{Portrait Photography in Santa Barbara} There’s No Place Like Home

What a fantastic Santa Barbara family with such a great bond and sense of humor. Loved everything about this session- the beautiful home they built together, their great style and laid back attitudes, the natural smiles that really showed their love and happiness, how can you go wrong with all that goodness?? The outtakes and moments shared between clicks were just as priceless as the posed ones. With their youngest son going away to college (to become a doctor!), the oldest into the military, and baby girl starting high school, I hope they cherish these times. One of my favorite lifestyle sessions ever! Thank you “D” family for such a fun afternoon. XOXOX

{Santa Barbara Beach Wedding Ceremony} Better Late than Never

The groom in this beautiful beach wedding ceremony is a childhood friend, and I was excited when he asked if I would photograph his nuptials down at the gorgeous Haskell’s Beach in Santa Barbara for sunset. Tony and his bride had crushes on each other in junior high, and went 25 years apart before reconnecting through Facebook and finding love together. The ceremony was laid back and casual, letting the fabulous Santa Barbara scenery speak for itself. Congratulations to Tony and Tami, and their large extended family! :-)

{My Project 10} February

Every month I participate in a great project with ten other photographers from around the globe called My Project 10- it’s a wonderful way to keep those creative juices flowing by photographing bits of our everyday life, in 24 hours. I’m always inspired by the other amazing ladies in our group, everyone has such a unique style you must do the circle to get a peek in their family lives.
For the month of February I chose to document our Superbowl Sunday…
The morning had to start off with a little dancing in football footie pajamas (yeah that’s the Fresh Beat Band on the t.v., don’t hate)

The next part of the day was spent with a trip to the beach- I recently took a workshop by the fabulous Deb Schwedhelm, who knows how to rock a Lensbaby Composer like nobody’s business, so I was inspired to get out there and play with mine more. And one rule of our group is you have to include yourself in at least one image, see if you can spot me ;-)

Then finally we get to the meat and potatoes of the day- Superbowl time! Of course most of us probably use S.B.S. as an excuse to eat all that naughty food, and we were no exception- Dr. Pepper braised beef tacos, hot wings, pepperoni pizza bread, creamsicle cupcakes..oh my. And lets not forget the grapefruit-basil martinis. A little peek at our spread…

Please now head over to the blog of my super talented friend Val of The Red Balloon Photography in Seattle, WA, she never fails to blow your socks off with pretties.

{Santa Barbara Portrait Photography} Thank You 2011

Goodness, to be honest I got extremely teary looking over images for this post. I know it’s cliche to say but I feel so blessed to have captured the faces of all my wonderful clients in the past year. My business really took off in 2011 and I have all of you to thank, I couldn’t have done it without you. I had such a blast getting to know you, hearing your stories, and for many- watching your children grow and change. As a thank you, not only will I be offering return clients in 2012 $50 off their session fee, I will be hosting a little contest on my Facebook page- a chance for you to win a free session, including ALL your digital files! So look out for that! And hopefully you stick around, and continue to follow my blog, I have a feeling there will be many exciting things in store for Z’s the Day in 2012. XOXOXO Jen

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SEE YOU IN 2012!! :-)

{Santa Barbara Family Photographer} Plus One

I was so happy to finish up my season of holiday photo sessions with this special family! Mama and I have known each other since we were 5 in kindergarten, the same age my son is now. It’s now a joy to see her own family grow, last time I photographed them they were four- with the addition of a new baby comes another reason for an updated family shot, and for that I am glad. This session was so fun, the colors were perfect, and it was yet another beautiful Santa Barbara evening. Oh and those three kiddos aren’t hard on the eyes, right? ;-) Thank you H Family!! XOXOX

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