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Re: Hora de Decir Adios.

Jenn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:58:49 -0000

Hi Seba!

Yeah, I love to travel too, but after about 2 weeks I get homesick, especially for Matt. Well, actually it's more like 2 days, but who's counting?

Re: Fotografo de Embarazo, Santiago|Claudia y Javier

Jenn — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:32:08 -0000

I especially like #5. The expressions are incredible.

It's so odd to see fall photos when it's so hot here. It makes me realize that I'm living in a bubble, thinking of summer. I wish I was visiting the southern continents about now.

Re: Fotografia Urbana Santiago| Isabel y Italo

Jenn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:39:11 -0000

I love the serious and the sweet, but especially the serious. Isabel's face grabbed me right away. It's such a great shot!

Re: I Can’t Stop

Jenn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:03:22 -0000

You know, I can almost see Seba cheering for Chile against Spain, even though the game bores him. GO CHILE!

Re: Sesion Fotografica, Santiago|Carolina y Gabriel, Bellas Artes

Jenn — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:02:49 -0000

Lens flare FTW! :)

Beautiful expressions too.

Re: Fotografo de Boda, Santiago | Anita y Will, Estacion Central

Jenn — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:14:42 -0000

I LOVE the experiment!

Re: Downtown Nashville Photography Session| Jennette

Jenn — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:42:26 -0000

I love the one with the newspaper boxes. The colors are amazing and so is Jeanette's smile. La Super Pasta indeed!

Re: Engagement Session Photography, Franklin, Tennessee| Molly and Ben

Jenn — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:47:19 -0000

And Molly is just as beautiful in person. It was really nice to meet her.

Great shots!

Re: Photo Session, Franklin Tennessee|Jenn, Franklin Public Library

Jenn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:49:49 -0000

Also, Kyle and Seba have to be two of the hardest working photographers in the business. They are all over the assignment from the first minute and they really know how to make people feel comfortable.

Re: Photo Session, Franklin Tennessee|Jenn, Franklin Public Library

Jenn — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:47:34 -0000

Kyle, these are amazing. Thank you and Seba so much for doing such a great session! Next time I'll have to have Matt come with me for a couple's shoot.

That last one I really was passing out. I don't know what happened. Sometimes I get the same wooziness in the shower. Matt thinks it's the heat. But you and Seba was so sweet when I stopped the shot to sit down. I seriously couldn't see a thing for a couple of minutes.

Re: Desde USA con amor

Jenn — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:23:09 -0000

Seba, I know what you mean about the last part. I think that was the hardest part for me in Ethiopia. I never felt like I could relax or let my guard down. I was too worried to take my camera out even and take pictures, which was terrible. I should have taken more pictures of Addis anyway.

I think if I'd been there longer I would have eventually got used to it.. or maybe had a nervous breakdown. :)

Re: Creative?

Jenn — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:47:37 -0000

I agree that shooting every day makes you a better photographer. I learned a ton when I was shooting the sun every day, part of it was learning that I wanted to be a photographer, though not in the professional sense, and a lot of it was getting better and learning what types of pictures I wanted to shoot. I've missed that series a lot and I've been thinking about starting a new one, but I don't know if I could go a whole year - maybe a month though would be just about perfect.

And you certainly have a great sense of style. I was looking through some of my co-workers wedding pictures a few months ago and it suddenly hit me how good you really are. A lot of the photos were taken trying to capture images similar to yours (balcony, some of the pre-photos as well), but they felt flat to me. I remember wondering why they were so boring to me, but I realized it was because I've been looking at your pictures now for years and they're so full of life and character.

Re: What’s in a Name?

Jenn — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:58:17 -0000

There are probably a couple of reasons why I chose the name looking back.

1. I had a group of friends who believed they had a special spiritual destiny. I was convinced by them that I was special because of some inherent spirtual link I had. But I didn't believe in that anymore and I didn't want to be called special in that sense.

2. I think there are a lot of ordinary qualities in people that I think should be celebrated. I don't really like the culture where everyone is told that they're great, special like all of the people that apply for American Idol seriously when they cannot sing. I think there's too much emphasis that you have to be special or you have no worth or that you can work really really hard at something and suddenly you're gifted. Certainly hard work is part of being good at something, but it's not the only thing. And there's nothing wrong with not being gifted.

