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The Golden Girl

Chicago Fashion and Lifestyle Blog

January 10, 2014

How the West was Fun

I love taking photos. I love photography in any form, really. You can imagine the thrill I got out of having all that fresh Oregon scenery at my disposal- all for me to capture from behind my lens! In the words of Karl Lagerfeld, what I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce. 

I think that’s what I love about these- the moment they captured. These photos started out as a quest for the perfect outfit shoot location- preferably with a lot of trees (which have become very foreign to me despite years growing up in the Pacific Northwest. These days all I know is the concrete jungle of #Chiberia.)

Now, when I look at these pictures, I remember how much fun it was goofing around in the sticks to get the perfect photo (and a lot of silly ones too.) The ones of Neal and I also make me laugh thinking about how cute my peanut-sized mom looked behind my giant camera, fussing with her reading glasses and trying to figure out which button to push (thanks Mom!) 

I think in 2014 I will resolve to take more photos of the two of us. It’s so much fun to relive those moments over again. I’ll hope you’ll be along for the journey! 




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  1. Amy says

    January 17, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    You two are a gorgeous couple!

    And I’m sorry for the nonstop comments today. When I find a blog I like, I tend to explore past posts. 🙂

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    • jess keys says

      January 18, 2014 at 1:17 am

      Thank you, Amy! So sweet! And I LOVE when readers leave me comments! Explore away! 🙂

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