Hello our lovely readers... it's another greeting from the Pacific Northwest! 

 I'm Jena from Jena Murray Photography and I also hail from Bellingham, WA just like the lovely Misha Waite listed below... we even live just 3 blocks apart from one another!  Bellingham is an awesome little town situated between the North Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, a hop away from the San Juan Islands and the border into British Columbia, Canada.  This area is popular for destination weddings, but I also do a lot of my weddings in the Seattle and Portland areas as well as some traveling to other destinations.

Here's me (photo by Melissa Jill)...

My husband, Kevin, and I are proud parents of a 90 lbs yellow lab named Zephyr.  Even though he's the size of a 5th grader, he's still our little fur baby.  Zephyr has created a well worn path between my studio and Kevin's studio which is Incite Product Group.  "Take your Dog to Work Day" is... well, everyday for us! 

 I photograph mostly a mix of children and weddings throughout the year ~ I consider myself both a photographer and a storyteller, as I try to create photographs that tell some sort of story between individuals and their loved ones, whether it's at their home, a favorite spot, or on their wedding day.  I've been shooting professionally for just over 7 years and also have an new album company for wedding photographers, called Lush Albums. (If you like the look of these handmade letterpress albums, be sure to forward the link to your photographer, wink-wink!)

Here are some recent wedding photos to check out... If you are interested in seeing some of my children's work, please be sure to check out the website and blog.  Cheers!

-Jena Murray 

mel + sara = whitebox weddings.

where we met:  photo school.

where we live:  we live in the beautiful north carolina countryside.  mel and her husband tim just bought the house across the road from me!

who we love:  mel's family is her sweet, music lovin' hubby and her wild hound dog jackson.  my family consists of my little ray of sunshine, eliza and her adoring "poppy" (my ever patient and supportive husband, brad).  we also share the house with our tennis ball obsessed doggies, iveydawg and maceo barker, and sabi the wondercat.

our motto:  together we are pretty smart! 

our style: fresh, vibrant, lovely. 

our favorite things:  slow food, old time music, the smell of fresh cut grass, blue skies, green living. 

check out our blog all of our recent adventures and our kid's website and our wedding website.

some of our favorite shots! 

-sara 

this month we are going to be introducing ourselves.  a "get to know" you post.  in the meantime, here are a few shots from our first annual photogirls retreat.  we rented an amazing beach house, filled it full of yummy food, lots of laptops, quite a few cameras, a ton of lenses, and 12 women photographers.  it was amazing! plans are already in the works for a retreat next year.

the beautiful outer banks.  nags head, north carolina. 

here are the photogirls, in knee socks in their brand colors, jumping for the love of photography! 

check back for the low down on each photo girl....coming soon! 

-sara