Hey everyone!  Whew – it’s been a crazy hectic 10 days for me that included 3 magazine shoots, eating radioactive eggs for an endocrinology exam, having 2 dermatology surgeries, photographing an amazing couple’s wedding day, and putting on my first wedding workshop & styled shoot!  And the last few days?  At the Naval Hospital in San Diego getting the hubby fixed with his doctor’s appointments.  It’s weeks like these that I’m thankful for my flexible schedule, wonderful friends and amazing clients!  And thankful that everything is good health-wise and our adventure continues!

Since I typically use these “Freyday” posts to get to know the girl behind the camera I had 2 things I wanted to share today while we’re still getting the behind the scenes images from the workshop ready.  The first – some iPhone hipstimatic shots I got at Balboa Park’s Botanical building….and the second – 99 Things I’ve done  So keep scrolling & enjoy getting to know more about me!!   Have a great weekend!!  - Jessica

After surfing Pinterest & the internet, I found this list & it intrigued me to do the same:

Here is a list of 99 things.  BOLD the ones that you have done!

1. Started your own blog – you’re looking at it!

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii – Maui in ’07

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland (and Disney World!!)

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped – never!

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightening storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetable

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train – Moscow to Voronezh

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (does Vegas- Venetian count?)

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise – Mexican Riviera, Bahamas

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Been on Television – was interviewed by Kate Larson

35. Seen an Amish community – in Michigan!

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing - indoor

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke – Salt ‘n Peppa is my go to

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa – Egypt! Floated the Nile!

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance – passenger with Eric?

47. Had your portrait painted – characature?

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie – The Rookie with Dennis Quaid as an extra

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business – whoohoo Jessica Frey Photography!

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia – as exchange student!!

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching – I will in July!

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy – my Popple!!!

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Eaten Boudin

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone – my right arm in 5th grade. ug.

78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper – Marine Corps Times & The Californian

85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating -ewww

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Got a tattoo

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake – more like float, you can’t swim it’s too thick with salt!

97. Been involved in a law suit (16^th birthday!)

98. Seen the Parthenon

99. Been stung by a bee

57 out of 99 – not bad!  I’m looking forward to ‘bolding’ more of these items this year!  

Which one surprises your more to see bold?  Which ones do you want to bold yourself this year?

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I cannot begin to tell you how thrilled I am about the wedding styled shoot + workshop that I organized this past Sunday along with the help of my hubby and some pretty stellar industry friends and vendors!  To the amazing attendees, vendors and speakers – you all made this such an amazing experience and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for a pretty epic afternoon of learning and investing in your craft!  The concept of this workshop was to help share the knowledge I’ve gained and utilize my creativity and love of bringing amazing vendors together to see a vision come to life!  I hope you all enjoy this peek into our day – come back on Freyday for some behind the scenes photos!   Also, a MAJOR Thank you to Mr. G for hanging out with us all day & allowing us to use the space and your beautiful plane!  And to our fabulous couples – Lindsey & Jonah and Jenny & Adam for modeling, you were wonderful (and to your mom’s for sharing you with us on Mother’s Day!!)

 For those of you interested in joining us next time – I have already started planning another very similar workshop + styled shoot for this coming September 2012 so stay tuned for information!

VENDORS:

Photography:  Jessica Frey Photography

Event Coordination/Website/Styling:  Jessica Frey  www.workshop.jessicafreyphotography.com

Speakers:  Jennifer Williams Photography & FabYouBliss.com owner Stephanie Saul

Stationary:  Matinae Design Studio

Cake: Gimmee Some Sugar

Florals:  House of Flowers

Location + Airplane: Personal Airplane Hanger – Minter Field & the amazing Mr. G

Chairs + Silverware – Walker Lewis Rents

Props, Attire, Jewelry – Personal collections, Target

Thank you specificaly to Eric, Kevin, Tim & all the G Family ladies for your help!!!

