Circles of Faith Spotlight: Jen Lebo Photography

I wanted to share with you this morning that I've been featured in a blog called "Circles of Faith".  This morning they posted their "Personal Connections" piece where I shared my story on my life, my faith, my communities, and my family.

You can read it by clicking HERE.

I'm really excited about the chance to share my story with others, since my faith and family are the most important things in my life.

Thanks to my friend, Kim Amici, for inviting me to share my story!

Your faith inspires me and I'm so glad we've reconnected!

Thanks everyone!

Enjoy the read!

And keep smiling!

Jen

For Dads! Your Mother's Day Gift is Here! Pottstown Family Photography

Mother's Day is just about a month away and each year I like to offer Dad a great opportunity to give Mom a fabulous gift!  This year's special is one Mom is really going to love!

I did some research this year and asked some fellow moms what they'd really love for Mother's Day and they all agreed that rather than a gift card, they'd love for Dad to take the initiative and get the gift himself!  I couldn't agree more!  

So Dad, here it is!

Bring the kids in for a mini session and have their portraits taken (and yours!) for Mother's Day.  Present Mom with this special gift on her special day.

This special is for just one day, so sessions are extremely limited!

Call today to book your mini session!

She'll love it!

I promise!

Jen

2014 JLP Seniors: Meet The Team / Pottstown Senior Portraits

April is here and with it comes the start of the 2014 JLP Senior Model Program! 

Woo hoo!

This year's models are an amazing group of teens, coming from half a dozen different high schools, and excelling at everything from sports to academics to drama, and so much more.

Here are just a few of the faces I'll be showing off this year.

(please note that not all of these are JLP images, but just snapshots provided by the models)

Spring Sessions for my JLP Senior models have already begun, and this month is going to be filled with fantastic modeling sessions at new and exciting locations.  They may be in black and white here, but these teens are full of vibrance and spirit, all of which we'll be capturing in their images this April.

I cannot wait to share these teens and their stories with you!

Here's to an amazing year!

Keep smiling!

Jen

New Treats: Charge it! Pottstown Portrait Photography

I am loving all of the new products and custom pieces that I've got lined up for my clients this year.  But this new little treat might be my clients' favorite.  Because this little treat allows my clients to get their hands on all the other fun little treats with the greatest of ease.

Meet The Square!

The Square is a fantastic tool that plugs right into my iPhone and allows clients to use their credit cards to pay for their sessions, products, and collections right away.  How easy and how awesome is that?

With one swipe, orders are placed, and clients are one step closer to the awesome pieces they've trusted me to create.  And even better, clients can use their credit cards whether in person with me or over the phone.  

It's a tiny little tool, but it is powerful and it is freeing.  I don't like restricting my clients and now I don't have to.

I have a feeling I'm going to love this little Square!

Keep smiling!

Jen

For Dads! Pottstown Family Photography

It is snowing as I write this.

I am so done with snow, so done with winter.

And so I am blogging about spring!  And warmer days, and outdoor fun!

And Mother's Day!

Wait... what?

OK, so I'm really thinking ahead.  But it's never too early to start thinking about it right?  Or better yet, planning it?  So here's the scoop.

I'm putting together something super awesome for all those dads out there who want to gift their wives with something extra special this year- and who don't want to have to figure it all out themselves!

Want to know what it is?

Well, then stay tuned!  I'll be announcing it in the next few weeks!

(Just enough time for all you moms out there to pass this post on to your husbands!)

In the meantime, stay warm today, and THINK SPRING!

And keep smiling!

Jen

Gwendolynn's Salon & Spa: My Not So Secret Weapon!

As a professional photographer, I've got a lot of great tools to help my clients look their absolute best.  I know lighting, I know posing, and I know my camera.

But one of my best tools can be found a few miles down the road in Limerick.  Gwendolynn's Salon & Spa knows beauty and I've been blessed to have them in my tool kit for just over a year now.

