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Here it is! You can see my new blog here. I am really super excited about it! We're still working on getting everything set up and working perfectly, but I just couldn't wait to share with my friends. Please let me know what you think and leave me some comments :)

Jen

Soon

I'm working on something pretty big, and pretty awesome!! It will be occupying my time for the next few days, but I promise to share with you as soon as I can!


- Jen

la fleur

Silly Girls

Old School

I've discovered such a precious treasure recently. When my mom died she had one box that contained tons of pictures, my baby book, and a few other sentimental keepsakes. There are tons of pictures of my mom's childhood, and even older. I found a picture of my great grandmother in 1930! So awesome! Out of all of them, this is one of my favorites. I don't even know who she is, but she is beautiful. I love to sit and look at all of these old pictures I have and wonder about their lives. What else were they doing that day when they took the picture? Did they ever think someone 50 years later would be looking at them?

Mi Familia

My Mom circa early 1980s




And my family (pre Matthew) around 1987 I'm guessing. For those of you wondering where I get my maiden name (Gonzales) I give you mi padre!

Yeah Yeah

I'm sorry to the 3 people that read this blog :) :P Here are some from a shoot I did last Saturday with an AMAZING family.

Psalm 91


1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”

3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler[a]
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”

Last Saturday night I was on the Seal Beach pier at about 9 at night and it was still about 80 degrees. Last Thursday night Justin and I went "Tornado chasin'" through the I.E. (because there had already been 3 that day) where upon we found mud slides, hail, and snow on roof tops in Perris, Ca. WHAT. THE. HECK.

I wish I would've brought our camera on Thursday. It would've gotten soaked though. So these 2 are just from the Seal Beach area. I feel for the person that has to clean those smudgy finger prints off the front door of that bar every night. I would start smacking people who couldn't use the door handle. :) In love, in course.

Andrew

Textures

I've decided to read my manual again. You all should do the same.

Tired of counting!

What a sad little fella! If only he knew he is crawling on Riverside cement. If only he realized in just a matter of hours he was going to be the consistency of the Colonel's Original Recipe. I wish I could tell him. Sadly enough, I don't talk to snails. Oh well.

The Many Faces of Ava Francesca

72

69 (Day 1 and 2 in Nashville)

Ummmm, guard dog?


Hannah, and her BFF behind her.

humble beginnings. . .

64

^^ That's at a crummy 1600 ISO inside Pirates of the Carribean. I was strictly just playing around. Strictly. ;)

63

The JMB Foundation

I thought I would just throw this out there, since I know the majority of my blog peepers are into the minstry of helping me out ;) I thought I would do the good justice of helping you out with this. I need to find a designer to help create a corporate identity, logo, letter head. And I know most of you are all chomping at the bit to do this gratis (that's latin for free darlin'). However, I cannot in good conscience allow you do this just out of the kindess of your heart. But I will take the steepest discount you've ever offered anyone in your entire life. What can I say, I'm so giving. If you would like to inquire about this life changing and ultimately Fun x infinity job please feel free to leave a comment :).


Also, for all you non-graphic designers in web world, more specifically I need to speak with photographers. I would love to come and shoot second with you sometime. I've recently hit that crossroads in photography where you think "do I continue doing this as just a fun hobby for the rest of my life, Or do I jump head first into the great unknown and try to make a career out of this?" Well I took that second path. I'm just at the beginning, but boy is it the most exciting thing I've ever embarked on! So I'm looking to shoot anything and everything, and all that's in between. And if you want someone to come shoot second with you on any event, please don't hesitate to ask! It's a win-win situation. I get valuable experience, and I get to see how a professional works. You get any great shots I get from the shoot. How is that bad? I know you can't think of an answer for that. Because it's awesome!

One last thing I want to mention is The B School Blog. I haven't even gotten through half the videos, and I have learned so much. Valuable information that most photographers would never think to share with anyone, Becker has so happily given away. I am now hooked and will be checking frequently for new videos!

ciao
Jen

sixty-deux

As a confessed "smack talker" of Riverside, I am really trying my best to find cool tings about it. I'm trying my own subchallenge to the 100 photos per day. I'm trying to take most of those within the confines of my city limits. As a way to remember that God has me here for many reasons I'm sure, and I should appreciate the wonderful comfy place I live in. So today I drove through parts of Riverside I've never been before. Getting completely lost is fun, but God bless my navigator. Her name is Beezus.

60.1

I did it! I shot over a hundred photos, and all before lunch time! Woo! I wandered through Chino Hills. And might I say, their hills are beautiful! Covered with flowers :)

Day 60 = Beetlemania!!!

I saw this thing crawling around the sidewalk outside of my apartment. I tried to get a pic before it went into the planter. But now that I am looking at it, I like that the thing ended up there. I tried not to be girly when taking it. But for the ten minutes after I took it I got a case of the heebies and would spaz out thinking Bugzilla was crawling on me.

In other news me and Lily are taking the Missional Photagraphy class at Rock Harbor. It was our first night and I admit I was a bit starstruck sitting in a room with Jessica Claire and Mike Colon. The class is every Tuesday for the month of April. Our homework is to start taking 100 pictures a day! Whew it's a challenge enough taking one! But by the end of the class we'll have taken 3,000 photos. I've seen how much I've grown in just the couple months I've had this blog. I'm excited to see what one month and 3,000 photos will do for me.

Well now I am thinking too much about the bug. I'm quite sure it is going to break into our house and eat me alive while I'm sleeping. If I am salvaged, I will see ya'all tomorrow.

Jen

Day 59

Lily. Friends since junior high. (edit: we've known each other since jr. high, but didn't become friends til high school) Thanks for being a good friend, and introducing me to the Once Soundtrack :)

Well I have to give it to the CEO's of Monavie. Their marketing department is AMAZING. I was almost ready to buy some! Until I talked to my great friend Amber about it. I wanted her opinion on it, as she is very knowledgable in all things healthy. She asked what the main ingredients were and I said "Acai berry" And she's like "Oooh! You can buy acai juice at Whole foods for like 3 bucks!"

I came home and researched it. Bossa Nova Acai Juice comes in original Acai, or you can have it mixed with mango, blueberry, or raspberry. And not that I didn't trust her, but I looked it up and it's about $2.50-$3.49 a bottle. Also, The Vitamin Shoppe sells 32 oz. bottles of just pure Acai Juice. So as pretty as the Mona Vie bottles are, and as wickedly clever they may be, I will stick to the same thing, in a plastic bottle for lots less :).

Still your happy skeptic,
Jen