Saturday was a dream come true for these high school sweethearts….and a long time coming for two who were so sweetly in LOVE and excited to start their lives together as husband and wife!  Amanda was a wonderful detail-oriented bride who spoke my language – her beautiful gown is part of the Disney Wedding’s collection by Alfred Angelo – the “Belle” and her color scheme used the same beautiful blue hue from the fairytale!  And then there were the shoes.  Future brides, it’s not a requirement but I get soooo excited when I’m presented with shoes like these….beautiful colors and sparkles!!!  Enjoy this Part 1 of Amanda & Matt’s beautiful wedding at Seven Oaks Country Club – I may have gone over board with a TON of photos – so enjoy!  To the families, wedding party, and Matt & Amanda – thank you so much for an amazing wedding day and for being so wonderful to work with!!!

Matt gifted to his groom men unique cufflinks that fit each guy’s personality – soooooo cool!

Mr. GQ Pose…..way to work it Matt!

Smizing + Zoolander all in one.  Get it.

I love that I got to photograph this moment of all the Legro men together as grandpa gave Matt some wonderful marriage advice and a sweet toast

Then it was grandma’s turn to provide Matt a blessing….such a wonderful moment!

And now for the ladies!!

A beautiful princess bride!!

Amanda….you are stunning!

I absolutely adore that Amanda wanted to give her dad a special “First Look” at her all dressed up and ready to be a bride!   

This smile was on Amanda’s face all day – absolutely gorgeous

The shoes.  Oh…..love!!!

You ladies are all gorgeous – and that blue, just perfect for photos!!

Amand and her beautiful mom!  Absolutely LOVED this mother of the bride gown!

House of Flowers – absolutely gorgeous bouquets and pom ball!

Amanda’s bouquet – gotta love when I convince the groom it’s sexy to hold his wife’s bouquet  ;)

And…the cufflinks!!

Guys – you rock…had to share your non-traditional poses  Thanks for having fun with me!

Best brother photo ever!  

The gorgeous Legro family mere moments before they got a new daughter to add to the family!

Wedding Party – one of my all time favorite images – you guys rocked the light beautifully!

The stunning Mrs. Legro!

Congratulations Matt & Amanda!!!!!!!  Wishing you two a lifetime of happiness!

Thank you again for trusting your special day to me, I’m so honored!

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Vendors

Location: Seven Oaks Country Club

Photography:  Jessica Frey Photography

2nd Shooter:  Jennifer Williams Photography

Flowers:  House of Flowers

Cake:  Cakes by Karen

Wedding Dress:  Alfred Angelo Walt Disney Collection “Belle”

So if you’re a Bakersfield/local Central CA photographer (all levels welcome), check us out on facebook for up to date information and monthly gathering information:

https://www.facebook.com/theshutterclique

Here are a few of the shots I got after getting there late after my own photo shoot – with my settings, so fellow photographers see what you think! Thanks Tim Chong for letting me test out the new Nikon D800 too!!

  Thank you models and shout out again to Jennifer Williams and Patrick Ang for continuing to provide a fun gathering each month for all of us to enjoy!!

D700   85mm    f/1.4    1/500    ISO200

D700   85mm    f/1.4    1/500    ISO200

D700   85mm    f/1.4    1/500    ISO200

D700   85mm    f/1.4   1/800    ISO200

D700   85mm    f/1.4    1/1250    ISO200

D700   85mm    f/1.4    1/500    ISO200

D700   85mm    f/1.4    1/800    ISO200

D800   85mm    f/1.4    1/160    ISO400

D800   85mm    f/1.4    1/160    ISO360

D800   85mm    f/2.8    1/160    ISO1250

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Have a great weekend!! I’m SOOOO excited to shoot Amanda & Matt’s wedding tomorrow and work with our workshop attendees at Sunday’s Wedding Workshop & Styled Photo Shoot!! ( We still have room if you’d like to join us – www.workshop.JessicaFreyPhotography.com)

Hannah & Steven – I’ll say it again, you two are wonderful!  I’m so excited to show some of my favorites from your ceremony & reception at the beautiful Noriega House in Bakersfield, CA.  If you missed part 1, you can view that post here:  Steven & Hannah

Congratulations again on such a sweet wedding and I wish you a lifetime of happiness and gazing into each other’s eyes just like you did this day!  - Jessica

Loving their Gimmee Some Sugar cupcakes!

