Jana Ašenbrennerová

I photographed my very first assignment for the ESPN magazine. If you know my work this might seem surprising but the assignment wasn't all that sporty and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I photographed Matt Breida of the San Francisco 49ers with his wife, Silvana, in their home in San Jose.

#asenbrennerova #sports #breida #ESPN

Friends heading home from a quick meeting in a local pub. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #bicycle #freinds #hometown #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday # #asenbrennerova

Beer is brought to table in our local pub. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #beer #czechbeer #picoftheday # #asenbrennerova

Rudolf is one of the residents in our town, I know him since childhood and photographed him for almost 10 years now. In this image he prepares hey for his animals. Back in 2012 when I took this photo he still had a cow, goat and bunch of chickens. #2012 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #rudolf #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday # #asenbrennerova

Štěpán Tvaroh is artistic blacksmith. He started his own business about 3 years ago, shortly after he finished school. Perhaps to take a break from the fire and heat in his workshop he goes to the mountains every year in the winter time to work as a ski instructor. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #blacksmith #artist  #asenbrennerova

Grandma passes by a window to my brother’s workshop. This is back in 2014 when she was still able to walk around on her own. Now she needs a bit of assistance but she still enjoys the outdoors. #2014 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #family #grandma #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday # #asenbrennerova

Cute houses in neighboring town Heřmaň, captured during golden hour. #2014 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #Herman #asenbrennerova

Kids reading a book together. When you have nearly no access to technology you are forced to find other means of entertainment. #2018 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #home #reading #kidstime #book #awayfromtechnology #asenbrennerova

Grandma unknowingly posing for a portrait during a coffee time she enjoys with my brother and his son, Krystof. Grandma is nearly blind and doesn’t hear too well either so she often doesn’t acknowledge right away that I am photographing her. She usually laughs when I tell her that a lovely photo of her was just made. #2018 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #grandma #home #coffee #awayfromtechnology #asenbrennerova

Fresh peaches my nephew brought from their garden. #2018 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #peach #asenbrennerova

Johanka, my niece, plays with her mom Katka. #2018 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #home #garden #kidstime #awayfromtechnology #playing #asenbrennerova

Summer memories.. Here Jonas, my nephew, plays outside, making experiments with water and bunch of seeds he found in the garden. #2018 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #nephew #home #garden #kidstime #awayfromtechnology #asenbrennerova

Jirka Kubeš is a friend who lives in our town, he is a car mechanic among other things. Here he works in his workshop watched by his dog Sam. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #work #automechanic #dog #asenbrennerova

View from the roof of my mom’s house. Sometimes I climb up there to watch the sun go down or just take photos of the town from higher perspective. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #town #home #architecture #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday # #asenbrennerova

Katka, with the assistance of her son, Jonas, is trying to bring their hens back home. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #chicken #home #garden #asenbrennerova

To conclude our National Geographic trip to South Bohemia we took our students to my hometown to meet my family and some friends. They had the opportunity to pet bunch of animals and to see couple of pet ducks who were bit shy but made an appearance for this group photo. This image concludes my posting from our National Geographic Student Expedition and I’m already looking forward to the next one in 2019, wherever that might be! Greetings to you our dear students who made our adventure in the Czech Republic fantastic! #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #groupshot #family #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

View of traditional Czech roofs in Český Krumlov town in Southern Bohemia. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #cityscape #town #ceskykrumlov #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

Rena Efendi @renaeffendiphoto our National Geographic expert makes a portrait of one of our students, Alex, proudly posing behind a pile of mushrooms she picked up with others in the forest. #portrait #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova #womenphotograph

Definitely uneatable but Fly Amanita is among the most beautiful mushrooms you can find in the South Bohemian forest we visited with our students this summer. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #flyamanita #mushroom #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

Visiting local forest to pick mushrooms and blueberries was one of the highlights for many students during our Czech expedition this summer. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #landscape #green #landscape #nature #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

Spotted Eagle Owl is held during birds of prey demonstration at Rabi castle we visited with our students in Southern Bohemia. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #spottedeagleowl #owl #animals #birds #birdsofprey #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

