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Austin Portrait Sessions March 2012
February 6, 2012
Austin Photo Sessions: Engaged? Need Bridal Portraits? Graduating High School? Modeling? Had a Baby? It’s been 20 years since your last family photo?
Hi Everyone! Guess who has their Spring Break plans booked! I’ll be heading home to Austin, TX for a week….so, if you’ve been asking when my next trip is so we can get your photos done, here it is: I’ll be in the Austin/Blanco/Dripping Springs area March 10-18th – that’s 2 weekends and a full week. I’ve already got a few scheduled, so contact me asap if you’re interested and I’ll send you all the information and available dates!
All sessions will be an hour long and you may change outfits twice. Sessions are $250 and you may add on print packages, edited high resolution CDs and canvases! Email me for a pdf of all the information: Jessica@JessicaFreyPhotography.com
**Sharing is caring…..If you and a friend of yours BOTH book a session, BOTH of your session fees will be reduced to $200!
Have a wonderful week! Can’t wait for some breakfast tacos, real Tex-Mex and some Salt Lick!
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Freyday – Fun in San Francisco
January 6, 2012
San Francisco!
Last week, I posted on Facebook and Twitter what others would do if they had a free Saturday in San Francisco – and one guy mentioned to check out Fort Point. Well, Eric and I had Saturday open after Kate & Mike’s wedding to wander the city – have lunch with a photographer friend and explore. We were near the Golden Gate Bridge and with the beautiful blue clear skies I decided that visiting Fort Point would be the best place to visit – and possibly even spread out a blanket and read in the park….which yes, I did before it got too windy and cold! The Fort was actually really neat – build in the 1800′s and full of canons to protect the bay from any incoming ships. The old bricks and view under the bridge were really neat…and of course I want to come back some day and shoot an engagement session there 
Always planning! So here are some photos of our last day of 2011 hanging out in San Francisco:
Hanging out in Golden Gate park with my new Tote & Shoot!
View going over the Bay Bridge-credit, Eric Frey’s steady one arm:
And later that evening….celebrating with the new wifeeee!
Happy NEW YEAR…..I was a bit excited to pop the confetti popper thingy majig, but here’s the first photo taken in 2012 by my lovely husband…I’m sure it’s AFTER we got that NYE Kiss in, and yes I’m aware that my shirt is super sparkly and makes great reflections on my face 
How did you ring in the New Year?? I’d love to hear in the comments below!!
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Sparkles on your face are well worth it. You looked super cute. Love Eric’s picture of you by the bridge too. Unfortunately, Kev and I went to bed early…but that’s cause we went to see the Baldwins the next day:) Can’t wait to see you guys.
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Freyday – Disneyland Christmas Parade + Giveaway
December 16, 2011
Christmas is almost here!!! And in excitement and preparation, I wanted to share with you guys my photos from my visit to Disneyland a few weeks ago – and the spectacular Christmas Parade. It’s the same every year, and almost identical to the one you see on TV Christmas morning, but it always gets me – the magic of the season! So for those of you not able to visit Anaheim or Orlando, allow me give you a preview of how fun it is.
***For my loyal followers and fellow Disney fans, I have a surprise for you at the end of the blog today…so make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see what I’m GIVING AWAY!
Merry Christmas!!! Grab a hot cocoa and watch your front row seat!
Snow White and her Apple!
As a new MacBook Pro user, I saw this peel off sticker you can add to the front of your MacBook, so of course I grabbed one! And, I would love to give one away to you guys!!
To enter, comment below:
What are you most excited for about the holiday season?
Winner will be announced on Monday’s blog post, so you have through Sunday at 8pm (PST).
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Can I say crafts with Jessica and get extra points?
Kidding! That is so cute! I would love one… but my Mac Book is technically the boyfriends. He probably wouldn’t appreciate me making it way cuter with that sticker. Love it though! And those parade photos were great, I felt like I was there! -
Tawny Horton
These photos are super gorgeous! Totally in love!
