Jennifer Hejna Photography

11 May 2012 | Category: All, Personal

The soul that can speak through the eyes …

Have a wonderful weekend !

make-up and hair : weiperfriseure

11 May 2012 | Category: All, Personal, Products

Featured Friday: Hochdruckgebiet – wonderful letterpress art

I was searching for a good letterpress printer for quite a while. I was searching all over Germany and even in Europe to find a company that I wanted to work with. I was searching a printer for my own stationery as for recommendations to my clients. Letterpress is a very special kind of printing. You even shouldn’t just call it printing it is an art, a hand craft of producing beautiful pieces of stationery. The text is engraved with a huge letterpress printer into the paper which makes it look classy and extraordinary. Read the full post

2 April 2012 | Category: All, Personal

A bracelet of memories

When I think back of my childhood and think of the vacations I had with my parents then I think of one thing: Italy. We went almost every year with the camper to Italy to discover new beaches and cities and “La dolce far ninety”. My grandparents travelled as much as we did. My grandpa was a bus driver and took my grandmother to trips with tour groups all over Europe. I loved to hear their stories and the look at the same time at the “travel bracelet” of my grandma. A travel bracelet is a bracelet with small charms and pictures of the cities she had travelled to. I imagined that there was a story behind every single charm. The story of a journey and a discovery of a new city. Of course, I also wanted to have such a bracelet to collect my own charms on our journeys. My godfather finally gave me bracelet for my birthday and on the last few holidays with my parents together I started collecting charms in Italy. Read the full post

14 March 2012 | Category: All, Personal, Photography

A small moment | Exhibition in Havixbeck

Last Saturday was a special day as I opened my first own exhibition. Thanks to the museum it was perfectly prepared. It was wonderful to see how many people came to enjoy the opening. It was a very special moment to me – which fits perfectly to the title of the exhibition “The small moment”.  Read the full post

25 December 2011 | Category: Personal

Merry Christmas

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a very happy year 2012

30 September 2011 | Category: Personal

Jessica & Naomie | Sister Portrait session

When life hands you lemons take them and make some nice tequila with it or at least some lemonade. My parents got divorced when I was 14 years old and this for sure was a sour periode for all of us. But what I couldn’t see when I was fourteen I can see clearly now. Life didn’t just give me  a lemon and changed my young life it gave me a great stepfather a wonderful stepmother and two super sweet stepsisters. We are a patchwork family that is far away from being perfect but in the Easter vacation I had the chance to photograph my gorgeous stepsisters: Jessica and Naomie. Read the full post

28 September 2011 | Category: All, Personal

Happy Places : The book corner in my living room

Ever since I was little I wanted to have an own library. I had 4 library cards for every library within 20 km and I went every Wednesday to my favourite library to read and borrow books. After reading a book I never wanted to give it back (that is why I had to pay a fine for every single book). I wanted to keep it to treasure the story and to reread it when I wanted to. In the end I gave them all back (of course I did… ) and my family started giving me gift vouchers from the local book shop for Christmas and my birthdays. Sometimes I took me a year or longer to use my voucher (and a lot of discussion as the voucher were only valid for one year). I looked at the books and I couldn’t decide which of the million books to buy with my one single voucher. Read the full post

26 May 2011 | Category: Personal

The fragrance of freedom

Do you know the feeling when you connect something with a scent?

Before I started my own business as a photographer, I was working in marketing of an international cosmetics company. I could never become enthousiastic for make-up and cosmetics  – my favorite products were the fragrances.

