{Photojenic} Photography
My name is Jen Salvevold and I am the owner of {Photojenic} Photography. My love for photography started when I was a child. The Fisher Price Pocket Camera(the one where you click the shutter and you get to view zoo animals) was my first camera(Yes, I am a 70's child. It was from there, that I moved on to using my parents old Kodak Instamatic w/flash cube. Come my 16th Birthday I had gotten a pink LeClic. But it wasn't until I was about a Sophomore in High School, with my first full time job, that I really was able to take off with my passion. I was truly able to keep up with buying the newest camera during that era(still nothing fancy thou), along with buying film, paying for the development and storing the photos in photo albums. Since those moments in time, I have gone through about a dozen and a half camera's from 110's-35mm's-digital's....from 2011-2014 I was the proud owner of a Canon 60D. 2014 I added a Canon 7D. 2020 I purchased the Mark IV 5D. 2022 I got my favorite lens for wildlife, a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens. My editing software is Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom & Photomatix for my Real Estate Photography. Photography is my passion and the center of my life!
A little bit about my life outside of photography is that I am a wife of 31 years. My husband and I have 3 adult children. A Police Officer, A Pre-School Teacher and a School Bus Driver/partial owner of a mobile coffee bar. For critters, we have Stella, who is German Short Hair/Lab mix and a Cavapoo named Josie. And chickens!! We are a very close family and try to find time together in one form or another outside of our work. Outside of {Photojenic} Photography I'm a guest writer for Her Voice Magazine & I am also their Photographer. Then there's being Photographer for ISD 181 Magazine. I have a PT Healthcare career and I work for several Real Estate Agencies and Evolve Vacation Rental. And just recently was registered as a Cottage Food Producer, my business name for that is {Jenny Bean Confections}. I love to cook and bake; and having get togethers/meet ups with family and friends. Other things...I enjoy crafting and indoor/outdoor activities such as Biking, the elliptical & kickboxing, camping & exploring. I have hand felted Gnomes, Santa's and Vikings for sale on my Etsy page, https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleDidYouGnome I had graduated from college Spring of '13 with high honors & an A.A.S. in Photographic Imaging, w/certification in Matting and Framing & earned my CPC(Certified Photographic Consultant) Certificate. I am a member with NAPP, PPA & Focal Point Photography Club. And did a one year business degree.
I am available for all kinds of photo shoots and use editing software when necessary such as Photoshop, Lightroom & Photomatix. Photo Prints & Canvas' are available also, either contact me or you can order prints through my website directly. Also framing options are taken. I am willing to cooperate fully to your needs. You can find more pics and specs on me at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.
Publications & Awards:
~2012 I had a photo in "Outdoor Life" Magazine.
~I won "Best of Category" in the MN Zoo & National Camera Exchange Contest-2012, so my photo of a Grizzly Bear is hanging on the Zoo wall for one year(NOVEMBER 2013) & I spotted this same photo of mine in the Mall Of America's Visitors Guide.
~My Photography has won different titles in Contests at the college and Franklin Art Center such as "Best of Show" "Honorable Mention" and I have won "1st, 2nd & 3rd" place ribbons. I have many newspaper publications(Redwood Gazette, Brainerd Dispatch, Echo, Great Northern News) and photos in calender's(Schaefer's & Northland Arboretum) and a photography book(Photographer's Forum); Photos also published on websites for companies(Noble Escrow & Title, Hopkins Health & Wellness, etc) and things such as the Staples, MN Chamber of Commerce website.
~I have been published 4 times with both Portraits and classic cars in the magazine "Dames, Planes & Automobiles" a Bi-annual magazine
~October 2014 I had 4 photos published in the magazine "Ladies of Steampunk"
~2015-Current I have been a guest writer/supply images for a local paper called "Great Northern News", the "Brainerd Dispatch" & "Her Voice" Magazine
~July/August 2017 Lakes & Home Magazine has my photo's recognized in a write up for a local cabin.
~August 2018 Lake Country Journal posted photo's I took of the "Iron Range Eatery"
~2024 I became the Brainerd Dispatch's Photographer for Her Voice magazine and ISD 181 magazine
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