CREATING
IT AND
LIVING IT.
It’s so nice to meet you, I’m Jen! The over-talkative owner, visionary, and creative mind of Noel Photography and Design. My home base is in the quaint little town of Hebron, Nebraska, and the Little Blue river is our back yard.
I’m a full-time artist of photography and graphic design. After 14 years of moulding my business from the ground up, I have found the necessary balance between “messy innovation and a high level of professionalism,” that my clients have come to know and trust. The creative side of my business allows me to joke and be a little weird, while my service designs and systems make clients feel confident and comfortable. With small town values and big city dreams, clients from near and far find themselves feeling very at home with my services.
MY
PORTRAIT
STYLE
A photographer’s portrait style is like a visual signature carried throughout every image they create. All my life I’ve had this vivid, dream-like imagination; As a child it occasionally got me into trouble, but today as a renowned photographic and design artist, my imagination has been everything in how I make a visual statement for my clients. It has created my unique portrait style, which focuses around producing a timeless look, with color-rich and deeply contrasted images; Bright highlights, deep blacks, and colors that pop in all the right places. Much of my heart goes into carefully balancing light and color to create this inimitable style. To some, my portraits may even look a bit dream-like!
MY FAMILY
AND THIS
BEAUTIFUL
LIFE.
My family has changed quite a lot since I started this venture. From just myself and “Kitty Woo,” to myself, my husband Shayne, 2 cats, 3 dogs, a house full of plants, and now our sweet little boy, Gray. Without a doubt, God has blessed me with much more than I ever could have imagined.
Shayne and I met in 2015 on the first week I moved back home to Nebraska to open my studio full time. Bless his heart for meeting me during that season. Back then some of my ideas were half baked at best, and my methods were shaky, but he sat by patiently and supportively as my dreams were unfolding.
To say, “God’s perfect timing” has been leading me through my life is an understatement. After 5 years of dating, we were married in May of 2020 in a private ceremony on the acreage we purchased to start our life together on. Just when I thought my heart couldn’t know anymore love and excitement for the future, we started to build our dream home a little over a year after we were married. About 3/4 of the way through the build we found out we were expecting our first child in early 2023. We have been so very blessed through our years, and thank God for teaching us many ways to love, conquer struggles, and build a life based in faith.
MY OBSESSIONS
PLANT MOM & MAGICAL GARDEN SPACES.
I. LOVE. PLANTS, and green spaces that feel enchanted. Any kind - indoor or outdoor - I wish I lived in a fairytale jungle. My husband cringes when we walk past the outdoor section of any home store, because he knows we’re not walking away without something green and growing. My ultimate goal would be to have a greenhouse that functions year round just to hold all my favorite, overgrown loves. For now, our sunroom will have to do!
TRADITIONS OF OLD.
Hand written letters and postcards sent by mail, personalized stationery, care packages and baked goods for your neighbor. In a digital and disconnected world there’s something so special about traditions that keep us connected to one another with a caring heart and soul. So don’t be surprised when “goodies” show up!
LET’S GO EXPLORING.
Wanderlust runs deep here; Which is one reason I love being a traveling artist. Yes, I live in small town Nebraska and love it, but there are little places far away that will forever hold a little piece of my heart. Every time I visit a new destination it’s like I’ve found yet another place where my soul feels at home, and therefore a little piece of me has to stay.
ANTIQUES & OLD SOULS.
Let’s call it a nostalgic heart; Something that lives inside me with a love for the past. Places and things with a history spark a sense of wonder in me that I pray I never lose. They share a story of a life past and leave me dreaming of a different time. It’s why even after building a new home, many of its interior details feature items of a time long gone.
ANYTHING THAT WILL LET ME PET IT.
Pretty much I’ll pet anything cute that won’t bite me! So it should be no surprise we have three dogs, two cats, and a fish, with an intent to talk my husband into ducks, mini cows, and maybe a longhorn or two!