the george family

Posted on September 9th, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in portrait photography

this family reminds me – “don’t put off your happy life” – from a sign on my friend joy’s wall

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Melissa George Sep 9th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

Speechless for now.. Will find words later…. :)

Chris George Sep 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

Jen, these are awesome! We had so much fun. You are an incredibly talented photographer.

sepa Sep 9th, 2009 at 4:20 pm

beautiful!

Suzanne Sep 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

looking forward to having kid(s)! just for moments captured just like this!!! Awesome shots Jen!

Jaime Vines Sep 10th, 2009 at 6:23 am

I love love LOVE the carousel shot! Gorgeous!

Amorisa Sep 10th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

Fantastic work. Stunning. I’m a friend of Melissa’s.

Deyla Huss Photography Sep 11th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

SOOOOOO fun!!! love these!!!

Michelle Blasdel Sep 16th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

Priceless.

Michelle Blasdel Sep 16th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

PRICELESS!

Christina Domingues Sep 29th, 2009 at 1:55 am

These are just beautiful!


happy accident

Posted on September 9th, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in Uncategorized

shooting from the hip to test my exposure and my lens found this bike. love it.
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Jaime Vines Sep 10th, 2009 at 6:22 am

I love happy accidents. They happen to me all the time. Kudos!


venus

Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in pet photography

venus has been captured and captured by the amazing anna
still i couldn’t resist shooting this of her

thank you to all four of anna’s great animals for letting me stay with them and slidell for the love bites

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Anna Kuperberg Sep 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm

Those are great photos! Venus says thanks for taking her photo. She looks very dignified.

Anna Kuperberg Sep 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm

And I especially love that you captured the photo of venus on the wall behind her. It’s Venus squared.

erin Sep 3rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Life is hard, isn’t it sweet Venus? A perfect Dane perfectly captured.

jen rau Sep 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm

damn why didn’t i name this venus squared. anna you are to quick for me.


mac daddy

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in fox, portrait photography

i love this kid!
sometimes i feel not worthy to be his mom, he is so much cooler than me . . .

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Eric Sep 1st, 2009 at 10:25 am

He is much too cool, gods little gift :)

kado Sep 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am

jen honey i think he gets his cool from you :) what a great muse


i am giving away one free wedding

Posted on August 25th, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in Uncategorized

thats right. one lucky couple is going to win free wedding coverage by yours truly.

my inspiration thrives on great couples, great love stories, and great personal style. so send me your best love story or unique theme/style ideas. the winner will simply be the couple that inspires me the most!

whats included:

8 hours of coverage within 75 miles of thousand oaks, ca (travel will be considered if paid)

online proofing and ordering

dvd of all the images

requirements:

wedding date before march 30, 2010

deadline to enter september 25th 2009

to enter:

simply send me your love story, theme, or whatever else you want to info@jsrphotography.com please also include a picture to personalize it. i’ll announce the winner september 30th 2009 right here.

good luck!

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Suzanne Aug 25th, 2009 at 10:46 am

already emailed 3 couples i know… so fun & exciting!!!

kado Aug 30th, 2009 at 10:02 am

emailing my friend RIGHT NOW!!!!! :)


welcome to my new and improved blog

Posted on August 21st, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in Uncategorized

i’ve moved all of my website galleries right here to my blog. everything is one nice neat, easy to navigate place. just click on portfolio to access galleries. more changes to come. stay tuned.

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the prouty family

Posted on August 5th, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in portrait photography

last year they were clients, this year they are my very good friends. their sweetness and love fill my heart with so much joy.
i love you guys.

