Echoing Life Photography

Chantz

2008-08-06T23:02:00.000-07:00

This is Chantz, a friend of mine from college. He is also a photographer and needed photos of himself for his website. I needed some for mine (that is getting closer and closer to being done!!!!!!!!!) too...so it was a perfect swap! This was just a really fun shoot and I had a ton of fun editing everything.

Panama 2008

2008-07-29T14:23:00.000-07:00

Going to Panama is becoming a habit of mine every summer. Falling in love with the sweetness of the people each time is too. This trip always intense with hours of hiking, lots of sweating and tons of ministry. It'd be easy to wonder what the appeal was to that (mainly sweating a lot.. :-)), but I think when you see the faces, you'll know like I did.

My friend Sara, looking out over the beautiful mountains.

A lot of schools welcome us to come and "entertain" their students. We get to tell hundreds of students about the Lord and have so much fun loving them too!

These are the project directors over the trip each year. They have the biggest hearts for the world...and for this little girl. They've known Maria for four years.

And now, their faces:

This was my lil' buddy one day!

Apparently, THE Canal causes deep thought and reflection:

Apparently...those hills do too. :-)

New looks

2008-07-19T01:21:00.000-07:00

As you can probably tell, things are starting to look a little different around here. I am in the process (the long one) of overhauling everything that was once Echoing Life Photography and morphing it into what will become Jessica Mooney Photography. Although I fought changing the name at first, I eventually realized it's actually better for my business to do so. I still wholeheartedly believe in the heart behind Echoing Life (and you can read about that here), but it's time for a change.

There will be lots of other changes to look for in the coming months that I am VERY excited about! New website, new proofing company, new name! :-) Stick around to see what's coming!

I'll be blogging my trip to Panama in the next week, but I'll leave you with a sneak peak.

Wow...it really is that beautiful, I promise!

The Stanford kids

2008-07-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

So I'm a bit behind again. What's new? At least I have a legitimate excuse this time- I was in Panama for a couple of weeks. (Those pics to come soon!)

Here are the family pics I promised. I have trying to get these up for almost 2 months now! These kiddos....they are oh-so-precious to me! I started babysitting them in 2002 and just haven't stopped. Not really...as you can see, they aren't so much in need of a babysitter anymore. I was able to live alongside this family while they worked in Asia...and what a blessing that was. I loved watching them live Asian style, speak Asian style and wish they were Asians! They love that culture and I just love that about them! They will be returning to the States in about a month and I'm sure they will miss their home there greatly. Hopefully, these pictures can help them remember what it was like to live in a place so beautiful!
Here they are:

This was a fun shot we just HAD to get! This vehicle is somewhat synonymous to a semi in the US. BUT...they are MUCH louder and about 10 times slower!

Sweet Katibeth was a natural in front of the camera!This is such a perfect representation of Marshall to me!

Beautiful, beautiful Holli!

The Langstons

2008-06-14T14:05:00.000-07:00

Living in the hills of Asia means you have terraces out your back door. This family knows terraces like the Cleavers knew picket fences. I just said my goodbyes to this family last week as I moved back to America. I'm lad I'll have these pictures of them to remember them by!

I've been working on some story boards lately...and I like 'em!

One of my favorites...ever!

This is so them:

Spencer is stronger than everything else in this world...look at those muscles!

Another family to come realllllllllly soon!

The Mowerys

2008-06-01T23:45:00.000-07:00

Before leaving this side of the world, I decided to do some family pictures for the families I'm helping. Now this family is c-u-t-e! It's been really fun watching them grow these past few months, and it was even more fun getting their cute faces in front of my camera!
They will be having a little brother late summer!
Okay, let's just get onto the pics of them!

These are some of the most well read children I've ever known. I'm so impressed with their thirst for knowledge (and their mom's great teaching!)

Living in the mountains makes play time for these kiddos a real talent. One of their favorite spots to play is in the back of the family truck!

Hong Kong

2008-05-25T23:52:00.000-07:00

I recently traveled to Hong Kong. I liked this city a lot and was SO impresed with how clean it was and how Ameri-Euro-Asian it seemed. It was also weird to speak English to Asian faces and hear it spoken back to me. It certainly made ordering food at restaurants easier.

Here are a few shots from my journey!

These are some shots of the subway station walls. I was so impressed with their artistic touch!

Making room for even more buildings.
I went to the highest point in HK to get an aerial view of the city. On the "Peak Tram," I found lots of tourist-y looking people. Being one myself, I had to get a shot of them all doing the same! Okay, maybe our subjects were a little different....

ORGANIZATION! wow...it's been awhile since my eyes have seen.

Raw

2008-05-05T07:27:00.000-07:00

This is big. I am officially addicted to processing in raw now! Thanks to a new friend navigating me through it briefly, I now realize that's it's not as scary as it used to seem. I still feel I have a ton to learn about it and how to re-do my workflow, but I'm more encouraged by Mr. Raw's results! I'm thinking Mr. Raw is going to be my friend and make my life a lot easier when it comes to photo time!
Here's a B&A. I love B&As.
This is the image, shot in raw.

