jennifer whitney

moving day

2011-11-14T17:04:00.005-06:00

The blog is moving over to jennwhitney.com/blog. Head over and check it out. There's lots of fresh blog goodness :-)

snow day

2010-12-22T15:04:00.003-06:00

10 tons of ice by the railroad tracks in downtown Lacoste, TX on a 75 degree, sunny December afternoon... Made me smile... Happy Holidays to all!!

DREAM Act

2010-12-09T16:19:00.003-06:00

Festival de Puerto Rico

2010-12-09T16:18:00.002-06:00

Stacie & Chris

2010-12-09T16:12:00.003-06:00

I had the pleasure of shooting Stacie & Chris's beautiful fall wedding on the Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, MD... Awesome people, awesome celebration!

Love in the Third Degree

2010-12-09T15:52:00.005-06:00

Here a few selects from the story I shot at the 62nd Missouri Photo Workshop in Macon, MO. You can view the whole story here, and be sure and check out the work of all the other awesome photographers I had the pleasure of working with...

KISS

2010-12-09T15:50:00.002-06:00

Eid

2010-12-09T15:48:00.002-06:00

hot, hot, hot

2010-07-08T13:40:00.001-05:00

thumpin'

2010-07-08T13:39:00.002-05:00

senior prom

2010-07-08T13:37:00.002-05:00

marine funeral

2010-05-17T17:22:00.002-05:00

tejano conjunto festival

2010-05-17T17:21:00.001-05:00

happy 100th

2010-05-17T17:17:00.001-05:00

national day of prayer

2010-05-07T19:44:00.000-05:00

lately

2010-05-01T16:31:00.003-05:00

a congressman on a federal funding tour of Big Bend National Park

spring break tourist crowds downtown

the opening of a new park

teen funeral

mass outdoors due to Mission restoration

I haven't been blogging much, and I could make a lot of excuses but none of them are good ones... We all go through those times where inspiration is sparse and life is a rat race, so I'm coming out of my winter funk slowly but surely...

more fiesta

2010-05-01T16:06:00.002-05:00

fiesta favorites

2010-05-01T15:58:00.004-05:00

Spring is my favorite time of year, and in San Antonio its a fabulous time for picture making thanks to the strange, colorful wonderfulness that is Fiesta

spelling bee

2010-03-07T13:29:00.002-06:00

serious rodeo

2010-02-09T18:26:00.005-06:00

One week down, two to go...and, no, I do not eat hot beef sundaes, but believe it or not, they are very popular

max & millie

2010-01-31T16:09:00.004-06:00

Max and Millie had a gorgeous wedding at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. As always, it was fun to be a part of it...

special needs cheer camp

2009-11-22T18:52:00.000-06:00

trick'r treat

2009-11-01T19:28:00.001-06:00

pep rally

2009-11-01T19:24:00.002-06:00

fire

2009-10-29T14:02:00.002-06:00

so close

2009-09-29T00:07:00.002-05:00

to my mid 90's heart throb. God I love this job.

fall is here

2009-09-28T17:29:00.001-05:00

...at least in spirit

boxing

2009-09-28T17:25:00.000-05:00

and so it begins

2009-09-06T20:28:00.002-05:00

In Texas, high school football isn't just Friday night- its Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights... just gearing up for a fall full of football.

little league rock stars

2009-09-06T20:10:00.001-05:00

all in the details

2009-09-06T20:07:00.003-05:00

The Texas Gay Rodeo Association Annual Texas Tradition Rodeo in Seguin

I heart Texas

2009-08-27T16:16:00.005-05:00

Pickin' for the Record in Luckenbach- it was one of those days where my heart swelled. Almost 2,0000 guitarists in an incredible place playing a song I have always loved (The Luckenbach Song) but appreciate on a whole new level now that I've been there. A-mazing!

Senator Hutchison

2009-08-27T16:09:00.002-05:00

house fire

2009-08-27T16:07:00.000-05:00

Jonas Brothers Concert

2009-08-15T18:27:00.003-05:00

this week

2009-08-15T18:23:00.001-05:00

Dog days of summer.

PBR

2009-08-04T15:00:00.002-05:00

synchronized swimmer

2009-08-04T14:20:00.003-05:00

Incarnate Word synchronized swimmer Lyssa Wallace just came back from the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome. I love the water and had so much fun shooting this. Can't wait to do more when the season gets going again...

Audry's last day

2009-08-04T14:12:00.004-05:00

Audry's Mexican Restaurant, a downtown fixture and Cantu family tradition since 1949, closed its doors for the last time after lunch on Friday due to the economy. The building will be demolished to make room for a new medical building this week.

