Kary and Phil

Georgia

It isn't often that I get to photograph a baby as young as Georgia. She arrived into this world about a month earlier than expected, and at the time of these photos, she was 3 weeks old. After a series of shots with Georgia by herself, mom and dad got in on the action...

Lindsey and Ben

Sonia and Eric

I recently made a list of new things that I wanted to incorporate into my business. I expected to have 10 or 11 new ideas that I'd like to at least have in the works by the end of 2009. The list is at 27 items and counting.

One of those things was to get a J. Herndon Photography Facebook page up and running. I could have just jumped in and made one already, but I want to do it right. I'm taking time to get everything in place to keep up this blog as well as the Facebook site and have them actually work together. I don't want them to seem like two separate entities, nor do I want them to seem like mirrors of one another. The blog will remain a journal for my life behind the lens, while the Facebook page will be more of a snapshot and a way to get information out there about what I'm doing that may be of interest to you. In the past, I have posted announcements and special promotions on this blog. All of that will be moving to Facebook.

For now, enjoy this slideshow of Sonia and Eric at the Memphis Botanic Garden. They'll be getting married at The Garden in April of 2010.

Saira and Danish

Saira and Danish were married in London in early August. I, unfortunately, was not there. But I was at the Memphis Botanic Garden on August 15, 2009, when Saira and Danish had a reception for their family and friends in the Memphis area.

Danish is also a photographer, as the owner and operator of ILS Photography.

Skyline With Bridge

Back in June, when I photographed Angel and Tim's wedding atop the Center For Southern Folklore, I grabbed a couple of shots of the skyline with the Hernando DeSoto Bridge in the background. I've photographed this general scene many times, and from many different places/angles, but I've seldom been happy with the results. I kinda like what I got this time...

Jessica and Cody

Jessica and Cody were married on August 8, 2009 at the Balinese Ballroom in downtown Memphis. We started with a few family pics at the Madison Hotel where Jessica and the bridesmaids were getting ready.




We then traveled by horse and carriage to the Balinese Ballroom, where Cody and the guests were awaiting Jessica's arrival.

Tosin Kayode

Oluwatosin "Tosin" Kayode has lived through more adventures than many of us have read about. And he's just getting started.

A native of Nigeria, in 1998, Tosin was serving as a nautical scientist onboard an oil tanker when both of the ship's generators failed. Tosin, along with 52 other crew members drifted out to sea, without any communications with the outside world. They soon ran out of food and had to catch fish and cook them on an improvised diesel-fueled stove. Without proper means to flush the ship's water tanks, they were forced to drink water that was far less than pure.

After 4 months at sea, the ship was spotted. All 53 crew members survived, but most were ill and required immediate medical attention. Radiological sciences played a huge role in diagnosing Tosin's condition. It was for this reason that he chose to devote his life to helping others through a career in radiology.

He will soon be headed back to Nigeria with the intention (and the know how) of opening his own clinic so that the residents of his country can get the radiological treatments they need without traveling overseas.

Tosin, as well as some of these images, is featured in the June/July 2009 issue of ASRT Scanner.