Colorado Wedding and Portrait Photographer - Jennifer Schumacher Photography

Wow!  I can’t believe the holidays are over already.  They went by so quickly this year. I hope your holiday season was all you hoped for and more and your 2009 is starting well.  My year is off to a great start.  I have some incredible new family clients and my brides are all unbelievably cool - I can’t wait to work with them.

I haven’t been posting over the holidays but I’ve been busy.  My first project for 2009 is a new website for my family portraits.  My wedding and family portraits are two seperate businesses and I felt my families needed their own portfolio.  So take a look at the new portrait portfolio for maternity, newborn, families, seniors and pets.  JSPfamily.com

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I’m totally in love with the song I found for the new portfolio - it’s “Good Life” by Lily Wilson.  It just says what I want to say if I could write like that and I adore artists that make their music available for small businesses like me so go and check her out - maybe we can get her to visit one of the awesome music venues in Lyons.

Watch the blog for some oplove photo shoots I have coming up and if you know anyone that got engaged over the holidays I do have some 2009 dates open and I would love to meet them.

Announcing the 2008 JSP Holiday Card Designs.

Four 5×7 designs. The colors, fonts and words can be changed and the inside message is totally customizable. And holiday cards aren’t just for family photos, we can use your wedding photos too.

Pricing is in the products section of your online gallery. Contact me to start your design. The deadline for ordering cards is Dec 5.

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As promised here are more photos from my day with Anika in Estes Park.  It was a cool and breezy day, we even got a little bit of snow (that is the white flakes you see in a few pictures) but Anika and her mom were ready for anything.  Anika even shared some of her mellows with me (yummy mini marshmellows).

Enjoy the photos!

I spent a cool and breezy afternoon with Anika in Estes Park. She had the most beautiful red curls and bright blue eyes. She is definitely going to be a heart breaker. This is my favorite photo. More will be posted soon.

One of the joys of portrait photography is watching my clients grow up. Last week I got to spend the afternoon with Zurianna for her 6 month old photos. You may remember Baby Zuri’s newborn photos. I cannot believe she is already 6 month old. She is such a happy baby and such fun to work with. Plus, we had a gorgeous Fall day. Sneak peak photos are posted here. Your gallery will be ready next week.

Chris and Connie installed this swing which is an old ski lift in the backyard.

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.

One of my goals during a photo session is to capture as many different looks as I can.  The smile, the laugh, the contemplative stare…  No boring sit and smile at the camera photos during this session.  We are moving and changing a lot.  But then the problem is deciding which adorable face to display.  SO I created the Baby Faces Collage. Why limited yourself to one image when you can use all of them?   A 20×20 (or larger) collage containing 16 unique faces.  Printed on a Gallery Wrap Canvas and ready to hang.  You will love enjoying your baby’s faces for years and years.

I got to spend the morning with Julie, Jack and thier 2 beautiful children, Rachel and Shiloh.  A photo session is about having fun and being you.  Since the weather was a little chilly we stayed inside and played dress up for the camera.  I loved the lacy dresses and hats the girls wore and the ties and vests the boys wore.  Thank you for inviting me into your home and letting me photograph you today.

Here are some sneak peek pics of Baby Grace. I’ll have to find a new name for her as she isn’t really a baby anymore - she is turning into a beautiful little girl.  Enjoy the pictures!

Wow, I’ve been fighting a cold for 3 weeks now but am finally feeling better.  I guess it’s that time of year.  I am so excited.  I got a chance to photograph Owen and Quincy yesterday with my new camera.  I ordered a new Nikon D300 and it arrived this week on my birthday - what a perfect gift!  I am adding children and pets to my portfolio and spent the morning with my neighbor here in Lyons.  It was fun hanging out and watching Owen play with Quincy.  I got some really cute pictures.  Below are my favorite photos from the day.  I’ll be adding more to the website later this week.