diff --git a/docx.py b/docx.py
index 3ab37bb..ad98766 100755
--- a/docx.py
+++ b/docx.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def heading(headingtext, headinglevel, lang='en'):
     return paragraph
 
 
-def table(contents, heading=True, colw=None, cwunit='dxa', tblw=0, twunit='auto', borders={}, celstyle=None):
+def table(contents, heading=True, colw=None, cwunit='dxa', tblw=0, twunit='auto', borders={}, celstyle=None, jc='left'):
     """
     Return a table element based on specified parameters
 
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ def table(contents, heading=True, colw=None, cwunit='dxa', tblw=0, twunit='auto'
     tableprops.append(tablestyle)
     tablewidth = makeelement('tblW', attributes={'w': str(tblw), 'type': str(twunit)})
     tableprops.append(tablewidth)
+    pJc = makeelement('jc', attributes={'val': jc})
+    tableprops.append(pJc)
     if len(borders.keys()):
         tableborders = makeelement('tblBorders')
         for b in ['top', 'left', 'bottom', 'right', 'insideH', 'insideV']:
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ def table(contents, heading=True, colw=None, cwunit='dxa', tblw=0, twunit='auto'
     return table
 
 
-def picture(relationshiplist, picname, picdescription, pixelwidth=None, pixelheight=None, nochangeaspect=True, nochangearrowheads=True):
+def picture(relationshiplist, picname, picdescription, pixelwidth=None, pixelheight=None, nochangeaspect=True, nochangearrowheads=True, jc='left'):
     '''Take a relationshiplist, picture file name, and return a paragraph containing the image
     and an updated relationshiplist'''
     # http://openxmldeveloper.org/articles/462.aspx
@@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ def picture(relationshiplist, picname, picdescription, pixelwidth=None, pixelhei
     # Copy the file into the media dir
     media_dir = join(template_dir, 'word', 'media')
     if not os.path.isdir(media_dir):
-        os.mkdir(media_dir)
+        os.makedirs(media_dir)
     shutil.copyfile(picname, join(media_dir, picname))
 
     # Check if the user has specified a size
@@ -501,6 +503,10 @@ def picture(relationshiplist, picname, picdescription, pixelwidth=None, pixelhei
     run = makeelement('r')
     run.append(drawing)
     paragraph = makeelement('p')
+    pPr = makeelement('pPr')
+    pJc = makeelement('jc', attributes={'val': jc})
+    pPr.append(pJc)
+    paragraph.append(pPr)
     paragraph.append(run)
     return relationshiplist, paragraph