Same image, processed in raw!

lights galore.

2008-04-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Had some fun capturing some light in a new city last week!
Although it's kind of circus-y, I want this lamp.
I went to this restaurant (once a day, three days in a row!) and LOVED their lighting fixtures.
I don't want to be one of those photographers that puts one zillion pics on their blog of the SAME thing...so please bare with me through three similar shots! :-)

Dinner and a show! How about that!

Hello Moon!

texting...kind of

2008-04-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

Just played around with some recent pics and added text. What do you think?

yi qian means one thousand!

2008-03-16T07:03:00.000-07:00

So...I noticed that there have been over 1,000 views to this blog! WOW!!! Who are all of you people?!?!? Nonetheless, this calls for a celebration...how about... a picture or two!?!

I like tea.

2008-03-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

This is what you make tea in.

This is someone who most definitely drinks tea.

This is where tea is grown.

Simply put.

welcome to game night!

2008-03-07T09:13:00.000-08:00

This is my very first, EVER, like mark-it-down-on-a-calendar blog where I'm not sharing a session. So...Welcome to my life!
These are some of friends over here in Asia one night during a few rounds of spoons. Talk about intense! I had fun playing with some new in camera settings and post processing ideas! :-) I like having time to play...spoons and with photography!

Matt and Amy

2008-02-24T06:03:00.000-08:00

Noting the colors of the leaves, this is an obviously late post! :-)
Amy and I met my first week at DBU and had MANY crazy adventures from that day forward! In a couple of weeks, her and Matt will finally become a Mr. and Mrs! Let me tell you, this girl knows how to plan a wedding, and she knows the people who can help!
Wish i could be there guys! Happy Wedding day to you!!!

Before and After!!

2008-02-15T07:48:00.000-08:00

I've always loved before and after things. All areas: houses, faces, heart...not just pictures...but this is the latest picture!
I took this shot of Ali in August and since then, I've switched computers and moved to another country... so i got this off of her myspace! I FINALLY figured out how to do what I've been looking for with texturing! yay!!! I feel like i can really have fun with editing again now!

Cindy

2008-01-24T09:30:00.000-08:00

I'm a bad blogger, I admit it! I took these Senior pics for Cindy back in November, but am just now posting them. Oops. Maybe moving across the world had something to do with my tardiness. Anyway, here they are! She was FANTASTIC to work with and has a natural ease in front of the camera! Hope you enjoy!

I tried out some new techniques on this one. It's kind of different, but i like it!

Hannah

2007-11-20T23:10:00.000-08:00

Meet Hannah! She is fantastic! I've known Hannah for a few years, but just recently got to know her well this summer. I can tell you that she is one amazing gal and I just love her! She's a wonderful friend, indeed. I was so priviledged to be able to take her Senior pictures! Oh, and she's gorgeous too! Here are some of my favorite ones!

LeAnn's family

2007-11-20T22:38:00.000-08:00

Follow me here: This is one of my roommates' boss' extended family! I had so much fun with them and discovered a great new location in Fort Worth. LeAnn has always been so sweet to me and I am so thankful that she let me spend so much time photographing her family! Phoeniz is the LeAnn's great niece and she's just adorable! :-)

The Camerons

2007-11-20T22:11:00.001-08:00

This is such a sweet family from back home. I was able to get some cute shots of their family one Saturday morning, just being themselves. Thanks guys!

Sean and Sarah's Wedding

2007-11-04T20:02:00.000-08:00

Now that I've definitely been labeled a bad blogger....
Here is a wedding from September that I shot at. I loved being able to be such a big part of their big day! I would say yay for your wedding day, but it's more appropriate to say, "Yay for your three month anniversary" now! Either way, yay...and here are some of the faves.

How a woman prepares vs. how a man prepares. :-)

Chris and Nancy

2007-10-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

One day, out of the blue, I received a call from Chris. He had heard that I did photography from a mutual friend of ours, and decided to call to see if I was available...3 days before his weddings! THREE!!! Wow, I was so grateful that there two trusted me enough on such short notice! I'm also glad I was available! What a sweet and innocent couple this was! Thanks Chris and Nancy!

New look!

2007-10-01T22:11:00.001-07:00

Yay! I finally figured out how to put a picture up there ^!!! Thanks to BJ's Brewery for the cool bathroom too! oh the memories from that place this summer....the restaurant part...not just the bathroom! :-)

SWAT

2007-09-30T22:31:00.000-07:00

That stands for Student Welcome And Transition. It's the week before classes start here at DBU. I was asked to take some pics at some of the service projects...and this is what I got.

Yay Sommer!!!

Okay, I have to explain about this, because some might get offended. This was at a church where they had just received new hymnals. These were "outdated" I guess, so they asked these kind girls to thrown them away! Needless to say, I dont' think DBU will be using this for any promotional pics...but I think it's funny!