I’m so thankful to George & Tabitha, one of my all-time favorite couples from 2009 who recommended me to their cousin Hannah!   We had to get a group photo

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Location:  Noriega House

Cupcakes:  Gimmee Some Sugar

Dress: David’s Bridal  Tux: Men’s Warehouse

I asked my good friend and fabulous photographer Katherine Harris to photograph Eric and I (and mom and I) as my gift to myself….we had a wonderful time and I really enjoyed being in front of the camera for a change!  Here’s a fun iPhone shot mom got of us shooting on the beach!   And yes.  I’m rocking my wedding dress!!!!!

Have a great weekend, and Happy Cinco de Mayo tomorrow!

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YEA!!!!  I’m one of those girls that gets really excited about celebrating birthdays and typically make a big deal about it – and yes, typically rock a tiara for that extra sparkle on a special day.  However today, I’m hitting the ‘BIG 3-0″.   I’m enjoying a quiet week away to relax and celebrate with my husband, mom and best friend….and it’s wonderful.  Nothing splashy, a quiet dinner and some of the most important people in my life singing Happy Birthday to me (miss you dad & Jason/Megan/Moe/Andria/Aub/Jen – wish you could be here too!)

So, we’re off to celebrate ‘Jessica -style’ and head to my happy place, Disneyland!  I hope you all have a wonderful day & thank you so much for following my blog and my adventures!

(BIG Thank you to the Stephanie & Courtney at Gimmee Some Sugar for my beautiful birthday cake!!!! You ladies are wonderful!)

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I’m so excited to finally show Hannah & Steven (and family and friends) their sneak peek from their wedding a week ago!  Since these two love birds hopped a cruise ship and would be gone all week we held off until today  Their wedding at the beautiful Noriega House was so sweet and a joy to capture.  The love these two have for one another was radiating all day, and the smiles the put on each other’s faces made my job sooooo easy  Here are some of my favorite detail shots along with their First Look and couple photos.    A big shout out thank you to Casey Hardy for second shooting and to Tim Chong, my fellow Nikon buddy for letting me test drive his amazing Nikon tilt shift lens!

Hannah & Steven – life works in mysterious ways and I’m so blessed that I was able to be your photographer and capture your special day for you.  Thank you for going with your ‘original plan’ & to Tabby for the recommendation!  I wish you guys many many many years of happiness together and a big congratulations!!!   – Jessica

Girl……gotta LOVE my brides who rock sparkly shoes on their wedding day.  Makes my glitter-obsessed heart smile

I absolutely adore when my couples choose to do a “First Look’ – where we set them up in a private area for them to see each other for the first time before the ceremony.  It’s always a great emotional moment that I enjoy capturing and this one was no exception!  The anticipation and joyful excitement Steven had anticipating his bride’s arrival was adorable – and their reactions were priceless…..

True Vogue-style.  Work it Hannah!!

 I’ll have Part 2 up next Monday so come back for the ceremony/wedding party/reception!

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I attended our annual Bakersfield’s Women’s Business Conference yesterday – and our main speaker was Tyra Banks!  She did a great job, taught us all how to smize correctly, and posed for a few quick photos in the VIP room.  I was able to grab a shot of friend and owner of Details Party Rental Denette with Tyra – and consider this a moment  Tyra was looking into MY camera, so check off that one!  Thank you to all the amazing women I’ve worked with and got to see at the conference – Ida, you rock!

I love that my own Fairy Godmother was hosting Tyra during the day and I caught this look that we all give to Colleen for being such an amazing woman!

 And here are 2 sneak peeks of Steven & Hannah’s wedding day at the beautiful Noriega House!  Come back on Monday to view their first post!

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Congratulations Kelsie!! You are absolutely gorgeous and I’m so excited to share some of my favorites from her HS Senior session last week.  I met Kelsie 2 years ago during her family photo session & her brother’s HS Senior photos and was so excited to realize it’s her turn!  Good luck with all of your upcoming adventures and congratulations on graduation next month!  Thank you for a fantastic photo shoot, I had a wonderful time with you and your mom!!  Enjoy

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