Jennifer Elias Photography

I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote anything here, but in my defense, my life hasn't slowed down one bit since August 17th. I had my surgery, and obviously, it went okay. Recovery has been more than a challenge and I still have a long road ahead of me.I can't believe that I'm nearly eight weeks post-op; sometimes it feels like the shortest eight weeks, and at other times it feels like the longest. I still struggle with a lot of the symptoms that I had before my surgery, but I've been told that's normal and like all things, it "takes time". I'm also struggling with a lot of other things, mentally. I have this new scar that is really present when my hair is up, I felt like I lost a lot of my independence for a while (which I'm slowly gaining back), and a whole mess of other things I'm still trying to work out.  I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I haven't created nearly as much as I'd like to. Besides recove...

I suppose that it doesn't really come as much of as a surprise that as time grows closer to my surgery date, I've been trying to keep as busy as possible, but inevitably losing sleep and slowly wearing down. Tonight is one of those nights where my mind simply won't turn off - Thursday nights // Friday mornings are incredibly hard for me, as this officially marks the two week mark until the "big day." I don't know what my brain thinks it will accomplish by making me stay up all night running over everything in my head, but, so that's what it wants... so that's how it is.  None the less, it's safe to say that things around here have been hectic lately. I haven't been working for just over a week now, which is probably the weirdest feeling yet. I don't really know what to do with myself. It's so bizarre to go from 40+ hours a week to nothing. I've enjoyed sleeping in past 7am quite a few days, which has been really nice. I had so...

Another night with little ( or next to no ) sleep has left my here, staring at my computer screen, finishing up a wedding I shot in June and working on another new piece for my latest body of work. It also left me realizing that my desktop has become quite cluttered (something that I absolutely  cannot stand) and realizing that I have two pieces I haven't shared yet . When I was uploading them, I noticed they somehow shared a similar color palette, which is pure coincidence.. although they were created one after another. Maybe that happened to carry over accidentally. None the less, I'm really pleased with the way both of these pieces have turned out, so I figured it was time to share them!  Untouchable. 12"x12" Dismal Existence. 4"x3" And like I said, I'm currently working on another, which I feel like is so close to being finished as well. I decided to do something different with this one, so you'll have to check back to see what that ...