Christmas and Disneyland! Best thing ever!!!-Tawny
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This holiday, I’m most excited for some time off work and relaxing with my family. Oh, planning for our Disneyland wedding in May!
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I am most excited to see my best friend’s face as she opens her Christmas present from me. Her grandmother passed away a couple of months ago and I was able to get some of her clothes. I’m turning them into a patchwork quilt for my bff. I know she will treasure it forever.
OK. I had to repost this again because I didn’t realize the first time I posted in on FB! YIKES! Just hope my bff didn’t see it before I took it down!
Oh, and the pics are gorgeous! Hope that Eric and I can take the boys one year to experience Disney in person.
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Lelia
Whoops. I thought I left a comment but I don’t see it. Oh well. I love this decal! I saw one for the iphone on pinterest but never saw where to get one. So much fun
I am looking forward to taking a day off of work, seeing my family and eating tons of cookies! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas too.
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Army Navy Football Game 2011
December 13, 2011
What a whirlwind, awesome trip out to DC for this year’s Army Navy Football game! We’ve missed the past few years and were so excited to see family and friends and catch up with old players, see their new little families…and of course do some early holiday hanging out with my family! Here’s a look at some photos we took of the game. Congrats to Navy Football for 10 years of wins! Proud to be a Navy Football wife
8 years later boys….take away the beards and you’d be ready to play again!
March On is always impressive to watch and worth getting in the stadium early!
President Obama with the coin toss:
And changing sides at Half Time:
27-21 CONGRATULATIONS NAVY!!! What a great game it was this year – down to the wire!!
A Decade of WINS is pretty fantastic and we’re all so proud!
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How cool! This looks like so much fun. And 27-24?! – nothing better than a good close game.
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So much fun!!! I love all these photos and it looks like you had a great time. The image of the fly-over is really cool with the planes in the air and on the big screen. Love it!
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Freyday – Holiday Magic at Disneyland
November 18, 2011
Hi everyone!! Ok, if you’ve followed this blog for any period of time, you know that I have a passion for all things Disney. A passion…which sounds so much better than obsession, right?! So on Tuesday of this week, I took out my Annual Pass and headed to the holiday magic that is Disneyland with some amazing ladies….Bakersfield’s own amazing wedding coordinators, Fairy Godmothers!! Colleen decided that the team needed a retreat – and what better place to have a corporate retreat than Disneyland! And as a professional Disney tour guide and photographer, it was only natural that I tag along and capture their day in the park! I was joined by the fabulous Kim of Love Struck Films and together the 8 of us had a fantastic day full of squeals, laughter and stories I’ll remember forever (elbow elbow wrist wrist wipe a tear and blow a kiss! You met Jasmine?!?! white chocolate Ariel, Headlights?)
So, for those of you not able to head to Anaheim this holiday season, here is a look into our day filled with memories of Disney Princesses and magic fairy dust overload…Bibbiti, Bobbiti Boo!
“Here you leave Today and enter the world of Yesterday, Tomorrow and Fantasy”. 
Our day started off with an incredible Princess lunch at Ariel’s Grotto….the food was delicious and hanging out with Disney Princesses at a table of 8 women in tiaras was right up my ally 
I just LOVE seeing Disneyland decorated for the Holidays!!!!
Squeals of excitement as we ran into Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother!!!!
This photo will forever be an inside joke between my mom, aunt, sisters and cousins. Oh, and my Maid of Honor is in there somewhere Somehow, this trip turned me into a bride again on her bachelorette party! who knew I could only be so lucky!
Love this photo of Colleen….an AMAZING Fairy Godmother!!
Who doesn’t enjoy a ride on the carousel…especially when the music is provided for especially you by the Main Street band!! What a treat!
It’s a Small Wold after all, it’s a small world after all……and now, you’ve got the song in your head, right?!
Gotta love Toon Town!! The Toon Town at WDW (Orlando) is where I worked…and sadly is all gone now, they tore it down in February to make room for the new Fantasy Land expansion! But here in California, we can still enjoy being silly!
