Saturday, May 21, 2011 was pretty close to perfect! Kevin & Cayla were absolutely stunning. There will be a whole lot more coming soon but I had to share a tiny sneak peek from their wedding day!


Kevin & Cayla | Wedding Sneak Peek | Clovis, CAMay 23rd, 2011Saturday, May 21, 2011 was pretty close to perfect! Kevin & Cayla were absolutely stunning. There will be a whole lot more coming soon but I had to share a tiny sneak peek from their wedding day! |
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Christmas Specials & Packages 2010 | Reedley Christmas PicturesAugust 30th, 2010It’s time for Christmas pictures! Save money by scheduling your shoot early. Also, need a Christmas gift idea? How about a family photo shoot. You can early purchase Gift Certificates for your loved ones simply by giving me a call or shooting me an e-mail. |
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In the garage | Reedley, CAApril 25th, 2010Antiques fascinate me. Who did they belong to? How did they use them? How much did they buy it for? Has it always been in my family? Trust me, I’ve got loads of questions. The other weekend my sister and I rummaged around my grandparents shed. Angie got some information from grandpa about some of [...] |
Antiques fascinate me. Who did they belong to? How did they use them? How much did they buy it for? Has it always been in my family? Trust me, I’ve got loads of questions.
The other weekend my sister and I rummaged around my grandparents shed. Angie got some information from grandpa about some of the treasures we found. They may not be treasures to you, but they’re certainly treasures to us. For instance, there was a simple piece of wood hammered together forming a ‘t’ shape. Grandma told us that our Great Grandfather would sit on this stool every morning to milk the cow. Had we not known that, I’m certain at some point it would have become just another log on the fire.
Then there were the tools. Who knew that these specific tools were tailor made for a Model T. You couldn’t work on the car without them. And our family still has them?! But where’s the car?!!! I guess the tools lasted but the car didn’t. Ahh well, so is life.
Percy’s Head Shots | Baton Rouge, LANovember 24th, 2009Here he is… my boyfriend Percy. We took head shots while I was in Baton Rouge. He is such a good sport. |
Stock Photography | Baton Rouge, LAOctober 16th, 2009I’ve been shooting some more stock photography. I’m a member of iStock, you can find my photos being sold there under my user name jeightea. It’s been fun creating images to sell there. Here are three new ones that I shot yesterday. I think they’re lovely but we’ll see if iStock even accepts them as [...] |
I’ve been shooting some more stock photography. I’m a member of iStock, you can find my photos being sold there under my user name jeightea. It’s been fun creating images to sell there. Here are three new ones that I shot yesterday. I think they’re lovely but we’ll see if iStock even accepts them as part of their library.

Avery Island, LA | photographySeptember 19th, 2009Yesterday Percy took me to the birthplace of Tabasco Sauce, Avery Island, LA. It’s very intriguing and fairly huge. We took a tour of the factory, learned about the farming of the peppers and how the farmers use “le petite baton rouge” or “the little red stick” to pick out the ripest, most juicy peppers. [...] |
Yesterday Percy took me to the birthplace of Tabasco Sauce, Avery Island, LA. It’s very intriguing and fairly huge. We took a tour of the factory, learned about the farming of the peppers and how the farmers use “le petite baton rouge” or “the little red stick” to pick out the ripest, most juicy peppers. The peppers have to match the color of the stick or else they’re not picked.
Did you know that after the peppers have been picked, salted, and ground they are then put into barrels which are sealed with rock salt (all of which is mined on Avery Island) and fermented for three years! Then it’s churned in this huge thing for up to 28 days mixing with vinegar before it gets bottled. Amazing how this stuff is made.
Anyways, we toured the property as well and we saw alligators. I had nightmares last night. All things reptile creep me out. But it was fascinating.
An excellent date and very informative! Enjoy some of the pictures and pretend that you are there with Percy and I enjoying the humid, beautiful day.

the swamp land of Louisiana & a beautiful base of a magnificent tree

inside the McIlhenny's Tabasco factory and an overview of a small piece of Avery Island

the Tabasco Country Store had TONS of Tabasco products from measuring spoons to jalapeno ice cream

a barrel that housed tabasco sauce that is cemented shut with Avery Island rock salt and crawfish etouffee which I don't really care for

the new jalapeno tabasco sauce bottled and getting ready to be shipped out and a beautiful flower that grows throughout louisiana

percy enjoyed the crawfish etouffee while I enjoyed the scenery

the really cool tabasco artwork and a shot of two alligators

alligators and the marshlands of louisiana

giant, and I mean GIANT spiders all over the place... about the size of a baseball

agillators as my good little friend Jeremy used to call them

amazing scenery paired with two alligators
Annie the Schnauzer Dog portraits | Reedley, CAAugust 23rd, 2009As some of you may not, and others of you might not, I just don’t like dogs. In fact, the idea of ever owning a dog is completely foreign to me. I’m not sure where my dislike for dogs came from. My mom loves dogs, we had dogs growing up, I even loved my dog [...] |
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As some of you may not, and others of you might not, I just don’t like dogs. In fact, the idea of ever owning a dog is completely foreign to me. I’m not sure where my dislike for dogs came from. My mom loves dogs, we had dogs growing up, I even loved my dog who I named Friskie… but at some point along the way (maybe it was when I was five and my grandparents German Shepherd bit the skin of Marisol’s forehead off) I stopped thinking they were cute.
I don’t like their smell, the wet nose, the licking, the shedding, the hair, when they shake after they got wet… oh the list can go on and on!
BUT, I got to shoot my friends dog for them on Saturday. And surprise, surprise. I liked the dog. She didn’t lick me, she didn’t nudge me with her nose, she didn’t smell, she didn’t shed because she had hair, and she didn’t bark or lick herself inappropriately. She was rather cute and I even pet her. So maybe it was a breakthrough but the next dog can send me back to my normal self.
Anyhow, meet Annie. She’s cute.




