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Dancin in the Park

June 26, 2008

Whatcom Falls park welcomed the engagement session of Jeff and Vicki! It was a typical Bellingham evening, no rain–just some high clouds! Perfect weather for the park! I was thinking back on the session, and could not decide which moments were better—the dancing (they had some pretty fun moves), or Jeff’s amazingly funny faces! Watch [...]

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Whatcom Falls park welcomed the engagement session of Jeff and Vicki! :) It was a typical Bellingham evening, no rain–just some high clouds! Perfect weather for the park! I was thinking back on the session, and could not decide which moments were better—the dancing (they had some pretty fun moves), or Jeff’s amazingly funny faces! :) Watch the slideshow if you want to them! I think one of my favorite moments is when the mallard duck couple came swimming by to check out Jeff and Vicki! Thank you both for a fun and relaxing evening shooting! I am so looking forward to the wedding this fall!

Cheers,
jewels

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Rose + Jessy

May 12, 2008

I can’t even begin to talk about how much fun it was to shoot this e-session with Rose and Jessy. They drove up to Bellingham to shoot photos at Marine Park, where they were engaged! The tide was super low, so we had fun splashing and playing in the bay. After we were all dried [...]

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I can’t even begin to talk about how much fun it was to shoot this e-session with Rose and Jessy. They drove up to Bellingham to shoot photos at Marine Park, where they were engaged! :) The tide was super low, so we had fun splashing and playing in the bay. After we were all dried up, we went to this fun wall to finish off the photo shoot. I had stumbled across it while driving one day, and noticed that someone had cut a heart shape into a wall of ivy. I knew immediately that I wanted to take Rose and Jessy to the “Heart.” As soon as that finished a train came by. I was able to photograph a special kiss with the train blowing its horn in the background (cough cough…totally planned of course… cough cough). Thanks Rose and Jessy for a wonderful afternoon. I hope you enjoy your photos!

Cheers,
jewels

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  • Reds says:

    WOW!!! WOW!!! Wonderful shots! Love the water shots, the hearts, the save the date, everything!! :)

     (May 13, 2008 at 1:06 am)
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  • Melissa says:

    I really, really like these! Looks like so much fun! I love the different colored walls you used and the water shots with texture are great too!

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  • Melissa H says:

    Love the way you caltured the moments. Great Job!

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  • Bobbi says:

    Oh Jewels I love these so much. Everything about them just exudes love. The heart on the wall, the save the dates, the heart in the sand. I really can’t pick a favorite. You do such beautiful work.

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  • Jess says:

    These are awesome Jewels! You totally ROCK these e-sessions. LOVE that ivy heart, and the train shot– TOO cool. :)

     (May 13, 2008 at 1:22 am)
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  • Michelle says:

    these are great! i love all the different poses and ideas you’ve got going here. so creative. the save the date shots are my fav. so original.

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  • Nicole says:

    Oh wow, those blow me away. Awesome! You had wonderful ideas, love the texture and DOF of the one with the heart in the mud.

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  • Kristen Wagner Penn says:

    These are absolutely wonderful. That heart is perfect. I LOVE the save the date ones!

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  • lcp says:

    These are all so great and FUN! Can’t pick a fav! LOVE the ivy heart – hope it stays that way a while!

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  • Diana says:

    i looooove the heart one but they are all awesome

     (May 13, 2008 at 2:26 am)
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  • Gypsy Girl says:

    I love them all. What a cute idea for save the date. The train kiss is awesome. What a cool heart.

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  • Amy says:

    These are all FABULOUS!!! I love her expression in the last one, great work on them all!

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  • Mom2Drew says:

    The train shot is a fav of mine, just love the effect of that fast moving train behind. I also think your use of textures is terrific here, way to select which pics to texturize.

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  • Donnah C says:

    These are a fantastic selection. Each photo is amazing. Normally I can pick a favourite – they are all my favs today. I love that heart shaped vine!

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  • Stacey says:

    I love love love the train shot. It is so creative and romantic. All these shots are so much fun and really capture the couple.

