Barbara and Barry

I have to say that Barbara and Barry's wedding on November 4th was one of my personal favorites to date. They are just the most amazing couple, with such a geniune love and fondness for one another. I found the entire day inspiring on many levels. Barb works with a friend of mine who speaks so highly of her, so I was excited when they chose me as their photographer. Barb has two beautiful and charming grown daughters and a great family. In fact, her Mom is the one who hooked her and Barry up! Barry is an attorney here in town and just seemed so calm and collected the whole day. It was an intimate gathering at The Royal Palms Resort & Spa in Phoenix, following their full mass ceremony at The Francisican Renewel Center in Paradise Valley. A truly joyous and beautiful day for everyone involved I believe.

Congratulations Barb and Barry!

A few shots from their wedding and if you want to hear a beautiful and classic Dan Fogelberg song (Barry's favorite), here is the full slideshow.

I love this shot of Barb. She happened to stand directly under a skylight as Barry was signing the wedding certificate, so the lighting was perfect!

Her sister giving her words of love and encouragement (not that she needed encouragement to marry Barry) before the ceremony.

Barb's gorgeous daughters.

Glancing around the corner to sneak a peek of her groom.

The adorable couple

Such a ham!

Sharing a moment during the ceremony.

Kimberly and Robbie

It's already been a few weeks since Kimberly and Robbie married at The Boulder's Resort up in Cave Creek, but it seems like yesterday. Kim is just the cutest and sweetest person and wore a really beautiful tea-length gown by Melissa Sweet. Her bridesmaids all commented on how much the dress reflected her personality and after spending the day with them, I can see why. She and Robbie both live in Nashville and are a truly adorable couple. They have amazing friends and family that came in from all over the US to celebrate their nupituals and had a real easiness about them.

We had a blast photographing the guys trying to hold Robbie up in that "signature" pose typically reserved for the bride. They were hilarious together then, and when they hijacked a golf cart to tee off from the ceremony site! All in all, a super fun day with such a great couple. Congratulations Kim and Robbie!

Here are a few pictures from their day, or you can watch the full slideshow if you would like:


Kim's adorable gown


The beautiful bride getting ready - look at her bone structure!


The high noon ceremony





I love capturing all the small details of the day




Kim dancing with her dad. It's not often you get to see the brides shoes while dancing. I had to seize the moment!


This is right before they dropped Robbie! Literally.


The beautiful couple

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Turkey Day! Okay, I am a day late, but I made a promise to myself to actually take the entire day off yesterday and much to my delight, I did! I didn't even touch my computer until about 10:30 PM just to check emails. It was so nice to spend the day with my family, giving thanks for all that we have and work hard for. It was wonderful to enjoy some down time with my husband and daughter and just PLAY :-)

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving as well and had a chance to reflect on those things you are grateful for this year.

Where in the World is Jen?

I promise I haven't disappeared, I have just been **super** busy these past several weeks with several weddings and portrait shoots. I try and post to my blog as much as possible, but some nights it's hard to post between chasing after my toddler and processing photos for my clients. I have had 6 amazing weddings in the past seven weeks (including a double-hitter wedding weekend this past weekend) and at least that many portrait sessions, so I'm playing catch up and promise to get lots of photos posted soon! Stay tuned...

Holiday Cards Now Available

Holiday cards are now available to all current and new photography clients. Just pick your favorite image from your session, pick your card and personalize the text!

Jennifer Bowen Photography will order the cards and envelopes and get them back to you in plenty of time. Sorry, hand addressing and personally mailing not available at this time :-)

New sessions must be booked and photographed by December 5th and card orders must be in by December 9th. Extra assistants are on hand to ensure you are able to proof your portrait session by December 8th at the latest (if your session is on the 5th).

To see all of the design options, click here.
(Remember, you can personalize the text in any way you wish, space providing.)

Here are a few samples...

This is our card this year :-) My assistant Cindy took the picture of us, and the left shot of Jordan.