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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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From the day she was born she hasn’t been able to sit still. Would drive me crazy that every photo of her was blurry cause she wouldn’t stop moving. So I bought a nicer, “faster” camera. When she turned 2 she no longer needed me… so she thought. Super independent and god forbid I help […]

The one who inspires me

May 18, 2015

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I hadn’t been on Pinterest in weeks so I logged in. Right at the top was a quote that Pinterest ‘picked for me’ … “At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.” This thought/idea has been my state of mind for the […]

Letting go of the should be

February 23, 2015

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A few weeks ago I got a little excited with my blog. Adding a new ‘Pin It’ button. Facebook plugin things. A bunch of jibberish and an update. And since then I have blogged twice. Because I got too excited.  And I messed things up. Blogging became difficult as things weren’t doing what they were supposed […]

The maintenance.

January 29, 2015

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I’m always excited to upload my second shooters images. One, I can’t wait to see what they got from their point of view while we shot all day. Two, how big of an ass did I make of myself today? … I could have added a zillion photos to this post but I decided to […]

Behind the Scenes of 2014

January 14, 2015

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The Castle. When deciding we’d spend a day or so in Ireland I really just wanted to drive the countryside. Get off the highway and just drive. Seeing as much of it as I could see. Meg is OBSESSED with castles. I can’t even tell you how much so in words. I began looking through castle ruins […]

Eurotrip Part 4 | The Castle

January 5, 2015

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Ireland. We only had 48 hours. We landed at 11am on Saturday and our flight left at 11am on Monday. So really outside of the airport we had about 45 hours. It’s so weird to think that’s all we were there. It seemed like we did so much and it ended up being my favorite part […]

Eurotrip Part 3 | Ireland

January 2, 2015

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France. Is kind of a blur. So much happened in 3 days on about 8 hours of sleep. Honestly we didn’t put alot of effort into planning the France portion of our trip. Not that Meg and I make much of an effort when it comes to planning anyway. That should tell you how ready […]

Eurotrip Part 2 | France

December 23, 2014

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About a month and a half ago after a night of a few drinks Meg and I sat on the floor of her parents condo in Kauai Facetiming with her sister, Steph. Steph half jokingly said we should meet her in Paris in a few weeks. Without hesitation Meg and I, probably in sync, said […]

Eurotrip Part 1 | Norway

December 18, 2014

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I ran away from Thanksgiving. Straight up. I’m not a runner. Well actually I like running, for some cardio, but I don’t normally run from my “problems.” I’m a little bit on the confrontational side. Or a lot bit. Depends on who you talk to 😉   I’d rather address things head on and then […]

Running from Thanksgiving

December 1, 2014

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I met up with a friend in Palm Springs this summer. Summer in Palm Springs….. HOT. The only the way to spend the afternoon was in the pool. We’d head out there and within minutes…. cannonballs from the hot tub to the pool. Piggy back rides until you both went under. Turtle rides. Do you […]

To go back to being like a child

November 20, 2014

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