A collection of recent photo expeditions and life experiences.

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

11.09.10

IHF: Orange

Once again participating in the lovely I Heart Faces Challenge.

This week is ORANGE.

What a perfect time since pumpkins have been a recent venture for many.

So here is our sweet Parx enjoying her first trip to the pumpkin patch!

(I tried extending the hay above her rather than having pots behind her, but it looked ‘no bueno!’)

Please check out the other entries and share kind words!

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Lindsay – Oh my goodness, could she be any cuter? Love the color in this shot!November 9, 2010 – 12:28 pm

Amy – …love the juxtaposition of pink and orange…pretty photo

love your header too! very pretty!November 9, 2010 – 12:04 pm

Amy Henderson – Lovely shot! Great color and clarity!November 9, 2010 – 10:41 am

11.08.10

S+L: (E)ngaged

I mean could these two get any steamier?

Shasta and Lance rocked this session.

They were so easy going and trusting, not to mention HOT!

I cannot wait to capture their DESTINATION WEDDING!

Thank you both so much, you two are beautiful, fun, sexy and kind.

I loved photographing your love, your intimacy, your passion!

I love y’all! 🙂

Seriously, how adorable:Their special VANS:They were naturals – holla!

Oh Shasta, girrrrrl you are stunning!Onto the dressier look and bring on the LINES!What a fun duet:Love this series, sweet, sexy, cute, love!The beach is going to be on FI-YAH (ya know fire) with you two!

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Michelle Bonner – Oh My! Talk about hot! Excellent work. Just beautiful 🙂November 8, 2010 – 1:09 pm

Heather Belcher – A-MA-ZINGNovember 8, 2010 – 9:56 am

11.05.10

J+M Peek

Tags: cafe san miguel, Dallas Engagement Photographer, Fort Worth Engagement Photographer, knox henderson photos, magnolia in dallas, photos in uptown dallas, Urban Engagement Photos

Talk about Latin Persian passion!

Oy vey.

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Nikki T – Ohhh … she’s all grown up and beautiful! Great photos. 🙂November 7, 2010 – 9:20 am

11.03.10

Editing Fun

Tags: Before After photos, Before and AFter images, Edting Photos, fine art edting, Fixing one person in Photoshop, How to fix a bad photo, Layers in Photoshop, straight out of the camera and edit

Here are some before and afters, followed by a “HOW TO:”

Ever had two images that you wish you could merge together?

Here is a quick and fairly easy way to do so, mine was a little more challenging because the background is LINES…

matching them up wasn’t easy nor was it perfect, but it’s hard to notice 🙂

*There are many ways to do this, the rectangular marquee tool, would have worked as well!

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Melanie Reller – Arden,
I know you are a busy lady, but I LOVE your editing style and would take an online class from you if you were to ever offer it. You should SERIOUSLY consider it!December 16, 2010 – 11:16 am

Miss Giny / Au Pays des Merveilles – Super ! Merci 🙂November 3, 2010 – 2:37 pm

Sarah Potter – Thank you for taking the time to provide these types of Before/After posts. They are inspiring and help me to realize just how much I have to learn when it comes to PS and editing! But, the end result of your photos gives my SOOC shots hope! 😉November 3, 2010 – 12:10 pm