Jennifer Beasley

blog.jenbeasley.com

2008-07-14T17:33:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-13T12:00:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-29T22:48:00.001-07:00

Silly Girls

2008-06-18T22:18:00.000-07:00

Old School

2008-06-15T10:34:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-12T15:27:00.001-07:00

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

2008-06-10T20:56:00.000-07:00

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.

2008-06-04T18:31:00.001-07:00

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.”

2008-05-25T00:09:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-10T23:43:00.000-07:00

Textures

2008-05-08T12:46:00.000-07:00

2008-05-01T23:22:00.001-07:00

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

Tired of counting!

2008-05-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-30T22:39:00.000-07:00

72

2008-04-21T11:59:00.001-07:00

69 (Day 1 and 2 in Nashville)

2008-04-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

Ummmm, guard dog?

Hannah, and her BFF behind her.

2008-04-14T14:42:00.001-07:00

humble beginnings. . .

64

2008-04-13T00:30:00.000-07:00

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

63

2008-04-12T01:08:00.000-07:00

The JMB Foundation

2008-04-11T16:13:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-10T20:57:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-09T17:03:00.001-07:00

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!!!

2008-04-08T22:49:00.000-07:00

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

2008-04-07T23:45:00.001-07:00

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 :)

2008-04-06T14:55:00.000-07:00

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

57

2008-04-05T09:37:00.000-07:00

Was anyone else experiencing internet problems last night? It wasn't on our end. Maybe some fiber got eaten by a little gopher. It could happen. Well this was the pic I took last night. I am the MOST skeptical person I know when it comes to things like this. I hate trying to be sold things, and I really don't like listening to how much the product sells itself. Because I have never had a conversation with the following; tupperware, a mary kay lip liner, any arbonne product, and collection of scrapbooking supplies, or a bottle. My friend Melissa is selling monavie, and so if my friend Dawn :). So I told Melissa if she gave me a free bottle of this stuff and I ended up becoming one of those great stories used in sales pitches, then I would agree to buy only from her. So we'll see.

I took the first shot this morning. And I really should've had a camera ready. Bleh. It's soo sweet, it's like pomegrante syrup or something. But nothing I can't handle. This bottle is supposed to last about a week. So we shall see.

your favorite skeptic,
Jen

50.6

2008-04-03T22:13:00.001-07:00

Wooo-weee!

54

2008-04-01T22:42:00.000-07:00

2 wonderful years of marriage. I never thought another person would bring this much joy to my life. :)

JMBx2

2008-03-31T18:06:00.000-07:00

79 words

Speedtest

On the 53rd Day

2008-03-31T16:05:00.000-07:00

Yikes! Busy weekend. I'm getting back on track. I know. . . excuses excuses. Here are my favs from the wedding on Saturday.

My First Wedding!

2008-03-28T09:39:00.001-07:00

I am sooooo excited. I feel so privelaged and undeserving! I get to shoot second for Dawn Malone. My awesome fam is letting me borrow some lenses and a speed light. I just feel so excited! I'm looking through lots of pictures to get some good ideas. I know most poses/shots/ideas are "old ideas" in wedding picture land, but I hope to make my photos as unique as possible! Anywho, I am just super excited and wanted to share it :)

J to tha E N

44-48

2008-03-26T22:26:00.000-07:00

ummm slack much? well i'll make up for it in a photo dump. emily, lily, and i took the metrolink from our downtown hood to Union Station in L.A. We hit up Olvera street, city hall, hollywood & highland, ect. Fuuuun times. . .

cuarenta tres

2008-03-21T19:53:00.000-07:00

Forty Two

2008-03-20T22:40:00.001-07:00

I did take some pics today, but decided to post this one instead. A fountain in Vegas.

40.1.

2008-03-19T20:33:00.000-07:00

Another painting-esque picture.

