Jillian Tree

an aspiring photographer.

First time seeing snow. January 26, 2011

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David & I went to New Jersey to visit my family last weekend – more of that in this post – and it was his real first time seeing snow (minus when he was a baby & too young to remember). I have some cute videos of his very first reaction & some snowball fights we had, on my point&shoot camera (which I forgot there but am getting soon) that I’ll put up sometime.

David’s thoughts on snow to one of the 9-year-old girls at Church last Sunday, who still hasn’t seen snow either: “It’s way even fluffier than it looks in pictures.”

Or something along that line. It was just very cute the way he said it to her :)

So by my parents house there was this really cool cement crumbling building. So we randomly had some fun – or atleast I did, shooting the pictures! I think David did as well…minus when I made him throw snow up in the air over 12 times  ;)

His smile looks really genuine here…it must’ve still been one of the first couple times he did it:

Isn’t he a cutie?

We had some fun with this building.

a LOT of fun. Especially since I only made him do this twice, and he was most willing:

There were also a ton of icicles hangin’ around. Yes, pun intended. My *ahem* lame attempts at humor are always labeled as ‘so cute’ (and followed by a kiss on the forehead for some reason) by my highly sarcastic husband. Sarcastic, as in his type of humor is full of sarcasm, not as in he was being sarcastic at my trying to be funny – just making sure thats clear. He loves me very much & wouldn’t ever do that. More like, he knows I don’t appreciate negative sarcasm & I probably would never attempt making a joke in front of him again, and he enjoys it waaay too much to discourage me.

Happy wednesday! :)

 

Workshop Sneak Peek! January 21, 2011

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So on wednesday I went down to Miami for this workshop:

http://store.kennykim.com/Portfolio_Plus_Workshop/Portfolio_Plus/Home.html

It was my first photography workshop, and I was really excited/nervous! And it turned out to be such a great time, and I learned a lot (frantic writing & many pages of notes so that I won’t ever forget!) & met some really cool people there. Kenny Kim & Ray Santana are awesome – so friendly & helpful & caring. Especially loved meeting them, & amazed that Kenny Kim now has my phone number saved on his cell…

crazy.

So as to the sneak peek, I’m putting up a pic of whats to come (soon there’ll be a blog post with my favorite pics) from the workshop:


PS: I just just started a twitter account! follow me at: http://www.twitter.com/JillianTree

 

Wedding video. January 13, 2011

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So on account of receiving our wedding video yesterday, I decided to start a blog.

Not really, actually, the times just coincided.

I’ve been wanting to start a blog for the past while, but have been very tentative. There are several blogs over the past months that I’ve read almost daily, and they inspire yet scare me. They are written so well, and are so entertaining…and when I look back at my own writing and journals I kept when I was younger, well…let’s just say they’re not worth mentioning (and should be burnt; I’m working on that one still, since we don’t have a fireplace.)

But as I’ve been learning more & more about becoming a photographer, I’ve heard countless times how important a blog is. So here I am, starting one. My random thoughts, my favorite pictures, my love for my husband, my daily life, my attempts at witty writing, my deep thoughts…on the internet, for anyone to read. Or no one. Or my mom, or some random person halfway across the world that somehow comes across my blog.

I can just imagine in a year or two, looking back on the beginning of my blog, cringing, “what was I thinking, writing that?”

We shall see.

And so we have my first blog post, about my wedding video. You see, I’d been checking the mail everyday for the past week (or two…okay yes, three!). Yesterday I even checked it twice, once around noon and the second time when I got home after my husband (which is rare). Disappointed the mailbox was empty, I headed into the house. I was hugged by a husband with a Wii remote and nunchuk in his hand, who turned back to the TV and innocently proclaimed ‘hey, why did the tv switch screens on me?!’ …..to our wedding video menu! There was no screaming and jumping involved over the following twenty seconds. Really, absolutely none.

So I’d like to thank Radtke Studios (Chris Radtke & Mark Hiebert, now Paperback Films) for such an amazing, amazing video. They completely captured our day. From the getting ready time, to our special first kiss, to the reception, to all the small details that would be otherwise forgotten over time. I am so so so SO glad I went with them…originally I didn’t  think I really needed a videographer (I must’ve been crazy), and I know I would’ve very much regretted not having the very best wedding videographers, especially now – seeing how they made our special day into such a beautiful work of art, that I could literally watch over & over again!

Here is the link to the short music video of our wedding day:

http://www.vimeo.com/17659264

So a big thank you To Chris & Mark…as well as a big congratulations on merging & rebranding your business! You guys really do bring videography to a whole new incredible level. Check them out at: www.paperbackfilms.ca

Tonight David & I are headed to New Jersey to visit my family. Ready to have some fun, a second Christmas, as well as for David to see snow for the very first time…

*facewash coming his way* [shhhh]