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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Snapshots [I return!]



Hello lovely people. I have been gone for far to long from my blog. Since the semester is now over for me, i figured i need to get back to blogging. I also miss all my blogger friends! I went around the house and took some snapshots of my cat, Todd...he's so cute, some Christmas things as we are slowly getting things done, and just a few odd ball things! By the way, i dyed my hair Red, you can see it in one of the photos! I hope you enjoy these and you can now officially say that i am back!!! haha. It feels good. 

SNAPSHOTS!













Enjoy Your Thursday Everyone! I'll be up to some editing today for clients and some other stuff! Head over to Facebook.com/JustJessPhotography to check out all of my latest work! 






Thursday, October 25, 2012

A little something about myself.

So, there is something you might not know about me. So, here it is....I am a HUGE Taylor Swift fanatic! I don't think i seem like someone who would be a huge mega fan, but i am. :D I think Taylor is just such an amazing person, she is so genuine. Anyway, I ordered a huge bonus pack of all kinds of goodies of hers including her new album. Right now she has this contest going on called 'Paint the World Red' after her new album 'RED' and for the contest, you get points if you're playing. The person with the most points in the end gets to meet Taylor! Then other people with high points as well can get some pretty sweet merchandise. You can get points by tweeting and stuff like that. I can get extra points if you guys sign up! I don't even mind if you just want to sign up real fast and just leave it be after that. But, if you guys could help me out, i would super appreciate it!!! 


Here is the link to click to get me some extra points, and to join if your interested!!!
 Click Here!


She also just came out with a new music video for her song 'Begin Again' I wanted to share it today. :) Leave comments and let me know what you think of it, or just of what you think of Taylor in general. 



              

Thanks for stopping by everyone!! Have a great Thursday!! 



Monday, October 22, 2012

[Stephanie Pana & The End Photography Workshop]


This past Saturday i attended a workshop in the Chicago area with two of my absolute favorite photographers!! Stephanie Pana Photography, and The End Photography. I couldn't believe it when i first walked in that there they were, standing right in front of me!! I had been waiting for this workshop since April, and i was beyond excited to meet them when the time came! We learned a lot about the business side of photography and then went out and did a shoot with two gorgeous models. Stephanie and Heather later taught us some post-processing, which was awesome because of course, who wouldn't want to know their tricks?? haha. We had a ton of people help us out with this workshop, and I'd like to thank them! I've borrowed this blog post from Stephanie, and I give full credit to her for the images and taking the time to make such a great blog post!! 
  • Gina Cristine Photography was SO kind to have lent us her studio for an entire day. It was beyond what we could have ever dreamt of for this workshop. Without your kindness of lending us your gorgeous studio, this workshop wouldn’t have been what it was. THANK YOU!
  • Our models, Elizabeth & Adrianna – you ladies KILLED it. By the end of the shoot, I was sincerely blown away with how well you both did. Everyone was thoroughly impressed with your natural talents AND your personalities. You’re both wonderful!
  • Our Hair & Make Up Artists Patricia Cerniuk & Gel Costa over @ Patricia Cerniuk Beauty & Bridal Services did a PHENOMENAL job with bringing our visions to life. So thoroughly impressed with every last drop of detail they gave us. It makes such a HUGE difference to really have a professional help keep your vision alive. These ladies are just too wonderful! Thank you!
  • Karlen @ Rock The Shot – You are such a wonderful presence to be around. Your knowledge is so inspiring and it was truly such an honor to have you be a special guest speaker at our workshop. You truly added something special to the day which we cannot thank you enough!
  • Sara Kiesling & Oh Kaye! Photography – Our incredible vendors for this workshop who were SO kind to have donated some awesome discounts for our attendees. Not only are these ladies super talented, they are both some of the greatest ladies we know! Thank you both!!
  • Smokey Barque BBQ – We had a such a YUMMY lunch from this local restaurant. I hadn’t had it before & was really pleased with the GREAT food. I think everyone else could agree!
  • Stephanie's parents, Rosa & Bill, for helping with set up, support AND also a special thanks to my Mama for making an incredible homemade Italian dinner for all the attendees to come back to after a hard days work! Everyone loved it & I love you guys!
  • Last, but most certainly NOT least, Heather! One of Stephanie's most dearest friends & partner in crime in this whole entire thing. She brought a brand new perspective to Stephanie on so many things throughout this entire process. Stephanie said she always learns SO much from her.  It literally could not have been as flawless as it was without her AMAZING talents in event planning & marketing. Stephanie says "She is too wonderful! I am so blessed to have such a great and wonderful friend. Love her!!"
Here are some awesome photos, all taken by Stephanie Pana of StephaniePanaPhotography.com












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All images above are property of Stephanie Pana

After all of this, Here is a tiny preview of some of my own images i took during the workshop after Stephanie and Heather taught us some process techniques 





Thank you for stopping by, have a great Monday!!! I have a ton to do today!! Let me know what you think! 


Sunday, October 7, 2012

A Strange new fruit to me

Alright guys, so i had this strange fruit the other day and i just have to share about it. In one of my classes, this guy was talking about this fruit called a Kiwano, and i had never heard about it before, so the next class we had..he brought me one! ha-ha!! Cracked me up. Anyway... I took it home to see what this fruit was all about.
So, here is a picture of what he handed to me in class...Just Look at it!!! 



So would you not be a little confused or worried to eat this if you had never seen one before? haha.

So when i got home, i wasn't sure how to go about eating this thing, so i just cut it in half, and here is what i got when i cut it!!

I was not expecting green at all!!! This was a total surprise to me when i cut it open. i was expecting...well orange. haha. 

A little information for you: The Kiwano is often referred to as 'The Horned melon' geee...i can't imagine why?! It's very pokey by the way, it hurts if you grab it to hard. 
These melon's are very healthy for you as well, filled with vitamin A & C, as well as fiber.


Another fun fact about this fruit, The fruit appeared in an episode of Friends; "The One Where Ross Dates a Student" -haha! 

So when i opened this melon, i wasn't to sure how to eat it, and then i remembered that your suppose to eat the seeds....so....i dug the seeds out like a pumpkin...


Then i just ate the seeds!!! The Kiwano is part of the cucumber family, so it had a very mild flavor. I read that they are good for salads, or you can use the juice to make ice cubes to add color to your water or other drinks! Which is fun. It has a little citrus flavor as well. It's a very cleansing fruit, so it's defiantly a great fruit to add to a diet i would say!

Have any of you tried this fruit before? What did you think of it?! 
Have a great Sunday everyone! This is the first Sunday in awhile that i have had off work, so hopefully i can find a way to enjoy it while i can. 



Tuesday, October 2, 2012

A little photo shoot


So, about a week or so ago i did a little mini session of my friend Ian. He's into photography as well, so we got together and took photos of each other. How funny is that? haha. He got much more of me than i got of him, but here are the ones i got that turned out to be my favorite :))

 

Here is a shot he took of me :) 


We had a blast, and he for sure got some more awesome photos of me, but this one happens to be one of my favorites he got :) 
Enjoy your Tuesday everyone, I'm off to my classes today.