Not only do they do an amazing job beautifying my high school seniors before our shoots, but they've done many of my mom clients for our family sessions!  And many of my clients have become their clients, because even more than being amazingly talented at what they do, they are some of the friendliest, most wonderful women I've ever known. 

These ladies know real beauty- both inside and out!

Go see for yourself how awesome these ladies really are!  

And be sure to mention Jen Lebo Photography to save 20%!

Thanks ladies, for all you do for my clients and for me!

You truly are one of the best tools in my camera bag!

Keep smiling!

Jen

Quick Tip to Rock Your Session: Go Pro

One of the most effective ways to take your portrait sessions to the next level (the FABULOUS level) is to have your hair and make- up professionally done.  Professional hair and make-up artists know how to give you the perfect look for being in front of the camera, which will take some of the pressure off you on your big day.  Not to mention how luxurious it is to be pampered before being in front of the camera.  Being treated like a star before the shoot lends itself well to feeling like a star during the shoot.

Many professional photographers have recommendations for where to have your hair and make-up done, and I have my team of favorites as well.  I have partnered up with Gwendolynn's Salon & Spa for the last year and their team of stylists is extraordinary!  You'll hear more about them in my next blog post!

And I also love Shannon DiMichele of Classic Bella.  Shannon and I have collaborated on several model sessions, and she rocks at what she does.

You'll find this tip along with pages of more great ones in my FREE Ebook "Rock Your Senior Portrait Session".  Simply click on the link to check it out, download it, or print it to take with you.  It's got some super easy and super effective ways to make your portrait session an amazing experience.  And it's free!

So go enjoy this awesome little read and then get ready for a fabulous photo shoot!

Keep smiling!

Jen

Is It Time To Panic?

March is flying by!  Before you know it, spring will be in full bloom, and graduation will be just around the corner. 

But it's not too late! 

Take advantage of Spring Break now to have the gorgeous senior portraits you need to capture your special year, to announce your big moment, and to invite your world to celebrate with you!

Hurry and book your date.  There are only a few openings left!

AND!!!

If you book now, you can get the exclusive scoop on how you can have the BEST pre-prom at your school!  I'm choosing ONLY ONE group per high school for this awesome special and it hasn't even been announced yet!  Get the scoop and snatch this up before someone else from your high school does!

(Mom will love this too!)

Call me and let's make a date!

Jen

New Treats: Session Videos

I love to wow my clients!
  I consider it a success when mom is grabbing for the tissues after viewing the images from our recent session together.

And so I am loving this new treat like nothing else!
(you can view the video below just by clicking on the video, but you can view it larger by clicking on the red text below and going to the video link!)

Portrait Sessions

How wonderful is this?

All of my clients will now enjoy watching a video like this of their own portrait session.  And these videos come included with some of the packages now offered by JLP!  Seniors are going to love sharing these on YouTube or Facebook- or playing in the background at their graduation party!  Moms are going to love having special DVDs of these videos, whether of their young ones in a family session, or of their seniors before they head off into the great big world.

I cannot wait to make your video!

Just make sure you've got your tissues ready!

Keep smiling!

Jen

Love for the Friends & Family!

I love my friends and my family!  They are wonderful blessings in my life, friends who make me laugh over coffee together, family who stand behind me and encourage me in every way, they just make my days better.  And I love finding ways to show them how grateful I am for that.

I have especially enjoyed thanking them through my portraits.  But as months and years have passed, it's become harder to do so with a growing business, and a growing calendar.  And so I've come up with something super special for them!

Friends and Family Days!

I am having one day this spring and one day this fall, and I'm treating my friends to free sessions and free images!  All for them!

Sessions will be 30 minutes long, here at my home campus, and I'll have 10-15 wonderful digital images burned to a disc for each of you.

And it's all free!

The two dates are:

Sunday, April 21st

Sunday, September 15th

Sessions are limited for those 2 days though, so hurry up and get your session booked now!

Just my way of giving back to the amazing people I'm so blessed to call friends and family!

You all keep me smiling!

