Will and Julie: Wedding

As mentioned before, I am doing what I call a mini blog week, in attempt to blog every day until the weekend hits, and especially until normality resumes in my life :) My posts will be shorter, but there will be alot more of them (I hope!). So until I am able to squeeze my grubby little fingers around some spare time, and breathe, I hope you enjoy the mini blog posts. I know its totally better than me not posting at all this next week or two. I promise normality will resume :)

Anyhow, since I am doing this mini blog thing, it means this week is all about catching up. This entails looking back at all the shoots I've done that haven't made it up to this blog space. It isn't because they aren't special... but due to time, travelling, and other reasons which really aren't that interesting to divulge, I never had the chance to sit down and write about them. Plus, I try really hard to keep the material on my blog fresh and current, so this week, I am dedicating all my posts to all the shoots I've done in the past year that haven't made it to the blog, but are just as special :)

Meet Will and Julie :)

I love red themes. Anything bright and colourful against the normal black and white of weddings, is always always stunning :)


Some pretty dress details.


































Til next time! Gotta run and get back to this atrocious to-do-list! :)

Catching up, Lunch, and Mini Blog Week

Last night, I lowered my eyes and peered at my checklists, and the pleasant realization came over me that I had finished everything. EVERYTHING. Down to the last email, facebook message....even the crossing off of items one the list - it was ALL complete. I then walked around my office looking for things to fill my time, only to find that I had nothing left to do. A smile crept over my face and I then proceeded to pour myself a glass of red wine while I slipped in my newest blu ray disc purchase. It felt so good to know I had accomplished everything....and that I finally had it in the palm of my hands - time. That elusive element I've been chasing for, for months!

Then to my horror, my eyes opened, and I awoke.

I hate dreams. Especially good ones :) They make me want to go back to sleep and pry every last detail out, flesh it into reality, and then squeeze it some more just to make sure I had everything.

Well, the reality is, the past 2 weeks have been travel week, and things have been as manic as ever. The weather has NOT been my friend, and I am still playing kickboxing with my inbox. It seems no matter how much quality time I spend with it every day, it seems to throw punches bigger than I can throw back! However, I am DETERMINED to win. And believe you me, I will :) You don't mess with a taurus!

Anyhow, while I try to resume normality at tornado level 5 speed, I just wanted to say that even though the past week or two have been completely insane on every count, I wanted to share a few things that have been on my mind amidst all the things that have been going on:

(1) I couldn't imagine doing anything else :) I think I am sick that way... haha, I relish in the crazy, and it makes me want to do it all the more :)

(2) A few photographers have been emailing me about getting together to ask me some questions, get feedback on their work, and so on. So I thought, what a fabulous idea it would be to organize a lunch get together some time in May! That right - it will be me, and whoever of you who want to come along. I'll be there to sit with you to answer your questions (you can ask me anything on photos, cameras, light, business, etc - and I'll try my best to answer it all - I'm no guru, but I'm happy to share whatever I can!), look at your work and give you some feedback, and anything else you fancy :) And the best thing is, I am not charging a cent for this session. I am a HUGE believer in helping others, and this is my little way of giving back - I've had the absolute pleasure of being blessed with tonnes of awesome generous giving minded people when I started in the industry and now its my turn :) I'll be limiting it to the first 8-10 people (quality time over quantity!) so email me at info@jennysunphotography.com with the subject title "LUNCH". I'd love to hear from you! I'm terrified that I'm being a total idiot, and that no one will come, so please spare me from sitting alone and drop me a line :) ps: This will be held in KL, so this is for all you shutter bugs in KL/Malaysia. Don't worry sydney siders - I'll organize one for you soon :)

(4) I'll be doing what I call 'Mini Blog Week' this week. That is - one short post everyday until the weekend hits - to make up for my silence of late!

(3) Now, I said the weather was NOT my friend lately, but when she was, she treated me SOOOOO well :) Look!!

Have an awesome tuesday everyone! :) I'm fighting my way through my inbox everyday, so if you are still awaiting a reply - either check your spam folders, or drop me another line if you still haven't heard from me :)

Friends: Just Because

These past couple of weeks have been MAD. Like M.A.D. With capital letters. And exclamation marks. 

Shoots have been running wild, dotting my schedule more frequently than the spots on a leopard. And the weather has been CRAZY?! It has totally been spinning my weeks haywire. So I am officially apologizing profusely if my posts have been erratic, if shoots have been moved around, if my emails have been even more topsy turvy (ALL will be replied by end of wednesday), and for anything else that has been out of the norm. The crazy will subside in the not too distant future, so hang in there with me :)

Anyhow, the weather hasn't been entire cruel :) God recently opened the skies long enough so we could take a little trip out of the busy in the city, and into the tranquility of autumn in its all its splendour for what I love to call a "Just Because" session. You know, because I am a HUGE believer that you should never need a special reason to take photos. Life is amazing in itself, and to be able to document it, document you at various points along its colourful spectrum is reason enough...

