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  • Welcome to my blog!

    Clients of Jen Mahoney Photography experience the very best in custom photography. Truly personalized attention and a session that is designed specifically for your individual needs. I strive to incorporate your interests and locations that are familiar and special to you in order to capture the real you. 

    Here in the blog you'll find sneak peeks from recent sessions and maybe some personal stuff too. The blog is a great place to highlight products and get information on the newest developments.

    I am blessed to be the mom to four amazing kids and married to the greatest guy ever. In order to give my clients all the personalized service that they deserve, available session dates are very limited. Photography is my passion and I'm just over the moon that I'm able to make it my career. Thank you so much to my amazingly supportive clients who allow me to peek into the beauty of their family. I have the best clients ever.

    Jen

Mitch | Portland senior photographer

Handsome senior guy and gorgeous fall colors! We had the tiniest break in the rain this day, thank goodness, and put it to good use! Thanks, Mitch!

November 5, 2011 - 8:15 pm

Nicole Z - What a handsome guy! I think the 3rd is my fav! Those trees are gorgeous, your location is fab!!! Beautiful work Jen!!

November 5, 2011 - 10:54 am

April - These are all wonderful, but #6 really stands out to me as being particularly soulful. Great job!

November 5, 2011 - 10:45 am

Heather - The third and sixth have to be my favorites. These are great. Handsome young man. Bet mom is in love with these.

November 4, 2011 - 7:10 pm

Katie Lou - Wow! These are great! Amzig varety and the colors are beautiful! Love how you have captured him!

November 4, 2011 - 6:25 pm

Katherine - You definitely rock the seniors! And what a handsome young man. You got such great variety, and that second picture is perfection.

November 3, 2011 - 8:46 pm

Melissa - These are phenomenal! What a handsome guy – I bet he is thrilled with these! Love all the different poses, and the color is gorgeous!

November 3, 2011 - 8:07 pm

Jennifer B - What a gorgeous set of photos of a handsome young man! Beautiful work – I LOVE the ones in the park with the beautiful trees. The colour is stunning!

November 3, 2011 - 7:13 pm

dsr - Great work as always, Jen! I love the spontaneous feel of that first B&W photo, and #6 is awesome!

November 3, 2011 - 6:42 pm

Evelyn - These are soo great!! The posing is so relaxed and natural – perfect for a guy! Love them!

November 3, 2011 - 9:13 am

Megan - What a handsome guy! He looks so much older than a high schooler! You really rocked these.

November 3, 2011 - 5:31 am

Lila - LOVE these! Such a handsome guy, and the colors are all so rich and beautiful! I’m sure he and his family and thrilled!!

November 3, 2011 - 4:23 am

AnnieG - Seriously awesome pics of a handsome senior! Love the variety you captured. His mom is going to flip over these. Great work!

November 2, 2011 - 11:31 pm

CJ Wilkes - These are all fantastic Jen! I love how natural and relaxed all of these feel. He is a handsome kid and I am sure he and his family will love these!!!

Lexie | Portland senior photos

Lexie is from out of state, but spent so many of her years growing up here in Portland, it was really important to her to have her senior session here. She is beautiful, but also has a great head on her shoulders, she’s looking to study law next year. I hope you get your #1 college choice, L!

Ok, everyone I photograph ends up with flawless skin by the time I’m done with them, but there are few who start out that way….Lexie might be the exception.

Her one request was Powell’s Book Store, a landmark here in Portland. I’ve shot here before, and they are always so nice, but this time I talked to Chris and wow, was I lucky I did! He made special arrangements to open the rare book room for us and allow us to shoot there.

The books on the table here are amazing volumes, stunning to see and I was amazed that we were able to use them. Just some of the titles we used: First Book of Jewish History by Josephus. This was written in the 14oo’s, and was an information revolution which rivals that of the internet today. Lewis and Clark Journals (First Edition), First Centennial History of Oregon and that tiny book was hand-bound by Virginia Woolf herself! (Hopefully I got those details correct.) But it was amazing!

