Archive for March, 2010

Lifestyle Portraits: The Frye Family

Lifestyle Portraits: The Frye Family

Andy and Bianka are full of life.  We spent Saturday just playing.  Bailey was tons of fun and melted me into a big pile of goo when he asked to hold my hand.  I don’t have to say much for you all to see the energy and connection they have with one another.  Plus…. Bailey [...]


Remembering.

Remembering.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of remembering and its role in our present perspective. I often am frustrated because I am not where I want to be, where I swear I should be by now. I am just not there yet. When I quiet my impatience and frustration and turn my attention [...]


Sunshine plants hope.

Sunshine plants hope.

Picture from iphone on my walk …. Share/Save


Wedding Proofbooks : Products 2010

Wedding Proofbooks : Products 2010

I’m upgrading and changing things up for 2010.  In the next few weeks I will preview several new products that Simply Jessie Photography is adding.  I have been searching and searching for a modern simple proof book, and I finally found it.  The  11×14 book contains multiple image contact sheets bound together with a spiral coil, [...]


Operation Surprise.

Operation Surprise.

Yesterday was Eric’s birthday. I pulled off a big surprise. It took scheming, team work and a good poker face. Keeping gifts a secret is ridiculously hard for me. Both Eric and I the moment we wake on any given holiday that includes gifts go bounding out of bed to go fetch the gift we [...]


Norah.

Norah.

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Think Happy Thoughts.

Think Happy Thoughts.

Isn’t it Peter Pan who said, “All you need is to think happy thoughts, a little fairy dust, and you can fly!”  This terrarium is my happy thought. During these long dreary grey days, I’ve been fixating my eyes on this glass jar of life. I planted this terrarium around Valentine’s Day and it has [...]


Previously

Jeff + Cindy Married!! |Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography
Jeff + Cindy Married!! |Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography

The thing about these two… is that they value people. You can tell by every word that comes ou


Going Home.
Going Home.

I had forgotten what it was like to go home. About four weeks ago Eric and I drove south to the town


Aaron + Valerie Engaged! | Part 2 | Chicago Wedding Photography
Aaron + Valerie Engaged! | Part 2 | Chicago Wedding Photography

Valerie and I had been hoping, wishing and praying for some lovely wildflowers for her engagement  


Aaron + Valerie Engaged!! | Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography
Aaron + Valerie Engaged!! | Part 1 | Chicago Wedding Photography

I don’t know what happened last Friday afternoon.  I don’t know if it was the magical a


Aimee + Russell Engaged!! | Destination Wedding Photography.
Aimee + Russell Engaged!! | Destination Wedding Photography.

Another treat while we were down south was to reconnect with family and to celebrate my cousin Aimee


Amy Wright | Auburn University Horticulture
Amy Wright | Auburn University Horticulture

On our trip south I had the pleasure of reconnecting with a friend and my past Horticulture professo