There's a special feeling I get when immersed in Jessika's photography, and it comes from both sides of the lens. Without question, Jes is one of the single most lovely creatures I've come across in my day. Her self-portraits always reveal a special mood, a love for B, a new freckle... you can get lost in them for hou… Read more

There's a special feeling I get when immersed in Jessika's photography, and it comes from both sides of the lens. Without question, Jes is one of the single most lovely creatures I've come across in my day. Her self-portraits always reveal a special mood, a love for B, a new freckle... you can get lost in them for hours. It takes a very special beauty to shine through on such a basal level; it's never the frilly girls that leave you with such a mark on your soul. And then, there's her work. I hesitate to say 'work', and use the term only out of respect for her talent. No, Jessika's photography NEVER comes across as some sort of duty; rather, an invitation to the special warmth she shares with others. To me, that warmth is the key. There's a love for the objects in her lens, and most especially, the people. Yes, her deep love for B is evident, and his love triggers her. But, Jessika appears to have a real, honest love for all people. Every person she captures with her camera is shared with an expressed love - the kind you find only in people like her, and you know when you find them. I'm thrilled, inspired, awed and honored to share the bits of her life, talents and self that she shares with us everyday, and I'm most certainly better - both as a photographer, and a person - for such.

Jessika's photostream is sheer delight! Primarily, I think, because she seems to take such delight herself in taking photographs as she documents her life and loves. Her photobooth set is a wonderful highlight, as are her many freckled self-portraits. There is such a sense of fun in what she shares here that I rarel… Read more

Jessika's photostream is sheer delight! Primarily, I think, because she seems to take such delight herself in taking photographs as she documents her life and loves. Her photobooth set is a wonderful highlight, as are her many freckled self-portraits. There is such a sense of fun in what she shares here that I rarely leave her stream without a smile on my face.