behind the scenes: personal || dfw engagement & wedding photographer

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Throughout the year as I cull through weddings and other shoots I usually come across photos that my assistant or second shooter grabbed of me while shooting.  As narcissistic as it may sound, I love it when I find them, because it gives me the chance to see what I do through the eyes of someone else, not to mention remind myself that horizontal stripes really aren't a good look for me.

I love love love my job.  I feel like that's a somewhat cliche thing to say (especially among photographers) but every year as I look back and realize all the places it's taken me, and all the friendships it's helped create, I'm overwhelmed with gratefulness that my job is centered around documenting the stories that these people will be telling for years to come.  It's fabulous really.  

So while this feels a little bit like a "Look mom, I'm a photographer!" (waving hands wildly) kind of post, one of my favorite things at the end of every year is putting together this little year in review post of me with some of the lovely people I've had the opportunity to work with over the past 12 months.  Enjoy!

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A special thanks to all of my fabulous second shooters and others who were kind enough to take these photos!
Elisabeth Carol, Lauren Ashley, Libby Zellon, Lauren Rae, & Evangeline Renee.
Much Love,
Jessica Shae
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21 comments:

  1. Love every year when you do this post! So fun to see ;)

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  2. Weird as it may sound, some of my favorite photos are "behind the scenes" photos of photogs. It gives me a clear glimpse as to how they shoot certain things (i.e. being in the aisle for a wedding vs. the very back -- smart idea!), etc. Loved this post.

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  3. This is awesome!! I love behind the scenes pictures! Oh, and your hair is AMAZING! =)

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  4. Love it! I agree with Anna, some of my favorites are behind the scenes. And you have gorgeous hair.
    Also, I love your camera bag. Where'd you get it?

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  5. Oh Jessica you are the cutest photographer!!!:)I LOVE your work!!

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  6. this really puts things into perspective! i think it's great that while you're capturing memories for your clients, you're capturing memories yourself, if you know what i mean :)

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  7. I love looking at photog behind the scenes pictures...oh, and you are also kind of the cutest :)

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  8. You are so cute! Um...can I have your hair? Where do you buy your clothes? They are adorbs!
    XOXO Anna Rose

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  9. Yaaay! I've been waiting for this post. :-) I love behind the scenes of photographers (you especially, you look so cute)... it's such a great peek into how you work, and inspires me to start shooting!

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  10. love this!! You look like a cute littl' girl with a big camera, enjoying every moment!!

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  11. Yes, behind the scenes posts tend to be some of my favorites as well. I love to see other photogs at work. And I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one that takes pictures of myself in mirrors when shooting weddings. haha!

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  13. I enjoy these posts so much... I love how natural your look and style and relationship with each of the people in these images is! Wish I could fly you out here to Australia and just spend hours snapping away and learning all there is to know about photography from you :) xo

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  14. Love these Jessica! And how do you get your hair to look so beautiful through weddings?! I have a bunch of behind the scenes photos I'm debating on posting because I look like a hot mess- bahaha! Anyway, you look adorable! Blessings!

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  15. love.love. love. posts like these! thanks for sharing the behind the scenes pictures !

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  16. Love this!! Behind the scenes photos are so fun. <3

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  17. I love thes a lot...can I say how beautiful and how amazing your smile is?! I just love it :)

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  18. you are so fabulous! I love your style :)

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  19. Just out of curiosity, what lens are you shooting with in photo #12 from the top?

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Thanks for taking the time to say hello, it makes my day everytime! :)

Jessica Shae