So several months ago, Jo and all her friends write in to me, to ask if they could get their shots taken. And instead of settling just for a 'typical' headshot session, I asked the girls if they were up for doing it JSP style - that is, with a slight fashion twist. Because, seriously, as a girl myself I think we girls don't have enough opportunities to feel and look fabulous. To feel beautiful. To dress up and look gorgeous. And what better opportunity to express your fabulousness than in a "Just Because" session right?

So I asked the girls to get their hair and makeup done, and then put together 2 outfits each (one dressy outfit, and one funky casual outfit) which expressed their style and personalities. Our aim was something feminine, romantic, with a touch of vintage. I couldn't love them more for listening to my advice, and for having such fabulous taste, because here is what ended up in the camera:

Here is Edith, all gorgeous in the yummy light we had! :) I LOVED her hairpiece... actually, I loved ALL of the girls' hairpieces. Vintage hairpieces with feathers, lace, and the like are all the rage in the fashion scene at the moment I'm so glad they took on my advice and brought some along! :D

Meet Grace :)

And here is Jo!

Here is Jenny (on the left), and Lucy (on the right) who showed us this gorgeous place :)

The girls opted to do their make up on the day (which I LOVE!! Make up done right just brings out everything that is already beautiful about a girl's face! And just looks awesome in photos!!). The make up was done by the fabulous Lauren Leffler, who I think did an AWESOME job on the girls. 

I believe EVERY girl deserves to have a beautiful photo of themselves. 

This is why Autumn is my favourite season of the year... the light gets softer, and the colours that start to come out are just stunning. 

One last one for the two sisters :) I hope I get a cool shot with my sister one day!!


Thank you so much girls for a fabulous afternoon! It was perfect and I had the BEST time :D I hope these images made you smile as much as they made me smile :)

Something is stirring!

I'll be putting up a post either later today, or sometime tomorrow so make sure you check back really soon!

In the meantime, I HAVE to share this. I seriously get the BEST clients to shoot for me. Just look what I got the other day as I finished up a lovely session behind the camera!! I was so surprised and just totally bowled over by how thoughtful my beautiful clients are!! 

To those who have sent me thank you notes and presents, THANK YOU, really. Your thoughtfulness and kindness is just amazing and its people like yourselves that are the reason why I do what I do :)

See what I mean about thoughtfulness? I mean, every photographer needs good hand cream right?? :D

There were strawberries in this basket as well (but I've eaten those because they were SOOOO good!!) and have I re-iterated about thoughtfulness enough? They KNEW I loved strawberries and chocolates (esp if the two are combined!! hehe).. Speaking of chocolates, on my last trip to melbourne, Ju and I visited this AWESOME chocolate cafe and it was THERE that I tasted the BEST chocolates my tongue has ever met contact with... mango puree + chocolate = DIVINE!! But sadly, I can't remember the name of the cafe. If anyone is reading this, and from melbourne, and knows the cafe's name (it was on Lygon Street), pretty please tell me so I can find those choccies again!! :D

I really have the best clients :)

Wontons, Crocs, and Levis

As the nose started to twitch, and my eyes began watering, there began the sneezing fits. Ahchhhooooo!! At that point, I scream to myself: No, you are NOT getting sick. Don't you dare!! Little did I know that my puny efforts were futile, as my body was already fighting a losing battle.

Because low and behold, the next day, here is what happened. I like to call them wontons.

I think by the third day of my cursed flu run, I made enough to be able to sell a whole batch of them to the supermarkets, frozen, and made with love *coughs* :P So to all who have been waiting for me to write you emails since the weekend, I'll be working on them either tonight or tomorrow - hopefully after I stop blowing my nose and turning it into sandpaper, and when I regain the hearing in my ears again :)

On a more positive note, I've been replenishing my photography supplies recently!! :D

A girl can never have enough comfy good looking shoes while shooting.
What I love about crocs is that you can get then wet and totally muddy and dirty as anything, and at the end of the day, all you need to do is hose it down good and its all brand new and clean again!! :D I've been eyeing the silver and aqua ones for awhile, but since the aqua ones never come in my size 37 feet, I thought I'd grab these ones while the husband was buying himself a pair. Thank you Ju for these!! My feet love you :D


And if you have been following my facebook , you will know that recently my favourite EVER pair of jeans finally broke and gave way, tearing out into a sizeable hole. I blame it on the excessive running, squatting, lunging, climbing and whatever else I do to get my shots. And for me, it takes me FOREVER to find the perfect pair of jeans so when one dies, I mourn as if I have lost a beloved. So, my lovely clients, here are the sacrifices your photographer makes for you!! :P

Anyhow, like a good girl, whenever she finds THE perfect fit of jeans on her sunday hunt for them, for her non-model like legs, she buys two pairs :D Thank God for Levis ;) I can't wait to go to the states and be able to buy them for $20 instead of $100! The rest of the world gets ripped off!


Alright, I best be off and finish getting better. I have a massive number of shoots in the coming week so here's to being 100% fit!! :D

Happy wednesday!!