kado and justin, the morning after
when kado and justin had to move their wedding from mexico back to la, we had their travel costs to reconcile. they live right by the beach and consider themselves fish, so fully submersing themselves in the ocean the morning after their wedding seemed like the perfect idea!
i have to say i was tiny bit worried when i left them at cafe pinot at midnight that they would never show up in the shutters lobby the next morning but 5 minutes early, there they were!
the morning was balmy and the water warm and the shoot total heaven! reem acra might not appreciate this shoot but i’m in love with these images and i’m pretty sure kado and justin are going to think these were worth it.
we only shot about 35 minutes but i have so many favorites!
and kado and justin, i went back and found my flip flops!
stay tuned for the wedding images.
oh and please tell me the dress is safely at the dry cleaners!?
love, love, love the black and whites!!!! great job. wish I could have tagged along.
you need to send these to trashthedress.com 
these are all wonderful… but my favorite is the 2nd to last one with the water crashing at their feet. stunning!
The one of them kissing in the water with the ferris wheel in the back- the light is AMAZING. Is that an off-camera flash or natural light peaking through the clouds??? TOTALLY awesome. Wow..
i only ever use flash if i have to, these are 100% natural light
Those are great! Makes me want to rent “From Here to Eternity.”
BEAUTIFUL! How AWEsome are these? : )
Jen you ROCK. Loving them!!! I think the last one is my favorite…
Wow!!!…So Romantic….
cortney and stacy, healdsburg, ca
cortney and stacy had such a clear vision for their wedding that from our first meeting, i was waiting to shoot it! i appreciate everyone’s personal style and how their unique weddings reflect that. cortney and stacy’s aesthetic is so aligned with mine that i couldn’t help but get very very excited. not to mention that shooting at the madrona manor meant a whole weekend in wine country with my girl chelsea.
needless to say cortney and stacy’s vision totally exceeded my expectations and completely filled me with inspiration. from their unique lack of flowers in favor of feathers, to their vintage style, i was completely in heaven. add to that the fact that they are two of the most beautiful, coolest women on the planet and top it off with the most friendly and fun group of wedding guests and i had to pinch myself to remind myself this was work.
congrats you two! here are way too many instant favorites.
two of chelsea’s beautiful portraits of stacy
such unique details
so cortney!
Jen, great images! Good job capturing and the connection between Stacy and Cortney. I also love how you worked the vintage angle. Sweet.
You are amazing. You captured our vision perfectly and made us feel beautiful. Your spirit and energy were so positive and in sync with us that it really felt like we were posing for a lifelong friend. Thank you so much for memorializing our big day in such a grand and impeccable way. We adore you!
absolutely beautiful images . . . you did a great job!!!
this wedding was AMAZING!!!! thank you so much for taking me with you. It was so much fun. Crazy that we shot them the same when we didnt’ plan it that way. So cool! We are psychic. 
alison and barry, palos verdes, ca
yikes i don’t think its ever taken me this long to blog a wedding! sorry guys!
its always such an honor to shoot a second wedding for a family. alison is tyler’s ( of the becky and tyler wedding i shot last year at beverly hills hotel) sister. alison’s chose la venta as her venue.
its really so much fun to feel like i already know so much of the family and i think it feels more personal to them too.
here are my faves from their wedding
This is why I’m flying you to Hawaii to shoot my wedding. I love what you did with this wedding!!!! AWESOME JOB Jen!!! xoxoxox
caroline and sam engagement
caroline and sam are getting married at the beach club in october. caroline scheduled an impromptu engagement session a few weeks ago and i was so excited to finally get to meet sam. their big day will be filled with sand and sea so we decided to do some street shooting for the engagement. we had a lot of fun roaming the streets and canals of venice and got some great stuff.
Great shots, Jen! So excited to see them all!
oreo is more than just cream filled
we found this cat two weeks ago and the girl is preggers! we got her an ultrasound yesterday and she is pregnant with 4 kittens. when we got her she was really skinny but when she started to out eat our 15 pound cat, gain weight by the day and sleep all the time, we knew something was up. we are taking orders for her kittens. her escapades happened before we found her so we have zero idea of who the father is or what they kittens will look like but it should be a fun surprise. they should be here in 2-3 weeks.
here she is passed out on my messy desk which is her current favorite spot.
oreo your going to be so cute when you’re a mom. i hope you have black and white and orange kittens. i don’t want to watch you have them though but i love you okay?
pam has dibs on one only if and i quote “its white and beautiful”
ali is #2
who wants 3 and 4?
WE WANT THREE AND FOUR AND ANY OTHERS YOU CANT FIND HOMES FOR
its chelsea’s bday!
chels is one of my closest friends and definately my favorite person to work with. we have a ridiculous amount of fun when we shoot together! i want her to have the best birthday ever! so everyone help me out and give her some bday love! blog.chelseaelizabeth.com or chelsea@chelseaelizabeth.com
Yeah! thanks chica that’s so sweet of you! can’t wait for my birthday breakfast! xoxoox
contact info change
effectively immediately my 310.383.8571 will be my only phone number.
hope everyone is enjoying the summer and having a great day.
healdsburg
i got to fly up to healdsburg last week for cortney and stacy’s beautiful wedding. i took my very good friend and photographer, miss chelsea elizabethwith me and we had a fantastic work and play weekend. here is some personal stuff i shot and some mug shots of us courtesy of red cheese. wedding to be blogged soon.
chelsea took this super cool one of me shooting my polaroid
this one is my favorite from the trip.
Love the photobooth pics!!!!
horse portraits part 3
so i also snapped a few of my mom that day, lesotho is her horse after all that she imported from germany as a foal and has hand raised. here are my two faves.
Nice, Jennifer.
Your mom looks gorgeous Jen! Very cool!
rita
rita is here for the summer from hawaii riding for kim. isn’t she stunningly beautiful? i couldn’t pass up snapping a few of shots her in all her red haired glory on kim’s shoot.
and here is one of handsome lesotho
Thankyou for the beautiful pics of our daughter
beautiful! the last two = ah-mah-zing!