Revisited

Hey there,

It has been a week or two since my last post, and in the mean time I have been shooting lots. I can't quite post what I have been working on over the last little while just yet. Instead, I found these images while frantically looking for some images that I thought were completely lost. I am really bad at computer, and I freak out when they don't work for me. This is why Hunter and I are such a wonderful match. I freak out, and he thinks logically and makes everything alright.

This post is a fun shoot I did with my brother, Kiefer, and my beautiful friend Sara. It was summer between school years, and I was itching to shoot something other then my cat (oh how things have not changed). Sara and Kiefer agreed one night to let me shoot them the following weekend. I then reached out for my amazing friend Rachel to style this 90's inspired shoot. Now people, please remember this was an experimental shoot. I shot this entire series with my 50mm/ 1.8 lens, on my Rebel, with a star filter and a cut up pair of pantyhose. Despite the sever lack of focus, I still think they are quite beautiful. I hope you do, too.

Enjoy,

JMS

Carlaw

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to take a moment and share with you the project that has been keeping me busy for the past few weeks.

The backstory:

My "sister in law", as she likes to refer to me as, approached me a little while ago and asked if I would like to help her with a project. She buttered me up with complements like, "I really like your decretive style" and "since you quit your job...", so I had to say yes. I was beyond excited to be hired for something different then portraits or product. I have done interiors before, but nothing like this space. When I walked in, I felt like I was home. It was beyond wonderful working with Hilary (my partners sister and realtor extraordinaire) on cleaning, prepping, decorating, and planning for the space. She is very hands on and knows what she likes, and that is one of my favourite things about her personality. At some point she mentioned that she wanted to shoot a video, too. I said I knew how to shoot video, but I didn't know much about editing footage. She told me that she had someone in mind to help with the shoot, but it wasn't quite final yet; I sighed in relief.

When I met Adam, we were both taking in the fantastic space on our first visit to the loft. I thought we really hit it off and had the same ideas, I instantly got even more excited. It is very refreshing working with someone with as much sunny disposition and eagerness for their craft as I have; video for him, photography for myself. The three of us got a game plan and a story line, and the ball was rolling. I called up some model friends of mine and they instantly said yes.

The rest is history saved in this lovely short film about a space that we enjoyed and filled with even more wonderful memories.

Enjoy

JMS

Check out the listing here if you are interested: http://www.homeliferealtyone.com/toronto/Toronto/1011454

©2012 All images Copyright Jenna M. Spence

Port Credit

Hello there, It has been a little while since my last post (I'm not doing a very good job at posting everyday, unfortunately). I have been working on a few projects that are launching very soon, and I am very excited about them. I will be posting those this week.

In the mean time; I spent the holiday weekend doing all sorts of random visiting. It was wonderful to get a chance to head to my Dads house to visit his partner and her wonderful mother, who was in town from New Brunswick. I booked a Zip Car and grabbed my siblings and we drove off to port credit for a visit. Now, my dad was in Jerusalem, at a dragon boat competition and meeting the mayor, no joke (he actually met the Mayor or Jerusalem, on Jerusalem Day, no less). This was a very special visit because we were celebrating Tricia's birthday (my dads partner) even though it had happened almost a month pervious. Anyways, I begged Tricia to let me take pictures of her mother and her for her birthday present.

Here are some shots from that late afternoon. It was a really special visit, and I hope I captured the visit nicely.

Enjoy,

JMS

©2012 All Images copyright of Jenna M. Spence

How could I forget?

Today was a busy day, that was the lead into a busy day tomorrow. This morning, over breakfast, I decided to reorganize some of my images and make sure that lightroom can see all my photos from the last year and a bit. While doing this, I noticed some beautiful images of someone very important in my life who I haven't posted about yet. I realized that she is the only family member of mine that hasn't showed up on my blog. Now this isn't because I don't hang out with her, it's just that I haven't spent much time photographing her.

I dwelled on these images all day, while I was dealing with the more busy things. Before bed, I felt the need to post these images up and share this special person with everyone (much to my 'roommates' annoyance because my space bar makes a loud clicking noise). She has been around me me whole life, shared her room, clothes, stories, and much more with me. She is and will always have a huge part of my heart. She is beautiful and talented in so many ways. My sister, Ashley.

Enjoy,

JMS

©2012 All images copyright of Jenna M. Spence.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Rachel.

My week has been filled with love from my amazing friend Rachel, and I am oh so happy about this. The boy and I embarked on a wild journey to Newmarket this past Monday to celebrate the existence of Rachel. We ran into some stressful issues on our way up; lost bookings, crazy rain, crazy hail, CRAZY SNOW?!?!; but we made it. As a gift, I attempted to photograph her and her friends who also ventured out of their homes to celebrate as well. Here are a few that I managed to grab. Please notice Rachel's beautiful glowing eyes in every photo, they are amazing.

Enjoy,

JMS

PS: Rachel and her sweet sweet boyfriend, Matt, were being really cute so I made them sit together and let me document their adoration for each other. It was beautifully awkward (award on my part, beautiful on theirs). Enjoy those too, they are at the bottom.

©2012 All images copyright of Jenna M. Spence