Welcome to my blog! My name is Jen Schleicher and I am a wedding and portrait photographer based out of Tempe, Arizona. Here you will find my latest work, news and much more. Whether you are a client, future client, or fellow photographer, please make yourself at home. You may want to bookmark this page or add it to your RSS reader so you won't miss any updates.
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-Jen
Last week, I posted pictures from the Durrer family portrait session taken at an amazing abandoned house. The Durrer kids did such a good job (and are so stinking cute) that they get their very own post!
Nathaniel:
Zoey:
Riley:
Laura had this really cute green chair from Pottery Barn that we brought along with us:
Love these brother & sister shots. The one on the right melts my heart!
Or at least I hope I am. Every year I feel like I am learning more and more, and then I will forget how to spell the word ‘the’ or the three things I need to buy at the supermarket. Age is kind of funny that way. What do you do? All I know is that I love my life more and more every day and am so thankful that I have such wonderful people to share it with!
I will leave you with a picture from my first birthday party. I am the one in the wooden highchair hoarding all the chocolate cake. Thirty-two years later it is still my favorite. Happy birthday to me.
The Durrer family and I go way back. Laura and I have known each other since we were babies. So when Laura asked me to take their family portraits I was thrilled. We immediately started brainstorming locations. In route to our original location, we drove by an abandoned house that was calling my name. It was perfect!
Inside the house, someone had spray-painted a hot pink heart…LOVE it!
The Durrer kids portraits coming soon…
I have worked in Adobe Lightroom for some time now and really love everything about the program. It allows me to easily and quickly edit RAW files. But one can always improve upon their skills. So when I heard Jared Platt was offering a Lightroom Workflow Workshop, I was pumped!
I attended the workshop yesterday and wow…There was SO MUCH information Jared shared with us! The biggest thing I took away from Jared’s workshop was his super organized workflow. His workflow system gave me some wonderful ideas to weave into and improve upon mine. I really like the idea of placing all the unused images in a separate folder and removing the distractions them from Lightroom altogether prior to editing.
I will be implementing his ideas over the next few months and expect to shave off up to 3 hours of editing time! I am a happy girl :)
Jared is a great story teller. I snapped this shot of Jared during one of his stories and caught him by surprise. Ha!
I was recently interviewed by The Bokeh Pot. This is a seriously cool photography blog that features new photographers each week. Crystal Genes is the creator of this wonderful resource. She asked me everything from “What is one item you cannot live without?” to “What is the most valuable thing about your business?” You can read the complete interview here.
It was a pleasure Crystal!
