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Jennifer Rodriguez-Cruz Photography bio picture

Welcome to the BLOG!

Hi guys!

So glad to see you've stopped by!

I'm Jen, mother to a beautiful little girl (joy of my life) and wife to an amazing husband (love of my life)...aside from my incredible family, photography and my camera are always on my mind. When I am out on my way to the store, going for a walk, or a drive I am ALWAYS noticing the beauty around us...awesome lighting, beautiful sunset, textures or my own little girl making a beautiful funny face! I see beauty in all life's details- the details you will most likely forget over time- the little jewels in a bride's boquet, the twinkle in a little boy's eye, or that little tear drop forming in your eye as you walk down the aisle. These little details will mean so much to you 50 years from now.

I look forward to working with you! If you'd like to book a photo session, or have a wedding coming up please do not hesitate to contact me!

This is also where you'll find the most frequent updates. If you've recently had a photo session or wedding, you'll probably find a few "sneak peeks" here...this is what many of my clients look forward to, while they're waiting for their photos.

Adam + Suzie [album design]

I thought I would share just a few of the album spreads from Adam and Suzie’s wonderful winter wedding…

To see the full blog post for this wedding click here. Such a beautiful bride. Adorable couple.

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Steve + Melissa [engaged!!!] | Chilliwack Wedding Photographer

The day has come!! =) Having known Melissa since high school, I know how much she has been looking forward to this day…and I am so very happy for her, for the both of them…they’re engaged and preparing to start the next phase in their lives together! Melissa and Steve chose to do their engagement portraits at Cultus Lake, and we couldn’t have asked for better weather…it was beautiful. They were so much fun to work with =)

Here are a few of them!

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Baby Jake | Chilliwack Newborn Photographer

I would like to introduce little handsome Jake! I shot his Mommy’s maternity portraits a couple months back also, to view those click here.

Here are a few of my faves from little Jake’s first photoshoot!

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Weston [teaser!] | Chilliwack Newborn Photographer

Today I had such an amazing time photographing little baby Weston. This session was extra special because he’s family…my Audrina’s new little cousin :)

I couldn’t resist posting this teaser shot…

Nicki…Rob…he is just amazing……

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…more to come.

Suzie + Adam [Winter Wedding] | Chilliwack Wedding Photographer

I am so excited to finally do the full post of Suzie and Adam’s beautiful wedding.

Let’s start with her gorgeous gown (I always like starting with the gown, hehe)…I’ve noticed a trend with wedding gowns right now, lace is really in, and I just love it…I think lace has a timeless look, so pretty.

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And her shoes….and camouflage garder, hehe…such a cute idea..

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The bridesmaids’ bouquet. They actually made these bouquets themselves, and they did such a fantastic job on them, they are so gorgeous!

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And Suzie’s bouquet…I love the little jewel cross in it..

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The church. Such a cold day, but so worth it…such an incredible day!

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Adam getting ready before the ceremony.

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He wore his uniform for the wedding…

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The guys.

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Here comes the beautiful bride…

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Suzie, this is the moment Adam first saw his bride!

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My favorite moments: glossy, teary eyes…so full of emotion :)

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Checkin’ out his ring for the first time…

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They’re married!!

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After the ceremony and family photos, we ventured up to Cultus Lake.

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Suzie had a few coat breaks (it was just sooo cold)…but the jacket went very nicely with her gown :)

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After the Cultus shoot, the Bride and Groom and I then went to downtown Chilliwack for some more couples shots…and because of the winter season, it got dark early…so we got some fun shots in the dark :)

I love this first shot…I think it has a sort of 1940’s feel to it…

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Congrats, again, you guys! I had such a good time working with you. I wish you all the best in your future together.

Suzie + Adam [teaser] | Chilliwack Wedding Photographer

Here’s the teaser shot for Suzie + Adam’s wonderful wedding! Just one, of the gorgeous bride…the teaser shot is always soo hard for me to choose…but this one beat out the others…she’s just sooooo breathtaking!

Full blog post to come soon, but in the mean time, enjoy!

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Suzie + Adam [engaged!] | Chilliwack Wedding Photographer

Well…technically they’re not engaged anymore! :)

Suzie and Adam were married New Year’s Eve (details to come in a later post about their beautiful winter wedding..). Suzie contacted me not too long before Christmas about her New Year’s Eve wedding, so we had their engagement session the Monday before it. They are such a cute couple, and just so in love. I had So. Much. Fun. getting to know them and photographing their love for one another.

Here are a few more from their engagement session (can’t wait to blog their wedding!)…

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They’re gettin’ MARRIED! -tomorrow! [teaser] | Chilliwack Wedding Photographer

I am so excited for this wedding! I found out that I was going to be shooting it about a week before Christmas- and their big day is tomorrow, New Year’s Eve! How exciting is that?! I am so happy I was available :) We did their engagement shoot on Monday- here’s a couple teaser shots from that shoot to celebrate their upcoming vows! Congrats guys, can’t wait for tomorrow!

Believe it or not, these were taken before our snowfall today- Chilliwack Lake Road was quite a frosty winter wonderland on Monday.

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Meet the Bullocks | Chilliwack Portrait Photographer

I had the pleasure of taking photographs of this awesome family on Boxing Day! The session took place in Surrey- and I was soo excited when I saw the sun shine that morning, what a beautiful day. Would you believe that half way there on the freeway the weather changed like night to day? It was all of sudden like another world- full of fog, frost and clouds- with the sun peaking his face through now and then- but you know what? It was really cool! I loved the weather!

Oh was it ever chilly though! My hands were shades of pinks, purples and blues as I was clicking away :) My clients were troopers, though! Not one complaint! Brrr was it cold, though! You guys were fantastic :)

The girls were such cutie-pa-tooties! Loving little cousins they were- and loving the camera…

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Oh the boys- poor guys! I think they thought we were crazy out there in the frosty foggy weather! They just can’t help it though- they’re too darn cute, no matter how hard they try not to be :)

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A shot of the whole family-

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And to conclude…a cute shot I caught of the girls with their mustaches hehe ;)

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Beautiful Miss Audrina | Chilliwack Child Photographer

Well- I have only been wanting to do this shoot for about the last couple months or so! Some how it just didn’t happen- until Christmas Eve :) We had her all dressed up, and bundled up to go out and enjoy family during Christmas- and it was awesomely (is that a word?) gorgeous and sunny out!! So my wonderful husband suggested I take the portraits of our sweet baby girl- like I’ve wanted to do forever now. What a fantastic idea. That’s all I’ve got to say about that, hehe.

I have to admit, it was a little chilly! Half way through the photos we decided to stop in Teddy Bear Dreams on Wellington and buy a tiny little girl scarf for her- oh it was soo adorable, and did just the trick.

Here are just a few of my favorite shots I got.

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