Hello! I’m Jesica (with one “s”) - owner of forever whimsy.
I loved disposable film cameras in the late 90s as a teenager. I got my first “fancy camera” in 2011 and after a lot of trial and error, taught myself photography! I opened my business in 2015. I was distinguished as Click Pro Elite Photographer in 2022.
I genuinely love photography and I hope that is apparent to anyone who sees my work.
A few fun facts about me:
I have a genetic mutation called brachydactyly and my index finger is short, about the size of my pinky!
Jody (the love of my life) and I have two amazing daughters, Ava and Allie. They are everything to me.
I failed out of college, moved to Pittsburgh, then graduated nursing school with honors! I have been a psychiatric nurse since 2014!
photo by Capturing Yinz, LLC
Something I am very proud of as a photographer is placing 90 out of over 13,502 images in the category of “Creative/Personal Projects” in the Shoot & Share Photo Contest in 2018 for my image “Three Baby Robins” that was shot on my Canon 6D with Sigma 24mm 1.4 and macro filter.
I was absolutely THRILLED (insert screaming and heart beating 1000x per minute when I saw this!) to have had my image selected for second place in Minimalism in the Click Voice Competition in 2021. To see it in print, in Click Magazine, was the ultimate icing on the cake, as it is my first nationally published photo!!