We want to welcome you and thank you for taking the time to become a part of the Love Tree Studios experience. Our portfolio expresses timeless memories that we have been blessed to capture.

Love Tree Studios is made up of two artists, Jessica White and Aubrey Rowden. Hailing from the heart of Mid America- Columbia, MO- we've combined 8 years of experience to document the requests of countless events and beautiful faces. With Art/Photography degrees under our belts and a passion like no other, we've been equipped to bring your vision to the next level!

Love Tree Studios utilizes the natural lighting of the outdoors as well as the controlled lighting of indoor sessions. You will be able to enjoy a very personable atmosphere that encourages your heightened creativity and rewards you with a memorable experience during your sessions.

Our approach to our work takes on that of fine art portrait and wedding photography. Fine Art Photography is photography with a modern approach to where design is paramount. You will find traditional clean shots enter-woven throughout, but the real story about your day is what we desire to capture through an artistic perspective. Our time with you will be drenched in serious fun with a beautiful and dramatic outcome.

As your photographers, we are excited to work with you to realize your vision. As artists, we hope to encourage the intensity of all that you can imagine. We look forward to the honor and privilege it will be to work with you and to document these wonderful moments in your life!

with love,
jessica & aubrey

Jan 14 2012

7in7: A City on a Hill

2012 was a big year for a number people in many different ways. Some had tremendous growth and prosperity~ new jobs, getting married, having baby’s. You know…life! But last year was a significant year for others in a not so positive way. A City was torn a part; entire work places destroyed. Families were threatened and yes, many lost their loved ones. Though this initially brief description of deficit seems ridiculously hopeless…Joplin, MO has proven otherwise! We were asked to volunteer our photography time to photographically document the amazing work of hundreds of volunteers all over the country. They came for one purpose: to build 7 beautiful homes in 7 days under the ever so encouraging show Extreme Makeovers: Home Edition. So, ABC called and our Joplin Smile troops were assembled.

To summarize our experience…it was so wonderful! The quality of the homes is impeccable. The EMH teams were still in great spirits even after the lengthy days of production!! The homes, in short, are just as amazing in person as they are sitting on your living room couch. Past the commercial of it all, seeing in person the family photos, hearing their stories, and the devastation that surrounded this new neighborhood was intense. Stories of survival and loss were still so fresh. This new neighborhood now gives a sense of energy to the area that even the best is yet to come!! We were seriously so thankful to be a part of it all.

Tonight we watched it all unfold as EMH and the community chanted, “Move That Bus!” over and over. Watching the families respond and receive these beautiful homes was so gratifying. To hear their heartbreak and now see their faces glow with encouragement was fantastic. Praise God for His Love, Peace and Mercy!! And as these families enter 2012 in their new homes as well as the entire Joplin City, we pray that they will all know God’s peace and love like nothing that they’ve ever known; that EMH has given them direction and hope as well and that Joplin will rise so far above the destruction that their light will be seen on top of their newly found hill.

Thank you ABC for choosing us to be a part of it all. We were truly blessed!

love, j&a

To see the other EMH Homes in detail please visit our fabulous photographer friends that accompanied us on our journey to Joplin: Catherine Rhodes Photography, Jennifer Series Photography & Fantasmas Imagery

Thank you and bless you all!

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angie - 01/14/2012 - 4:59 PM

just beautiful…God bless you both for sharing your talent & time for such a wonderful event.

Jess - 01/14/2012 - 5:28 PM

Thank you so very very much, Angie!

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You have captured the love shown to this hurting community. The pictures are great and tell the story of these awesome families and their new homes/lifes.
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