Flower Girl

I am a certified People Person! Weddings are so much fun because I get to watch people and capture unscripted moments. This little angel was studying a bouquet in the receiving line after the ceremony. Not sure what she was thinking but she looks so adorable in the picture that a million moms would arm wrestle for the privilege of giving her a hug! Check out more wedding pictures at my Wedding Page! See more of what I have been doing on my Blog

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Wedding Memories

Wedding Memories
Bride surrounded by children

Wedding memories... cleaning up my website this year and am finding lots of wonderful memories! Here is a picture from Lacey and Arthur's wedding in 2019. The memories just come flooding back. All the kids! All the Bridesmaids! All the fun! I feel so privileged to be able to share this wedding and all the others!  Yes, wedding are an incredible amount of work!  But soon the muscle aches fade and all the pictures are edited and delivered.  Then you are left with all the memories of the fun you had and the love you shared in!  Life is so…

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Bubbles

Bubbles
Bubbles

Bubbles Dreaming of Summer Wedding Photography - with bubbles! Yes, weddings are a huge time and energy commitment. But my heart is always full after spending time with all the love! Here two beautiful ladies blow bubbles while waiting for the ceremony to start - what a moment! See more pictures from Melissa & Aaron's Wedding. Related Posts http://jalanlee.com/wedding/wedding-memories/ http://jalanlee.com/wedding/high-cliff-bride/ http://jalanlee.com/blog/j-alan-international-wedding-photographer/

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Carly & Ryan’s – Circling

Carly and Ryan's lakeside wedding - set to the song Circling. A short review of an almost perfect day. Carly and Ryan were married on a beautiful June day on the shores of Green Bay in Fish Creek. This video is combines some of our favorite memories from the day - enjoy! I have always like both still images and motion pictures. I have been steadily building up a great set of professional video equipment and plan on doing a lot more video in the future. Ironically, I find myself drawn to film and alternative photography more and more. To…

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High Cliff Bride

A High Cliff Bride So many beautiful brides - and so many beautiful images! I find the hardest part of photography is editing. Specifically - culling images the find the best. Sure, the occasional out of focus shot, or someone is blinking, is easy to cut out. But then I get 10 pictures in a row of the same scene but with wonderful little variations. A shy smile in one picture, a serious look in another. One picture is playful while another is deep and serious; and this one has a mystery! They all reflect the complex personalities of my…

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Does Wedding Photography Equipment Matter?

Does wedding photography equipment matter? I think the answer is "sometimes". Let me tell you why. Two Kinds of Photographers I always thought there were two kinds of photographers - Technicians & Artists. Technicians love the technical aspects of photography - the gear. For them it is all about the equipment and the technical process of creating an image. Artists care more about the emotional aspects of an image. They view equipment as merely tools to get the job done. Getting the two together to view images can be frustrating but a little fun. The Artists will see the image…

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J Alan – International Wedding Photographer

Dateline: Annecy France, on the shores of beautiful Lake Annecy. People talk about their dream jobs or dream careers. I don't know if I have had a dream career but I have had a pretty good time. Maybe my fantasy career would be "International Wedding Photographer". Jetting off to romantic and beautiful spots with the rich and fmaous.. and of course earning a seven figure income! I shoot this photo in Annecy France at a romantic wedding on the shores of Lake Annecy. Does that qualify me an International Wedding Photographer? I think so... The interesting thing is the look…

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Still Time to Book Weddings for 2019!

Wedding season is fast approaching, but there is still time to book weddings for 2019! I just love weddings - I think wedding photography is just an excuse to attend more weddings! How can you go wrong spending time with people on one of the more wonderful days of their lives? Thinking about booking or want to have a coffee together? Click here to contact Jeff. Don't know where to start? Click: "How to Find the Best Wedding Photographer" See also: My Wedding Portfolio Wedding Pricing

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How to Find The Best Wedding Photographer

A Google search for "Wedding Photographer" turns up millions of hits!  How do you find the best wedding photographer with all these options? The good news is there are lots of great photographers in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.  The odds are you will find one of them.  The bad news is that even the best photographer may not the right one for your wedding!  So what things should you look for to find the best wedding photographer?  Here are some of my suggestions. What makes a photographer the best for you? A great photographer provides a great experience…

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Sunday Wedding – Something Different

Wedding on Sunday and a different role for me - I was the officiant!   Katie and Jake honored me with a request to marry them and I hope I rose to the challenge.  It was a wonderful day in a wonderful location and I was so happy to be part of their new life together.  Above is one picture I did take (I had to bring my camera and get a few shots). 

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Sisters

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Three beautiful sisters at a wedding.  It has been a busy busy Summer - and looks like the Fall will be no different.  Seemed like we had a long spell of no weddings and now everyone is getting married.  I just love this photo as I think it captured the joy of being together to celebrate a wonderful day.  This was taken with my Panasonic Lumix LX7.  It is a nice lice little  camera but hardly state of the art.  But you don't need the top camera to have a nice picture!  We are so lucky to have great cameras…

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15th Anniversary

A special day at St. Mark's because we had a wedding vow renewal.  Fifteen years and still so in love! We did this portrait right after church.  The light coming into the windows was so nice.  I added a flash bounced off the side wall of the church to fill in the shadows. To get the balance between flash and ambient correct I shot in manual mode and set my shutter speed to 1/100 sec and aperture to f/5.6 to get the dept of field.  I then metered the scene and set the ISO to 640.  Flash was set on…

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Chase and Maria are Late

Some Wedding fun from last year. We made this video to show at the reception. When the couple was introduced at the start of the reception we announced they were late then showed the video.  The Couple came into the hall at the end of the video and the crowd went wild!   Maria and Chase are Late from Jalanlee on Vimeo.

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