Smiling person with glasses and a denim jacket holding a camera on a rooftop at sunset.

Oh, hey there!

I’m Jenn! documentary family and birth photographer, doula and lover of 90s nostalgia.

I'm the one with the fancy camera on the first day of school, and who has to get photos of my kids giant mess before I clean it up. I see the beauty in the chaos and can't help but document it.

If, like me, you are nostalgic and sentimental at times, a lover of songs that make you feel all the feelings, or collect plants and have a hard time keeping them alive, we could be great friends.

I am obsessed with documenting life, from a baby’s first breath to teenagers in their messy rooms. I love it all and I want you to have photos of those things.

Jenn leans on a rail looking out over the Saint John River

The Blake family sits in the sand at sunset

I have two kids who make me so happy and drive me so crazy (if you’re a mom, you get it right?) Skyler is 15 and Grace is 12. I’m married to a guy who moved across the country for me and cooks for me, so I think he’s a keeper.

Growing up in Newfoundland, I knew I always wanted to leave and be able to travel. Somehow I ended up in the Saskatchewan prairies for 11 years. Now I’m back in New Brunswick, where more than 20 years ago, I spent four years at STU learning to be a journalist. Why the heck did I come back, you ask? I missed the east coast. I missed the ocean, the trees, the people. My roots. My heart had never left Atlantic Canada. It will always be home to me.

I learned a lot in my time out west. I turned from writing to photography, learned how to start and run a business, shot everything from studio sessions, head shots, newborns, grads and weddings, before finally discovering that my heart is in documentary photography. Storytelling is my jam.

I started my photography business in 2011 as Jennifer Blake Photography and in 2018 rebranded. It’s been a journey and I’m so happy you’re here with me on it!

My Story

Blueberry Hill?

Why

I lived in the same house for 17 years. Our backyard was amazing, full of big old trees and places to explore. And pick blueberries. It's one of my fondest memories of time spent with my dad, who also happens to be my biggest inspiration and the reason I believe I love photography. My dad passed away in 2016. He's buried up on Blueberry Hill in our hometown. It just felt fitting to name my business after something that has so much meaning to me. When I was a kid, my parents took a lot of pictures. I can see my dad with his camera around his neck, and I can hear myself saying "daddy take a picture of me!" I'm so glad he did.

a woman and toddler look into the camera

a dad hugs a little girl while they sit on the beach

five people sitting around a table outdoors.

Pictures of my

life and family

The photos from my childhood that are my favourite are not the posed ones taken at Sears on special occasions. They are the ones my parents took on regular days. It's in those images that I see how I became who I am. Every one of those moments is a part of me.

My dream is to give my clients images of their lives so their kids will have them forever.