While in Southern Bohemia visiting the Rabi castle with our students we came across birds of prey demonstration. Here Great Grey Owl held by @barbrabri is about to fly. Our students had the opportunity to see 7 different birds, learn about them, hold some of them and have them land on their own arm. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #greatgreyowl #owl #animals #birds #birdsofprey #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova @dravcizales

The beauty of Southern Bohemia. View from the Rabi Castle. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #castle #landscape #Rabi #green #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

Just arrived to train station at Karlstejn with our Nat Geo group. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #landscape #train #canon5dmarkiii #trainstation #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

After first week in Prague we arrived in South Bohemia with our Nat Geo group. Greenery and peaceful landscapes were nice break after time spend in the big city. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #landscape #green #canon5dmarkiii #studentstravel #asenbrennerova #natgeostudentexpeditions

Headed out with our students to visit castle Karlštejn, some visitors rent a horse carriage, but we walked that hill on our own. #natgeostudentexpeditions #2018 #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #natgeotravel #canon5dmarkiii #karlstejn #horses #studentstravel #asenbrennerova

Our students had the opportunity to try variety of food during our National Geographic Student Expedition. From fine dining experiences in some of the best restaurants in Prague to baking sausages on fire in my hometown. Here are few photo samples of some of the more colorful and some traditional dishes we came across. #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeoexpeditions #pickoftheday #czechrepublic #everydayeverywhere #food #finedining #czechcusine #natgeotravel

Today we departed Prague with our National Geographic Expedition and arrived to the southern part of the Czech Republic. Our students hiked, worried about ticks, eaten berries on the way and admired yet another castle the Kašperk. We got rained on which was pretty refreshing after several hot days in Prague. #natgeostudentexpeditions #natgeotravel #natgeoexpeditions #landscape #kasperk #pickoftheday #everydayeverywhere #czechrepublic #castle #asenbrennerova

This year I'm leading National Geographic Student Expedition in the Czech Republic. For the first time I’ll be leading group of students in a country I call my home. I’m excited as well as intimidated by this opportunity. Here is an evening view that concluded our first day of exhaustive explorations of Prague. #photoworkshop #asenbrennerova #natgeotravel #natgeoexpeditions #natgeostudentexpeditions #czechrepublic #czech #staromestskenamesti #landscape #architecture #pickoftheday #everydayeverywhere

Václav Lebeda is a great friend of mine. He is a musician, he writes songs and plays guitar, performs regularly with several bands. He owns a recording studio in his house, which often turns into creative cave full of music. Václav is also a passionate collector of tape recorders. He likes music of 50s, 60s and 70s and believes that the analogue sound of tape recorders goes with it. He is proud of his collection and asked me to photograph him with it. So here is the portrait we made. I know Václav since childhood, we have been good friends for about 20 years now and no matter how our lives changed since then, our friendship remained the same. I am very grateful for our friendship and the music filled time we often share. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #taperecorder #music #musician #Teslab116 # RevoxA77 #SonetDuo #Sonytc255 #portrait #friend #asenbrennerova

A lovely house in our town. Every time I pass by I pause and imagine what life is like living in such a beautiful space. I don’t know the people who live there and never seen the home behind the closed doors but I have my own romantic idea of it. I might be disappointed if I visit inside but as of now I imagine it as out of a Czech fairytale. #2013 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #fairytale #architecture #home #landscape #asenbrennerova

Afternoon hang out time with family, enjoying snacks of chocolate, home made cake, freshly picked carrots (which I am obsessed with and can live on) and tea and coffee. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #food #carrots #tea #coffee #chocolate #asenbrennerova

The usual afternoon scene at my brother’s garden. My mom bringing the goat Roza home while the pet ducks Pepa and Karel walk behind her, keeping safe distance. Johnaka jumps on a trampoline. #2017 #czechrepublic #personalwork #everydayeverywhere #everydayeasterneurope #instagood #photooftheday #picoftheday #family #ducks #goat #trampoline #beauty #asenbrennerova