Today is my 24th birthday.
I grew up on Lucy Maude Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and later, J. K. Rowling. (If you don’t know who any of those people are, you may never completely understand me.)
During my biggest Harry Potter phase, I was depressed for days when I came to the conclusion that I would never be a wizard.
I used to copy everything my big sister (Katie) did. When I discovered that it was too difficult to be that good, I revolted and soon became known as “Becker the House Wrecker” at the age of 4.
My grandpa owns a dairy farm, and I used to be in 4-H. I trained cows for the fairs every summer for about 7 years. I am not an animal person. Although I can appreciate how people think some dogs are really cute.
I always did really well in school, but always had great friends and was never teased for it. (Even though I used to have boy-hair and really ugly glasses.)
I have terrible coordination, and therefore have never been any good at sports. I only made the high school volleyball team because of my height (5′ 9.5″). My eight year old nephew beats me at almost everything.
I love to eat. Dark chocolate, mashed potatoes, beef bourguignon, and coconut curry chicken to name a few.
I am well traveled for my age ( I think.) I have traveled to at least 16 countries in the last 6 years, mostly by backpacking.
Even though running my own business is extremely time consuming and sometimes stressful, I feel really lucky to be able to do what I love.
I have seen the world, have amazing friends and family, am a working photographer, and am going on a picnic tonight with the best husband I could ever ask for.
Today I’m 24, and I feel very lucky. :)
-photo by Jamie Delaine.
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Jen’s veil, if I remember correctly, was made of a part of her mother’s veil and a piece of her grandmother’s veil. It was stunning. The handkerchief on the right was her grandmothers, which she kept in her purse.
Putting on the dress:
Photographing in the church was a little tricky. It was quite dark, there was no flash allowed, and I was required to stay at the very back of the church except during the very beginning and the signing. Thank goodness for my 70-200 2.8!
I love this shot of Jen:
And I needed to post one of her famous smile. I love how her eyes light up – you can’t help but grin back.
This was one of my ‘rain’ locations – the above photo was taken here as well. You can see how wet the ground is right in front of the girls – I had them stay right under the overhang of the parking garage to stay dry.
The boys, in the same parking garage:
The rain died down a little when we were shooting on the bridge in Fort Langley:
First dance:
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