     (May 13, 2008 at 9:29 am)
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  • Mandy says:

    What a really fun couple! I love it when couples look like they are having a great time, and it just shows through the photos. You definitely brought out the best in them Jewels!

     (May 13, 2008 at 11:05 am)
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  • Jen says:

    Great job! Love the ivy wall and Save the Date ones! Looks like a lot of fun!

     (May 13, 2008 at 12:01 pm)
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  • Sandra Collins says:

    totally fabulous- I love the train!!

     (May 13, 2008 at 2:07 pm)
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  • shawn says:

    The pictures are lovely, but I want her shoes!!!

     (May 13, 2008 at 3:16 pm)
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  • April says:

    those are darling..so cute. i love the ones with the words!! that’s way cute!

     (May 13, 2008 at 10:59 pm)
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  • Becky says:

    These are so great, Jewels. Talk about eliciting emotion: that train shot scares me a little!

     (May 14, 2008 at 12:03 am)
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  • amazing grace says:

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these jewels!!!! these are fantastic!!! love the cards and the heart in the sand..and the textures! :)

     (May 16, 2008 at 2:28 pm)
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Lindsey + Andrew

April 25, 2008

It was a beautiful Saturday morning that I spent shooting photos for Lindsey, Andrew and Dymphna. Who is Dymphna you might ask? Well, she is the pet chicken (yes…I did say chicken). After the initial shock wore off in regards to having a chicken as a pet, I grew very curious about having a pet [...]

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It was a beautiful Saturday morning that I spent shooting photos for Lindsey, Andrew and Dymphna. Who is Dymphna you might ask? Well, she is the pet chicken (yes…I did say chicken). After the initial shock wore off in regards to having a chicken as a pet, I grew very curious about having a pet chicken. I can assure you, Dymphna was super soft, fun, tame, and potty trained…well, sort of potty trained. Lindsey is an excellent seamstress, and sews diapers for her Dymphna. She learned how by purchasing diapers from chickendiapers.com. I didn’t know there was such thing as chicken diapers (let alone a website for them) until I met Dymphna! I love it when people bring props and pets to their photo shoot. Though I cannot always guarantee perfect pet portraits, they sure do make the event fun! Lindsey and Andrew, I had a wonderful time walking along the bay with you. And even though we couldn’t find your rock, maybe now you can have the “bench” whenever you visit! Enjoy the photos!

Cheers,
jewels

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  • Deb says:

    Beautiful job!!! Absolutely love the 2nd bench one! Color and perpsective are outstanding!!!

     (April 25, 2008 at 11:14 am)
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  • Kristina says:

    These are beautiful. I really like the ones where you shot through the grasses, and your textured one is so moody and fits perfectly with that photo!

     (April 25, 2008 at 11:15 am)
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  • lcp says:

    Wow! You have some really wonderful images here! I can’t pick a favorite. Looks like such a fantastic location and the slideshow is a great idea!

     (April 25, 2008 at 11:46 am)
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  • Stacey says:

    These shots are great. I love how original they are. Very creative. Great colors and sharp photos. Nice work.

     (April 25, 2008 at 12:12 pm)
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  • Bobbi says:

    Beautiful work Jewels. I love that 2nd b/w of them and the bench shot is perfection.

     (April 25, 2008 at 12:15 pm)
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  • Nicole says:

    Wait you didn’t share any with the chicken!!! come on, with a lead in like that you got to share a chicken lllOLLL. Really these are so gorgeous, the light is beautiful.

     (April 25, 2008 at 12:15 pm)
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  • Jess says:

    These are FANTASTIC!!!! What a beautiful couple and location. Your slideshow was GREAT, their chicken is actually CUTE and I don’t usually care for chickens, lol! What fun! :)

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  • pat says:

    Nice, Jewells!! Great location. I really like that shot of them on the bench; great textures going on! And, off-topic, on the way up to Skagit I told ML it was too bad we hadn’t planned this further in advance so we could arrange a meet with you there… We are going to try to get up your way this summer in the GOOD weather!

