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  • HI! I am Arden Prucha Jenkins - a photographer located in Fort Worth, Texas! I specialize in portraiture and more recently weddings! Please take a look around and get to know my work, my style, my life, and me.

    How did I get into photography? Well, everyone has their story right? Looking back I realize that the little photog was in me all along, without even knowing it! I picked up a camera when I was around 8 and started snapping photos - I even posed my neighbors, animals, and Barbies for photos (seriously I made a Barbie wedding and photographed the entire thing). 

    Who am I? Well, I was a teacher for three years, but was able to leave that job to focus on photography and my two beautiful children!  I married a man who I am totally smitten over and he is crazy supportive of me.  I am a bargain shopper with expensive taste.  God allows me to trust this world with less fear and more hope and trust.  Music makes my heart flutter - so thankfully I married a very talented musician. I wish I could carry a tune, but unfortunately I cannot. My favorite month is October (dreamy light) and I miss my convertible - oh the beautiful wind .  When I was little I was amazingly or perhaps annoyingly hyper - and ate more food than all of the boys and was faster than most of them too.  I was a dancer and I love to write and converse.  When I am around people I get more energy and become alive. The differences between women and men intrigue me and kiddos make my heart melt. Photos... well, they fill my heart.


    Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoy what you see.

    If you have any questions or feedback please share with me: arden@ardenprucha.com

12.24.10

Coots Mini

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This family was the last mini on this chilly day.

Sweet baby L was great and adorable, I mean look at those blues!!!

The coolest thing for me was that his mama found me through I Heart Faces.

She is a community member there and I believe she saw their feature on me and contacted me about Christmas photos.

Wow, a photographer hiring a photographer, that’s a big deal!

Thank you guys so much for conquering the chilly weather and being just adorable and so sweet!

Ugh, I could eat him up!The Mr. and Mrs. were pretty sweet and in love!Love this series:

Posted in Children, Families
12.23.10

Wee Fashion Giveaway

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Well, it’s almost Christmas and Wee Fashion has been so generous to share a $20 gift certificate to her store.

I have a few of her newborn props that I have used in my shoots.

It’s so fun utilizing these beautiful handmade goodies for extra sweet photos or to accessorize your precious babe.

To enter, it’s easy!

1 entry and you must do this to enter: Visit her etsy store and come back here leaving a comment about what you would purchase with your $20 g. card!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/weefashion

2. Friend Laura on FB here and show her some love… also if you aren’t a fan of ME on FB I would love ya to be one, only if you really are 😉


That’s it!

So you can have TWO entries only… ONLY TWO 🙂

Contest closes Friday at Midnight and winner will be announced on CHRISTMAS Morning!!!

Here are some photos I have using her cute stuff:


Posted in Specials

by Arden Prucha

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sandy shively – stork pouch. or whatever the kids pick out.December 24, 2010 – 9:46 pm

Arminda Dozier – I requested her friendship and I am already your fan!December 23, 2010 – 7:13 pm

Arminda Dozier – I would definitely buy a fuzzy stork pouch! so cute!December 23, 2010 – 7:12 pm

Michele – I friend requested and I think I’m already a fan of yours.December 23, 2010 – 6:46 pm

Michele – I need one of the stork pouches!December 23, 2010 – 6:42 pm

April Bridges – I LOVE the Fuzzy Newborn Stork Pouch in Planet Earth. Great colors!December 23, 2010 – 6:12 pm

Susan Fowler – Friend requested her on FB!December 23, 2010 – 5:42 pm

Susan Fowler – I’m in love with the Winter Wonderland Hat!December 23, 2010 – 5:41 pm

Blair Van Bussel – Annnnddd of course I already had you as a friend, and added her! 🙂December 23, 2010 – 5:37 pm

Blair Van Bussel – I would LOVE the new born stork pouch!!! (probably in cream)December 23, 2010 – 5:37 pm

Jen Parker – I requested her as a friend on Facebook, and I’m already a fan of yours!December 23, 2010 – 4:26 pm

Jen Parker – I’m eyeing the Newborn Stork Pouch!December 23, 2010 – 3:30 pm

Deirdre – Checked out Laura’s etsy page! I’d love to use the gift certificate for Newborn Stork Pouch – Wooly RosebudDecember 23, 2010 – 1:40 pm

Deirdre – I friend requested Laura on FB and Like your page! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!December 23, 2010 – 1:40 pm

Lori McCarty – I sent Laura a FB friend invite and sent her a message since I could not leave a post on the wall! Giving some love to Laura because her Etsy items ROCK! ;oDDecember 23, 2010 – 1:29 pm

Lori McCarty – I looked at the Etsy site…SO cute!!! With $20, I would either put it towards a stork pouch or I’d get one of the Winterwonderland Hats! Those are my two favorite items!!December 23, 2010 – 1:27 pm

Kara Janelle – I added Laura as a friend on facebook and will post on her wall as soon as she accepts the add! 🙂December 23, 2010 – 11:18 am

