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I'm Jackie

Traveling wedding photographer + photography/small biz educator.

Mesmerized by the way two people love each other, each so uniquely.  I always leave room for dessert. Believe swear words are just sentence embellishers. Think indulgences are necessary in this life. 

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Love stories in all forms without the white dress... or maybe they wore white, it happens.

Just my little thoughts on different topics of planning your wedding day big party or just you two.

Stories of two lovers making it all about them, as they should.

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I recently made changes to my website that I really thought no one would notice. But turns out people did. Maybe even you did. And it’s become more frequent that I hear about it or get some questions regarding it that I thought maybe it was time to address it. This question of …. So […]

Where Do I Live

April 4, 2016

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Last year I took a break from conventions and conferences in the photo industry. And honestly I regret that. I didn’t think I needed to go and didn’t want to spend the money but I felt the weight of it before the wedding season even started. The lack of inspiration. The doubt. I missed out […]

Lessons from WPPI | Seattle Wedding Photographer

March 16, 2016

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Last week I found these amazing photos of a slightly shorter and slightly younger me. I started saying out loud, literally, the things that I wanted that girl to know as if she wasn’t even me. So in honor of Throwback Thursday I wrote up a little note to the younger me with killer hair […]

A Note to a Younger Me | Seattle Wedding Photographer

March 3, 2016

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I’ve noticed this change in attitude towards New Years Resolutions over the last couple years but it really took a turn this year. Lots of screw it don’t do em. You never keep em anyway. Waste of your time. Um… bullshit. Ok probably not bukkshit to the ‘you never keep them anyway.’ Thus the change […]

Why We Don’t Keep New Years Resolutions and How to Change That

January 21, 2016

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This summer I took a little mini vacation with a close friend to a little cabin, on a lake, on an island outside Seattle. I just like the sound of that… a cabin on a lake on an island. Sounds so fancy. It’s really not. It’s cute, quaint, cozy and the most perfect getaway place. […]

Impulsiveness is Not Rushing | Life of a Photographer

December 30, 2015

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My first morning back in Kauai Meg & I were laying in bed together, the sun shining through the windows, the wind blowing the curtains in and sucking them back out again as we watched Westjet’s Christmas Miracle video for this year. They set out a goal to accomplish 12,000 acts of kindness in 24 […]

Kauai Christmas Vacation | Life of a Photographer

December 28, 2015

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The last few months have been the beginning of what we call in the wedding industry…. booking season. And as the inquiries have come and the chats have began there is this question that has come up more than it has in years past. Why photograph weddings? You can do anything why do choose weddings? […]

Why Photograph Weddings? | Seattle Wedding Photographer

November 17, 2015

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Weddings

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They say the first step to fixing a problem is being able to address that there is a problem. Well…. check! And who is “they” anyway?! I hear it alot lately…. “It looks (or sounds) like you’ve been so busy! That’s so great!” Yep, it’s true. I’ve been real busy this year. But is it […]

Acknowledging a Need for Change | Personal

November 13, 2015

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A couple months ago a long time friend & fellow photographer, Lauren Wakefield, asked me to write a post for her #wcw series sharing the real me. The me that isn’t always shared on my social media posts. The human in me. The raw and unbound. Just some facts and then a little piece about […]

The Real Me | Guest Blog Feature

October 2, 2015

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Travel isn’t always as pretty as the idea sounds. It’s often uncomfortable.  At times it even breaks your heart. But I’ve decided that it’s ok. Each journey changes us, and it should. Since the end of last wedding season I’ve been racking up the frequent flyer miles. Travel is incredible. It’s takes everything out of […]

Loving her is a splendid adventure

May 22, 2015

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