Category Archives: Kids & Families
Culver Indiana Portrait Photographer: Bartleman Family
This afternoon, I was hired to photograph the Bartleman family and their two puppies after the Culver Academy Garrison Parade. The Bartlemans wanted to get this photoshoot because they are all in the same place only a few times a year.
We decided that the lakefront and at the senior ring would provide some ideal backdrops, so we chose a couple of different angles in the ring. We didn’t have the best light, as it was a bit overcast, but the Bartleman family brings their own light to a shot. They have great humor and had Ginny and I laughing the whole time. We all had a good laugh when we realized that we were so focused on getting the dogs to look at the camera that we forgot about the rest of the group. We had a blast with this family and were honored they let us take some pictures for their next Christmas card.
Culver Indiana Portrait Photographer: Eliza and Her Dad
Today, while waiting for the Equestriennes and Lancers to perform, I glanced over and saw one of my favorite subjects: Eliza Loehr. Today, she was with her dad Alan Loehr, a face everyone around Culver and Culver Academies knows. Having photographed Eliza and her sister a few weeks ago, I could not resist snapping off a couple photos of her with her dad. They make a beautiful father and daughter team.
Culver Indiana Children Photographer: Lucy Turns 2
This weekend, Ginny traveled to Indianapolis to help celebrate our niece Lucy’s birthday. While there, she took some pictures at the birthday party. The theme of Lucy’s party was Mickey Mouse. Lucy loves Mickey and Winnie the Pooh. Every time we are there over night, she wants to watch Mickey or Pooh first thing in the morning. It’s like she wakes up thinking about them. Lucy’s friends from next door, Cameron and Mason, attended the party and gave Ginny some great opportunities. She said that she couldn’t resist taking a picture of the girls feeding Lucy’s new doll through the nose!
Kids aren’t easy to shoot, as they are always on the move. Just as you get your picture framed, they will notice something that distracts them and move out of frame in a fraction of a second. Even the fastest of cameras can’t get just the right shot when a child is on the move. Despite this, I think Ginny did a great job of shooting the kids at this party. She took 100s of shots, so I had a hard time choosing a handful for the blog. I also threw one in of Lucy in her new Colts jersey, a birthday gift from her aunt and uncle. Go Colts!
Culver Indiana Children Photographer: Sisters Eliza and Avery- Part 2
It’s time for more pictures of Eliza and Avery Loehr (and their mom Wendy). Ginny and I sorted through another set of photos of the Loehr kids. We posted some to the blog earlier this month when we first took the pictures. In this set, you can see the girls close up; beautiful eyes, pretty smiles, and wonderful personalities. We also let Eliza choose her own props. You have to love a child who goes for her books and Teddy Bear first when choosing what to use in her pictures. We had such a fun time working with these beautiful sisters.
Culver Indiana Children Photographer: Sisters Eliza and Avery
Today, Ginny and I had the pleasure of photographing Wendy and Alan Loehr’s beautiful daughters Eliza and Avery. We met up with the Loehrs at their home and spent about an hour and half with the charming Eliza and sweet, happy Avery. Ginny kept calling Avery the happy naked baby. She did seem happy to wear her birthday suit for some of our shots.
We haven’t had time to sort through all of the pictures, nor have we cropped/edited them, but we wanted to post some so that Alan and Wendy could get a sneak peak. I’m going to Vegas for a bachelor party, so I will have to post more pictures later.
Eliza was a lot of fun to work with and responded well to having two strangers with a lot of equipment and flashes come in and interrupt her play time. She stole our hearts with her beautiful eyes and playful disposition. And her baby sister Avery seems to love her big sister. Here are a few photographs of these beautiful sisters, and I’ve put one in of their very kind mom.
Indiana Children Photography: Lucy and Her High Tops
What can I say? I can’t resist taking pictures of Lucy when we are around her. Even with crusted food on her face, she is cute. I know that the settings and backgrounds were not ideal but she is still a fun child to shoot. On this particular day, she was so proud as she had just received new pink high top tennis shoes.
Culver Indiana Children Photographer: Visiting Friends
Today, I was visiting friends Tommy and Coleen Denham. Their daughter Sydney was enjoying some of her water toys in their back yard. I had my camera in the car, so Tommy asked me to get some shots of Sydney playing. Sydney is obviously a beautiful child, so I tried to get her to ham it up for the camera. I think she did a great job and had a good time.
Culver Indiana Children Photographer: Lucy Quinn Martin
You’ll see a lot of blog entries for Miss Lucy Quinn Martin, our niece and daughter of Angie and Darin Martin. It’s obvious we love shooting our nieces and nephews. Lucy is one of our favorite subjects to shoot, as she has so many great expressions, and she is such a happy child. Lucy is full of joy and expresses it so freely among those she’s surrounded by; she also seems to express what I can only describe as her “brilliance.” As Ginny likes to say, “Lucy is a brilliant child,” and her way of exploring the world shows how how quickly she learns. Capturing her childhood moments on camera is a lot of fun and makes you feel like you can have a little bit of that childhood joy again.
Ginny and I like to use a long lens when photographing candid moments, as kids will forget you are there if you don’t intrude on their playing time and what they decide to explore in those moments when they don’t realize you are there. Lucy will give you ample opportunity to shoot her every expression of childhood joy if you wait patiently.
In these shots, Ginny and I captured her as she wandered about while the adults played a baseball game in the backyard of Ginny’s parents’ house. There is also one of her trying to figure out what is going on with her shoe after a trip to the beach. A thin string was coming out of her shoe, so she stopped in the middle of this field to see what that was about. You can tell she was really tired in the picture. It has turned out to be one of my favorites, as I’ve seen this pre-nap look before, and it seems like Lucy will fight sleep just to figure something else out. Here, the simple thread of her shoe was fascinating enough to take a moment of rest in the field on the way back to the car.
Culver Indiana Children Photographer: Kids Make the Best Subjects
Kids say the darndest things, and we have learned that they do the funniest things. Photographing them is pure joy. We are lucky because we have the greatest nieces and nephews and lots of opportunities to shoot them. They are the best little people we know, and we love being uncle and aunt to them; photographing them is the icing on the cake. We also intrude on family friends to shoot their kids. In all cases, we are grateful for the opportunities, as kids truly do make the best subjects.
