FickleZeal Photography | truly be | Dallas/Ft Worth Lifestyle Photographers » portraits http://www.fzphotography.com/blog A photo blog for us to journal and share our most recent work and inspirations. DFW Lifestyle Photographers Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:01:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 goodbye old blog… hello new digs http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/goodbye-old-blog-hello-new-digs/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/goodbye-old-blog-hello-new-digs/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:01:21 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1692 Hello, Hello!

Welcome to 2011; Goodbye 2010! We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season. We want to thank all of our supporters and followers for making this last year one of the most wonderful and memorable years that fickleZeal has had so far. We appreciate all the encouragement and assistance that you have given. We have a very bright outlook for 2011 and would love to continue to hear from you individually.

With that said, we’re excited to share that we are entering this New Year [2011] with a new

Blog + Website… as well as fresh branding that is more suitable for both Andre and I. We would love for you to regularly visit our new blog+site and let us know what you think, especially now that the comments work (whew). Feel free to CLICK ON OVER and check it out:D www.fickleZeal.com

But first, since we we not able to keep up with things on this blog we wanted to highlight some of the many special and exciting moments from 2010. This year has been an incredible year filled with so many exciting, heartfelt and emotional moments. We have been fortunate to photograph a variety of people and events that have been near and dear to our hearts. Below we have tried to quickly recap some of those moments, but it is not nearly enough to fully detail the entire year.





Again, thank you all for the amazing support. We hope this new year brings everyone more happiness, hope, appreciation of life and lots of remarkable memories that need to be captured for a lifetime!

Jenna + Andre
fickleZeal

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/goodbye-old-blog-hello-new-digs/feed/ 1 Chanler’s Sneak Peek | Senior Portraits http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/chanler%e2%80%99s-sneak-peek-senior-portraits/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/chanler%e2%80%99s-sneak-peek-senior-portraits/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:35:44 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1648 Early this morning we had the pleasure of meeting Chanler, Dina, Kyle and “Howdy”. Chanler brought her charm, striking good looks, and loads of cuteness. It was one of the greatest and most memorable senior shoots that we have had. We laughed, loved, and YELLED!

At the beginning of our fun shoot, we were ambushed by a swarm of bumblebees! They came out from everywhere as Chanler struck a pose at the delicious Joe T. Garcia’s restaurant (near the Stockyards). We calmly and quickly got away from the lovely flowers which was the path the bee(s) had chosen…

Okay…the truth is, it was only one bumblebee and we all yelled, “AHHHHHH”, “EEEEEEE”, and “OOOOOHHHHMYYYYGODDDD”! It was a tiny bit frightening and thrilling but soooo worth it.

Check out this sneak peek of beautiful Chanler, Class of 2011!

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/chanler%e2%80%99s-sneak-peek-senior-portraits/feed/ 0 Max on-the-go http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/max-on-the-go/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/max-on-the-go/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:53:12 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1604 I’ve fallen behind on blogging, but I have SO much that we want to share! I’m doing my best to keep things updated around here, but just when I think I’m going to catch up something throws me off course again. I won’t get into the many things right now as I really want to post photos from our shoot with Max.

What a spunky lil’ guy. He had us on our toes throughout the shoot. LITERALLY! As his Mom looked on and laughed we ran from one spot to the next trying our best to keep up. Following Max was so much fun!

Meet Max

These lil’ cute shoes enabled him to keep us on our toes… or shall I say on-the-go


So great to photograph you Max!!! I hope to see you again soon!

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/max-on-the-go/feed/ 0 Part III: Michael and Megan’s Proposal http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-iii-michael-and-megans-proposal/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-iii-michael-and-megans-proposal/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:45:16 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1592 We had a great time putting together a few moments from Michael’s proposal to Megan. We love seeing their love in-motion and hope that you will enjoy it too;-)

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-iii-michael-and-megans-proposal/feed/ 0 Sneak Peek : Mark and Leyna in Vegas http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/sneak-peek-mark-and-leyna-in-vegas/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/sneak-peek-mark-and-leyna-in-vegas/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:42:06 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1587 I can’t even express the incredible time we had photographing Mark and Leyna in Vegas. Here’s a sneak peak of what’s to come.

Wishing I could have just one of these delightful desserts right now. yummmm….

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/sneak-peek-mark-and-leyna-in-vegas/feed/ 1 Part II: Michael does it again http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-ii-michael-does-it-again/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-ii-michael-does-it-again/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:23:28 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1565 Their intermission from their proposal was a 15 minute drive to one of Michael’s favorite restaurants, Italian Bistro. For part II of his “perfect date” he had arranged for both of their close family members to surprise Megan and congratulate the newly engaged couple. So sweet! Everyone did such a great job with keeping the secret. Their were tears of joy, excited laughter, and family getting to know family.

I think we know who won this game! Well played sir! :-)

I hope you’ll enjoy these photographs of their shared LOVE, and Congratulate! ;-)  


It was great to see these two families come together to celebrate Megan and Michael’s engagement, especially since we already have a special place in our hearts for the Gibbon’s. You can find Michael in his brother, Joshua’s, wedding party photograph. It was wonderful to catch up with Jamie and Josh, as well as Josh’s family.

Megan’s gorgeous ring… on the chapstick that kept it securely in his pocket.

aren’t these the sweetest! makes me anxious to see their wedding details!

I caught Michael and Megan sharing this moment at the end of the night, again everything faded away around them and the world only consisted of their love.

