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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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Have you written your 2013 goals yet? Started them but haven’t finished them? They aren’t always so easy are they?! I won’t lie. I just wrote my 2013 business goals today, on the 4th of January. I knew what I wanted for 2013. But goals aren’t just what you want to accomplish, shouldn’t they be […]

Setting goals isn’t always so easy

January 4, 2013

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We don’t all have the same wedding season. Some of us in those warm climates (aka Arizona) are just picking back up with weddings. Cause seriously no one wants to get married in the Arizona heat. At least I don’t think they do. The southern hemisphere is just starting their wedding season. But most of […]

The Off Season – What Now?!

October 30, 2012

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Christmas Eve I was jammin’ in the car, headed up to the ski hill. About 20 minutes out so I was really getting into the tunes and getting pumped up for the day. The song was interrupted by someone calling. I said something like “How dare you number that I don’t know interrupt my song […]

Life is an Adventure | Promo Video

October 9, 2012

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I was a bride before I was a wedding photographer. And honestly that has helped me in so many ways, but has also held me back in so many ways.  I started my business from the viewpoint of a bride. Not a bad thing. But I failed to also view it as a business owner. […]

Defining

July 2, 2012

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The number one reason my clients book me (across the board) is for images that are “candid” … “full of emotion” … “real” … “authentic.”  <—- This is what I do. This is what I capture. It is my desire to photograph and capture YOU, authentic, real, full of emotion YOU!  Usually this statement of […]

Finding Emotion in Posing

June 26, 2012

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Feels like I haven’t blogged in years. I disappeared. Sorry. The last few weeks have been insane… ly AWESOME! 6 boudoir sessions, lots of driving, 3 days of filming for a promo video, wedding consultations, planning more travel, tons of editing, and Joe got a new job so our lives are definitely changing. So pumped […]

Gettin’ the groove back

June 19, 2012

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Van! My favorite place! Life has been INSANE the last weeks. Like amazing insane.  Some of the most incredible opportunities have come my way.  I’m stoked at how busy my summer is, even though that means it’s going to go by SO fast.  And truly it’s almost June which means July is right around the […]

The Breakout Experience-Vancouver | July 17-18

May 30, 2012

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The last couple of weeks have been insane. I wake up every morning and force myself to go back to sleep for 10 minutes just to make sure I’m waking up in real life. I’m living my dream. Its happening right now. I’m overwhelmed with emotion.  I don’t know where to begin. I have already […]

Is this real life?

May 24, 2012

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C’mon who doesn’t have a favorite lens, or three?!  I often get asked what lens I was using on a shot, or what do I use and when do I use it, or recommendations on what to purchase. So the time has come to share my favs 🙂 Sidenote: I see people write fav as […]

Sometimes I have Favorites

May 2, 2012

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The Breakout Experience went down in Missoula this last weekend. It was SUCH a blast. I enjoy teaching and helping other photographers SO much!! I can’t even tell you how much. To see them light up with excitement, take TONS of notes, mention how rejuvenated they feel, and their permagrins after the shoot, make it […]

The Breakout Experience – Missoula

April 30, 2012

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