So maybe it was a reaction to the whole "specialness culture" we seem to have in America. I wanted to just be who I was and that was okay. I didn't need a special destiny. Life is wonderful even in the ordinary things.

Re: What’s in a Name?

Jenn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:16:54 -0000

I remember when you were in the contest for JPG and asked your readers to vote for you if they liked the pictures. And how I emailed you to ask you if you were Kyle because I was confused because I assumed it was a boy's name. Wow, foot met mouth that day. :)

Anyway, I really like your name. Mine is Jenn (Jennifer) and I was the third or fourth Jennifer in my class even in small 10 student classes. I always wished my parents had given me a name that was more unusual. My dad liked common names though. We probably have 4 of the most common first and middle names for the time we were born.

Re: Videos of Damage From the Earthquake in Chile

Jenn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:15:21 -0000

It's really neat to see the video and hear comments from someone who's there. Thanks for posting the video!

One little thing that bothered me is that you spent most of the time looking at the ground. I'm sure that's where most of the damage is visible, but I kept wanting to pan the camera up to see the buildings and maybe pan out to see more of the whole picture. This might just be me.

The video is really sharp and not very shaky though. Sometimes home videos make me a little queasy with the camera-shake or they're so low quality it's hard to see what's what.

Re: How to Celebrate Your Third Wedding Anniversary Like a (Pretend) Baller

Jenn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:12:37 -0000

Congratulations!!

Re: Private: Karla y Yan: fotografia Matriomonio Alto de Pirque

Jenn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:47:14 -0000

You know, looking at all of these beautiful dresses you photograph makes me want to have an occasion (and the money) to wear a wedding (or wedding-esque) dress more often than once. This one is beautiful!

Re: Getting a Visa in Chile

Jenn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:44:26 -0000

Maybe Seba just needs to go with you for every visit for your visa. Hmmm?

Re: Vacation Time in Chile Versus the U.S.

Jenn — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:04:43 -0000

Nashville, really? Let me get back to you on the dates, even though NYC is tempting (and so much fun). But I have friends that live a couple of hours away in Knoxville and I could make it a long weekend (on either side). It won't be until late Feb until I know. If you fill up before then, I'll see what else I can work in.

I used to work with a lot of our European offices and they were closed for a lot of holidays and basically for the whole month of August and December. I was always jealous.

Re: Cruising Down the Amazon!!!

Jenn — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:31:06 -0000

Woohoo! I can't wait to read about the trip and see the pictures!

Re: Los Debates Presidenciales en Chile

Jenn — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:22:28 -0000

I have to say that I feel the same about US debates. Either the questions don't really cover the topics I want to hear about or the candidates dodge the questions. I guess that's part of politics. I wonder if someone could get elected by being direct and honest. It would make that person stand out, but I guess that person would also piss off a large part of the population who disagreed.

Although it seems like now a lot of people are rabidly "conservative" (I put that in quotes because it's conservative only on certain issues) and "not conservative" and the only thing that matters is if the candidate panders to one or the other side.

Re: Claire y Esteban, Terrazas de la Reina: Fotografia de Matrimonio, Santiago, Chile

Jenn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:24:25 -0000

You tell a great story here with these pictures.

And I love, love, love her wedding dress!

Re: My Absence Explained

Jenn — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:55:07 -0000

I'm glad that things are better than you were expecting and that you're able to be there with your family. I hope everything continues to go well and I'll have you in my thoughts.

Re: Traveling Sick

Jenn — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:58:00 -0000

Ick, I can feel your pain. There's nothing like not being able to get warm. I hope you're feeling better already! Sleep will do you good.

P.S. Got 5 vaccinations on Friday and thankfully no flu-like symptoms, but I was nauseous and owww.. I forgot how much it can hurt the muscles in my arms.

Re: Seba’s Guest Post

Jenn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:42:30 -0000

I thought Seba had a post before you went on your big trip. It was a video and something about taking over the blog. I've been waiting on another post from Seba since then.