Jessica Holden Photography » My Little Corner of the Web

Masthead header

Yearly Archives: 2013

My lensbaby has been on my camera a lot this month, including for my portraits blog circle where Emily and I played with a little green mask to capture sunflare and backlighting, and then again on my not-so-little girl’s 14th birthday. But one day this month my friend and I sneaked off to Capitola and […]

View full post »

A few months ago, I was honored to be invited to participate in a group photography project with a friend of mine, Heather Lickliter. Her vision was to publish an online magazine showcasing how each of us interpreted the theme of Cinderella. As a family Disneyland holds a special place in our hearts, and though […]

View full post »

Somehow my family little family made Mother’s Day extra special this year! Emily woke up early (“-ish”—we are not morning people) and made a favorite recipe from my Mom: “Paris Puffins”—these little muffins that are rolled in melted butter and cinnamon sugar right when they come out of the oven. And while she was making […]

View full post »

We found this mask that we totally loved at a little shop in Solvang last summer, and I haven’t quite known what to do with it so it’s been sitting in my “to shoot” pile ever since. But you know how we love masks, so we had to find something! While I was brainstorming the […]

View full post »

For our Creativity blog circle this month, our concept was to shoot through glass. For once I had a million ideas, but it was a busy month and so I was only able to make one of them happen. This image is kind of a sneak peek of a concept shoot I did as part […]

View full post »

Every year since her first birthday, Emily has woken up to balloons on her bed—one balloon for every year. It’s getting more crowded every birthday, of course, but still Tom and I have fun doing it late in the night each April 29th (or 30th!)! But this year in particular (maybe because I’m all too […]

View full post »

Since we got annual passes this year, Disneyland photos will likely make up a large part of my blog posts through next February! I broke this trip into two parts, because I was determined to use my Lensbaby for a lot of it, so those photos are in this post. Emily’s kitty helped us pack […]

View full post »

My first Through the Lensbaby Blog Circle post, and I am so excited! Since I am determined to master my Lensbaby, I decided for two days of our trip to Disneyland to use ONLY the Lensbaby. I chose the Sweet 35 optic so I could more easily change the aperture on the fly, and then […]

View full post »