Her all-time favorite book.:)

I love the natural laugh!

Bye, Lexie, it was great to meet you….all the best in your future!

October 21, 2011 - 12:30 pm

Heather - Wow! I love them. They are stunning and she is gorgeous.

October 18, 2011 - 7:19 pm

Melissa Klein - Wow – these are stunning! I love the color and clarity, and she is beautiful! How cool that you got to use the special book room!?! Great variety in these, too – fantastic work!

October 18, 2011 - 12:54 pm

Gen - The photo where she’s peeking over her shirt is absolutely fabulous! :)

October 17, 2011 - 3:48 pm

Amber - Jen, you are an AMAZING senior photographer. Absolutely amazing. I don’t think I can truly explain how much I love and admire your work! These are insanely beautiful. I love the book images the best! Gorgeous work!

October 16, 2011 - 6:18 pm

CJ Wilkes - I love the variety. Such a pretty girl and beautiful work from you as always!!!

October 16, 2011 - 5:50 pm

lysandra - Just WOW!

October 16, 2011 - 9:28 am

AnnieG - Hello Gorgeous! I am loving all of these shot so much, but that last one is just out of this world fabulous! Beautiful work!

October 16, 2011 - 1:35 am

Chrissy Torney - Oh wow. I cannot begin to imagine how excited the Mum of this stunning girl is to have these images of her daughter. Just beautiful.

October 15, 2011 - 7:59 pm

Jennifer B - Wow, these are amazing. What a beautiful girl and you captured her so gorgeously. I adore the bookstore series.

October 15, 2011 - 6:28 pm

Kenzie - I love these, they are so amazing and Lexie is so gorgeous and photogenic!

October 15, 2011 - 3:46 pm

Darlene - Darlene- I like all the photos. What creativity! They turned out great,but than again they had a very beautiful young lady to work with that made the difference. I especially liked the bookstore photos. They compliment the mind of a beautiful but seriously intelligent and special lady.

October 15, 2011 - 3:44 pm

Shawnee Brown Lavy - Darlene- I like all the photos. What creativity. They turn out great,but than again they had a very beautiful young lady to work with that made the difference. I especially liked the bookstore photos. They compliment the mind of a beautiful but seriously intelligent and special lady.

October 15, 2011 - 3:14 pm

Lisa - Gorgeous pics of Lex! her stunning beauty and beautiful eyes!! I see these pics and cant help but remember back when she and caitlyn were in diapers!!! wow! have they grown up. Our lil’ girls…. Lex, congrats on all your endevors nothing but the best for you we love you!!!

Rich,lisa and family!!

October 15, 2011 - 2:32 pm

Jen - Shawnee, wow, what compliments…..thank you so much! I’m thrilled that she’s so happy! Lots more of the happy/big smile/laughing shots to come!

October 15, 2011 - 1:48 pm

Shawnee - So amazing! We searched for months for a photographer in AZ, Seattle and were so lucky to find you in Portland. I love the one of her laughing because I can hear her in my mind when I see it. Can’t wait for the rest of them! Thank you so much for making time for her. She is so happy!

October 15, 2011 - 12:04 pm

April - What an awesome session! I LOVE the bookstore photos:) And her tights are really cool too. I love that shot of her holding up her shirt to only show her eyes. It really makes them pop:)

October 15, 2011 - 7:06 am

Rhonda - what a fabulous session! you’ve really captured her so well .. love that natural laugh .. but my favs are the ones in the bookstore! beautiful girl .. and beautiful work!

October 15, 2011 - 3:30 am

Leanne - What stunning images of a beautiful young woman with a very bright future. I love the way you have captured her amazing eyes. She is beautiful!

Express Sessions | Portland senior portrait photographer

I’ve started a new type of session, the Express Session. Perfect for those who’d prefer fewer images and to get done in record time, but still want the same great quality.