Being silly!!!
The day was even better since I got to hang out with Kim from Love Struck Films all day!!! 
I was a bit excited to see Burt!!
Next Freyday, I’ll have photos of the Christmas Parade and…..I met Prince Charming. Seriously. I think we held hands. Giddy with excitement over that.
What is your favorite part about the holidays at Disneyland?
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Oh my gosh Jessica these pics are amazing and it looks like you all had so much fun. I so want to go to Disneyland now!
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Oh Jessica, you look like you were totally in your element… just a bit.
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Ah Jessica you are amazing, you caught so many great memories! Thank you so much and you were a beautiful bride
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Freyday – San Diego travels
September 30, 2011
Hey everyone! If you can’t keep up with me, don’t worry – neither can I. September has been a fun month full of adventure and travels all over the place – Flew to Austin, drove to Florida, flew back, drove to Santa Barbara, then Malibu, then Thousand Oaks, then to Houston, back for half a day and now in San Diego and heading home! I can say with a sigh of travelers guild that I’m very much looking forward to being home for a few weeks while Eric recuperates the month of October – and with 3 local home weddings! If you’re curious, Eric’s back surgery went very well and everything was as expected. He now gets the pleasure of being home with me for 30 days while he recovers – Kayla will be so excited! We had great doctors and staff down here at the Navy hospital and I even got to take a few night time shots of the bay and skyline. Also, thought I would share a few shots from my excursion to Malibu to photograph a great band from Argentena – Austria. They played a private party a few weeks ago while they were touring in the US & I got to meet them, take a few photos, enjoy their music and see old friends So, Happy Freyday – enjoy your weekend! I can’t wait for Mary & Jon’s wedding tomorrow!!!
Austria – Check them out! Definitely have beautiful ‘Coldplay-esque’ type music that I really enjoyed
Lauren, my future sister-in-law/new assistant/lighting model joined me and we had an awesome afternoon of good food, great music, and had many laughs over our inability to communicate in Spanish
Also, she’s new at using my camera to take a photo of me and the band. She tried?! Sorry girl
Have a great weekend!
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HAHAHA! – The photo of you and the band is perfect.
That totally made me LOL! Love the black and white group shot on the beach too. Glad everything with Eric went so well. Miss ya! -
Haha! I love that last shot! Kinda looks like.. well exactly like a shot of me with JD Star. That private party looks like it was amazing!
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Katelyn
September 26, 2011
I am so excited to share with you all my friend of 17 years, a beautiful woman on the inside and outside – and one of my best friends – Katelyn! I had the privelage of heading to Destin, FL with her a few weeks ago to celebrate her 30th birthday and since this is what I do best, I asked if I could give her a photo session as my gift We went for a super casual photo shoot as the sun was setting on our last evening – and I couldn’t believe the beautiful evening light that the Florida panhandle has! We even got to utilze the sun and the moon at the same time and got some great shots of her. (* For my photographer friends, all images were created using natural light only – no flash or reflectors and all were shot with my 85mm 1.4 lens)
Katelyn – I am so excited to see what this next decade brings for you and I look forward to being best friends and going on girls trips just like our moms — laughing about 2 decades of funny memories and making new ones. You are such an incredible person, and the woman you’ve become makes me love you even more. Keep smiling and enjoying life to the fullest – and thanks for letting me share your smile with the world! Love you dearly…ok, I love you — bye bye! Miss your face! (p.s. Whoop! Welcome to the SEC, y’all!)
After going through this session, the word “peaceful” kept coming to mind. Katelyn – your grace, effortless beauty and calm demeanor are what make you the strong woman you are
This series of photos I got when I moved between Katelyn and the sun are some of my all time favorites – the colors in the sunset sky, the moon, the blanket….just all works beautifully!
And then, it was time to have fun…and play in the beautiful, crystal clear Florida water!!
She was my post, I was her point guard. Still got ups
And now the fierce, model shots – work it!! Love these!!
During dusk, I noticed the sky went purple and just loved the look of high ISO and the colors with the moon – awwww….peaceful.
