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.
Marvin & Phyliss – Married 15 years
Love is so simple and is such beautiful thing. A look you get, a look you receive, holding hands, sneaking in a few kisses, and just smiling with the look on your face that you’re happy and complete because of the person who just looked at you that way, held your hand, or gave you that kiss.
I feel so blessed and privileged that my main job as a photographer is to capture the emotion and the outpouring of love with my camera. Whether that’s on your wedding day, or just as I did with Marvin and Phyliss…taking 15 min. to let us capture that love to pass on for generations to come. Last week I had the chance to not only see one of my oldest friends who was in town visiting from NYC, but take a walk through memory lane as Phyliss (Ariana’s grandma) recounted stories of my childhood when the two of us would play Barbies and ride out bikes around the old neighborhood 🙂 Evidently I look just as I did when I was 10 years old and I’ll take that as an awesome compliment! I had gotten to see Phyliss and Marvin as an adult when we lived out in Virginia, but was so excited to be their guests for a few days here in California to relax, enjoy wonderful food and get to catch up on life and how they were doing!
One evening at dinner (watching the sun set while out on the patio of a lovely restraunt on Sunset Blvd I’ll have you know…yea for Hollywood cliche’s!) I leaned over to Ariana and mentioned that these two love birds sitting across from me were being so cute and affectionate and I immideately wanted to capture it…’do you think they’ll let me do a quick photo shoot tomorrow?’ So after Phyliss and I blew out our joint birthday cake and were sung to by several french guys, I leaned over and asked (with the intention in the back of my mind that I never had the nerve to ask my own grandparents and now their adorable love is only ingrained in my memory and not captured) and asked. Phyliss was excited and immediately said Yes! So, we planned to meet up after their day full of activities and wait for the sun to be ‘just right’ before I took them on a quick 8 min. photo walk in their neighborhood. Thank you Marvin and Phyliss for letting me earn my keep by using my photography skills to capture your honest and beautiful love for one another! Here are a few of my favorites we took just outside their home in the beautiful Beverley Hills :0)
Phyliss, you are stunning…such a grace and beauty about you!
Aren’t they precious!
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.
love, love love love …love – this! 🙂 These are such beautiful images. I was trying to pick a favorite and I just can’t. I love how genuine their expressions are. You inspired me. I must do this for my grandparents.
omg..these two are my heros! I love this!!! how amazing after all these years..make my heart gidddy! wonderful job!
This is the sweetest thing I have ever seen.
How sweet!! Great pictures.
They are so cute!!
Oh my goodness! This makes my heart happy. <3
Jessica, these pictures made me smile. What a great couple and a fanstastic work. Jussara (ft)
These. Are. Awesome. I wish I had photos like this of my grandparents. Oh and Phyllis looks like the mother from Everybody Loves Raymond.
Oh my word they’re adorable!!
Oh my goodness! This is so adorable!
Not gonna lie…I got a bit teary eyed scrolling through these images! They are the true definition of everlasting love, and I hope to be able to share that same love with a special someone in 50 years 🙂 Great job, Jessica! Love your work!