JaimeLee Photography: Washington

Saturday, October 23, 2010

My Best Friend's Wedding

My best friend from high school got married! Her name is Jamie, too. We were pretty inseparable, known as the two Jaime's/Jamie's, Jamie Squared. I was Jamina and she was Jamo. We loved our country music. We loved our Days of our Lives. We recorded it everyday on VHS (before DVR ever existed) and would eat saltine crackers with sliced cheddar cheese and drank Dr. Pepper. We frequented McDonald's on our lunch breaks (GASP and UGH!) She introduced me to Jesus my sophomore year of high school and bought me my first bible. We loved to sing together and in fact that's how we met! We were in the same math class and we just clicked! Her parents were like my second set of parents and Jamie was like the sister to me during a difficult time in my own family. I have so much to be grateful for because of the Lane Family. We dreamed of our wedding days and what they would be like and even thought that one day we'd be neighbors in the country and raise our kids together! I was happy to witness Jamie getting married to her best friend Jason.

Their wedding was beautiful and a lot of fun! I didn't get to stay late into the night during the entire reception, because I had a half marathon to run the next morning. But Jamie asked if I could come take some pre-wedding preparation pictures for her, and I was so happy to do so! Her gown was gorgeous. Her shoes were Vera Wang Lavender. The shoes and dress went together perfectly! She was a beautiful and stunning bride! Her dad has a couple of hot rods he's restored and the Ford Thunderbird transported the beautiful bride to her wedding location. Here are some photos from before the festivities, a few detail shots of the reception and the kiss! :)

Congratulations Jason and Jamie! I wish you a lifetime full of love, happiness and blessings!

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Friday, October 1, 2010

The Blakeslee Family :: Fabulously fun family photo shoot in Tacoma, Washington

I know Christen through her brother Hans, and I know Hans through my friend Amanda. Did you follow that? Christen and I are friends in real life and friends on Facebook. When I booked my trip to Washington, I advertised photo shoot specials and Christen responded that she wanted to do a family shoot. I had met her family a few times at church and maybe at their family Christmas parties briefly. I remember hearing from Amanda how Clara loved Hillsong Super Kids worship and had heard how the girls were growing up from Hans. But somewhere I missed that they had their son Titus in the last year and a half! Last week Christen called and began sharing with me what she was envisioning for the family shoot. I could hear the excitement and anticipation in her voice and I knew this was going to be a fun shoot! She also asked if we could change the photo shoot from Thursday to Wednesday due to the weather and of course I said yes. Boy was I soooooo happy that we changed the shoot to Wednesday, because it poured on Thursday!

Nathan and Christen came and picked me up in their SUV which was pulling a utility trailer filled with props.... yes, a UTILITY TRAILER! They had spent time scoping out locations of where they wanted their pictures to be taken. Over the next few hours, we went to all the locations and captured lots of different moments, candid and posed! The kids were fabulous and had so many ideas of different poses. They were such troopers too! This was a wonderful, fun shoot and I think I was like a kid in a candy shop... everything was perfect... the family, the weather, the locations, the props.

Thank you Christen and Nathan for letting me spend just a few hours with you and your lovely family to capture some joyous moments!

Clara thought it would be a good idea to take a picture of her making a heart with her fingers and having me take a picture with her parents in the middle of the heart. She's so creative!