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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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Parties with all the best people in their lives.

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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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Last week I was in Vancouver and was kinda laying low. Taking a some time from work a bit to re-energize before the warmer season really kicks off. I’ve realized in the past few months that I’ve just been making to-do lists and checking them off. Well that doesn’t sound bad. Other than I’ve been […]

Putting in the hard work. Always.

May 1, 2014

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A couple months ago I attended WPPI. While there I was on a panel along with my great friends, Meg Courtney & Jeremy Kester, discussing the Shoot & Share model of business. If you’re unfamiliar with Shoot & Share I wrote a blog post a while back about it, as well as check out the […]

Featured | Photo Professional Magazine

April 21, 2014

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Weddings

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Family photos are chaotic. I love chaos 🙂  I often encourage chaos. But on a wedding day, on a timeline, with hungry people we need to keep things rolling, especially during family photos. <- Is that a run-on sentence? I was never good at english. Let me help you organize this chaos and keep everyone […]

Organizing the Chaos of Family Photos

April 16, 2014

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Photographers

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A couple of weeks ago I did a “soft launch” of sorts of my new website housing information to upcoming workshops that I offer. And I’ll be adding a bar on the blog to the left here with information as well 😉 I only made a post on my Facebook page and then shared it […]

Re-Imagine | A Business Workshop for Photographers with Jacilyn M

April 15, 2014

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Photographers

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Yesterday I had to drive out of town for a photo shoot. I love getting on the road. Traveling. My mind runs wild. It’s where I “think” best. And yesterday I started thinking about our human nature to want to be loved by everyone. We do. We want people to love us. And how we […]

Saying YES to myself.

April 8, 2014

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Photographers

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Over the last year and a half I’ve had the great pleasure of working with a business coach and other mentors. Why I didn’t do it sooner in business, is beyond me. We all need mentors and coaches. Even Olympians, the best of the best, have coaches. Many have multiple coaches and mentors. And since […]

2014 Mentoring for Photographers

February 17, 2014

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Photographers

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Oh my gosh, this years travel schedule is INSANE….. LY AWESOME!!!!!!! I skipped Vegas and WPPI last year, but this year, I’m going back!  I’m so excited for more opportunities to meet YOU! So, if you’re headed to WPPI come check out Jeff Jochum‘s class on Sunday at 3pm. It’s going to be amazing. His […]

Come see me at WPPI!

February 11, 2014

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When I first started my business I bought business cards. It’s what you’re supposed to do. I ordered them from a lab. Just simple paper, a photo on one side and my website and info on the other. Honestly I hated them. I quickly got rid of them and haven’t bought new ones in the […]

Product Review – Business Cards

February 4, 2014

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Photographers

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I choose to live in a world of possibilities, not probabilities. A few days ago I had the privilege of hosting Shoot & Share Live Chat. It was AMAZING!!! I had some incredible viewers with lots of great questions. But during the discussion I started to notice a serious trend. The fear of hearing ‘No.’  […]

Living in a world of possibilities

January 17, 2014

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Photographers

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It’s amazing I had great sleep last night. AMAZING.  But I’m certain I only slept well as my body is sore from the beating it’s had over the last two days. Snowboarding deep powder on Sunday to which I decided to go to the gym and run as soon as I got home from snowboarding. […]

Shoot & Share LIVE Chat!

January 14, 2014

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Photographers

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