Vegas, WPPI

2008-03-18T22:35:00.000-07:00

39, 40

2008-03-18T19:01:00.001-07:00

Driving home from Vegas.

Day 38 (+ 10 hours)

2008-03-17T10:00:00.000-07:00

Day 37

2008-03-15T21:47:00.001-07:00

We went to Disneyland this afternoon/evening. We wandered through DCA for a bit, and of course I had to stop at the Bug's Life Theatre. This photo is the underside of a glowing mushroom they had around the "cave" we were waiting in.

30.6

2008-03-14T22:37:00.000-07:00

30.5.

2008-03-13T22:17:00.001-07:00

Day 34

2008-03-12T21:56:00.001-07:00

I AM a guitar hero.

Day 33

2008-03-11T16:25:00.000-07:00

I'm back! And Matthew is home from the hospital and doing super! So back to every day blogging :)

Day 29 and 30

2008-03-08T20:23:00.000-08:00

Matthew is making a miraculous recovery! He'll most likely be discharged early next week. It really is an amazing thing. Even the hardest of hearts can't deny the fact that there are super natural powers at work :)

A happy Matthew (just add morphine)

Really bored and really tired at 4am.

Day 28 - amazing

2008-03-06T16:37:00.000-08:00

I will not be postin a picture today. For those who don't know, I have a brother Matthew who is 16. When he was 10 months old he received a heart transplant. As a result of the immune suppresent drugs that were needed for his body to not reject his body, his kidneys began failing. We've been waiting for the past 13 months for a kidney transplant. Last night around 1:30am my dad got the call from Loma Linda that there was a kidney waiting for Matthew. He went into surgery this morning and is now currently recovering beautifully. He's pumped up on some grand ol' morphine. His kidney is already functioning, which according to the medical staff NEVER happens. He truly is a walking miracle. I have my camera back at the hospital and just came home to change so I can stay the night there. Please continue to pray for a speedy recovery.

Jen

Day 27

2008-03-05T15:59:00.001-08:00

Yay! I finally got one. And let me tell you, Samy's Camera will have my business from now on. Calumet's prices are a little lower but they have little stock and I've had several experiences where the guys there are jerks. And I got so much help from this girl at Samy's. She went over everything with me, because I've never shot medium format. So w00t to that.

Day 26

2008-03-04T16:52:00.000-08:00

Day 25

2008-03-03T16:55:00.000-08:00

We have these cool looking red plants around our apartment. . .

- This photo was a 'mistake.' I had it set to F1.4, focused it, and then moved by accident as I snapped. The results were this "water colorey" picture (yes, I'm well aware that is not a real word). The only thing I did on this was my usual levels, curves, and saturation. That silly blurrness is au natural. But I like how it looked.

This is the same plant. Just in different lighting and in focus, well partly anyways.

Today was beautiful! I hope this great weather stays around! I have a "shoot" tomorrow. Hehe I get a kick out of saying that. I feel so cool and sophisticated. If I get the mom's permission, I'll post one or two (hint hint Amber).

Day 24

2008-03-02T23:30:00.000-08:00

Another one I like of Dadda and Son. I did take a couple pics today but am having some minor computer malfunctions. That, and also I'm really into Lost. haha.

cheers

Day 23

2008-03-01T17:01:00.001-08:00

Day 22

2008-02-29T22:18:00.001-08:00

Disneyland today! Father and son. What is sweeter to look upon than those tender hands? Soon they'll grow and callus. But just right now they get to be sweet, clinging, and innocent.

Day 21

2008-02-28T19:52:00.001-08:00

It was a good day :)

Day 20

2008-02-27T21:35:00.001-08:00

Can't talk. Justin and I have drank the Kool-aid and are now watching Lost season 1 on dvd. I must admit, I can see what all the hype is about!

type at you some other time.

p.s. "Hi Grams!" love you

hear no. speak no. and then some.

