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    I'm a blessed mother of four smart and caring children, wife to the most wonderful man in the world and lucky enough to have a job I look forward to doing every single day.

    I am so excited you have decided to stop by so I can share my work with you. Please, look around, leave a comment if you'd like and follow me on my journey. Our paths may have already crossed or may be converging closer and closer to one another. Whichever the case may be, thank you for being a part what I love to do more than just about anything else!

‘congratulations, i knew the record would stand until it was broken.’ – raton, nm family photographer

Drum roll please…………

and the winner is………..

Jacy Gansz!  She will win a 5×7 Ellie frame in Yellow Gold!!  Congratulations Jacy.  I will be in touch! 

Thank you to everybody who commented on the post!  Each of you will be receiving a 10% off coupon for an Organic Bloom frame!  Thanks again to all my wonderful friends and fans!

~happy day~
jennifer

‘you’re off to great places! today is your day! your mountain is waiting, so… get on your way!’ – raton, nm photographer

The gallery is up and the images are amazing!  Thank you, thank you, thank you to the cast and crew of Dr. Suess’ “Suessical, Jr.”.  I hope you were lucky enough to have attended one of the shows where your eyes and ears were treated to a visually exciting and colorful, super fun story told by some very talented kids!

If you would like to see and/or order images from the show, please visit the website at www.chasingfirefliesphotography.com and click on ‘proofing.’ in the menu bar.  The password is Suess (with a capital S)!

And to celebrate the show Chasing Fireflies Photography is giving away a FREE 5×7 image from the show to one lucky person who makes a comment on this post!  So post something below…a review of the show, your favorite character, how proud you are of your child, or maybe what you think of the photos!  But make a comment and be entered to win the photo!

A winner will be chosen by random draw on Monday, August 22 along with the giveaway for the 5×7 Organic Bloom frame (if you haven’t entered to win that giveaway see the post below or click here!)….see how things just go hand in hand around here?  Good luck to all, and I hope the images bring a smile to your face!

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut!”  – Dr. Suess

~happy day~
jennifer

whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. boldness has genius and power and magic in it. – raton, nm | trinidad, co photographer

Exciting news here at Chasing Fireflies Photography.  It may be a small step, but it’s a first step. 

As you know the studio carries the fabulously, amazing Organic Bloom frames.  They are handcrafted, and made with loving care by the highly talented Bloomies team.  Professional Photographer Magazine in their August 2011 issue published a product roundup spotlighting frames, and of course The Organic Bloom frames top the list!  What more, the magazine asked Mrs. Bloom to send along some photographs so one could be chosen to accompany the article and what do you know?  A photo by Chasing Fireflies Photography was chosen to display the product.  You can see a snippet of the article below, but to see the entire product roundup click here!

It’s my dream to one day to be featured in PP Magazine as an up and coming superstar in the business…and well…this is a start right?  Honestly, I couldn’t be happier than to be chosen to represent the beautiful frames from The Organic Bloom!  They are a wonderful, hard working company focused on customer service…just the kind of company I like to partner with.

So… in celebration I’d like to giveaway a 5×7 Organic Bloom frame to one of my fans.  How do you win?  Simple.

FIRST, ”LIKE” Chasing Fireflies Photography and The Organic Bloom on Facebook (if you’re already a fan just skip this step).  SECOND, post the comment ”I love @Chasing Fireflies Photography and @The Organic Bloom!” to YOUR Facebook page (be sure to include the “@” symbol to link back to us)!   THIRD, come back here leave a comment on THIS POST telling me your favorite “single” frame from The Organic Bloom.  Mine just happens to be the Fonzie in Pumpkin!  You get one entry and the winner will be chosen on August 22, 2002 in honor of my beautiful daughter Gabby’s 9th birthday!  (She just happens to be the gorgeous little girl you see in those frames!)

That’s it, easy peasy!

Again, a huge thank you to my faithful fans as well as any new ones and a special shout out to the entire Bloomie team – “Hi guys!!”   Good Luck!!

~happy day~
jennifer

‘we are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision’ – trinidad, co fashion photographer

Just wanted to give ya’ll a little sneak peek of the next session I will be blogging. 

(gorgeous model + stunning location)2 fab photographers = amazing photosession…you know we are advocates of higher education around here!  Feast your eyes and stay tuned!

Oh, and I hope you had a fabulously wonderful 4th of July!

~happy day~
jennifer

‘love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning’ : part two – raton, nm | trinidad, co engagement photographer

So the last stop on my recent trip was Bartlesville, OK to visit the fabulous Whitley Pollet, but I’m going to go crazy and blog these images first…wild aren’t I?   

Whitley Pollet is an amazing photographer who recently gave up digital and returned to the art of film shooting…and let me tell you, it was fate.  Her images are just breathtaking and I knew once she made the switch complete it was only a matter of time before I dusted off my old film cameras and headed out to Oklahoma!  As hard as it is to believe, I did officially start my photography career shooting film, but quickly swapped out my trusty Canon Rebel for something a little more current.  Working with Whitley I have to wonder why on earth I did that.  Shooting film, composing your shot, breathing and trusting your vision was so relaxing compared to the hectic trap I’ve fallen into shooting digital.  As I said before, it fed my soul.

Now, it’s been sometime since I’ve been to Oklahoma, and never in my photographic journey, but boy was I a happy camper.  At this time of year Tulsa is lush and green…tall, grassy meadows everwhere I looked, quaint little towns, majestic old barns…a photographers dream locale.   Whitley could have scheduled a photosession with an ogre and I would have still been smiling.  As it was, we had the amazing pleasure of shooting a gorgeous couple, Cherish and Scott.  Could they have been any cuter? 

We arrived at this location just before sunset.  I could have shot for hours….but I had to keep reminding myself…”You only have 12 shots…make the most of them.”  Well…ok…not really 12…but I was trying hard to keep myself in the film photographers frame of mind. However, being that the camera I was shooting with is at least 30 years old and untested in the last 20 of those…I couldn’t resist picking up my digital camera and capturing a few shots.  Here is what I got with my 5dmkii…Ican’t wait to get my scans back and compare them to these!

And on a side note….thank you for your unending patience with me Cherish and Scott!  Hope you love your images!

~happy day~
jennifer
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