About Jade.
So you want to hear about me, huh? Well, I’ll tell you the “me” stuff first, then we’ll get to photography. Right up front, I’ll be honest. I’m a lucky girl. I met my husband in high school when I was 16, and he has been the love of my life every day since. He is so cool. He plays the guitar (electric and acoustic), the banjo, the piano, the accordion, the harmonica, and sometimes the drums. He plays and coaches Ultimate Frisbee. He hikes, bikes, wake surfs, kite boards, and hunts. He’s also a youth pastor (at the Vista, holla!) and speaker who loves Jesus, and inspires me big time. He’s also my main designing consultant. He is into something new every day. If it weren’t for him I would have never ended up in Temple, Tx. He is absolutely talented, gifted, and always has been always will be my numero uno. I couldn’t do any of this without him, and I think he deserves some credit, so here it is. Te amo kpeezy, te amo.
He also gave me the best gift I’ve ever gotten, my little girl Gemma. Gemma is the coolest and best thing that’s ever happened to us. Oh my goodness she’s the best. She’s right about at the terrible two’s, and she is still so cool it pains me to think how uncool she’s going to think I am in 13 years. Yikes. She looks just like her Daddy and every day I think I couldn’t love her any more than I already do, and then she learns to say “I love you” and my heart grows 3 sizes.
I love wine, coffee and music, all kinds. I think tattoos are beautiful, and a completely acceptable way of rewarding myself after a big achievement. Fall is my favorite season. I like to be outside. I like snow and mountains and rivers more than the beach. Central Texas summers make me sad. I am a front yard gardener, because as much as I love growing my own food, I love my puppies more. I like to cook really yummy things, my favorite is chicken pot pie. I really like T.V. I love the whole experience of going to the movies, especially the popcorn.
Up until a couple of years ago, I dreamed of traveling the world in an Airstream trailer and living in a different city every year. Preferably ones with rivers and mountains on the West Coast. I was going to compromise and live on the beach part of the time because Kyle loves the beach like I love the mountains. I never thought I would be a Mom at 25. I never dreamed of being a stay-at-home Mom with aspirations of growing my own food. I never dreamed that Kyle and I would stay up late into the night talking about owning land so we could grow more food and have goats and chickens and a whole mess of kids. Oh how life changes. And God teaches me daily that His ways are better than mine. He has changed our desires. He has changed our lives, drastically, for the better. And I am loving it.
So…photography.
I have dreams at night about taking pictures. I have since I was small and I would play with my parent’s old Minolta that had that lever you pull back to advance the film. One of the most satisfying sounds of my youth was when that shutter clicked. In middle school I was obsessed with disposable cameras, I had a new one every week. Half of my lunch money went to developing film. I have 537 four-by-six prints of sunsets that were taken in fields around my small West Texas hometown. My parents bought me my first great film camera in high school, a Canon Rebel, and I still have it and the box it came in.
I have recently upgraded to a Canon 5d Mark II, and it has changed my photography so much for the better. If you like what you’ve seen on my blog, I can guarantee you will like the photos I take of you and your family, your engagement photos, or any special occasion. I appreciate the small moments, I’ll take pictures of just about anything, from weddings to seniors to little league baseball. I believe that God has made a mysterious and beautiful world, and He has allowed me to view and appreciate that beauty in a very unique way, and He reveals some of that mystery to me in photos. I am still so infatuated with the click of that shutter. This ain’t no hobby folks, this is love.
So how do you see the world? I’d love to talk about how I can capture that in a picture. Call me, it won’t be weird. People like me.
You’ll see.
Jade, what a talent God has given you! You definitely have the eye of a photographer. I’ve have admired the pictures you took at the Studinka’s farm not realizing that this was your passion. I have bookmarked your spot and will definitely be getting your name out there to potential clients. May God continue to bless you and your sweet family.
Oh my Gosh my sweet little jadie,
How to tell u how proud i am of you, to have known u when u didn’t even know yourself, ( i taught her in pre-k) What a little stinker she was but always quick with a smile and a hug. My precious daughter and her were the best of friends and still are, i have watched them grown into amazing young women, Just brings tears to my eyes to be a part of two wonderful grown ups.
I love u so much, and watch with amazement what God has in store for your wonderful life.
Blessings
Kim
Jade, when i read your fb post about the pics you took of “Noelle’s bridal pics” I thought I would come and check them out. You see, I, too, am a photographer and if I ever get around to it, plan on printing and matting, then selling, some of my pics. I do old stuff usually, not people (unless asked).
Anyway, after reading your bio, it’s going to be scary to you, but……you and I would be best friends if I lived up there. You are me in so many ways and I am you in others. That and the fact that I have always loved your husband’s eyes (does anyone else ever say that?:)
We have a ranch outside of Kerrville and we are interested i selling some of the back pasture land. Oh, this place is amazing. So wonderful living here. Anyway, you’d have to drill your own well, I know that, but it sure is pretty back there and NO neighbors – just quiet. I love that part the best. Call me if you’re interested and I’ll get more details from the Tank. 830 459 2168.
Now I’m going to go enjoy your photographs. I’m excited to see the gift that God has given you and what you’re doing with it!
Be blessed today and squeeze that little girl of yours for me.
Jan (Thomason – Melinda’s cousin)
Jan, I just saw this! I so wish we were in a position to buy some land, but alas….it’s not in the cards right now. Thank you so much for the thought!
Love to you!
I would very much like to be friends with you from a distance.