Category Archives: personal projects

one|june

It’s summer (yeeeessssssss!!!!) and I’m finally feeling much more inspired to pick up my camera.  Actually a lot more.  But warm weather and sunshine will do that to a person who lives in Chicago and freezes their %$@&^ off for a good portion of the year.  This month has been great, my oldest turned the…

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  • Mama Z - I hope they’re not texting while driving! Keep your eyes on the road gentleman!!!!!
    Adorable Jess. Perfect in every way.ReplyCancel

  • Mama Z - I hope they’re not texting while driving! Keep your eyes on the road gentleman!!!!!
    Adorable Jess. Perfect in every way.ReplyCancel

  • adele - Absolutely wonderful! They could not be cuter! 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Kim - Please promise me you’ll frame this. A new favorite from you.ReplyCancel

  • Stacey Vukelj - Could this be any cuter? The arm around the back makes my heart melt. I love these guys.ReplyCancel

  • Gigi - Jess, you couldn’t have bribed them to do this. It’s too precious. He will always protect his little brother.ReplyCancel

dandy lions|film

Playing with another type of color film, I took the boys over to a forest preserve that was loaded with dandelions. When we got home they were covered in yellow!  Also shot some stuff around the backyard, Nate picking flowers weeds, and Charlie “washing my car” which was him dumping water on the rear quarter panel…

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  • Kim - Oh Jess, I love these! Great colors and these are so your style!ReplyCancel

  • Adele - Love how these are still so you despite no processing! Great location and beautiful shots!!ReplyCancel

grandma + grandpa’s house|film

I am trying to catch up with blogging some film images from my first few rolls!  I posted some of the other shots I took using this first roll of black and white film, of Belle Isle in Detroit, here.  Here are some more from that roll, from in and around my in-law’s home.  I love the…

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out and about|film

Continuing my fun with testing out different types of film, here are a few shots from my second roll of color film.  Film is so fun, it’s unpredictable, I can’t check my LCD screen, and I don’t know what I’ll get until weeks later after the scans are sent back to me from the lab. …

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  • Kim - Love the theme here Jess! Boys and toys :). Colors are gorgeous and enjoyed reading your thoughts!ReplyCancel

one|may

How is it the end of May already? Jeesh. So, I *think* I can safely say that summer is finally on the way…at least it was showing itself a little bit last weekend in between cold and rain, so I took my boys to the “flower park” otherwise known as Cantigny Gardens.  There are flowers and green…

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  • Adele Humphries - bwahahahaha!! He cracks me up! Fantastic that you captured this moment Jess 🙂ReplyCancel

  • denise howe - Such a cute blog “circle!” Love the picture of the little “superhero” in the Subway! Makes me long for city days.ReplyCancel

  • Stacey Vukelj - I am laughing SO hard at this. J wants to know “WHAT is he DOING?” Too funny. And thank you to Denise!ReplyCancel

  • Kim - I just adore this. SO funny, and so true to your style!!ReplyCancel

  • Mama Z - Absolutely perfect in every way! Hilarious, adorable, typical of a tired munchkin. Oh how I miss that age! Jess, your images never fail to make make me giggle.ReplyCancel

hello neighbor!|film

From my second roll of color film – this is the fuzzball that lives behind us.  Our dog Calvin always has to go say hi!  Lots and lots of snorfling through the fence… Canon EOS3 + 50mm + Kodak Portra 160vc (expired) + developed and scanned at Indie Film Lab.

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