Jillian Ellen Photography's photostream

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world -George Santanyana

from a recent trip downtown Chicago at a public library. The gorgeous architecture was too much to...

Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012

Kyrie + Phil

from my brother's engagement session. It was so much fun taking photos for these two important...

Uploaded on Jan 7, 2012

Sneak Peak

from my first engagement session this week with two friends from college!!!

Uploaded on Dec 10, 2011

For sale.

I am selling my Canon 85 mm 1.8 lens if anyone is interested ($350). It is an amazing lens and has...

Uploaded on Dec 10, 2011

Meet Virginia

my curly haired, photography loving, sweet roommate!

Uploaded on Dec 3, 2011

Successful Halloween

Patrick's rendition of a power CEO

Uploaded on Nov 5, 2011

October beginnings

Fall is truly the best season out there...can i hear an amen?

Uploaded on Oct 5, 2011

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So we hope that tomorrow brings us our butterfly wings

from a fun-session with some friends from college taking "first day of school" photos with their apartment roomies

Uploaded on Sep 7, 2011

Hero he·ro [heer-oh] noun: a (wo)man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his or her brave deeds and noble qualities.

One of my best friends in the whole world and one of the most courageous people I know! If you don't...

Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011

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"Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy" John 16:22

This man just captured my attention from across a street as we were leaving a clinic. I took him...

Uploaded on Aug 18, 2011

How He Love Us.

Going to Haiti this summer made me realize how obviously blessed I am with food and shelter...

Uploaded on Aug 16, 2011

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The Road Home

Well, I've been traveling ALL summer. Haiti, Colorado, Puerto Rico, Colorado again, Michigan, and...

Uploaded on Aug 16, 2011

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring." -Oscar Wilde

finally learned how to shoot with manual focus a week ago so when I took a study break this weekend...

Uploaded on May 1, 2011

bicycle, bicycle, bicycle!!!!

My high school friend Nicole when we were shopping at Claire's (yes we are 20 years old)

Uploaded on Apr 29, 2011

The elephant in the room....

is that i have been cheating on flickr....with tumblr, facebook, twitter, my homework,...

Uploaded on Apr 28, 2011

Unoriginal.

I have started a tumblr....we will see how it goes jillianellen.tumblr.com/

Uploaded on Apr 7, 2011

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“No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible”

...I swear I'm not a bad babysitter =]

Uploaded on Apr 7, 2011 | Map