Jennifer Cole Rodriguez

Jen is an editorial and advertising photographer specializing in fashion and lifestyle imagery.

As a young girl, she grew up traveling the world. Her Cuban father was always ready to teach new creative skills. He would bring out the shiny Nikon FE2 camera for her and her sister to view the world through a different lens. This ignited Jen’s curiosity about the world around us including people, cultures, nature, food and fashion.

She later pursued her love of the outdoors and science during her college years earning degrees in environmental science pre-med track and outdoor education. In an interim before heading to medical school she worked as a guide and a director in the outdoor industry. However, the more experiences she soaked up, the more people she met, the more fashion she saw and the more food she cooked and ate inspired Jen to want to use a camera to show the world everything through her creative lens. A new career path was chosen with camera in hand paired with Jen’s inquisitive, science oriented mind and outdoor skills.

Not everyone gets to freeze time in an artistic way. And when she looks back at each photograph taken, she says she remembers the ambience they experienced as a group of creatives working together to design and capture novel images.

To be able to make a living doing what you love as a free creative spirit, has to be one of the most exciting paths in life. To see. To create. To capture. Jen loves being among fellow beloved as well as new professionals learning and collaborating. The connection and collaboration on set is one of her ultimate joys. For Jen, photography is about people, whether in front of her lens or involved in the creative process. She has worked with most of her team for many years. They have become close friends, extensions of the family.

Though she may have had what seemed like detours along the way such as becoming a United States Coast Guard Certified captain and certified sailing instructor, she has come to realize that as a creative every life experience is essential to growing a unique story. Ultimately she hopes that her story inspires others to embrace all the experiences to find their own creative lens to share with the world. Jen brings excellence and joy to a shoot.

Published In & Worked With:

Garden & Gun Magazine, Marie Claire, NPR, Oribe, Schleich, Universal, Premier Yarns, Johnnie-O, The Local Palate, British Vogue, West Elm, Buzzfeed, the Washingtonian, Modern Salon, American Salon, Blue Ridge Outdoors, Krispy Kreme, Buchi, Gaia Herbs, Firebirds and more.