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joy harmon prouty Aug 5th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

okay…. here it goes…. here are some quotes from the blogpost you did of our portraits from last year:
You: “…joy called me to shoot her family. we hit it off instantly on the phone and i couldn’t wait to meet her family. when i finally did i just fell in love with them…. i feel like i’ve made new friends.”
Me: “Jen, you are my new best friend, if you’ll have me.”
I am so honored that I know you, that I have gotten to know your heart this last year, and that you have become a fixture in my life that I am so thankful for. I love your passion to find what you are looking for and that you manage to embrace the journey. i love your thoughtfulness, your selflessness and the fact that you would throw yourself in front of a bus for a friend. i love that you are a mother and that you are real and not afraid to talk about things that are hard. I love your sweet family and the friends of yours that have become your family. I love that you make hard choices with dignity. I love that after not knowing me very long, brought me to-die-for food and things to make my heart happy when i was on bedrest with brandon. i love you and i love these photographs. i will treasure them throughout our lives and it will bring me joy to know it was you who took the photos. you know us… our imperfections, our failures, our struggles and our hearts and you took more than photographs – you really tell our story. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for these BREATHTAKING photos.
****Oh… Donny says to tell you “ditto” what I said on my comment. He loves them too. :)

Jaime Vines Aug 6th, 2009 at 5:18 am

I am totally smitten with these pictures. Once again you have blown me away. The use of the gritty settings offset by such a beautiful family is pure genius! xoxo

Sheri Aug 6th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

I love these!

bw Aug 7th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

These are amazing pictures Jen!!!! What a darling family.

lindsey Aug 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Jen, these pictures are really beautiful! One of my favorite family sessions I’ve seen.

Melissa George Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Wow, truly breathtaking!! Love them all, so classic… :)

Eric Aug 21st, 2009 at 8:51 am

Amazing stuff, what a happy and loving family!!

Jen Sep 1st, 2009 at 10:20 am

Beautiful work!!!! Keep doing what you do, this is great ;-)

Jessica Lewis Oct 4th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

freaking love this family looks like fun! And the couch OMG! u rock!


sarah and eric, somis, ca

Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in wedding photography

blessed. merriment. joy. devotion.

sarah babysat for us for years. it was an honor and joy to capture her and eric’s wedding at hartley botanica. we love her and eric very much.

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i love this sweet pic of fox

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right before he makes his big move and cuts in

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Sarah Neale Aug 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 pm

Okay, the first picture should be an album cover so Eric needs to start a band. The one of Sarah dancing by herself is priceless. The look on her face is amazing. I want to get married (again) so I can do this all over!

Chad Aug 4th, 2009 at 9:57 am

Well, generally I love shots that are timeless, and could have happened in any time period. While I seen many shots of someone taking a picture, the shot of the iphone is a whole new twist and it is priceless. That is one outstanding job.

Jill Nyren Aug 5th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

Love the album cover comment! It could be called “The Very White Band”. The pictures are incredibly beautiful and can’t decide which is my favorite, though the bridesmaids jumping is so much fun. In the shots of Sarah and Eric, you get the sense that they were really looking forward to that honeymoon. “Get a room” would be an understatement. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

huy Sep 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm

great images Jen!


luke, 1 year

Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in portrait photography

happy birthday luke.

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liz and marty, carpenteria, ca

Posted on July 29th, 2009 by jen rau. Filed in wedding photography

rincon beach club
coordination by ariel yve design

frolic. revelry. friendship. patience. love.

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kado Jul 30th, 2009 at 8:41 am

jen these are magic :) you really are amazing!

Ariel Yve Jul 31st, 2009 at 9:15 am

WOW! I’m speechless… amazing job! Liz and Marty are such an incredibly gorgeous couple! Thanks again for everything Jen. You were a complete delight to work with on this wedding and I can hardly wait to work with you again.

Liz Jul 31st, 2009 at 12:42 pm

AMAZING!!! Thank you so much Jen! I love all these pics- especially the one of my very nervous groom (I didn’t realize he was as nervous as I was).

Thank you for catching these moments!!! These pics make me smile!

Liz' Mom Jul 31st, 2009 at 8:27 pm

These really captured the joy of that special day. I am looking forward to seeing the album.

Emilie Sep 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 am

LOVE the last pic!! ;) )