Jessica has been recognized as a preferred vendor to work with by her industry peers, earned TheKnot.com’s Best of Weddings award 9 times, and been inducted into TheKnot.com Hall of Fame. Jessica is a multi-award-winning photographer, a leader in her industry, and an educator to up-and-coming photographers through her Embark Retreat.
Wow. January has already been an amazing month for my photography business. I knew last year that I’d have several magazines coming out this month, but the reality hit me today when I saw a pile in my office of Vows magazines, Bakersfield Life, The Californian, and First for Women magazine. I feel truly blessed to have been provided with opportunities such as these to showcase my wedding photography and the magnitude of them all happening so close together is something I want to treasure – and today’s blog post is for me to remember and celebrate these!
If you’re a local Bakersfield person or you follow my photography facebook page, you may have already seen the January issue of Bakersfield Life. For those of you who haven’t, here are some screen shots of the article that I photographed and participated it. It was wonderful being able to be grouped with 3 other female wedding vendors in town whom I truly admire, respect and would recommend in a heartbeat! Since I typically get asked to shoot the “Four Women Who….or Four Men Who…” article each month for Bakersfield Life Magazine it was a double bonus getting to not only photograph it, but to be interviewed! The ladies were so patient with me using a tripod and timer to make it all work and I enjoyed getting to know them all better! To read the entire interview, you can see the magazine online here: http://issuu.com/
For the third year now I was asked to provide the cover image for Vows Magazine – the yearly wedding insert for Bakersfield Life. When talking to the staff about images we could use, the one I took of the bride in a local almond orchard was brought up – and it’s one of my favorites! I was also able to provide several images to accompany the articles in the Vows magazine, and am so thankful for the exposure and trust Bakersfield Life has continued to give me. Here’s a peek at the magazine and you can also view it online here: http://issuu.com/bakersfieldlifemagazine/docs/vows/1?mode=window
This page was one of my favorites – Chad & Amanda’s wedding was one of my favorites in 2011…and to see my new sister-in-law Megan’s photo chosen to show off her beautiful lace dress was a bonus!
Also, this week the newest issue of the national publication First for Women Magazine came out on news stands! I had the pleasure of working for them back in November to photograph a weight loss sucess story of a mother and daughter in Tehachapi! It was so much fun working with Kimberly Lawson as our stylist and Daniella Ozuna who did hair and makeup and getting to know our models – the lovely Nikole and Cindy. If you’re interested in learning more about fat flushing soups, pick up a copy today – trust me, these ladies looked outstanding!
It’s currently at your local grocery store nationwide….and yes, I may have squealed and held back my immediate urge to tell the people in line with me that I have a photo that I took…you know…right here….on a cover…haha!
While we’re on the topic of being overwhelmed with fun things happening for my business, yesterday I was honored to see a photo that local Californian newspaper photographer, Felix Adamo captured of me at the Ultimate Bridal Event! I’ll be doing an entire blog post coming up next Freyday with all the photos from the show that others took of me! Let’s just say it was magical 😉
Here’s a close up, the text reads: “Cinderella, also known as photographer, Jessica Frey talks to 5-year-old Alex Franklin at the Ultimate Bridal Event Sunday at Rabobank Convention Center. Frey was helping a friend (Colleen Bauer) at the Fairy Godmother booth, which offers wedding and event planning services.” YEA!!! I absolutely adore my Fairy Godmothers and any bride would be making a wonderful choice to hire them on to take care of all the details/day of coordinating/etc!!! You can find all of their information here: abridesfairygodmother.com
Have a wonderful day!!! Thank you for letting me share what an amazing week this has been for me! I truly am so blessed and thankful!!!
Jessica Frey is an award-winning, Texas Hill Country-based international wedding and event photographer committed to delivering a high-quality experience complete with stunning and joyful images.
Congratulations, Jessica! What an awesome week!
You will always be “our princess” luv ya