Personal blog of photographer, father, and technology geek Steve Jackle.
On Saturday, we celebrated my wife Jackie’s 40th birthday. The party was done in an 80s theme. Her friend and bridesmaid from our wedding almost 14 years ago Kim did an amazing job with planning this special date. She got the wonderful cake and cupcakes, created various decorations, created the 80s playlist for the music,...
A few months back, we celebrated Sophie’s birthday in a very fashionable way. We invited a few of her “super model” friends , wrangled up some volunteer hair and makeup artists, had a fashion shoot with the “light meter” dude as my assistant, and ate some birthday cake. As a Raleigh based portrait and event...
I remember almost 17 years ago when I first started dating Jackie this little girl was about 1-1/2 years old. We were playing “wacky-ball” in my soon to be sister-in-law Lori’s pool. “Wacky-ball” was an inflatable ball for the pool where one side of the ball had a weight in it so it will fly...
A few years ago, we had a dilemma in the Jackle household. We were living in a new house we loved with great neighbors. Man, I miss them all. Sophie was attending a Casa Esperanza Montessori public Charter school. At the time, she was placed in Title 1 reading assistance group because she was reading...
I have been involved for many years with the local Triangle .NET User Group (TRINUG). Each year(sometimes twice a year), this group has a special event called Code Camp. Code Camp is a free all day event for developers to receive information on many topics in the .NET and technology world. It is bunch of...
August is a big month for birthdays. This past Saturday, I was invited to photograph a very special 70th birthday party. I have been working on the images from this event and I could not resist sharing some of the food shots. Man, I am getting hungry looking at them. Here’s some fruits of my...
Date: June 13, 2010Time: 4-7 PM ESTLocation: Millbrook Exchange Park Raleigh, NCHeld by: Linda Craft and Team Realtors This festival had plenty for the friends and family to enjoy this past Sunday as Linda Craft arranged a great festival for all her customers and friends. The children really enjoyed the pony rides, bouncy house, rock...
This post begins with a shot of the end of the party as it sums up the great time had by all especially this special birthday girl engulfed here by her presents given by those that love her. Happy birthday Eva!!! This party also had a special evil wizards and fairies. This was such a...
Recently, Hilburn Drive Elementary school had their annual family fitness night. This night encourages and teaches students and families about exercise, fitness, and nutrition. Two certified trainers including Chris Mitchell from O2 fitness were on hand to lead the exercises and discuss nutrition and overall wellness. The parents and children go for a group stretch....
This week was “Dining with Dads” week at Hilburn Elementary. I was happy I could take a break to have some lunch with my daughter Sophia. From her smile and excitement, I gathered that my lunch surprise worked. Also, the PTA was looking for some images to capture this week for the yearbook. I volunteered...
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