Kara Janelle – If I won, I would purchase the Winter Wonderland hat in Sugar Plum along with the Crystal Flower Clip Assortment! 🙂

(Oh, and I’m already a fan of yourss on facebook Arden!) <3

Thanks for the giveaway!!December 23, 2010 – 11:16 am

Wendy Carrillo – Oh my Arden these pictures are too cute!! I loved Lauren’s Esty Shop, I would so buy a stork pouch & winter hat for my new niece that will be here soon!! TOO CUTE!December 23, 2010 – 9:59 am

Nikki T – Whoever wins this is going to be one lucky person!!! LOVE IT!!December 23, 2010 – 9:56 am

Heather – I would either get the hat or the stork pouch, they are both so cute.December 23, 2010 – 9:51 am

Heather – I fried requested her on fb, already your fan. 😀December 23, 2010 – 9:50 am

amanda onstott – friend requested on fb & am already a fan of yours 🙂December 23, 2010 – 9:48 am

amanda onstott – i would use it towards a storkpouch! so cute!December 23, 2010 – 9:47 am

12.22.10

Wright Mini

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Oh you will remember this sweet family from Fin’s newborn photos!
I am always so thankful for return clients – it is one of the biggest compliments I can ever receive.

This day was chilly, I mean drippy nose, rosey cheeks, wind blowing chilly.

Each of my sessions this morning had small children and luckily all of the kiddos rocked it out!

Sweet Finley was a trooper and simply perfect.

Enjoy this lovely trio and many thanks to the Wright Family!

.love.Can’t forget about the pooches! Look at this precious girl.


Posted in Children, Families
12.20.10

Thomas

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I am going to start posting each family from my mini sessions on the blog!

Here is the first session…

I photographed this family when the big girl was in diapers and crawling!

How cute is this family?

They are expecting a BOY in a few short months.

YAY!!!

She and Parx are only a couple of weeks apart 🙂I highly recommend having pictures taken with your mate… it’s not just about the kids… it’s about LOVE!!! 🙂I love this series, she isn’t quite walking… 

Posted in Children, Families, Mini Session

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Melanie Reller – Stunning as usual. The kids are just ADORABLE!December 22, 2010 – 9:31 am

12.17.10

IHF FIX IT FRIDAY: US

Well, once again I am honored to be somehwere on the I HEART FACES website.

This was taken at their Dream Big Workshop in Dallas, last month.

What a beautiful image, I had to play with the editing…

Afterall, it’s P & ME!

You can see all of the fine edits created by the other members here!

Here is the original:

prior to opening in Photoshop… I open in Adobe Camera RAW – adjusting White Balance, Vibrance, Saturation and colors, contrast and noise reduction:
This is a little vintage… I used TOTALLY RAD ACTIONS Pool Party, tweaked it heavily – then threw on a Turquoise Color Layer, but only painted it on the trees, TRAs YIN YANG on all images to get our pasty winter skin – appear less glowy, TRAs SELECT-O-POP on our face and the trees at a low opacity, and burned the trees a lot and as always a levels boost.

This is a BW action I created – using desaturation, adding a duplicate layer set on  soft light (with a light turq. color in that layer at a low opacity), then I burned burned burned all of the tree area to really focus on US… I also used SELECT-O-POP on the trees and our face again (along with YIN YANG), then I really felt like a horizontal flip would be great with the BW… I like it! 🙂This was actually my first edit, I wanted it to be fairly dramatic – in color in contrast and leading your eye into US 🙂  Once again I YIN/YANGed our faces for a nice balance, added ‘Get Faded Winter’ and ‘Get Faded Summer’ on about 25% opacity.  Added a light edge burn then I burned the entire tree area, darkening more around the outer edge.  Added OH SNAP for a nice contrast and pop and VOILA.  All of these weird names I mentioned are available from my favorite actions:  Totally Rad Actions THE REVENGE set 🙂

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by Arden Prucha

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Raven – LOL, Arden, you crack me up. I love how you “fixed” yourself. Lol. If you do make it to WPPI this year, a fellow photog said she’d really like to consider using you as a model when we shoot at the neon graveyard (that is if we can grab a time slot!).December 17, 2010 – 8:36 pm

Kim Mills – I love all of your edits! very clean.December 17, 2010 – 3:53 pm

Abby Lanes – You two are a gorgeous couple. You look like movie stars. I love all of your edits, with the last one being my favorite! 😉December 17, 2010 – 3:31 pm

Laurie Endsley – Love the B&W edit!December 17, 2010 – 1:47 pm

Shawntae – Gorgeous edits. You two are a gorgeous couple.:)December 17, 2010 – 12:55 pm

Dreama – I love your second edit as well as the flip edit!December 17, 2010 – 11:03 am

Melanie Reller – Beautiful as always. Was it kinda weird to edit a picture of you?December 17, 2010 – 10:42 am

Dana-from chaos to Grace – LOVE it!! I especially love the black and white FLIP you did! Great idea!December 17, 2010 – 10:12 am

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