Jessica Strickland, International Fine Art and Wedding Photojournalist | » Portrait http://www.jessicarstrickland.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 THE KIRK FAMILY http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-kirk-family/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-kirk-family/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:29:55 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1554 Isn’t this family too adorable?? We had such a fun shoot and the minute I saw them, I couldn’t wait to photograph them!! Thanks, Kirk Family, for a great shoot!! :) You guys are terrific!!

The kids telling Mom & Dad how to pose…hilarious!!

]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-kirk-family/feed/ 5 JAYDEN http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/jayden-2/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/jayden-2/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:42:21 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1536 Our sweet little buddy Jayden is already 1 year old!! I swear it was like yesterday that we went to the hospital the day Jayden was born and was such a tiny little peanut…and it also seems like yesterday that Lindsay, Will & Jayden came to the hospital when I had Sophie!! Now Jayden is already digging into birthday cake for his 1st birthday!! It scares me to think of how fast time flies…it truly does! I know Sophie is already cruising towards 1 year and I just want time to STOP!! My incredible friend, Lindsay is also soo creative and when brainstorming for Jayden’s 1 year shoot…she said, “let’s capture his first haircut at a cute barber shop!” and I LOVED the idea!! And we had to let him tear into a cupcake too!! LOVED this shoot…LOVE this family!! I get a little choked up when I think that Jayden and Sophie will be friends for life, just like Lindsay and I! :) LOVE YOU, L+W+J!! HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY JMAN!! :)


He was all smiles and then started to get quite intriqued by what he was being put through! He did great, though!

my favorite!!

A fresh do called for some updated family pics!

And then a stop at the studio for a little cupcake time! This was the very first time Jayden had experienced sweets…he’s been on all milk, veggies and fruit….and he was LOVING it and not scared to dig in!!

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]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-pleiman-family/feed/ 0 JENNY+CHRIS+CHARLI http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/personal/jennychrischarli/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/personal/jennychrischarli/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:56:40 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1506 My wonderful sister is EXPECTING again and we are SOO EXCITED!!!! She is due in September and our sweet little Charli just turned 2 in June and is growing like a weed, so it was time for more pictures!! I love these three people like crazy….and the 4th one inside too!! ;) We don’t know if it’s a girl or boy yet so I’ll be excited to announce it when the baby arrives!!


My sister is stunning….and it’s not fair that she got the gorgeous eyes and I just got boring hazel eyes. I’m a little bitter…I’ll admit it. ;) And gosh, is Charli precious or WHAT?? I’m probably biased, though!

Charli is getting SOOO big and is soo beautiful…I can barely stand it!! I’m soo crazy about that little girl…she lights up all of our lives!! She is also crazy about Sophie or “fofo” as she calls her, in her best effort to say Sophie! She constantly wants to give her kisses and love on her!! Charli’s favorite things at age 2 are her baby doll, her bike and elmo, or “melmo” as she calls him!! When you ask her who her best friend is, she says “AJ” (aunt jess!) and that’s me! Melt my heart!! ;) I realize I’m going to quickly be replaced by Sophie, though…and I will happily relinquish my position to her! ;)

My absolute favorite!! AYKM with this cuteness? Gosh, I want to be 2 again!!!

I bought these boots for Charli before she was born and I knew I wanted to incorporate them into a shoot at some point! I couldn’t resist just doing the boots with that cute little naked, tan summer body! Hilarious!!

]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/personal/jennychrischarli/feed/ 8 ELLA+MERRITT http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/ellamerritt-6/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/ellamerritt-6/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:35:29 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1460 One of my favorite families who I’ve worked with since their oldest was born! It’s soo special and wonderful to watch them grow…and I haven’t seen them in a while since they live in Savannah, Georgia and I only get the privilege of seeing and shooting them when they come to town!! We had an awesome time together though…as always and even had a “cupcake surprise” to end our shoot (and let’s face it, as a bribe for doing good during our shoot!) ;) Wonderful to see you, as always, Scales Fam!!! Much love to you guys! :)

Merritt wasn’t having it at the beginning…so Ella & Momma Abby were helping out! :) Oh, and we stopped into the cutest flower shop down on Mass Ave called Watt’s Blooming! They were soo great, let us come in and have fun…and they even gave the girls each a daisy! They have incredible flowers too!


