Estate sales are kinda great /  by Jessica Peterson

I have never been to an estate sale but this morning I wanted to do something new.  Luckily there was one just a few blocks from my house.  The home was super old and cute, pink carpet and closets of knitted pink sweaters and blankets.  Most of what I found were small items; lace, buttons, rolls of floral paper, a milk glass goblet, a sweet rolling 1970's bag and a vintage tv dinner tray... But the real score was a 1960's Kodak Instamatic 100 camera with a roll of film inside (and it still works!)
Guess how much all of these items cost me...  20 dollars.

I am not going to lie, I think I might have a new weekend vice.



Thinking of Photography and My Two Older Brothers /  by Jessica Peterson

 I am slowly restoring old family photos.

It's amazing how quickly things change... 
From my mother's childhood she has a small handful of fading photographs, mostly old 6x6 black and whites and polaroids.  They are cracked, yellowed and littered with 50 years oily finger prints. Most of then are portraits outside of her homes holding pets or standing and posing with siblings.

My brothers and I have a few shoeboxes of 4x6 prints of our first bike rides, camping trips, Disneyland, 
Halloweens, birthdays and random snaps from disposable film cameras... They are all damaged from Cheeto dust and tape from attempted scrap booking.  There are no negatives to be found, just one of a kind images rotting away.

The children today have terabytes full of almost every day of their lives, 30 different angles of a first tooth, an entire birthday party documented from start to finish, every time they eat a cupcake, take a poop, scrape their faces, wear new clothes... There are multiple exposures incase an eye is closed, 
a hand is not right, a belly not sucked in.  They are posted on blogs, facebook, multiples printed out and 
sent around for Christmas.  They are never ending.

I appreciate all of the steps photography has taken but
have found I love looking through old images...
The closed eyes
the missed expression
the blurr
when it was too expensive to practice the perfect forced smile and
the corrupted colors from the decay of elements (not stamped on by a iphone app).

I love the two photos of my brothers as kids.
These are the only ones of them that day and all we have is the one moment.

Fall Bridal shoot /  by Jessica Peterson

I have been wanting to do a shoot with 
Sarah Winward with Honey of a Thousand Flowers for some time now...
She is amazingly talented, every time I see her work I am awestruck.  Sarah's flowers arrangements 
are so full of life and always natural and unique... Needless to say I love her work.
Sarah wanted to do a shoot that incorporated a garland for a horse. 
Thank you so much to Jefra Starr Linn for her time and connections to this beautiful horse.
Also Thanks to Anne Adams and Moose for modeling for us in the cold Utah mountains.

Indoor Camping /  by Jessica Peterson

This weekend I surprised C with an indoor camping trip... 
A homemade tent with twinkle lights for stars, fondue in place for campfire s'mores, hot dogs and coke.
Happiest of Birthdays C! I hope to spend many more with you.

I love happening to have a camera nearby... /  by Jessica Peterson


I got my film developed today... 
I can't even describe how much I love shooting random images that appeal to me, 
forgetting about them for months and developing the film to have the same experience again...
I am not saying that when I see my clothes on the bathroom floor in the morning it is some 
magical experience but something about the little unnoticed bits of our lives can turn out
to be some of the most raw, interesting facts about us.