Mother Tucker

2009-07-23T18:44:00.003-05:00

Mother Pauline Tucker, a long-time member of West End Baptist Church, turned 107 years old on Sunday.

classical concert

2009-07-11T21:22:00.002-05:00

as seen through a beveled glass window in the back of the church

shriners convention

2009-07-05T19:26:00.003-05:00

gay pride parade

2009-07-05T19:23:00.004-05:00

hip hop car show

2009-07-01T14:26:00.003-05:00

Luling Watermelon Thump

2009-07-01T14:12:00.002-05:00

remembering Neda

2009-06-24T23:08:00.002-05:00

Bats on the Rivewalk extension

2009-06-24T23:05:00.002-05:00

operation FLAGS

2009-06-24T23:01:00.002-05:00

Tamaya Jones, 6, left and Selah Hammond, 7, try on the uniform their family member would wear with the help of Wadda Hamper, a uniform fitter, as Randolph Airforce Base kids experienced a mock deployment line at the Airman and Family Readiness Flight during Operation FLAGS. "It felt like I was with my mommy," said Jones, whose mother is currently deployed.

the promise

2009-06-14T00:10:00.002-05:00

Miguel "Mike" Bustamante lost his wife of 41 years last September, and visits her every day at the San Fernando No. 2 Cemetery despite the heat and humidity. "I'll be here pleasing her every day like I promised for as long as I can," he explained. "She loved the flag and so do I. To us it was freedom."

growing up

2009-06-13T23:30:00.004-05:00

I went home to Florida a few weeks ago and got to spend time with lots of special people- including my best friend since kindergarten, Layne, who is having a little girl of her own, and my friend Becky's daughter, Bella, who is growing up fast and full of beauty and wonder.

softball

2009-05-23T11:08:00.003-05:00

keep watch over my dad

2009-05-23T11:06:00.001-05:00

Mason Weld, 12, of Helotes won a national award from the Armed Services YMCA, along with a $500 US savings bond, for a poem he wrote while his father, Air Force Lt. Col. Kyle J. Weld was deployed in Balad, Iraq from May to October of 2008.

Remembering the fallen

2009-05-20T21:04:00.002-05:00

West side churches

2009-05-20T20:37:00.002-05:00

This is the beginning of a sort of history project I've been working on about 16 churches on the west side which is now a predominantly Latino neighborhood- so much to cover, so little time... more to come.

AIDS memorial

2009-05-20T20:35:00.002-05:00

rainy day

2009-05-20T20:34:00.000-05:00

Jim Cullum Jazz Band

2009-05-20T20:32:00.002-05:00

wildflowers

2009-05-07T17:18:00.003-05:00

My parents came for a visit this week and we took a little drive through the hill country. For the first time in a long time, I had time to stop and see the flowers (these didn't smell). I'm gonna start doing a lot more of this.

flambeau

2009-04-26T14:31:00.001-05:00

battle of flowers

2009-04-26T14:27:00.002-05:00

refugee kids

2009-04-26T14:26:00.000-05:00

baby Noah

2009-04-25T13:01:00.003-05:00

Due to some complications, my friend Dawn had Noah two and a half months before his due date. He lives in an incubator in a dimly lit room, gets his breast milk through a tiny tube, and sleeps much of the time. I was only able to photograph him because my new camera has 6400 ISO- amazing! Mom and baby are healthy. He is up to 3lbs, 12oz now and will be learning to get milk from the nipple soon so he can go home... Life is such a delicate miracle.

charreada

2009-04-20T15:02:00.003-05:00

The charreada felt like a movie set... absolutely amazing, but also really challenging not to make cliche pictures. I don't feel like I got past that yet, but hope to go back again soon. I've been so busy shooting and finishing up my master's project that I haven't had time to post much lately, but here's a little snippet and more soon... VIVA FIESTA!

hubba hubba

2009-04-05T20:17:00.004-05:00

honoring chavez

2009-03-28T16:20:00.005-06:00

valley vets march

2009-03-25T22:17:00.003-06:00

Rio Grande Valley Veterans marched into San Antonio over several days to bring attention to the need for a VA Hospital closer to home.

luminaria

2009-03-15T14:18:00.003-06:00

dog show

2009-03-10T20:32:00.004-06:00

polka party

2009-03-02T14:24:00.005-06:00

more basketball

2009-03-02T14:22:00.001-06:00

The Tony Parker Show

2009-03-02T14:21:00.003-06:00

teen mom

2009-03-02T14:18:00.003-06:00

The teen pregnancy rate is far higher in Texas than most other states in the US, and in Bexar County, 46% of single mothers live below the poverty line.