With every fragrance that I associate a story, memory or a feeling.  L’eau D’Issey by Issey Miyake I got as a gift from my mother before I moved to Paris. It was autumn in Paris and I was living for the first time in a capital city and I was working for the first time in a big international company. When I wear it today then I feel autumn in Paris. I see the leaves flying through the city and the rain washes away summer. I feel the feeling of my first working day. I see myself standing there in my new suit getting to know the science of international marketing in French language. I feel the melancholy of this particular time  again when I wear the fragrance. An absolute winter and autumn fragrance for me. Read the full post

11 March 2011 | Category: Personal

The value of some things…. | Der Wert mancher Dinge…

This week I went to Utrecht city center for having lunch with a former work colleague of mine. We went to a cosy typical Dutch restaurant and chatted about the time that passed by since we saw each other the last time. After our lunch I decided to just enjoy the beautiful spring weather and walk through the old town of Utrecht. I passed some old buildings wondering how beautiful Utrecht is and saw some nice shops. I went to a shop – no it is more a boutique – where I bought a wonderful dress for a special occasion last year. It is a wonderful boutique, not crowded and really nice clothes. When I say it is not crowded I do not only mean the absence of many people but also the clothes are nicely decorated and every piece has its space to be seen and touched. I found a wonderful black dress (did I already mention that I love black dresses). Well I looked at it and I was immediately in love with that dress. It had a great texture and looked stunning – it was absolutely high quality and something special. I could not resist and tried it on. It fitted perfectly and I felt wonderful in it – really special and beautiful. When I looked at the price I was not surprised – it was way over my usual budget for buying dresses. I decided to think about it again if I want to invest in such a wonderful dress and left the boutique a little sad. On my way back to the station I crossed H&M. I went inside to see what their new collection might offer. I found a black dress which had the same length like the one I tried on before. The fabric of the dress what not special but I felt good so I tried it on. I looked at myself in the mirror and the experience I just had was just not the same than the feeling I had with the other dress. I turned around and the dress just did not fit perfectly – the seam on the bottom was not nicely done and opened on one side a little. I knew my mother could fix it but even though the price was really good I did not buy that dress. I missed the good feeling when I wore it. I wanted to have the dress that fitted perfectly, where all seams where 100% done. I wanted the dress that was more expensive but of higher quality. You might wonder why I write about this experience on my blog. I thought about the two dresses and recognized I am in the same situation like hiring a wedding photographer. There are many photographers on the market that have a very reasonable price. But the quality and the good feeling you only get when you book one of the more expensive and experienced photographers. They assure you highest quality and security to give you the best wedding pictures, they give you a good feeling and they take very special pictures that cannot be compared with usual pictures that everybody has. You look at their pictures and see yourself on the picture. Like I saw myself in the expensive dress. It is never wrong to buy a cheaper dress – you just don’t get the same feeling and you just don’t get the same quality and security that it will last longer than a usual dresses.

I am afraid I have to go back to the shop next week to buy that dress.. I just cannot get it out of my mind.

Have a great weekend !