Glowing Heart- website pics

2007-09-12T18:32:00.000-07:00

These are the people I spend most of my life with, aka-Glowing Heart. We get endless hours in vans together, time to laugh and be serious and we get to pour our hearts out to teenagers and churches together. I got to shoot the pictures for our website again this year, and we got to have a little bit more fun than last year! I loved that! Here's our website, if you're interestd in finding out more about who we are. http://www.glowingheart.org/

Lora, her baby Kailor, Heather and Reghanne

2007-09-11T14:43:00.000-07:00

This was my first mommy and baby shoot...and I really liked it. Pregnant mommies are just always so cute! Lora just glowed and I think anyone can certainly tell! She gave birth to little Kailor just about a week and half ago and they are both doing well!

I'm not a big cat fan, but this was just really adorable!

Lora's niece Reghanne and sister Heather came along with us too. Reghanne was a natural in front of the camera too!

They were such a cute and fun family to photograph! What a little ham reghanne is! :-)

Sarah's Bridals

2007-09-09T21:56:00.000-07:00

Well Sarah and Sean made it official Saturday and now that Sean is allowed to see these pictures, I can finally post them!!! This was my first bridal session, so I just LOVED it. I probably could have gone ALL DAY LONG! I enjoyed it way too much! Their wedding was beautiful, as was Sarah! As soon as I get caught up on other things, I'll be posting those pictures, so stay tuned!!!

The Ranch!!!

2007-09-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

So this post is more personal, and a bit late....but that's okay! Every year, some friends and I travel out to our friend Amanda's family ranch for some 4-wheeling, fishing, bone collecting and priceless trips to the little bitty town nearby that sells Dublin Dr. Pepper's and ice cream. Oh so many adventures are had there...

Iredell, TX never looked so good. Look at those pretty girls!

Haha...Melanie decided to get dentures we while there!

These are the French animals...I can't really remember what they are called, but we called them, "Parlez vous!"

Ahh...sweet, blissful memories on that mule. This was actually taken on our African Safari...j/k...but it sure does look like it!

The whole gang in Iredell!

I do not like guns...duh!

Panama

2007-09-04T12:46:00.000-07:00

This summer, I had the priviledge of traveling with Beautiful Feet International Ministries (check 'em out!!!) to Panama again to share Christ with those who've never heard of Him. The people there are SO open and hungry for the Lord. Pray for them as you view their beautiful faces, if you'd like! They have a VERY vibrant culture, as you can probably tell. Yay for Panamanians!

Sean and Sarah

2007-08-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

This was such a fun session. These are two of my friends from back home that will tie the knot in September!!! Sean and Sarah were SOOO willing to try new ideas with me! (especially the dangerous ones:-)) I'm so excited that they've asked me to shoot their wedding as well!

Ali

2007-08-02T23:41:00.000-07:00

This is a great friend of mine who WILL be famous one day. If not for her beauty alone, she'll also be known for her incredible voice, acting ability and wonderful heart. Thanks for such a FUN session Ali. Love you!

Courtney and Sam's Wedding

2007-07-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been awhile. It's been a crazy summer! Here are the pics from Courtney and Sam's wedding back in June. It was beautiful and I loved being able to get some of these shots for Courtney!! Congratulations you two! Thanks for letting me be a part!

Britney & Ches

2007-06-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Britney is married now, and for almost a month already! Her wedding was beautiful and elegant, just how I knew it would be. She looked lovely and what a wonderful wedding it was overall! I'm so glad I was able to be there with them on their day! Congratulations to the Millers!

John, Shannon, Jaci and Jenna

2007-05-07T20:01:00.000-07:00

This is my sister and her family! They are my favorite! Jenna is in Kindergarten and Jaci is in 2nd grade! I love them...and it's always a pleasure to take pics for them!

Riley, Corbin and Conley

2007-04-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

This precious little girl is one that I am blessed to be able to babysit from time to time. I've grown very fond of her! Here she is with her sweet mom and some of her adorable cousins one day in the pretty bluebonnets of Texas. Who would know we were on the side of a highway! What a cute family!

Chelsea and Cait

2007-04-23T21:13:00.000-07:00

What beautiful girls! It was so much fun to experiment some new ideas and get to know these girls! I love to see sisters who enjoy each other...and hopefully I was able to catch that on my camera!

Courtney and Sam

2007-04-08T21:43:00.000-07:00

These are two of my friends that I was able to do some engagement shots for. I really, REALLY enjoyed this, for they were so natural. My camera had no difficulty in seeing their love, and my eye followed along too! What a pleasure it is to hang out with couples like this!

Leaping

2007-04-07T21:15:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Echoing Life Photography!
Starting this thing is simple, it's the name I had a hard time deciding on. Having that "never settle for anything ordinary" attitude in me made it difficult to think of a unique name that portrayed my heart, but still had a catchy ring to it. I hope I at least succeeded in the heart area!
Echoing Life? To me, this means so much. Christ has shown me lately how vivid He is in everything and how everything literally hinges upon Him. He is Life, and His word says He gives it freely to us (Jn. 10:10 & 14:6.) Realizing that lately has also put an understanding in my soul that I must depict Him and this life He's given in everything. Essentially, I must echo it to all I encounter.
With this insight tucked away in my heart, and my camera strapped upon my back, I'm now leaping forward onto the path He's paved for me.
If you'd like to leap on as well, please do let me know! :-)
~Jessica