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California Adventure Session | Kirsten, Ryan, & Birch

February 5, 2016

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Happy 2016, friends! It’s been awhile–we hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and that the beginning of 2016 has been fantastic for you! We’ve had a great couple months recharging and planning for the year, and are looking forward to sharing more of our adventures here on the blog. Starting today, with this California adventure session we shot for Kirsten, Ryan, and their awesome golden doodle Birch!

A few weeks ago we headed to California to explore the Pacific Coast Highway, and wanted to try to find a photographer to trade sessions with (it’s been forever since we’ve had photos taken of us!). We are so ridiculously thankful that Kirsten responded, and for the beautiful photos we’ve seen so far that she created for us! We had such a great time meeting them, and adventuring around the Marin Headlands (such a stunning area!). Kirsten and Ryan live just outside of San Francisco, and just recently brought home their dream pup, after 6 years of wanting so badly to have a dog! And goodness gracious, is he just the cutest little dog or what?!

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Kirsten & Ryan–Thanks so much for hanging out with us and letting us document a few of your adventures with Birch, and for suggesting such a stunning location to meet at! And Kirsten, thank you SO much for the beautiful photos you’ve taken for us! We’re so glad we got to meet you!

Happy Friday, everyone!!

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BEHIND THE LENS

A note from Jen

Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...

I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN. 

It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.

And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.



And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.

Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen

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