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Jenn Chen
@thejennchen.bsky.social
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Writer & photographer in specialty coffee #coffeesky (EAL at sprudge.com), food & bev, and beyond. Visual storyteller for creative solopreneurs.
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Weekly photo challenge 13/52 mood. I was feeling rather uninspired this week, so I chose wilted as my mood. #52frames #52frames_mood
Yellow ridged plant pot with one wilted calathea orbifolia leaf hanging over the edge and an open one in the background
March 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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back to the weekly photo challenge! This week was shallow depth of field. I went to the conservatory here and submitted the first one. #52frames #52frames_shallowdepthoffield 🌱
Leaves in a pond with a grid roof reflection in background Vine with leaves above the stem and roots dipping into the pond Beautiful pink flower buds with head down and one long orange bud sticking down Pin cushion like flower with many peach buds still unopened
March 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
Sunset at the ocean. In silhouette- a couple and their dog on the beach, a few sailboats
March 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Week 10 (maybe)- black & white. TBH didn't think I would shoot on time this week but it's 5:51 pm in Taiwan and I took like four photos today, not intentionally for the challenge. But what the heck, I can turn it into b&w #52frames #52frames_blackandwhite
Cafe corner with rounded back chairs, a wide window with light white curtains pulled in the middle, thin wood panels in front of the chairs for the bar. Black & white version of the color photo In color. Cafe corner with rounded back chairs, a wide window with light white curtains pulled in the middle, thin rich brown wood panels in front of the chairs for the bar.
March 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Week 9 weekly photo challenge- unfinished. a combo of two different mini cafe kits that i haven't completed. #52frames #52frames_unfinished
Finger holding a miniature bar stool, putting it in an unfinished mini cafe - walls and floor are up
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I know this isn't the point and it's for magazine, but the url link preview cuts off at maga (lol)
February 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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No basil, lime, or anise. But yes, I would totally drink it again! They were both very tasty.
Two espresso iced drinks with foam. One has slices of orange, another apple
February 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Ok I think it was my friend who sent it. The bakery told me they're Corn Cheesecake, Ube Cheesecake, Earl Grey Tea crepe cake and Balsamic Strawberry Vanilla crepe cake
Slices of cake: Corn Cheesecake, Ube Cheesecake, Earl Grey Tea crepe cake and Balsamic Strawberry Vanilla crepe cake
February 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Weekly photo challenge, week 8 was triangular composition. I have two test dog shoots and this was from one of them. Not a fan of this week's prompt-it was hard to do triangles without actually having triangles #52frames #52frames_triangularcomposition #dogsofbluesky
Samoyed dog pulling his human on a skateboard. Bordered on the side by lush trees.
February 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Week 7 photo challenge- motion blur. I submitted the first one, which is the wave organ in sf. I was not smart and did not look up instructions beforehand and so we were there at the lowest of tides and no sounds were made by the organ #52frames #52frames_motionblur
Wave organ in San Francisco- stacks of stone and the blurry motion of waves hitting them A street in San Francisco with a yellow home, a lot of field in the foregrounds, and the blurry motion of cars & people
February 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Happy fifth adoptiversary to Zoey!!
Zoey a cute brindle pit mix picks up a dog frosted treat Zoey, a cute brindle pit mix looks at camera with Golden Gate Bridge in the background
February 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Week 6 photo challenge- puddle. It rained all week but finding a non-hilly surface in sf is challenging so I had to make my own. Zoey's is the one I submitted
#52frames #52frames_puddle
Brindle dog with big floppy ears with nose down to stone and a small treat. There's also a small puddle. Plant pot sitting in a saucer of water. Reflection of succulent in the reflection.
February 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Timeline cleanse of Zoey in her whale raincoat #dogsofbluesky
Zoey, a medium sized brindle pit mix dog, looking up. And wearing a whale-patterned raincoat
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Weekly photo challenge week 5: "something blue"—I decided to shoot some cherry blossoms against a bright blue wall #52frames #52frames_somethingblue
Cherry blossom tree branch reaching across the photo with a bright blue wall background.
February 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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the lamb, Napa cabbage, chives, water chestnut dumplings turned out amazing. Happy new year! 🏮
Homemade dumplings on a tray, uncooked
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Week 4: "something old" with a bonus of focus stacking. I call this "egg-dentity crisis"—a century duck egg trying to be its former self. #52frames #52frames_somethingold
Century duck egg in foreground, half shell off, top lopped off. Small makeup palette and brush behind it. Whole egg in reflection.
January 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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They're reprinting for free but like how did this even pass QA. Even their batch info cards were printed on an angle!
