I’M JENN.
My middle name is Hannah.
J. HANNAH IS THE NICKNAME MY GRANDFATHER GAVE ME GROWING UP.
I’m an only child, introvert, type 9, Aquarius sun, Scorpio rising, half Filipino, half Ginger, nature-loving, music-loving, taco-loving human.
To the left you’ll find some photos of me looking a lot cooler than I really am.
I have two degrees in English Lit and can play you three songs on the ukulele. My guilty pleasure is good sci-fi mystery/thriller. I’m always on the hunt for the perfect espresso martini and imperial stout. I have a cat named Fitz; he’s grey, weird, and chatty. I met my partner, Jared, on Tinder and one day, when we’re old and grey, we might start a band called Tinder Matches.
My photography is for the adventurous, alternative, starry-eyed, wanderlust couple.
I’m not here to set you up in some stiff, stuffy pose.
My approach is candid, artistic, and photojournalistic. My goal is to document you and your partner just as you are, to capture whatever unique connection exists between the two of you. I want to document your day just as it happens, with all the chaos, the messiness, the laughter, tears, and drunken dance moves. Your wedding day isn’t about the dress, the details, the flowers, the party — it’s about your love, hugging your mom, watching your dad get down on the dance floor, laughing your head off with your best friends. That’s what I promise you’ll care about 25 years from now.
WHAT I’VE LEARNED
After I got married in 2021, my perspective on wedding photography (and the wedding industry in general) changed. I’ve always loved creating beautiful photographs and immortalizing vulnerable and fleeting moments at weddings. It warms my heart to hear that my couples feel like they are right back there in the day, that they are crying and laughing all over again as they re-live the memories.
But this is what I realized after I got married. At the end of the day, all I have, truly, are my memories of the day. That is the only thing in me, that I get to keep with me. It’s not the dress, the location, the florals, or even the photos. My experience of that day and how I lived in that day greatly affected the memories of my wedding.
Yes, I want to give you artistic, dreamy, unique, real photographs to look back on years and years after the wedding. But I will also do my damnedest to make sure your experience on your wedding day is pure, full of overwhelming joy, and untainted with stress or worries.
