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    Ladies and Gents..we are happy to have you browsing around the epagaFOTO blog! If you didn't know, epagaFOTO has TWO photographers...and to keep you on your toes, we are both named Jessica. Pretty neat. Jessica Roark (owner of epagaFOTO) was lucky enough to bring Jesseca Hattey (associate photographer) on staff 4 years ago. Together, we challenge each other to new levels of creativity.

    This is the place we share our favorite creations, moments, opinions, and personal stories. Thanks for joining us.

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Stephanie+Ken (continued)…

Had such a great time with these two…I just love their free spirits and willingness to laugh.  Here’s a few more from their engagement session.  Wedding is just around the corner…November 6th!!   It’s my favorite weekend of the entire year. I’ve got theories as to why, but I’ll spare you (unless you really want to know…in which case I’m happy to expand:)…here are some of my faves:

we started the session in their loft (which was my old loft building…made me miss those great hard wood floors and 20 ft ceilings). Colors, shapes, and a great laugh…

It starts raining, Stephanie immediately tries to get a mouthful while Ken (hands on hips) is entertained…

Stephanie and Ken are full of ideas:)

they love the city, and the city loves them….

And as I wrote about in my previous post…we ended the session at their favorite restaurant..sat, drank wine, and talked about everything from tv shows to belly dancing.  And that’s no lie.   Love that blue sky…it gets me every time.

Steph and Ken- let’s make some more fun images in a couple of months, shall we?  Can’t wait for the wedding.  You guys are so much fun.

sweet family

I simply love this little family…Becki, Taylor, Gideon (and baby on the way) played in a little garden area on their great aunt’s quilt.  So much goodness here.

baby bump:)

Nicole Mc - August 6, 2010 - 5:31 pm

Oh my goodness Jess, I LOVE these! I dont know this family but I fell in love with them in these images!! Beautiful!

Juli Jones - August 12, 2010 - 2:48 am

these images are amazing jessica! this family just makes me smile, they are so stinking cute! amazing job:)

becca spears - August 12, 2010 - 4:00 am

oh jessica, you did such a beautiful job with this beautiful and beloved family.

Janet - August 14, 2010 - 1:38 pm

Pure,simple joy. Beautiful.

Stephanie + Ken..on traveling, good food, and belly dancing.

Tonight I had the pleasure of hanging out with Stephanie and Kent…at their loft, then downtown, and finally at their new favorite restaurant Grünauer.  We sat at the outside patio, drinking wine, talking about traveling, good food, and belly dancing..and waited for the sky to turn blue.  Then we made some pictures.  Here’s one of my favorites…more to come soon:

baby reave…

I cherish the time I get to spend with my dear friend Alissa…she’s my friend that I can share everything with…especially the embarrassing stuff.  We laugh with each other, cry with eachother, hurt, get angry, you name it…ultimately we do life together.  And so, when she and Jon had baby Reave, I became the infamous extended aunt.  Aunty Jess is my name, and I couldn’t be more proud.  This baby reave is one special little boy (and his mom’s not so bad either).  We hung out Reave-style last week, doing all the things Reave likes to do and I got to take some pictures.  We’ll always remember his favorite things….

hanging with mom…

bein’ naked.

chilling with the pups.

jumping like a crazy man!

drooling like nobody’s business.

crib play time!

peak-a-boo:)

Life is grand.  I’m thankful to have wonderful friends and babies to play with.  Cheers to a new day of life!
Jocelyn - July 15, 2010 - 4:24 am

those are so cute jess! i love the shirley family too! and i love you! :)

Jo Vanderloo - July 15, 2010 - 4:42 pm

OHMYGOODNESS, I cried…….these pictures are sooooo precious! Thanks, Jess, we love you!!!!
Bob and Jo

Linda - July 15, 2010 - 6:22 pm

Such a beautiful baby! And a beautiful Mom!

Lucinda Newby - July 16, 2010 - 5:15 pm

He is just too cute!! I love those eyes ;)

Stacie Ventimiglia - July 17, 2010 - 1:53 am

These are just precious Jess! She definitely has her momma’s beautiful eyes!

Jewel - July 18, 2010 - 4:26 pm

Oh Jessica, these are adorable. And dang, those beautiful baby eyes come straight from Alissa. He’s such a little cutie.

Janet - July 18, 2010 - 5:33 pm

What a happy baby – great reflection on great parenting. And mad photog skills, lady.

susie whyte - July 27, 2010 - 4:26 am

oh my…so cute. i’ve never seen alissa’s hair that short! love it! beautiful little man, alissa!

rebecca marie nuss - August 3, 2010 - 2:25 am

love it jess! i miss those cheeks.

becca spears - August 12, 2010 - 4:03 am

so freaking good. man, you are killing it. My favorite is beautiful Alissa laughing as little Reave chews on her shoulder.

epagaFOTO goes nation wide with an appearance on The Today Show!

When I first met Erica and Ryan in January, they were just thrilled to be engaged and planning their wedding.  And I think it’s save to say that neither of them dreamed that 6 months later they would be flown to New York City to make an appearance on The Today Show to talk about their wedding.  But that’s exactly what happened!  Erica is a longtime fan of Christian author Karen Kingsbury and as part of a joke, she listed Karen as her “Maid of Honor” when she posted her wedding party information to her wedding blog.  She even sent Karen an email to invite to their wedding, but she never dreamed she would even hear a response.  But much to her surprise, Karen did respond, and the two women developed a friendship.  And not only did Karen attend Erica and Ryan’s wedding, the couple was flown to flown to NYC to appear on The Today Show to tell their story.  What’s even cooler for us, my images were shared on The Today Show!  Check it out!  I’ll be posting more wedding images soon…Congratulations to Erica and Ryan!  Click the link below to see the full clip and more images!

epagaFOTO images on The Today Show with our June 25th bride, Erica Shippy

Dona Grandma Hattey - July 15, 2010 - 2:05 am

Lovely. Jesseca, I am so proud of you. Your Mom called and told me how to get this but I couldn’t do it, so I am so very glad you sent it.
Love you so much
Grandma