Jen

New Treats: Custom Session Albums

For the past year and longer I've been working completely digital.  I loved the simplicity of it all, creating beautiful images for my clients, and then being able to offer them a CD of high resolution digital files for them to keep and create their own pieces.  It was a win win situation for both my clients and me- or so I thought.

Throughout this past year, I'd get the same email or note over and over.  A client had misplaced her disc and was hoping for another copy.  Or six months after the session (sometimes longer) the client was at a loss as to what she should order and from where.  I was shocked that so much time had passed before discs were discovered lost, or images were even being considered for print, and then I realized that I was at fault.  

The more I thought about this, the more I realized I was short changing my clients.  After all, isn't it my job, my responsibility, to walk my clients through every step of this amazing portrait experience, from our first phone call, until that very last image is displayed?  Shouldn't my clients be able to rely on me to advise them on how best to show off these precious portraits?  They've trusted me to create beautiful pieces for them- is it ok then for me to just hand them a disc and say "Good luck with that!"?  No way.

And so I decided to change things.

Now rather than offer the moon and the stars and every single product under them, I decided to start simple so as not to overwhelm us all!  I thought long and hard about what types of products my clients would like- both my family clients and my high school senior clients.  And through this process I have begun putting together a fantastic menu of amazing goodies for everyone.  I plan to showcase them, bit by bit, here on the blog.

A few weeks ago, I showed off the new sticky albums, which I know my high school seniors will love!  Today I am sharing my Custom Session Album!  This is definitely a piece that we ALL will love- my seniors, their moms, my family clients, and me!

I cannot wait for clients to see this album.  The pages are super sturdy and thick, yet delicate and luxurious in texture.  I love the rounded corners, and I love that I can customize each album to fit the style, colors, and personality of each client and each session.  

And check out how the binding lays flat!  This allows for gorgeous full page spreads and also lets my clients display their albums open, on portrait stands, like a classic art piece.

This is definitely one of my favorite new pieces, and I cannot wait to start creating them for my clients!  

And for those of you still wanting those digital files, don't worry.  They're still available.

The menu is truly fabulous, complete with options to order a la carte, or even create your own package!  It's all about customizing your portraits, and then your pieces, for YOU!

This year is going to be amazing!

Keep smiling!

Jen

Fabulous New Stuff: Sticky Albums

I am in love with a new product! 

Last month, at an amazing trade show, I discovered Sticky Albums.  These albums are awesome!  They are albums that you can share, with tremendous ease, right from your mobile phone.  Particularly fun for high school seniors, who do everything from their phones, these albums are the new "it item" for JLP.  

No longer do my seniors need to carry around rep cards or printed wallets that might make them feel a little lame when handing them out.  Now they just pull out their phones and pull up their albums (which by the way, are an app on their phones with their face as the app- how cool is that!)

The album looks like the image below when it's pulled up on your phone.  You simply click on any image, and then slide back and forth to view the rest.  At any point, clients and their friends can click on my logo to check out my website, they can contact me by phone or email with a simple click, or they can share with their own friends via FB, Twitter, Pinterest, or email.  So easy!!!

Want to see how easy it is?

Then just click HERE from your mobile phone and download this album yourself.

Then share with anyone and everyone.  It's so fun!

Even better than that, how about your own album?

For my past clients, I'd love to offer this new product to you with the images that you've already purchased.  I'll be offering these albums at a special price through the end of February.  Consider it my Valentine's treat, since I'm absolutely IN LOVE with these little treats!

Contact me now and let's get you your own Sticky Album!

Let's share those images with everyone!

Keep smiling!

Jen

It's Here! The 2014 JLP Senior Model Program!

I am so excited to announce this year's JLP Senior Model Program!

Class of 2014, this is for you!

Invites went out yesterday and I'm beyond excited about the group of high school juniors who are on board to be a part of this team!  

If you know of any juniors who might be interested in being a JLP Senior Model, but did not receive an invite, just comment here or email me.  I'm sure we can make room for a few more!

Get ready for an amazing spring, filled with fabulous images of some fabulous JLP Models!

I can hardly wait!

Keep smiling!

Jen