Hello Future Bride or Groom and Welcome!

This is such an exciting time for you! I’m Jen and I’d like you to also meet my husband, Matt, which you will see assisting me quite often on Wedding Days! Together we make up Jen Peterson Photography. We’re super excited that you found us!

A little bit about us

We believe that getting to know our clients is the best way to ensure an awesome experience for everyone! So with that being said, I’d love to tell you a little bit about us!

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  • Matt and I married in 2017, and together we’re a beautifully blended family of six! Our kiddos are Emily, Mandy, Megan, and Jared.

  • Jen started her photography journey back in 2010 and Matt joined in 2017!

  • We both LOVE drinking coffee, especially together!

  • We live in beautiful Northern California and would love to travel more in the future!

You can read even more about us HERE. We love creating beautiful images, but even more importantly, we love to serve our couples and their families on one of the biggest days of their lives!! It’s an honor to be a part of something so special as marriage! And now that you’ve gotten to know a little bit about us, keep scrolling to learn more about the “Wedding Experiences” we offer!!

bride and groom holding each other next to huge oak tree on their wedding day

the JP wedding experience

My Philosophy

I’m sure your mind is racing with all the things that need to be planned. It’s all super exciting, but it can also be very overwhelming and stressful. You’re planning the day that you’ve been anticipating your whole life for and yet you only get one shot at it! By the time you start feeling like you’ve got this, the planning is over! Our goal as wedding photographers is to make this one aspect of the wedding planning process as simple and as stressless as possible. Photography is definitely more than just images and not only do you deserve beautiful images, but you also deserve an amazing photographic experience. When our couples feel comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera, it results in genuine, joyful images! Your wedding day is an experience from the beginning to the end and your photography is a huge part of that experience...shouldn’t it be fun? and enjoyable? and feel natural? I sure think so!! My goal is to not only capture memories for my clients but also to create an experience that they will never forget.

The Process

One way I ensure that our brides and grooms enjoy the BEST photographic experience possible is through forming a relationship with our couples. We try our very best to make sure that all of our couples are the PERFECT fit for us before officially booking. A bride and groom should connect with their photographer, trust their photographer and be EXCITED about the entire process! After booking, I love getting to know my clients through an ENGAGEMENT SESSION that helps them warm up to the camera so that they are ready to roll on their wedding day! By the time the big day arrives, my clients feel more like friends and that creates a safe and relaxed environment for photography. Now that you know a little bit about my approach to the wedding day, you can continue reading to find out more detailed information about THE WEDDING EXPERIENCE!

The Investment

Now that you know my philosophy and how the process works, here is the investment side of things. Because I am so passionate about providing the best experience to my couples, I have put together three package options for you!

  • This package includes the following:

    • 10 HOURS OF WEDDING DAY COVERAGE

    • SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER

    • 86-PAGE BRIDAL GUIDE

    • HIGH RESOLUTION WEDDING & ENGAGEMENT FILES

    • ONLINE VIEWING GALLERY

    • COMPLIMENTARY ENGAGEMENT SESSION

    • COMPLIMENTARY PHOTO TIMELINE

    • 30 PAGES TOWARDS 10X10 WEDDING ABLUM

    • TWO IDENTICAL 8X8 PARENT ALBUMS

  • This package includes the following:

    • 9 HOURS OF WEDDING DAY COVERAGE

    • SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER

    • 86-PAGE BRIDAL GUIDE

    • HIGH RESOLUTION WEDDING & ENGAGEMENT FILES

    • ONLINE VIEWING GALLERY

    • COMPLIMENTARY ENGAGEMENT SESSION

    • COMPLIMENTARY PHOTO TIMELINE

    • 30 PAGES TOWARDS 10X10 WEDDING ABLUM

  • This package includes the following:

    • 8 HOURS OF WEDDING DAY COVERAGE

    • SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER

    • 86-PAGE BRIDAL GUIDE

    • HIGH RESOLUTION WEDDING & ENGAGEMENT FILES

    • ONLINE VIEWING GALLERY

    • COMPLIMENTARY ENGAGEMENT SESSION

    • COMPLIMENTARY PHOTO TIMELINE

A $1000 retainer and signed contract are due in order to reserve one’s date. This process can be done completely online! Contact me HERE

Legacy Albums

  • 8X8 30 PAGE ALBUM - $1,350

    10X10 30 PAGE ALBUM - $1,550

    TWO 8x8 PARENT ALBUMS - $750

    ADDITIONAL ALBUM SPREAD (2 PAGES) - $75 PER SPREAD

    UPGRADE TO THICK PAGES - $250

WHY INVEST? | Your first decision as an engaged couple is to set priorities for your wedding planning. You have to decide what you value the most. Is it the dress? The food? The Venue? As a bride AND photographer, I believe that couples should make their photography a top priority! (I speak from experience in the past at NOT hiring a professional photographer, trust me, you will regret it as I did!) After the big day is over, you will leave your reception with a spouse & your pictures... that’s it! All of that planning and preparation is over in a matter of hours! So if you’re choosing to invest in high quality photography, those images deserve a classy, elegant home after the wedding that you can reflect on for years to come! I offer high end, handcrafted, Legacy Albums for my wedding clients. The images are printed straight onto the pages and the covers are wrapped with top grain leather or fine linen, your choice! This is the perfect ending to The JP Wedding Experience and it’s a keepsake that you will cherish and share with your children!

FAQs

  • Once I have answered any questions you may have and you have decided that our Wedding Experience is exactly what you’re looking for on your wedding day, the next step is a booking proposal. I will create an online proposal that will walk you through the package and when you’re ready you can save your date by signing the contract and paying your deposit online.

  • It’s often asked if 8 hours is enough time to capture everything on a wedding day, and essentially, yes! However, we have built 9-hour and 10-hour packages for those that need the extra coverage time. But also keep in mind, you can always add more coverage time to any package!

  • We are more than willing to travel for engagement sessions! We actually love it when our couples ask us to photograph them in a location that means something special to them! We book engagement sessions at least a month in advance and 60 miles of travel are included.

  • We promise a minimum of 75 images per hour that we’re shooting. We love delivering our client’s files quickly and easily via an online gallery. You will have the ability to print, share and download your images as much as you’d like. We believe in freely sharing our work because that is what we would want if we were in your shoes!

  • We love being both interactive and discreet throughout the wedding day. There will be parts of the day when I will need to be in control of things in order to accomplish everything that needs to be done while staying on schedule. There will also be moments when you shouldn’t even know that we’re there! (The ceremony, during dances and toast, etc.) We teach our couples how to pose, model, and interact during their engagement session so they are naturals on the wedding day and don’t need quite as much instruction from us!

  • I totally understand the excitement and trust me, I’m just as excited to delivery that gallery to you! You can expect the full gallery to be delivered within 8 weeks of your wedding day.

Thank You

I’m so glad you contacted me! Enjoy this season of engagement and get excited about your BIG DAY ahead of you because it’s going to be amazing! Plan and prepare but always remember that at the end of the day, you’re marrying the love of your life and that’s all that matters! Congratulations on your engagement and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Be sure to visit the BLOG to view my most recent weddings and other fun stuff!

With Love,
Jen & Matt

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