Sometimes I'm at a party, or shopping at the mall, or stalking people on facebook, and I see or meet someone and the first thought that comes into my head is: "I really want to photograph that person." Because over the last few years as I've photographed literally hundreds of people, I've become more and more intrigued with the unique make-up of every single person. And sometimes I see people that are just begging to be photographed. One time it happened to me as I was walking out of the mall. . .I walked past a mom and her two little girls, both about 6-7 yrs. old and they were sporting the cutest curly red hair I have ever seen. In the few split seconds that passed as we were passing each other, I came so close to pulling out a business card and asking if I could do a portrait session of them. . .but I didn't. I kicked myself afterwards for being a chicken :P (it's now officially on my dream list to do a shoot of a random person that I stop somewhere and ask if I can photograph them)
I met Amy about 6 years ago while we were both going through a girls discipleship program in Dallas. I didn't get to know her super well during that time, but afterwards we were FB friends and every time one of her pictures popped up in my news feed I had that same thought: "I really want to photograph her." There was just something about her big brown eyes and gypsy style that assured me that she would be fabulous in front of the camera. I knew she was from the Denver area, so a few weeks ago when I was looking for models for my Colorado internship she was the first person that came to mind. So I sent her one of those slightly awkward messages that goes something like: "Um, hi. . .we haven't seen each other in almost 6 years, and you probably don't remember me, but I was wondering. . .can I take your picture??" And lucky for me she wasn't creeped out by my random request and said yes!
Some of you may have see one of my statuses a few weeks ago about this shoot--I was pretty giddy afterwards because these are seriously some of my favorite portraits I have everrrrr taken.
Thank you thank you Amy for not being creeped out by my request, you totally rocked it!
Much Love.
She's DEFINITELY gorgeous!! You did such a grrrrreat job, girl.
ReplyDeleteAnd yayy for you for asking the question!! That would be a huggggggge jump for me. =)
wwooooww these are gorgeous! I especially love #7 -- oh, and that purple flare in #1 is ahhhmazing. :)
ReplyDeleteJust a quick question.... I love the rounded corners in your blog pics. Is that a LR export preset? Or do you apply that to all your pictures {even to the ones for printing?}
Oh my goodness -- those are beautiful. There's such a elegant simplicity and most certainly gypsy feel to the photos. My favorite is the photo number six; the diptych is stunning and the photo on the right is so delicate. Absolutely gorgeous photos. Almost ethereal in quality.
ReplyDeleteJessica! these are freakin' gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I just wanted to share with you something I wrote on my blog last week:
"Sometimes I just get this feeling about people that they’re cool and I get all like “Ahhhhh! I wish I knew them so we could do a photo shoot!” Normally I don’t act on this instinct because I’m (surprisingly) shy, but as soon as my sis heard me say I wanted to do a photo shoot she wouldn’t let me not ask them about it."
So, um, I totally know the feeling. And isn't it so fun stepping out of our comfort zone and asking to take pics?!
Again, these are fab. The lighting is so perfect.
-Stephanie
I think these are my favorite portraits you've taken. Ever. Seriously, stunning. The light is so so gorgeous. Amy is ridiculously gorgeous and I adore her style. I'm just kind of rambling with gushy comments, but I can't help it. ;)
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful! I love the feel of them. :) Those are some of your best work!! You were very lucky to take her pictures. She's so pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, JESSICA!! These are so beautiful and so is SHE!! I can imagine how excited you were :D.And the LOCATION is marvelous. I give you the grade of 114 and a "Woohoo!" Haha :D.
ReplyDeleteP.S. The whole "I really want to photograph that person." I think that ALL the time. Lol.
Gorgeous! I just love the lighting in All the pics!
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
Emily
This is all too gorgeous for words. <3 Stunning girl, stunning photos. The lighting is just sublime!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness wow. these photos are absolutely stunning!!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures!
ReplyDeleteMelissa~
melissascapturedmoments.blogspot.com
ahhhhhhhhhh! increddiiiiible.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love~
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, Jessica these are outstanding.
ReplyDeleteJust jaw dropping.
Eliza
www.afieldofsunflowers95.blogspot.com
Oh my goodness! Those are stunning! Love!
ReplyDeleteThose are absolutely stunning, Jessica! Where do you find all of that gorgeous, yummy sunlight?? (smile) My favorites include: 1, 7, 10, 16....okay, all of them. :) Blessings!! With Joy in Christ, Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteYou've done it again Jessica! Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGah...the location and the girl are simply stunning. i'm in love! :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!! STUNNING. Perfectly STUNNING. She reminds me of someone from a Jane Austen film. And the scenery is glorious. I'm just a little bit jealous of your fantastic job! haha! Great work!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had big brown eyes!
ReplyDeleteholy cow!!!!!!!! So dreamy and perfect!you should totally try entering these in a competition! :D
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
-Lydia
pretty!
ReplyDeleteLaura
Beautiful, just beautiful. Great job, Jessica! :)
ReplyDeleteoh wow!!!!!!!!! absolutely gorgeous! <3!
ReplyDeleteOk wow!! Some of these seriously look like model portfolio shots. :) Beautiful on many levels! <3
ReplyDeleteWow! I absolutely love them. All of them :) The lighting is beautiful<3. And yes I'm like that too. I was visiting a church and this young family had three adorable little kids and I wanted soo badly to take pictures of them :) but I'm to shy to ask :/
ReplyDeleteAmy, what a sweetheart, I was on her team, team 2 to be exact at EXCEL. So super funny!
ReplyDeleteDo you remember me? I remember you Jessica! :)
Great photos. :)
lol, that was such an awkward comment. :P
ReplyDeletei absolutely ADORE her outfit + your work lately jess.
ReplyDeletewhoa.
ReplyDeleteI guess that you published this a long time ago, but I have to comment because these are STUNNING! I almost fell sideways at the beauty of it all...her, the light, the setting...sheesh, I love it. :)