charmed jewelry ii

Some of you may remember my post from Charmed jewelry a few months ago. Last weekend I had another opportunity to photograph the hand-crafted necklaces, earrings, bracelts,and rings. I absolutely enjoy taking pictures for designer Sue Tyssee not only because I get to see all of her beautiful pieces but because I know I am going spend my time with wonderful people. As you can see, her two children, Aidan and Chelsea, tagged along for the shoots. I documented the whole weekend starting at the beach on Friday. On Saturday we went to the pier with the intent to get cheese dogs from none other than “Hot Dog On A Stick.” Although Stacey was disgusted by thought, it sounded pretty good to me. I didn’t even like corn dogs as a child, but these cheese dogs looked so enticing I had to try one. With warm, melty cheese inside and a sweet, thick crust on the outside I couldn’t help but easily share one with Chelsea. It is now officially a classic pier tradition. On Sunday Charmed Jewelry set up her booth at the cheery Farmers Market in Palos Verdes. Aidan and I basically scarfed a whole bag of Kettle corn, found a sweet banjo player, and tasted some of the most scrumptious cake ever. EVER. Seriously, this stuff was delicious. Thank you Aidan for introducing it to me.

It’s always sad to leave such a beautiful town.

Enjoy the photos :)

the Pickett family preview

I had the wonderful honor to photography the Pickett family last week. The whole family came from out of town for Josh's high school graduation. It was a pleasure to take their pictures because it was Judy's dads first visit to California. It's always great to see such a large family come together again, even if its for a short time. Thank you Bannerman's for allowing us to use your yard!

So far so good...

Uh oh!

365 days of Jenny and her camera

Today marks the first year anniversary of me and someone very special in my life, my camera. I have officially been out of high school for one year which means I have had my camera for a whole three hundred sixty-five days! Oh, how good it has been. I was just thinking last night about some of the first pictures I ever took with my camera and how I improved over the months. Some of these pictures are official "shoots," while others are simply precious memories with friends. There is definitely room for improvement in my photos this year. I hope to see my post-editing develop into my own look and would also like to get more creative with props and outfits to make the shoots a little more quirky and fun (this involves help from you, the customer, as well!). Looking back on the past year I can say it has been the best out of all eighteen. I love every one who has shared it with me :)

p.s. new post of the Pickett family preview coming very very soon!