Toni Johnson Photography

They do grow up

Toni — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:18:06 +0000

Sometime around Thanksgiving my former neighbor contacted me through Facebook and asked if I’d do some family portraits for him in February when he would be coming home on leave. I told him I’d be more than happy to do that for him. I watched this young man grow up right across the street from me – it is just so hard to fathom that he is an adult now and serving our country in the military. He used to mow my lawn and he helped me get my front door off its hinge when the door knob quit working. Joey was actually my very first client as I did his senior portraits for him. On Sunday I had the honor of making photos of his family, with his wife Shayna and cute little son, Remington. Joey ships out on Wednesday, so I worked extra fast to get his photos processed before he goes. Here are a few of my favorites.

Warning – adorableness ahead!

Toni — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:39:53 +0000

In between Winter Fest on December 10th and Santa photos on December 15th, I had a session with these two adorable little siblings. Cute overload!!

Winter Fest Sneak #7

Toni — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:11:53 +0000

Winter Fest Sneak Peek #6

Toni — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:37:54 +0000

Winter Fest Sneak Peek #5

Toni — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:15:46 +0000

Winter Fest Sneak Peek #4

Toni — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:23:46 +0000

Winter Fest Sneak Peek #3

Toni — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:46:14 +0000

Here’s another family of fun and adorable children from Sweet Saturday. With any luck, the rest will be up tomorrow!

Winter Fest Sneak Peek #2

Toni — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:47:08 +0000

The second sneak peek from Winter Fest Sweet Saturday. These boys are so adorable and a lot of fun. They were interrupted in the middle of their gingerbread house decorating and I was so impressed with how patient they were with all the posing. I think they maybe were starting to have some fun by the time we wrapped it up.

More sneak peeks to come later tonight (I hope).

Winter Fest Sneak Peek #1

Toni — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:49:03 +0000

This Saturday was the Winter Fest Sweet Saturday and what a busy event! Lots of kids decorating gingerbread houses, men working their magic on batches of chili, clowns, story telling, and cottage industry vendors set up to sell.

I set up my lights and green screen backdrop and made some portraits, collecting food for our local food bank in lieu of any session fee. My first customers are below for a little preview. The green screen backdrop and software is pretty cool, but it does take a bit of work preparing the photo first before dropping in the different backgrounds. This might take me longer than I anticipated, but I’m going to keep plugging away, working in the order taken, so if yours were taken towards the end, please be patient.

Fine Art America

Toni — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:58:37 +0000

So excited to announce that I am selling some of my fine art work at Fine Art America. You’ll find some of my color photos, along with some of my flora photos and floral art. I also have some agriculture photos available and will be adding more soon. Of course my favorite type of photos, macro photos, are represented, as well as some landscape photos. Some of my favorite abstract art is represented, too. I will be adding more photos soon, so please check back in often.

I’m also running a limited time promotion on one of my favorite photos – available as a 20″ x 16″ print for only $75. That’s a steal and you can find it here: