Personal blog of photographer, father, and technology geek Steve Jackle.
A most memorable date is April Nine, The birthday of specialness, A mother I call mine. Like wine she gets better with each year passing, A caring and loving person, A friend everlasting. Like everyone, she is not perfect, but her excess care is not her defect, She makes everyone glad They’re there, You won’t…
I have been a member of the Wedding Photographic Society (WPS) for several years now. Periodically, we have an event called Portrait Palooza. Each participating photographer gets a dedicated 10 minute time slot to shoot a model dressed in a wedding dress. It is like a free-for-all for creative juices. The venue picks the winner…
I am looking forward to the Packers – Giants playoff game this weekend with guarded optimism. The Packers need to take their potential Super Bowl journey one game at a time – no matter what the prognosticators say. If they need to be reminded of this message, just ask limping “Big Ben” and his team…
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,…
Over the last several years, the notorious Tweetsie outlaw “Mama Senora” has been running amuck in the little western NC town of Blowing Rock, NC. She has been on the top of the Tweetsie Railroad 10 most wanted list for the last several years. None of the previous sheriffs have been able to apprehend her…
This past weekend, we headed about 3 hours west of here to Boone in the North Carolina Blue Ridge mountains. We took a drive down the Blue Ridge parkway and did a bit of hiking near Linville, NC. Nothing like hanging in the mountains with my girls. Can you take the picture already daddy? Savannah…
Personally, I think the greatest joys and challenges in life come from being a parent. My children have been the root cause of every emotion possible in my being from laughter and pride to frustration. It is moments like this one that make me forget all the challenging things and realize that it is all…
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…
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