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  • Gypsy Girl says:

    These are wonderful. The one of them sitting on the bench is so sweet. Great sunflare. They aregoing to love them.

     (April 25, 2008 at 2:02 pm)
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  • Krista P says:

    Love the sunflare! Great shots.

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  • Kristen Wagner Penn says:

    These are wonderful! I can’t believe they have a pet chicken! How fun!

     (April 25, 2008 at 5:59 pm)
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  • Scrapper88 says:

    Such great shots, love the bench!! Hmm… pet chicken never heard that before. But these look super fun!

     (April 25, 2008 at 6:07 pm)
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  • Becky says:

    these are so sweet. i really love the conversion you did on that first bench shot. great photos!!

     (April 25, 2008 at 7:19 pm)
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  • Suzy says:

    Beautiful work! I love the texture you used on the sitting pose!

     (April 25, 2008 at 7:30 pm)
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  • Becky says:

    You have such a creative and interesting style–I love it!
    I have heard of pet chickens, but the idea of a website for chicken diapers cracks me up!

     (April 26, 2008 at 12:29 am)
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  • Donnah C says:

    Pet chicken – that is too funny. You did an awesome job. I love the man’s face when he is posing with the chicken! I really love your black and white one of the kiss, it is perfect.

     (April 26, 2008 at 12:31 am)
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  • Lindsey says:

    Hi! This is Lindsey… I am so pleased with these pictures! One correction though- the web address is chickendiapers.com (I just wanted to make sure people got to the right place).

    Thanks again Julie! We had so much fun!

     (April 26, 2008 at 1:55 am)
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  • April says:

    these looks great. that’s funny about the chicken. they look so happy.

     (April 28, 2008 at 2:55 pm)
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  • cherie says:

    beautiful shots !!!!

     (April 30, 2008 at 10:43 pm)
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The Kubanda Family

April 21, 2008

We had so much fun goofing off during our photoshoot at the Kubanda House. I photographed Mike and Susan with both their sons, and their girlfriends. Missing from the photos are their daughter and son-in-law living in Ohio.  I thought about photoshopping them in, but decided against it! Susan has also been battling a very [...]

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We had so much fun goofing off during our photoshoot at the Kubanda House. I photographed Mike and Susan with both their sons, and their girlfriends. Missing from the photos are their daughter and son-in-law living in Ohio.  I thought about photoshopping them in, but decided against it! :) Susan has also been battling a very aggressive form of breast cancer, and received her bi-lateral mastectomy earlier this week. She is up and walking around, and trying to do chores–despite dr.’s orders.  Luckily her sister flew in from Texas to help out over the next few weeks. I was able to photograph Susan’s head after all the Chemotherapy, and I think she is still stunningly beautiful even w/o hair! :) I’ve posted a few of those photos below. Enjoy the Kubandas: Mike, Susan, Gabe and Adoree, Carman and Mandy!

Cheers,
jewels

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Gabe and his gorgeous girlfriend Adoree.
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Carman and his beautiful girlfriend, Mandy, they have so much fun together!
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Susan’s beautiful head with out hair! :) It was pretty chilly outside while shooting.
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Gabe is in a LA band, Letters Burning, and they have a new EP “Simple Thoughts and Tragedy”, produced by Sean O’Keefe (Falloutboy, hawthorne heights, plain white t’s, less than jake) which was just released! :)
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Mike and Susan! :)  I love how they are smiling with their eyes in this photo!
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  • Bobbi says:

    These are amazing Jewels! There are too many favorites to just pick on but I love that second one and the one of him jumping in the back of the truck.

     (April 21, 2008 at 6:20 pm)
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  • Mandy says:

    These look so awesome, Jewels! I love all the natural looking expressions. Your colors, as always, are so great!

     (April 21, 2008 at 6:25 pm)
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  • April says:

    these are awesome..i love that last picture..those are some great smiles. you do such a great job!

     (April 21, 2008 at 7:23 pm)
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  • heather taylor photography says:

    Looks like such a fun session- you did a beautiful job!