2008-02-26T18:29:00.000-08:00

Day 14-19

2008-02-26T12:03:00.000-08:00

Well I am back from Yosemite. And ok, so I didn't take a lot of pictures. In my defense it snowed hard the whole time. when it wasn't snowing it was raining. Would you want to take your camera out in that with not camera poncho? I didn't think so. So here are the few that are my favorite. Justin got some great shots too!

Day 13

2008-02-20T18:52:00.000-08:00

One of 3 girls that have a very special place in my heart :) They're the most amazing little people you'll ever come in contact with!

I'm gone in Yosemite until Monday night. And I shall return with many a purrty picture :)

Jen

Day 12

2008-02-19T20:12:00.000-08:00

Bored Jen + (Camera + Red Perfume Lid) =

Day 11

2008-02-18T21:18:00.000-08:00

Incidentally, I'm in need of a sandisk card reader (the ones that read multiple cards, as I have said multiple cards in my posession). Would any of you fine ladies or gents have a recommendation on where I can find one that is fairly inexpensive that hasn't sunk on a boat somewhere in the southern pacific? Thanks much.

J

Day 10

2008-02-17T20:45:00.000-08:00

Sister in love's don't get any prettier than this!

Day 7, 8, and 9

2008-02-16T15:42:00.000-08:00

Ok ok I'm back from the dead. I was in pretty bad shape for a couple days. I'm still nowhere near 100% but I am getting closer. My favorite family, The Starks, had the most beautiful lilies delivered to me today as a "get well" treat. Aside from Justin, I've never gotten flowers before! So I was super excited :) :) Here are some pics of the beautiful flowers.

Day 6

2008-02-13T16:37:00.001-08:00

So today marks a special one. I am experiencing vertigo for the first time in my life. It's quite terrible really. I am not able to stand or even sit up for long. Everything is spinning and I've been sick to my stomach all day. I did take pictures of my bottle of Vicks. But I'm not physically able to concentrate much on the computer screen to upload and edit. So I will post an old pic for now. But I still want it known I have not broken my commitment, because I in fact did take a picture today :) Peace.

Day 5

2008-02-12T17:43:00.000-08:00

I like this.

2008-02-11T20:31:00.000-08:00

Day 4

2008-02-11T17:51:00.000-08:00

What in the world is going on with our weather? I am definately a warm weather person, but I feel cheated! It's not supposed to be hear for a while, I want more rain! To ease this pain, I bought new curtains today. Naturally. What would you do? ;)

And here they are. . .

Day 3

2008-02-10T15:05:00.000-08:00

We went to Soup Plantation today for lunch. There were 2 of those asian tour buses that were there. 68 kids and 6 adults. That should be against the law. They were running around like mad. I was playing with my F1.4. It's really hard to get used to. I'll post 2 pictures that I took at 1.4. The Ice Cream cone, I feel, would've come out a lot better had I bumped the App. up just a bit so I would lose that glow and Justin would be a little bit more in focus. But I'm glad I'm practicing :)

Day 2

2008-02-09T15:29:00.001-08:00

I am muy cansada today, so I decided to wander through my home (it's an apartment, so I can't wander for too long) and I was trying to find something silly to take a picture of. I decided to shoot the heat lamp in my bathroom. I set my camera on auto focus and held it up there to take a couple pics. I was very safe and didn't look into the light. I did, however, glance towards it for about 2 seconds which sent my eyeballs into a crazy spot fiesta. But I'm done and they're better now.

J

Day 1

2008-02-08T23:51:00.000-08:00

Well Miss Dawn Malone has encouraged me to start up one these them thar blogs :) I also decided I might as well start posting a picture a day. From the queen of procrastination and "that can wait til later" we'll see how long this lasts

I took this picture of a naked tree in the parking lot of a strip mall at around 11 pm tonight. We were on our way from visiting some friends in the Limonite area. It might not be a "correct" picture, but I much prefer the artistic "artsy fartsy" to the correct :)