Simply Jessie Photography - San Francisco | Chicago Photography » inspiration http://www.simplyjessie.com Fine Art Wedding and Family Photography in San Francisco & Chicago Thu, 10 May 2012 17:33:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Living Inspired. http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2010/04/12/living-inspired/ http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2010/04/12/living-inspired/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:47:57 +0000 Jessie http://www.simplyjessie.com/?p=1706 Continue reading →]]> In the past two weeks I think I must have been asked at least five or six times about what inspires me. When I look over this blog, it seems so terribly obvious that I am amazed that I forget so easily. For me, it is undoubtably nature. I come alive when I am outside. I perk up, think I can take on the world and walk around in awe, and physically stop to take in all that surrounds me. It frees up my heart and I reconnect to what I value. I actually get overwhelmed by the beauty of it. I come away refreshed and more alive than when I came. It rights me with the world. I become flooded with creativity and ambition for my life to make a difference for others. It changes me and rejuvenates the dreams and aspirations I have from just being me.

On Saturday Eric and I went to Starved Rock State Park for a day together in the newly warm air and sunshine. I can not remember the last time I was outside for four hours consecutively. We hiked and wandered around the woods through canyons and trails. I don’t know if I’ve ever spent significant time in the woods during the early Spring. We were surrounded with tiny new leaves popping out , and little cheerful flowers popping up on the forest floor yet the large canopy trees were still bare. Everything was brand new and waking. It was breath taking. We came around the bend in the trail to this breathtaking spot of sunlight through the trees with dreamy light and took time out of our hike to enjoy it and capture one another. All the other hikers passed on by but we lingered here.

Take some time with the ones you love and to really commit to living inspired whatever that may be for you. Believe in the power of its transformation both in your personal and professional life.

I’m a better wife, entrepreneur and photographer for my four hours in the woods.

My motto. “Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see the beauty in ordinary things” [ Thomas Merton]

P.S. Any fab couple want to drive 2 hours out of Chicago, hike 2 miles into the woods for a unique unbelievable love shoot?!! Seriously it was some of the most incredible light e.v.e.r.

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]]> http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2010/04/12/living-inspired/feed/ 5 A Simple Life… http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2010/02/17/a-simple-life/ http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2010/02/17/a-simple-life/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:36:31 +0000 Jessie http://www.simplyjessie.com/?p=1449 Continue reading →]]> To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life. ~John Burroughs

White Camellia in bloom at Garfield Park Conservatory.

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]]> http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2010/01/07/check-out-notebookdoodles/feed/ 0 Summer Fades to Fall. http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2009/10/14/summer-fades-to-fall/ http://www.simplyjessie.com/index.php/2009/10/14/summer-fades-to-fall/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:19:04 +0000 Jessie http://www.simplyjessie.com/?p=950 Continue reading →]]> As the summer light seems to be fading, and I watch the remaining flowers finish with their cheery presence I always find myself contemplative. I think about seasons of life. I think about the quiet hush Fall seems to bring to my soul with the brisk morning air and crunchy leaves under my boots. Yes, I do wish for more warm summer nights of carefree drinks and tank tops, but I am also excited for pumpkin bread, cozy blankets and the time with the ones I love. I am ready for the long rest that winter forces upon us all.

Summers here in Chicago are glorious… breathtaking really…. full of walking , biking, festivals galore, but I am thankful for this new quiet, for the chill in the air. I appreciate the change, what new seasons bring for us, both in weather and of the heart. We need seasons. We need seasons of joy, of busyness, of quiet , and of peace.

So take it from this Southern raised girl, embrace the new season and for what lies beyond. Take life as it comes and don’t wish for what is not right in front of your face. Drink in the change, the new colors, and the newness of what each season brings.

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My Motto. So much of who I am, and who I have yet to be.

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