     (April 21, 2008 at 7:53 pm)
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  • Amy says:

    What a fun session, looks like they had a great time! My favorite two shots are of Gabe and Adoree where you only see them holding hands in the back of the truck and Carman jumping over Mandy. I hope I got those names straight! I love the ones of Susan too. :)

     (April 21, 2008 at 8:09 pm)
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  • Tracie says:

    Great job Jewels, looks like you really captured the character and personality of this family.

     (April 21, 2008 at 8:34 pm)
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  • RAE says:

    You captures some wonderful moments with this family. All the photos are awesome…I just can’t pick a fave!

     (April 21, 2008 at 9:22 pm)
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  • Becky says:

    Great family photos. Sending all my good thoughts to her. Fight the good fight, Susan!

     (April 21, 2008 at 9:29 pm)
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  • Aaron says:

    Jewels,
    Great set of photos!! And their are so many, great work!

     (April 22, 2008 at 5:04 pm)
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  • Carol says:

    I haven’t seen my cousin in decades. Thanks for these wonderful photos of a beautiful-inside-and-out family.

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The Kiss

April 11, 2008

Here is a fun photo of Megs and Aaron in Vegas! I stumbled over it while editing photos, and thought I’d share.

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Here is a fun photo of Megs and Aaron in Vegas! :) I stumbled over it while editing photos, and thought I’d share.

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Jodi and Brian

March 14, 2008

Jodi and Brian are the kind of couple that lights up a room. I was laughing during most of our shoot, and loved how at ease they were with each other. I think you’ll agree when you see their photos. I am excited to shoot their wedding, as I’ve been warned that it will be [...]

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Jodi and Brian are the kind of couple that lights up a room. I was laughing during most of our shoot, and loved how at ease they were with each other. I think you’ll agree when you see their photos. I am excited to shoot their wedding, as I’ve been warned that it will be big! Thanks Jodi and Brian for a fun afternoon shooting, enjoy your photos, and be sure to check out the slideshow below.

In other news, I’m heading off to Las Vegas for a week as I attend WPPI. I’ll be joined by Aaron and Megs Nelson of Evantide Photography, and Amy Parsons of Amy Parsons Photography. This will definitely be an adventure….I’ll let you know how it goes!

Cheers,
jewels

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Slideshow

February 6, 2008
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Josh + Heather and their little Darlings

January 29, 2008

Yes, another cold stormy winter day of shooting! I love harsh weather in photos, but I need to make sure everyone is keeping warm and toasty at the same time. It was a joy to capture the Schmitt family on digital film. Josh and Heather have 2 super sweet and beautiful daughters Faith and Ryleigh. [...]

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Yes, another cold stormy winter day of shooting! I love harsh weather in photos, but I need to make sure everyone is keeping warm and toasty at the same time. It was a joy to capture the Schmitt family on digital film. :) Josh and Heather have 2 super sweet and beautiful daughters Faith and Ryleigh. I was so stunned to see such vibrant beautiful blue eyes on these girls, but that is probably because Josh and Heather have stunning blue eyes themselves! Just look! After a few family shots, I took Josh and Heather out for some more romantic photos! ;) They were up for anything, no matter how chilly it was! Enjoy….

Cheers,
jewels
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And check out these eyes!

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Ok, so I told Heather to kiss Josh, and put her leg up at the same time…something was lost in translation. She gave me this…
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I was hoping for something more like this… :)
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Justin + Amanda

July 17, 2007

Ok…I had way too much fun shooting Amanda and Justin. They are crazy funny, and I found my self laughing out loud while looking at all thier photos—most of which were funny faces at the camera!

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Ok…I had way too much fun shooting Amanda and Justin. They are crazy funny, and I found my self laughing out loud while looking at all thier photos—most of which were funny faces at the camera!

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  • Elizabeth says:

    Awesome pics, Jewels! Does this mean Amanda and Justin are going to be needing some wedding pics in the future? I hope so! :)

     (August 18, 2007 at 7:07 am)
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