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

05.12.10

Out of Office

Well, I have been waiting and waiting to talk about this! I have surprised my husband for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and his 34th with a trip to__________ wait… I can’t say yet.

I have just surprised him with a trip, but he does NOT know where we are going, yet. He will know in the morning 😉

Enjoy your weekend my friends… here is how I surprised Paul. I have been hiding this for months now.

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p.s. I LOVE the “UP” soundtrack – makes my heart feel sad, happy, giddy, lovely, and thankful.

P: Opening his fake ‘present!’

Posted in Personal

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Bruce – That is awesome!! I am not one for surprises, but I would have been excited for that. I hope you guys have fun wherever you are going. 🙂May 19, 2010 – 9:40 am

Hilaree – Eeee!! I love your stick drawings too!!May 17, 2010 – 3:17 am

Melissa – Arden – you are so flippin creative! I love it – have a great time on your getaway.May 12, 2010 – 9:26 pm

Heather Essian – Awe I love it A! I’m quite impressed with your stick drawing skills! 🙂May 12, 2010 – 8:19 pm

Lynn – So so so flipping cute! You guys are amazing! Have a wonderful anniversary birthday trip!May 12, 2010 – 8:14 pm

Will – That is awesome!! I am not one for surprises, but I would have been excited for that. I hope you guys have fun wherever you are going. 🙂May 12, 2010 – 8:04 pm

NYC Time » Arden Prucha Photography – […] was this time last year that I surprised Paul for our first anniversary and his Birthday with a trip to New […]June 1, 2011 – 7:17 am

NYC-Ch.1 » Arden Prucha Photography – […] to sing (in my head) Alicia Keys’ chorus. Man, where do I begin? You will surely remember this post when I surprised Paul with a trip to ‘surprise destination.’ Paul didn’t want […]July 1, 2010 – 6:48 pm

NYC Peek » Arden Prucha Photography – […] a couple of weeks ago I surprised my husband with a trip to the BIG APPLE (posted here). This was a birthday and FIRST anniversary gift to him. Here is a peek of us in […]May 28, 2010 – 11:28 am

05.12.10

Arnold Peek

He is about to graduate!

Posted in Senioritis!

05.10.10

Jenny+Rece Peek

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Heather Essian – gorgeous! looks like they will be thrilled with these! lucky couple 🙂May 10, 2010 – 1:20 pm

05.07.10

Liu Fam

Meet the Lius. We go WAY back, I mean elementary school is when I first met this family. They are so wonderful and had so much joy in their hearts. I never had to get them to laugh because they were humorous and giggly together. I really loved how the photos turned out so natural, fun, loving, goofy, and beautiful. Thank you guys so much for a LOVELY session.

During this series Melody tells me that Chinese culture doesn’t prefer PDA 🙂

See how Mama Liu is getting embarrassed?

My favorite part of the image below? The proud stance Mama Liu has… what a great woman!

Candids make for timeless photos. Thanks Milton for being a jokester… the ENTIRE time 🙂

‘Lius ONLY!’

Serious.ReallySerious.Laughter.

Melody, I LOVE this image of you two.

They requested a reenactment of their photo from back in the day, where the photog had them back to back arms crossed.

Melody realized how short she is compared to her YOUNGER brother… love these final shots!

Posted in Families, Love!

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Jennifer – I love the Lius! Cute pictures! I love that one of Melody and Saul on the grass, too. And all the pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Liu are just adorable.May 7, 2010 – 4:49 pm

05.06.10

A.A.G.

These three siblings are absolutely precious. The little ones have the smokiest raspy voices (like me!). There were ladybugs GALORE in this field and they wanted to find those ladybugs. Perhaps I went a little ‘ladybug’ happy with the camera, but they were all about taking photos with them… enjoy these beautiful kiddos, the wind, the sun, the playfulness, the love!