YAY!! Julie the pictures are fantastic!!
You are amazing at what you do. You truly have a gift for photography and for working with people. You are so bubbly, fun, and creative! Your positive energy is contagious 
Thank you for working hard to make us feel so special on our big day
~Holly
Thank you so much!! You captured the feelings of everyone one that day with your lens, it was a amazing and beautiful day. We are all so happy that you were part of this, you have such a great art and talent. It was alot of fun. [mother of the bride]
Wow, you did an amazing job at capturing the essence of Jay and Holly and their love for each other! These are some of the best shots of a wedding I have seen. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into their day! Look forward to seeing them all.
Jill Lipinski
Simply Natural Floral Design
smilinj8@sbcglobal.net
Julie,
I love coming back to your website and seeing the new postings ..Honestly, I love coming back to your website and looking at the old postings…over and over and over!!!
I have to say, with this wedding, you OUTDID yourself!! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful…from the expressions on their faces to the colors to the textures! I don’t know how they will ever choose!
I would love to put you in my pocket so you could always be with me when I’m out with my camera!! Kelly
Receiving and reading comments, to me, is like curling up on the couch with a bag of Sixlets, in all their colorful glory, melting chocolate in my mouth, watching the National Treasure, or The Notebook.
Like, seriously, I have the BEST.JOB.EVER. These are just a few of the recent comments I have received on the blog. Why am I posting them here then if you can scroll down and read them under a post?? Because most people won’t click on the comments to either read them or post one themselves. BUT, PLEASE DO! I LOOOOOVE reading your comments! Not because I need a pat on the back, but because I truly care what people think and I just want to know if they are as happy with what I did for them as I was when I was doing what I do! Sometimes I’m just not sure what people are thinking, like especially the parents when they see a not-so-traditional pose their children are in, or the wedding party when they have to hear me “get mean” and try to keep everyone in line. I get so many people- including those in the wedding party and the B&G- coming up to me at the reception thanking me for helping to keep everyone paying attention so they get through pictures and are able to have a great time celebrating with friends. That’s when I breathe a sigh of relief. Only then.
{these are some images took featuring the work of BLISS salon in Bowling Green.}
As much as I LOVE every aspect of my job (well, maybe not EVERY aspect) but most of it.. I am feeling like I am just not doing my clients the justice they deserve. Yes, everyone is happy with the end product, such as albums, prints, etc, but I feel like my customer service is lacking and there is soooo much more I want to do with JPP with very little time to do it all.
{ARE YOU STILL WITH ME, READING THIS?}
With that being said, I have prayed really hard for quite some time about where I want my business to be in the next few years, what I want people to experience working with me, and what I want to change. I wake up in the middle of the night tapping Brian on the arm “Are you awake?” I am now. “So, I was thinking”. Uh-Oh.
My mind heavy, I ask him to pray with me about all the things that have been happening with JPP, all the blessings, and the not-so-fun-stuff. What have I had laid on my heart?? To focus more on what I love most about what I do…shooting weddings and getting to know couples… and slow down on the other stuff. With that said, this next year I will not be booking seniors, babies, families, etc. My website will reflect these changes, and will show the work I am most wanting to shoot…weddings, couples, and especially more destination weddings and shoots.
The last two weeks I got to spend helping my very good friend Jason Rob Tivey build his portfolio and get his business off the ground out west. I think I found my forever shooting buddy. Like, I want to take him everywhere with me because ‘he gets me’. Everyone commented on how well we worked together and got along. I had an absolute blast with him and as much as he learned from me, I learned alot from him, too. I realized how much I really want to help others even more and “bring it” to each session I take on. Yeah, I can shoot sports, families, children, but that is not where my passion is. I want to travel, I want to learn, I want to teach, I want to give. I want to give more. I want to share what God has given me and hope to encourage others to do the same.
If you still want to call me for a family shoot, pricing will be alot different and I will be happy to try to fit it in, but don’t be disappointed if I give you the name of a few photog friends in the area who would also do a FABULOUS job!
Wow, did I really share all that? Did I really say I wasn’t going to photograph families and babies and such?? Oh my! Yes, to give my VERY BEST to my wedding couples, I must focus on them completely.
I’m scared, really scared. But I know I have God and my family and my awesome friends and uber cool clients and all the understanding in the world. And, if that fails, I have Sixlets.
Love, JP
3 CommentsI find it so amazing how two photographers can photograph the same thing ( or persons) and get two totally different images. Like, how differently each one of us views the world-a moment in time- so uniquely, the way only our own eyes can. Does that make sense? We all have a different ‘eye’, a way of seeing things in a different light. I love being challenged by going to the same location and needing to find a new way to present/preserve it in photographs. I also love going someplace I’ve never been and placing a couple in that ‘moment’ the way no other photographer who is shot in that area has done before. That is also the reason I am so honored whenever I am chosen as someone’s [wedding] photographer. I mean, they chose me to capture their moments and freeze them in time for all their years to come. With so much uber fab talent of our Toledo photographers, being allowed to be present on one of the most important days of their lives…WOW. I am truly blessed.
Today I had the honor of photographing with my good friend Jason Rob Tivey who is here visiting from San Francisco. I was asked by Nikki Wolfe, lead designer and president of Elite Events Event Design & Coordination, LLC. to photograph her and her team for an upcoming feature article in The Knot magazine. Jason accompanied me on the shoot, showing off his crazy-mad photog skilzzzz!