We stopped into the awesome Flying Cupcake, which has a new shop on Mass Ave! LOVE their cupcakes..and so did the girls!! Oh and their new shop is SOO cute…we had a GREAT time and it was a perfect way to end our shoot!! The girls could have stayed forever….. ;)

Everyone loves a good sugar high!!! :)

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]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/ethandrew/feed/ 4 SOPHIE http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/personal/sophie-2/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/personal/sophie-2/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:17:34 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1424 I know, I know…I’m a bad mom/photographer!! I haven’t done a Sophie update in a while, but I have been learning to navigate the usual madness that is summer as a busy wedding and portrait photographer, while being a new mom and trying to spend as much time with my baby as possible…all on very little sleep…so you’ll have to cut me a break! ;) Although, I have family that might disown me if I don’t do a quick update…so here goes!

Here is our sweet girl at 4 Months old! We are absolutely crazy about her….

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Aubrey is SOO cute and I adore her expressions!!

And AYKM with this cuteness???

]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-benesh-family/feed/ 3 NORA http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/nora/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/nora/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:32:30 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1381 Oh sweet little Nora!! She is the precious baby girl of one of my couples who you might remember, Kelly & Tim! They are such a terrific couple and I was soo excited when I had the chance to meet and photograph their new little girl! She impressed us and nearly stayed awake for our entire 2 hour shoot, despite our endless attempts to get her to sleep! She was onto us! ;) Kelly & Tim…I’m SOO happy for you guys! Nora is soo sweet and wonderful! Much love to all of you!! :)

]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/nora/feed/ 2 THE BROWN FAMILY http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-brown-family/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-brown-family/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:00:50 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1377 I stopped by for a very special visit with a very special family, the Browns! You might remember these incredibly adorable boys from our shoot last fall! That shoot made me fall in love with both Alex (the BIG brother) and Aidan (the LITTLE brother)!! They are just soo fun and wonderful….we became friends right away!!! Well, at the end of May, the Brown’s learned that sweet little Aidan has cancer. They are truly one amazing family, though and they are being a shining example of God’s love and strength, through the trials of what the last month has presented to them. We all fully believe and trust that God has Aidan right in the palm of His big and mighty hand and He will continue to bring Aidan through the treatment of this cancer as easily and pain free as possible and will bring him into full healing and health!! We also trust that God has an amazing plan for Aidan’s life that includes him becoming a remarkable man and that this situation will only cause the entire family and Aidan to be stronger, closer, richer and relish in every day of life, as the ultimate result.

The day after our shoot was “project buzz cut” when Daddy, Alex and Aidan all got matching buzz haircuts, so we figured we better capture these gorgeous locks of hair and beautiful smiles & spirits that went with them before the boys got the fun of taking the clippers to Daddy’s hair! ha!!! Now as the saying goes, Brown family….SHRINK THAT TUMOR!!!! All my love, thoughts and daily prayers to all of you!!!! :)

If you would like to know more about Aidan’s progress and know how to specifically pray…and I ask that you do pray….please visit Aidan’s website:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/aidanbrown

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]]> http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/the-jordan-family/feed/ 2 JAYDEN http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/jayden/ http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/blog/portrait/jayden/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 16:21:03 +0000 Jessica http://www.jessicarstrickland.com/?p=1316 Another great shoot with sweet Jayden….the little boy of two of our best friends, Lindsay & Will! We love little Jayden soo much…and we are secretly plotting to arrange a marriage between him & Sophie!! ;) hehe!!

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