Colorado Wedding and Portrait Photographer - Jennifer Schumacher Photography

You are invited to a wedding show this Sunday, May 4 at Ciatano Winery in Lyons from noon-4. It should be lovely. Ciatano is just 3 miles west of Lyons on Highway 36. The courtyard area is just gorgeous and there will be 40 vendors set up and a wine tasting. So come enjoy a glass of wine and stop by my table and say hello.

The Wedding Show
5/4/2008 (12 noon - 4:00 pm)
This is a FREE Event.

Ciatano Winery
16858 N. St. Vrain Drive
Lyons, CO 80530
303-823-5363

Enjoy a day of wedding planning with 40 vendors on our patio, deck, and tented in the picnic area among the gardens and next to the river.

Special feature: wine tasting parties for bachelorette and bachelor parties as well as receptions. Strolling fashion show through out the afternoon.

Ciatano Winery is a unique setting nestled in the tranquil mountains just 3 miles west of Lyons on Highway 66 en route to Estes Park.

I was privileged today to meet the beautiful Zurianna Parker. Zuri means beautiful in Swahili. Anna is for her grandmother and her middle name, Parker, is after her other grandmother. She is so adorable and precious in every way.

Congratulations Chris and Connie, and thank for for inviting me into your home.

I was honored to be the featured photographer for the Boulder Chamber this month. I joined the Boulder Chamber for the business education I would receive but it has proven to be more valuable than that. The business connections and friendships I am developing have made my membership one of the best investments I have made.

Last night was the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Cantina Laredo in the 29th Street Mall. The food was fantastic - I can’t wait to bring my husband back for dinner.

The Chamber breakfast was hosted by Staples, also in the 29the Street Mall. The food was catered by Front Range Catering Co.. What a great turn out! The group practically took over the store. Staples was kind enough to give everyone goodie bags as we left (who doesn’t like presents
Finally, the Chamber social was held at Boulder Broker Inn. Another great turnout.

Photographing the events was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to attending many more. If you are a business owner join the chamber now - you won’t regret it.

On Tuesday it was close to 80 degrees.

On Wednesday it snowed.

Welcome to Springtime in the Rockies.

I don’t mind the snow. It was beautiful and the weather will be warm before we know it.

I signed up for my first bridal show. It’s in Lyons at Ciatano Winery on May 4 and I am super excited. I am working on some pretty take aways for the brides that visit me at the show. Since one of my goals for the new year is to implement green printing practices I am trying to find paper that is in budget AND eco-friendly. I had to tell you about the company I found - The Paper Mill Store.

The Paper Mill Store has a huge selection of eco-friendly paper and envelops in all sorts of colors and weights. They even have a link under projects for wedding invitations showing some fabulous papers, perfect for your wedding invites and programs. There are even templates to help you out with your designs. You can search by color which made it very easy for me to find a lovely light blue paper and a matching envelop. Plus their prices are good.

The best part is not only do they offer environmentally friendly papers they are also 100% wind powered and hold a Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certificate. You can visit their website at http://thepapermillstore.com/ to see what that all means but I placed my order and it was delivered within a week and I am quite happy.

Using recycled paper uses half the trees of normal paper and requires less chemicals and energy to create. With the selection at the Paper Mill Store you don’t have to sacrifice quality or pay a lot to do your part to help the environment.

I hope this helps all the green brides.

Photography has changed with the advent of digital cameras.

Well, photography hasn’t changed very much but how we process the images has…

With Digital Photography taking the photo isn’t the end it is the beginning of the digital workflow.

In the film days your lab worked with a negative in the dark room to ensure a great image for printing. Today photographers work in front a a computer to tweak the digital image for top notch printing. A professional photographer takes the time to finish an image before creating prints or albums. We use a program called photoshop to give all of our images a little TLC before printing. Since every image is different each photo is examined to determine the best steps to make the image shine.

Below is an example. The photo on the left is straight out of the camera - not a bad image. The photo on the right has gone through our digital workflow - color correction, exposure control, blemish removal, warm it up, sharpen. Notice how Connie’s skin is glowing and you can really see the gorgeous highlights in her hair. Her face is sharper and the sexy red couch and yellow walls in the background shine.  The goal isn’t to dramatically alter an image but to just tweak it a little to make it pop.

So when you order a print from us the photo has been given JSP’s extra special touch. Watch the blog for more examples.