Check out just a couple of my faves from the session here. Jason will post some of his images on his site soon! Much more to come soon!
You can also check out my FACEBOOK PAGE by clicking HERE to view more images soon.
Nikki, you have a great team and I look forward to working with you much more!
Love, JP
1 CommentA little business info first…
JP Photography will be closed from this evening (Thursday July 1) to Monday July 5th and will return to the office on Tuesday July 6th. If you have an urgent matter, please email me at julie@jp-photography.net or message me via Facebook and I will try to get back with you promptly! I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday weekend with your family and loved ones!
Marla and Phillip were married last month and I just wanted to get a quick sneak peek up for you. As I was going through their images I found a couple in the beginning that just caught my eye and were filled with emotion.
More to come soon of theirs as well as Ashley and Jonny, Dayre and Glenn, Kelley and Nate, Tresea and Ryan,Lindsay and Andrew, and many others!! Keep watching and leave comments on what post YOU are most waiting for! Maybe that one will be next! 
I just love how Phil broke down when he saw his lovely bride, Marla, walking towards him on her father’s arm.
L.O.V.E this wedding party! they were all so amazing and beautiful!
Love, JP
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with some AH-MAZING ladies from Bliss Salon in Bowling Green. I first met Christol, owner of Bliss at the Nazareth Hall bridal show last February where she had a booth set up showing off and promoting her amazing RAD hair design and makeup skilzzzzzzzzz! We collaborated in working together to promote our businesses together and it was so much stinkin’ fun doing this shoot! Check it out yo and leave us some comments!
We started off in downtown Elmore with the ever gorgeous Maddie rockin’ her kicks with her wedding gown!
And the stunning, silky, creamy skinned Sarah…
Angelica, AKA “Gelli”, pretty in Pink!
there were so many great images I couldn’t decide on just a few! Check the rest out on FACEBOOK!
And, the crew that helped it all come together…
Love, JP
3 CommentsIt’s almost 3a.m. and I am still WIDE awake. yep. drumming fingers on desktop. It’s not that I’m not tired. My body is exhausted, I can barely hold my eyes open to type, but my brain wont stop!
I tried to climb in bed and read a little of my newest Rangefinder magazine, but that only makes things worse because, well, you see, my brain is on Ohmygosh- I’m- so- excited- for-my-business! overload. This week, while I didn’t get to go to WPPI, I am studying and reading and learning and listening and following, and…. well, you get it. Besides that, my husband is snoring.
So, I’m thinking this is a good time for a “random thoughts” post since that is all I am able to do right now… think random thoughts.
I bought a new loveseat/pull put bed for my sunroom last week at IKEA and now I want to redecorate the whole room around it. (and if you know me, you know I WILL!)
I used to love shabby chic decor and now since we bought a new house last year not one room is decorated in shabby chic. (hence the overwhelming need-okay, desire- to re do the sunroom!)
I used to be a tomboy as a little girl, climbing trees and letting ants climb up and down my arms. Now, if I see a bug or spider, I scream.
I am loving the new Brandon Heath song on KLOVE ~Love Never Fails. I think it’s going to be a huge ‘walk down the aisle’ song this year (or should be!)
I have a fear of dying suddenly and my clients thinking I just didn’t show for their event. I have even gone as far as to tell Brian okay, if something happens to me, make sure Echo calls our clients (here are the files) and takes care of them! (How random is THAT?!)
I LOVE the color PINK! **hearts**
My second fave color is white, any shade of. (or maybe that’s first and pink is second?)
I need a pedicure, anyone want to join me?
I can’t wait to see all the fun new things Julian is going to do, say and learn this summer!
I don’t like dentists, but I love ours! Dr. Gannon is AWESOME and he doesn’t scare me!
I want to travel more for destination weddings this year.
I am very close to chopping all my hair off in two weeks, seriously.
My oldest son is leaving for Navy Bootcamp May 3 and is going to take a piece of my heart with him.
I enjoy ice cream. Especially the kind that starts with ‘M’ and ends with ‘oosetracks’.
I love shopping little antique and second hand stores, especially in other towns I visit.
I always have to sit right next to my husband on the couch. Like, touching. Like, there could be 5 other seats open and I have to sit basically on top of him. I kinda like him that much 
Every now and then I like to cook. But, then again, not so much.
I miss my friends in other states (Yvonne, Shawna, Lisa, Tim, just to name a few) and, of course, my relatives in Florida.
If there were a hidden camera in my car I would sooo be busted on YOUTube by my friends!
I can’t sing worth a lick, but I sure do pretend I can when I’m alone. (now you get the previous thought)
I wish MY Story would be published in Rangefinder cuz, well, I think I have stuff to share. But, how do I do that? I’m chicken.
I try to pray for people by name when I can because… it matters and He is listening.
I am so incredibly, abundantly and amazingly blessed by those I have in my life, including YOU! Seriously, just to know someone is taking the time to read my ramblings (and if you’ve gotten this far in the list, praise you!) I am so honored to keep company with those that I do.
And, lastly, as I wrap this up I am heading back to bed only to hear my husband continue to snore, and I love it! I’m jealous, because that means he is in a deep sleep, but I’m grateful that he can sleep that peacefully. Now, to roll him over so maybe I can sleep peacefully too!
These three gorgeous gals had their hair and makeup done by Bliss Studio Salon in Bowling Green, Ohio. Give Christol a call at 419.352.2299 to see what she can do for you!
Love, JPP
7 CommentsEnter your email to receive blog posts through your email