it was great to see our daughters cutting it up a little with all the serious talk lately.

Enjoy!
Jason
www.jasonconnel.com

People fleeing the beach in terror... LOL!

Our lovely daughters in la la land!

Yumm nothing like some two headed fish!

Ugh... What? A Tropical Storm?!