Huge thank you to Millie for being our shoot supervisor and to Jolie for having a yummy dinner ready for us when we got back from all this hard work Love you girls, thanks for a wonderful weekend get away and celebration!!
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Kelli K
Absolutely beautiful!
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Oh man, so beautiful! Great job!
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Kristyn
Absolutely beautiful!
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Megan Lester
Katelyn you look stunning!!!!!
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Aubree
Katelyn, you’re so very beautiful! Great pics Jess, as always! Miss ya’ll both
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I LOVE the playing around shots and the last one with sparkling water…beautiful!!!
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tim lester
Ladies, excellent job. Great model and great photographer………enjoyed it.
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Wow…love the dusk photos. Those are awesome!
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Freyday – Houston Wedding weekend!
September 23, 2011
Hey everyone! Today Eric and I are in Houston – and TOMORROW my best friend is getting married!!!! I’m so excited to be Maureen’s Matron of Honor – and passing off the photography reigns to my good friend Matt Yeoman (Yeoman Photography) to capture the big day for us! We’re off to rehearsals, rehearsal dinners and last minute preparations! I will say it’s fun to be on the other end of things and be involved in the process of the wedding day as a bridesmaid Congratulations Alan & Maureen!!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Stay tuned for 2 great posts next week of my good friend Katelyn and then a preview of Amanda & Chad’s Santa Barbara wedding! Here’s a sneak peek:
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Have a wonderful time! Congratulations to Alan & Maureen!!! I’m sure it will be fabulous and she has the best maid of honor ever to be there for her. Katelyn looks stunning and that wedding looks fabulous!- can’t wait to see more.
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beautiful photos! Love the skyline shot!
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Freyday in Florida!
September 9, 2011
Just a quick hello from Florida! We’re having a blast relaxing and celebrating Katelyn’s birthday! Here’s the view from my beach chair yesterday, I know. Stop it Jessica, don’t make us jealous you’re saying. Sorry, just had to share my Freyday with you!
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Forrest Hill Wedding – Gina & Vinny
August 30, 2011
Last weekend, I got to escape the Bakersfield heat and head up to Forresthill, CA – just north of Sacramento for Gina & Vinny’s wedding!! Gina’s sister Stephanie is the amazing guru behind Gimmee Some Sugar (remember my Cinderella birthday cake, anyone?!) and I was so excited to be able to capture this day for their family. I instantly fell in love with Gina’s color scheme – yellow and grey with bedazzled sparkles everywhere! Seriously? A girl after my own heart Jennifer Williams accompanied me to second shoot and we had a wonderful time meeting the family and enjoying the photo booth with everyone! Watching Vinny & Gina (and Neveah) become a family unit was so special and sweet – the love that radiates when they look at each other was so powerful, I’m not sure there was s dry eye during the ceremony! Vinny and Gina, thank you for letting us capture your big day and enjoy some of my favorite images – too many to choose from, so enjoy the long post! Congratulations, hope you enjoyed Italy!!! - Jessica
The detailed hair pieces and garter were amazing!!
Details are always so important - and in Gina’s case, she had her grandmother’s wedding dress made into a beautiful lace flower for her bouquet along with a purse to carry that day. So sweet and special!
Did you know there were this many different types of orange flowers?!! Simply stunning!
Girls, you all were fabulous to work with and made such a stunning bridal party!!
Mother of the Bride
Sisters!!!
Absolutely gorgeous – Gina, you are stunning!
Such a ham, Vinny!
Please come back on Wednesday for some more photos from their wedding!
Vendors:
Location: Forrest House Lodge, Forresthill, CA
Dress: Little White Dress – Bakersfield, CA
Photography: Jessica Frey Photography
Cake: GimmeeSomeSugar - Bakersfield, CA
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Love the different bouquets. Beautiful pictures as always.
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YAY! I know you’re going to have a fun trip. Sounds awesome. One of these days Kevin and I will have to make a trip out there…maybe while you’re there too
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