new town

2009-02-26T17:50:00.003-06:00

After a month off to catch up and decompress, I'm starting a new adventure in Texas at the San Antonio Express-News. This is the view from the rooftop of my apartment building just south of downtown- it used to be a candy factory. Its been an interesting first week, but I am excited to work with a very talented group of shooters, despite the sad state of the industry. Now more than ever, it is important to be out there telling stories. My heart goes out to all those who are feeling lost.

tradition

2009-02-26T17:14:00.004-06:00

My goodbye to home was a blast. Tampa has a unique tradition called Gasparilla where grown men join fraternities, dress up as pirates, and invade the city to rape and pillage and reak havok. I have avoided the chaos for many years, but this year, my brother became one of them and I had to witness it. My writer friend Layla Bellows joined me for the adventure and had some pretty funny things to say about the experience... Oh, and is that guy serious? I'm gonna miss Florida in all its wackiness.

shooting survivior

2008-12-23T17:07:00.002-06:00

Joseph “Ike” Eisenower, 51, was shot in the face and the foot during a robbery on Fifth Avenue North in Naples. His friend, Jacques Lamothe, was killed. Nearly two months later Eisenhower is still recovering from his wounds. He has a scar on his right cheek, from where the bullet grazed him. His right foot still has pins in it. A devout Jehovah’s Witness, Eisenower believes it is a miracle that he’s still alive. "Why I turned my head so quickly, I don't know. It must have been the angel of God," Eisenhower explained.

cop shop

2008-12-23T17:03:00.003-06:00

convalescent contortionist

2008-12-23T12:37:00.005-06:00

Ann Matistic will turn 82 years old on Saturday, but said, "I feel like I could still do those things, but I'd be afraid to try. I don't feel like I'm 82 at all." When she was 18, she spent a year as a Rockette and was one of only three known people in the world who could sit down on her own head. Matistic now has seven children and 12 grandchildren. Kelly, 20, gave her the stuffed dog she keeps on her bed when she moved into Harbor Chase assisted living in North Naples earlier this year.

ho ho ho

2008-12-09T13:39:00.004-06:00

circus

2008-11-23T21:17:00.002-06:00

tourists

2008-11-10T22:32:00.003-06:00

friday night

2008-11-10T22:27:00.001-06:00

violin class

2008-11-10T22:15:00.002-06:00

hope

2008-11-03T08:06:00.005-06:00

swamp buggy races

2008-10-27T14:37:00.002-06:00

rain

2008-10-27T13:56:00.002-06:00

Isabell Biggs, 85, waits out the rain outside Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Old Naples after picking up a donated apple pie to give to a neighbor. "I call this my Cadillac," she said of her walker. The church passes out donated bread and other baked goods every Friday morning.

early voting

2008-10-22T22:34:00.003-05:00

gun culture II

2008-10-22T21:56:00.004-05:00

gun culture

2008-10-22T21:44:00.006-05:00

Just returned from the Eddie Adams workshop and this was my team's topic... the shooting was not the highlight of the whole amazing experience... ended up in two separate gun shops

sarah

2008-10-07T13:30:00.003-05:00

heading home

2008-10-05T22:11:00.005-05:00

crossing guard

2008-10-05T21:58:00.002-05:00

spirit circle

2008-10-05T21:45:00.001-05:00

fakahatchee

2008-09-28T16:57:00.004-05:00

This place is so incredibly magical!!

adaptive sailing

2008-09-17T16:22:00.005-05:00

On Tuesday afternoon at Sugden Regional Park in East Naples, disabled patients from NCH celebrated National Rehabilitation Week at the Adaptive Sailing Center. John Fahr, 89 (right), and his sailing buddy volunteer Debra Frenkel wave at John's wife, Helen Fahr, while she snaps a photo as they bring the boat back in. John Fahr suffered a sudden stroke two and a half weeks ago and was rendered almost speechless. "Its been a change," explained Helen, "but I've never seen this many smiles... Tell her how many more years you've got, John! You're gonna make the three digit number, right?"

senior idol

2008-09-14T20:56:00.002-05:00

A-mazing! Except that I attempted to shoot video and stills at the same time, and, well, the stills won out, but I left feeling like my head was spinning and like I hadn't done either all that well. But this was only the first audition, so look for more to come...

remembering 9/11

2008-09-14T20:54:00.003-05:00

competitive dance

2008-09-14T20:48:00.001-05:00

after school

2008-09-14T20:45:00.004-05:00

blood

2008-09-14T20:45:00.002-05:00

custodians

2008-09-14T20:40:00.003-05:00

The school board will decide this coming week whether or not to outsource the jobs of about 250 custodians in Collier County Schools due to necessary budget cuts. The Teamsters have been organizing various demonstrations around town for the last few weeks...