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The evening of, unsuspecting Megan enjoyed a glass of red wine with Michael at the quaint D’Vine wine bar located in Grapevine’s town square. This was their second game-date. The objective of the game was to see who could plan and execute the “Perfect Date”. (I love games where both competitors are also the winners.) After their glass of wine they enjoyed a short stroll along Main Street until they entered the gazebo. Feeling a little anxious, Michael promptly kneeled, lifted the “perfect” ring off the chapstick lid that he kept safely, deep in his pocket. He proceeded to ask Megan if she would become his wife. She stood their shocked, amazed and in awe while trying to speak the word, YES! What a great response to part one of his “perfect” date! They continued their stroll through Grapevine as we photographed their excitement evolve. After reality started to sink in we said our goodbyes and Michael informed Megan that they needed to proceed onto part II of their “perfect date”.

This is one of my favorite leg/feet shots of a couple. There was so much excitement going on that I wanted to focus the stillness, not to mention her awesome shoes… and legs.

Megan still very much excited and in shock.

There is no question that Michael and Megan enjoy life together…

no doubt that they enjoy sweet moments together…

and everything stops or fades away when they want it to!

*love*

really I can’t take anymore.

they are made for each other

more to come tomorrow…

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]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/ssurpriseproposal/feed/ 2 Part II: The Garbe Family | Arlington Family Portrait Photography http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-ii-the-garbe-family-arlington-family-portrait-photography/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-ii-the-garbe-family-arlington-family-portrait-photography/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:15:31 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1455 The Garbe Family is a typical family living life to the fullest as they enjoy their day to day occurrences. Two beautiful girls and two loving parents. All with real dreams that will be best suited together. Their dreams were on course to Italy, instead their visiting Holland.

Lisa is often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability — to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. She says it’s like this…

When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans… the Coliseum, the Sistine Chapel, Gondolas. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After several months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland!” “Holland?” you say. “What do you mean, Holland? I signed up for Italy. I’m supposed to… be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place full of pestilence, famine, and disease. It’s just a different place. So, you must go out and buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around. You begin to notice that Holland has windmills. Holland has tulips. And Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life you will say, “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned.” And the pain of that experience will never, ever, ever go away. The loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you might never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

Trip To Holland
By Emily Perl Kingsley

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As they say, “It takes a whole Village to raise a child.” In some ways, downsyn.com was that community of valuable resources and priceless experienced wisdom. It was where many of us discovered that we were not alone and that our emotional roller coaster(s) were a normal process in understanding our new life with a child that has special needs. It’s where we found out that it was okay to have those indescribable emotions that take over you without a moments notice. It’s where we laughed and cried with sharing milestones and challenges. We found out that we were not alone, and we had a place to speak with people that TRULY GOT IT. The evolution of our new life’s purpose blossomed. We learned from each other and developed together. It helped me to realize that, “I am the Lucky One.” (insert you tube video link).

I’m so thankful to have been chosen to be Lana’s mom and to have been given the opportunity to experience this wonderful life with so many beautiful people. Marley and her family are only a few of those beautiful people that I have had the pleasure of meeting and befriending.

Marley has the coolest (level-headed) demeanor of a child, her age, that I have ever seen. She will quietly observe then find that beauty within…well…everything. At times, it seems like nothing is strange to her. She is extremely giving and gracious. She is sweet, kind and an undeniable friend to all. She is Marley!

When she arrived we were so excited to see her and her growing family. It seemed more like a play-date with good friends than work. Yes, we love our job!!! Marley gave us some unique and fun photos.




Marley and family, Thank you for being a part our day! It was wonderful seeing and catching up with you all.

Now for a flashback from the past… A group of us from downsyn.com were able to meet up in Texas for a Get Together in 2007. I dug up the video that I had put together back then to share our time together. Warning, it’s almost twenty minutes long and the photos are prior-to me becoming a photographer. LOL!

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/marley/feed/ 4 The Greenlee’s sneek peek http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/the-greenlees-sneek-peek/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/the-greenlees-sneek-peek/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:11:36 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1415 We had such a fun time with the Greenlee’s yesterday. We can’t wait to share more images from their shoot, but until then here’s a sneak peek.

]]> http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/the-greenlees-sneek-peek/feed/ 2 Part I: The Garbe’s, dynamic family | Fort Worth Child and Family Photographers http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-i-the-garbes/ http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/part-i-the-garbes/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:26:59 +0000 Jenna http://www.fzphotography.com/blog/?p=1392 We’ve been told that it takes special people to care for and Love a child with special needs.  As parents to the child, we love our children because they are a product of us…but to a brother or sister, it’s a different sort of love and respect.  They don’t always understand why people make such a fuss or what makes their brother/sister special…they simply see the person.  Families that are blessed with such a gift become an inspiration just by loving and providing. We had the pleasure of meeting such a special family last weekend. 
 
The Garbe’s started the morning off in the good ole Texas HUMID heat.  Even though it became extremely hot it didn’t stop us from having a fun-filled-family on-the-go photoshoot.  It didn’t take long for us to relate to the Garbe’s and photograph that “togetherness” that they share.  Each person has their own unique role in the family making a fully functioning team.  
 
Sheridan and Brooke are adorable sisters with their own separate agendas.  They kept us on our toes throughout the shoot and provided us an ample amount of photographic opportunities.  When I settled for a bit, I had the pleasure of sharing cuddle-time with Brooke as she sat in my lap while I continued to photograph her sister, Sheridan.  All I could think was, “future photographer” as she oohed and ahhed at the preview of each shot taken;-)  And when Sheridan held my hand as we walked to the next spot, I knew her heart.  It was the same sweetness that our son shares with others.  A special bond ties these girls together and will enrich their lives together through the years to come.  Here are a few photographs of this beautiful dynamic family.


such a sweet moment. I love Andre’s angle on the left and mine on the right.

Nate helped me with the selects of these images. On the image below he said “Oh Mom, you have to use this one. I love how her eyes are in focus.” I just had to share my proud Mom-photographer moment with my little man. Not to mention how gorgeous Sheridan looks.


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