Two vertical business cards semi overlaid to show the print is one degree off A set of five business card sized portraits with the margins angled and off centered
January 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Week 3: leading lines. I don't use leading lines that often. Usually, it's a more unconscious composition for me (i.e. I take it and later realize it has LL) so deliberately doing it felt really forced. I am meh on this photo
#52frames #52frames_leadinglines
Cobblestone courtyard leading to a metal gate with "small change" sign above the doorway. In foreground on left is an empty plaster water fountain
January 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Photo challenge week 2 was "what I eat" and I tried out a dark & moody Dutch still life painting vibe #52frames #52frames_whatieat
Small bowl of fruit on a pedestal with two lemons and a half peeled tangerine on top. On left is a cascading grape bunch. In front of pedestal are two lemon halves and a whole orange. Backdrop is teal curtains. Small bowl of fruit on a pedestal with two lemons and a half peeled tangerine on top. On left is a cascading grape bunch. In front of pedestal are two lemon halves and a whole orange. Backdrop is teal board. Photo angle is about 25 degrees with top tangerine in foreground.
January 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Truly cannot fathom this.
Screenshot of article: One common request from clients: Porsche-inspired renovations. Schonknecht stresses he isn't simply slapping a coat of scarlet paint over the entire machine, though. "We're 'inspired by rather than 'a copy of and we don't do in-your-face renditions," he says. "We add details only a Porsche owner would know about, like customizing the paddle that controls the brew heater to be like a Porsche interior, or the steam knobs like the wheel design. We want them to have to look at it twice to pick up on the detail, and keep coming back to it." He's currently at work on a 911-inspired La Marzocco remodel that will cost around A$25,000 ($16,250). Screenshot of article: products that company made." He does work with the occasional female MAMIC-around 10 percent of his customers are women, including a surgeon so obsessed with a particular Japanese textile she went back flew from her home in America to Japan expressly to find a swatch to send him for integration into the final design. Schonknecht's next project is establishing his own metal shop so he can fabricate his own custom bodies for machines rather than relying on outsourcing. "They don't get the detail exactly the way you want it to be," he notes. That would also allow him to fulfill his ultimate goal: a custom line of Specht Design espresso machines.
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I signed up for 52frames.com to broaden my photo skills & because I do well w/challenges (something something people pleaser). Week 1's self portrait submission is the first one but whenever I do a self-portrait, I seem to take at least 50. So the 2nd was an outtake. #52frames #52frames_selfportrait
East asian woman with freckles and a pixie haircut, with hands on the right side of the face. Surrounded by monstera leaves. Looking at the camera. East asian woman with freckles and a pixie haircut, with hands on the right side of the face. Surrounded by monstera leaves. Looking off to the right side of the frame.
January 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Had enough good days in my winter break to bring my average daily mood (2.8/5) up by .1, which is .1 more than last year. Hurray!
Dot mood chart from Daylio app representing every day of 2024, colored in a range of 19 green (great), 108 light green (good), 70 blue (ok/neutral), 112 orange (bad), 57 red (terrible)
January 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Idk what to call these accounts. bots or people using ChatGPT to write mean replies to random people's posts? Follower farms? The account that replied to me had so many other mean replies and at a frequency that was too quick for a human to write. Instant blocks.
Jenn Chen @thejennchen.bsky.social • 18h she/her Photographer Writer I have non-coffee friends who drink way more coffee and are far more selective than me. And they all say I'm the reason why! > 3 .. Lau @lawooo.bsky.social • 7h congrats, you turned him into a coffee snob. now you have to live with it. guess you're both insufferable now. enjoy your $15 cortados, peasants. Uffdafuckingda @uffdada.bsky.social • 3h Bologna is just cold, thinly sliced hotdog 22 ••. KDRose @kdrose111.bsky.social • 1h Yes but it has a name. OSCAR 1 . . . Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusi... • 6h • When I find myself in times of trouble, cultured dairy comes to me, have another handful, shredded cheese 15 1 48 330 ••• KDRose @kdrose111.bsky.social • 1h Hey, cheese can save your life. Just ask any philandering husband. ••• ONLY =I Just Don't Care About Being... • 2h Did we break Bluesky again? 5 33 •. . KDRose @kdrose111.bsky.social • 1h Is it that easy? 1 Ash @ashhull.bsky.social • 1d I see you sitting alone and admire ) avoiding people.
December 1, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Zoey won't eat carrots raw but will eat them grilled or roasted (she has high-end tastes). She got her own plate of frozen yogurt, pb, pumpkin puree, and sour cream.
Zoey, a brindle dog almost cross eyed sniffing at a roasted carrot plate Zoey looking up at a frozen lick mat divided into four quadrants with a grilled carrot on top. Pumpkin puree, sour cream, yogurt, and pb are spread on the mat.
November 29, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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Very proud of two of us creating a giant meal for three. There were also some cookies and extras of almost everything.
Top-down view of five plates filled with food and a knobbly squash. There's a veggie swirl tart, couscous stuffed acorn squash, fried rosemary and sea salt flatbread, grilled steak & pork chops, and roasted carrots w/crispy chickpeas.
November 29, 2024 at 4:33 AM