Hannah Stuart - City Club Wedding Coordinator

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You might recognize Hannah's name from my recommended vendors page as she was previously the wedding coordinator at Townhouse Restaurant & Catering. She has since moved to City Club and I am super excited for her. She is an outstanding events coordinator (not to mention a great friend). I wanted to put a quick post to say congrats to Hannah and also if you are looking for an venue for your wedding or reception City Club is an excellent choice. Here are a couple shots of her that we shot this week. Blessings. Jason

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Claire & Tom's Wedding!

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Ben, Beebe & I had an absolute blast with Claire and Tom this weekend. Claire had a beautiful ceremony at St. Joseph's Church in Rayne and reception at River Oaks in Lafayette. The trolley actually broke down on the way to the reception (I should have put Ben on the trolley) and neither of them were phased. The whole day was absolutely beautiful and I just wanted to share a few. Blessings. Jason

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Introducing Bethany!

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I am sad to say, but Ben will be leaving at the end of the month to goto Hallmark Institute of Photography :( I have started to train my new Assistant/Second shooter and I figured that I would give her a formal introduction on the blog. She will be with me on future shoots and is picking up everything extremely quickly. Here are a couple we shot today of each other while doing a little training with Bethany. Blessings. Jason

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Beebe Tran is in the House!

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My good friend Beebe Tran came down this weekend to help me out with my wedding and hang out with Ben and I. Beebe and his wife Corine were nominated as Blu Domain's "Photographers of the Year" and not only are they outstanding photographers, but they are also great friends. Thanks Beebe for coming down and thanks Corine for letting me borrow him for the night :) More to come from the wedding soon. Blessings. Jason

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The three of us an the Bride & Groom :)

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Sarah & Brent's Wedding!

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I had the chance to join Sarah & Brent for their wedding in Lafayette. They had a beautiful ceremony at St. Johns and their reception was at Petroleum club. It was an absolute blast and Tina Turner even showed up for the reception (maybe she just looked alot like her). Blessings. Jason

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Thank you Mark Eric!

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I just wanted to send a quick shout out to my good friend Mark Eric who came down last weekend to help me out with the wedding while I was a bit sick (on his weekend off). I am still getting through the 7000+ images that we shot on the wedding but I just wanted to send a quick shout out to Mark! Thanks again man! Blessings. Jason

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Monica & James are Engaged!

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Yesterday Jen, Ben, & I headed down to New Orleans for what Monica thought was a "portfolio shoot" but in reality was for James to propose. The first couple are the actual proposal and after that are a couple from the "portfolio shoot." We had such an awesome time and congratulations to both of you! Blessings. Jason

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Crazy week.

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This past week has been a bit crazy and I just wanted to put up a quick post since I will be out of the office most likely until Wednesday. I unfortunately seemed to have gotten food posioning late last week so it has slowed me down a bit. I hope to be back in the office to start working on the 200 or so emails I have gotten. Thanks so much for your patience and have a great week. Blessings. Jason

Time for some R&R.....

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I will be out of town for most of this coming week and I just wanted to put up a quick post letting everyone know that they can just send me an email or leave me a message. I hope that everyone has a great week and I am looking forward to getting recharged a bit. Blessings. Jason

One of my favorite images from Marci & Chad's wedding this weekend...

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Branch Family!

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I had the opportunity to hang out today with Zane, Jessica, & Dave and wanted to share a couple images. We had a blast and thankfully just beat the rain! Hopefully I will have them up on cohenportraits.com soon! Blessings. Jason

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Michelle & Josh's Engagements!

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I had the chance to be with Michelle & Josh this week for their engagements in Houston and it was great getting to know them. We started at a beautiful garden and ended up at a hip wine bar (great atmosphere). Here are a couple shots below and I hope that everyone has a great weekend! Blessings. Jason

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Camille & James's Wedding...

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Camille & James had a beautiful wedding at Springhill College in Mobile, AL this Saturday. It has been awesome getting to know them over the past 18 months (she booked 18 months in advance - talk about on top of things!) and she did such an amazing job planning her wedding. Here are just a couple below, but we had so many awesome ones it was hard to narrow them down! Blessings. Jason

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Back Home...

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It is hard to believe that I was in Kansas less than 36 hours ago and that our trip came to a close almost as quickly as it started. If I can think of one word to sum this trip up it is: refreshed. It was almost like though all of the shooting/editing/emailing I had begun to forget why I do this and every day became routine. I was reminded by everyone of my love for picking my camera and shooting the things that I pass up every day that are beautiful. Thanks again to Jamie & Ben for joining me on this trip and the Domingues family for treating us like their own family. Blessings. Jason

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Photo Road Trip - Day 3!

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Ben, Jason D, Jamie, & I are hanging out at a coffee shop (The Roasterie - outstanding coffee) and I thought that I would post a couple images from today. We are still having a blast and I am looking forward to the get together tonight. Blessings. Jason

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Newspaper article and Cohen Portraits goes live!

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I just wanted to put up a quick post and share a couple bits of good news.... I got a call for an interview from The Daily Advertiser last week saying that they wanted to do an interview and it will hit the newsstands today (in the accent section). You can also view it on the web here. Also I wanted to mention that my new site Cohen Portraits is also going live today and please go by to see what you think. You can see what it looks like below, but please check out http://www.cohenportraits.com to see the entire site.

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Blessings. Jason

Photo Road Trip - Day 2!

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We are on day two of the road trip and I figured that I would post a couple images. We had some killer KC Barbeque (see below) and we are just at a coffee shop now waiting to go shoot a band tonight (will post some soon). Have a great day and exciting news tomorrow! Blessings. Jason

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These people with Jason's kids were complete strangers.... Really we had never met them...

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