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07/07/2024

The most tender of moments with Zoei + Fox during Big Sur bridals 🌊

07/05/2024

Amira + Shahed and the garden party of everyone’s dreams 🕊️

07/03/2024

San Diego June gloom has nothing on these two

07/02/2024

I woke up this morning realizing July 1st officially marks one entire year of living nomadically.

A date that almost passed me by entirely, a lifestyle that 18 year old Jenna could only fathom, a reality that feels so incredibly natural I find myself hardly giving it a second thought.

What started as a failed attempt at relocating my business turned into a favorite year of my life yet. A year of deep friendship, while simultaneously deepening ones already rooted. A year of 10,000+ miles roadtripped, 12 countries explored, 3 separate continents touched. A whole year spent learning to fully lean into trust, both completely within myself and vulnerably within friends + family. A year of finding solo travel very rarely ever being solo at all.

These photos showcase memories scattered across mountaintops that moved me to tears, highways that harbored my heartbreak, foreign lands that brought me home to myself, oceans that taught me more about stillness than one could ever guess, and of course people who held my heart in their hands so graciously I had no choice but to come out of it more human.

I’m not sure when living out of a backpack will begin to feel small - so far my world has only gotten bigger, love has never felt fuller, and life has never made more sense.

SO here’s to another year ??? or more ??? of cozying up on airport floors to call home for the night & running Jenna Nielsen Photography out of cafes in every corner of the world this camera takes me 🧚

04/22/2024

The Koh Tao curse is fueled by island love & that’s a hill I’ll die on

12/29/2023

sneaking around & smoochin in the MIA ✨

09/15/2023

Scenes from Monica & Michael’s happily every after I simply will never recover from.

I ugly cried, belly laughed, & maybe danced a bit too much for someone who had a job to do

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10/22/2022

THE NEWS IS OUT & I’m crying all over again 🫶🏼

One of my oldest friends found the love of her life & today I’m convinced there’s nothing sweeter.

07/15/2022

It’s wedding day for these giggly SWEETIES

03/22/2022

That soul aching, puzzle piece kinda love between these two

02/16/2022

Full moon & the city of love have me feelin my emotions BIG. But we’re leaning into it hard, and slowly welcoming in the dreams as they come true.

Big goals have felt scary & daunting for as long as I can remember. A piece of me always felt disconnected to the idea that I could want something & deserve to actively take part in the process of achieving it. There are so many elements of let down, avoiding failure always felt safer than the potentials of grasping all the pictures I’ve painted in my mind for years.

I’m hoping to leave those doubts here, as I continue to move forward into what already feels like an extremely transformative year. I’m hoping to feel the fears, and shortly send them on their way, lightheartedly. I’m no longer shying away from the hiccups & setbacks, but instead being intentional about remembering how essential they are to sustainable growth.

But most importantly we’re feeling it ALL and doing our best to love as many seconds of it as we can.

Thanks for letting me spill 🤍swipe to the end to see my true reaction to leaving me tomorrow to fend for myself amongst train transportation & Google translate.

01/16/2022

I had my first taste of an Illinois - Lake Michigan beach on these love bird’s wedding day and in no way did it disappoint.

As much as I love heading west, I get so much joy from finding magical lil spots just a state away.

Where in the Midwest have you found your favorite hidden gems?

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