Here is Matt, he was so sweet to work with!

And then Mike, thought he had a bit of a James Dean vibe going on.

October 17, 2011 - 8:17 pm

CJ Wilkes - What handsome guys! Loved Matt’s 2nd image and Mikes first image. They are all great – you really excel in your processing. Just perfect!

Kyle | Portland senior portraits

Kyle was my subject this week. I’d photographed his big brother a few years ago and now it was his turn!

Ah, the glamorous life of photographing in Oregon! Kyle was a trooper with the sprinkles we got!

October 9, 2011 - 12:56 pm

Rhonda - great shots .. very natural looking!

October 9, 2011 - 8:52 am

kristin - These are great! love all the variety and different looks u got..

October 8, 2011 - 3:09 pm

Shannon Wilkinson - These are great shots Jen. That black and white is amazing and the senior is such a handsome young man. He looked like he had a great time doing these too!

Great work.

October 8, 2011 - 2:26 pm

Leanne - Great shots of a handsome young person. I love the natural expressions you have captured.

October 7, 2011 - 10:32 pm

Melissa - What a handsome guy! These are really fantastic, but I think my favorite is the black and white one. And the last one. And the one before that. Really, these are all great shots!

October 7, 2011 - 10:05 pm

CJ Wilkes - He has such a great smile and you have some good variety here! nice work!

October 7, 2011 - 6:04 pm

dsr - Very handsome young man. Outstanding portraits that look unposed and perfectly natural. Love the B&W one.

October 7, 2011 - 12:25 pm

Amber - Jen, these are incredible! What a handsome guy. LOVE the way you create dimension and light here in the NW where we really don’t get all that much ;)

Michael | Jesuit SBP | Portland senior portraits

Michael was great! As student body president at Jesuit, he has a lot of responsibilities….he’s a very busy guy!
It’s funny, at every shoot, with each person, I get a preference. Each person seems to have a more natural expression, either serious or a big smile. Michael’s smile sure seemed to come easily to him. But we definitely got some great serious looks from him as well.

Thanks, Michael, hope you and the school have a great year!

Haha, I loved his spirit! We had to get a couple of these!

October 4, 2011 - 11:50 pm

CJ Wilkes - I really love the image in the greens!!!! So nice! I also love the image where his personality just popped out! Great – handsome guy and great photographer = awesome session!

September 27, 2011 - 8:37 am

Jennifer - Okay, these are all wonderful, but #5 WOW oh WOW! Love it!

September 26, 2011 - 11:19 am

Amanda - These are perfect. I love how you can clearly see his personality in his photographs and I think that is so rare in senior pics. Great work on these!

September 26, 2011 - 6:58 am

Yana - These are great, I love the variety. Looks like he had a great time, too!

September 26, 2011 - 6:28 am

Katie Lou - Great variety! These are wonderful!

September 26, 2011 - 1:19 am

Lisa - These are fantastic! Love, love, love the one with all the leaves and the second to last! You rock senior portraits!

September 25, 2011 - 8:10 pm

Melissa - What a handsome guy! I love that third photo. Fantastic job on these – I love all the variety!

September 25, 2011 - 6:27 pm

mollie - great shots! these are awesome. love the variety

September 25, 2011 - 2:41 pm

Anette - You rock your senior sessions!! They are always so much fun to see and your variety rocks. I love how you did both fun and happy, then also some serious ones. He’s such a handsome guy and he really has such pretty smile!! I love your locations too…just perfect!!

September 25, 2011 - 8:14 am

Lila - These are so fun!! Love how you captured his personality so well, the outtakes are too cute. I am sure they will treasure these images of him and remember this time in his life forever! Gorgeous work.

September 24, 2011 - 7:17 pm

rose - Great poses, so sincere and real! Love the locations too! Gorgeous!

September 24, 2011 - 3:30 pm

Krissy Allori - Gorgeous photos, Jen! I love your senior work.