Jen

Diese Woche habe ich mich mit einem alten Arbeitskollegen zum Mittagessen getroffen. Wir sind in ein typisch Niederländisches Café gegangen und haben über alte Zeiten und die vergangene Zeit geredet seitdem wir uns das letzte Mal gesehen hatten. Nach unserem Lunch bin ich bei schönstem Frühlingswetter noch ein bisschen durch Utrecht geschlendert. Ich wundere mich immer wieder wie schön diese Stadt doch ist. Ich kam zu einem Geschäft oder besser gesagt zu einer Boutique in der ich im letzten Jahr ein sehr schönes Kleid zu einer besonderen Gelegenheit gekauft hatte. Ich ging in die Boutique um mich ein wenig umzusehen. Jedes Kleidungsstück hat viel Platz und ist mit schönen Accessoires dekoriert sodass es besser zur Geltung kommt. Ein schwarzes Kleid hatte sofort meine ungeteilte Aufmerksamkeit (habe ich bereits erwähnt, dass ich schwarze Kleider liebe?). Das Kleid war aus einem wunderbaren Stoff gemacht und fühlte sich toll an – etwas ganz Besonderes. Ich konnte nicht widerstehen und habe es anprobiert. Es passte perfekt, als wäre es für mich geschneidert und ich fühlte mich einfach großartig. Ich schaute mich selbst im Spiegel an und war von dem Kleid begeistert – es gab mir ein besonderes Gefühl, ich fühlte mich schön und besonders. Als ich auf das Preisschild schaute war ich nicht überrascht. So eine hohe Qualität hat nun mal ihren Preis. Es war über meinem normalen Shoppingbudget und so entschied ich mich noch eine Nacht drüber zu schlafen. Mit einem traurigen Gefühl verließ ich die Boutique. Auf dem Rückweg zum Bahnhof kam ich am H&M vorbei. Ich ging hinein um mir die neue Kollektion anzusehen und fand direkt ein schwarzes Kleid in der selben Länge wie das Kleid zuvor. Der Stoff fühlte sich nicht außergewöhnlich an aber ich war mir sicher er würde schön fallen und so probierte ich auch dieses Kleid an. Ich schaute mich im Spiegel an und das Gefühl war einfach nicht dasselbe wie mit dem Kleid zuvor. Es passte nicht perfekt, und während ich mich drehte sah ich, dass eine Naht an der Unterkante aufgegangen war. Meine Mutter könnte das garantiert nähen und der Preis des Kleides war wirklich gut, trotzdem kaufte ich das Kleid nicht. Mir fehlte das gute Gefühl, das ich beim anderen Kleid hatte. Ich wollte das Kleid haben, das perfekt passte und wo alle Säume 100% perfekt genäht waren. Ich wollte das teure Kleid haben, das Kleid das hochwertiger war und von besserer Qualität. Ihr wundert Euch jetzt sicher warum ich hier auf meinem Blog über dieses Erlebnis schreibe. Ich dachte über die beiden Kleider nach und merkte, dass ich in derselben Situation bin wie Brautpaare die einen Hochzeitsfotografen buchen wollen. Es gibt viele Fotografen auf dem Markt, die ihre Leistungen zu einem günstigen Preis anbieten. Aber die Qualität und das gute Gefühl bekommst man nur wenn man einen Fotografen mit mehr Erfahrung bucht der in der Regel auch teurer ist. Diese Fotografen bieten höchste Qualität und Sicherheit die besten Hochzeitsfotos zu machen. Sie geben ein gutes Gefühl und sie machen besondere Fotos, die nicht mit Standardfotos verglichen werden können. Man schaut die Bilder an und sieht sich selbst auf dem Foto. Genau wie ich mich in dem teuren Kleid gesehen habe. Es ist niemals falsch das günstige Kleid zu kaufen – man bekommt nur nicht dasselbe Gefühl wenn man es an hast. Es hat nicht diesselbe Qualität und man bekommt nicht die Sicherheit, dass es länger als normale Kleider halten wird.

Ich befürchte ich muss nächste Woche noch einmal zurück zu der Boutique – das Kleid geht mit einfach nicht mehr aus dem Kopf.

Ich wünsche Euch ein wunderschönes Wochenende !

Jenny

PS Every black dress needs a nice pair of shoes…

PS jedes schwarze Kleid braucht ein schönes paar Schuhe….

7 March 2011 | Category: Personal

Pictures of … me

A while ago I asked my collegue and friend Anouschka Rokebrand from Lifestyle Fotografie to take some pictures of me for my new website. The latest pictures I was using for my website were from the year 2001 or my latest vacation.So I was more than happy that she agreed and took some time to capture me. It was begin of February and wonderful weather. I am really happy with my pictures. Thank you so much Anouschka ! Here are some of those pictures for you to see how I look in front of the camera. :-)

Vor einer Weile habe ich meine Kollegin und Freundin ANouschka Rokebrand von Lifestyle Fotografie gefragt ob sie ein paar Fotos von mir machen könnte für meine neue Webseite. Die letzten Bilder, die ich verwendet habe waren aus dem Jahre 2001 oder aus dem letzten Urlaub. Ich war sehr froh, dass sie sich die Zeit genommen hat um mich zu fotografieren. Anfang Februar war es dann so weit bei schönstem Wetter konnten wir Bilder machen. Danke dir Anouschka – ich bin sehr glücklich mit meinen Bildern. Hier sind ein paar von den Bildern damit ihr seht wie ich vor der Kamera aussehe. :-)