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Tag: Outdoor Family Portraits
A Few of My Favs from 2015
2015 was a great year!
Here’s to 2016! Call now to book your date!
Wanna Get Married?
Been thinking about getting married but really don’t have that dream of a large wedding? Don’t want to have to invite lots of people, or spend all the time in to planning and taste testing and then of course the money? BUT, you do want something that is special; something that you and your partner get to share between each other, witnessed by a few of your best friends and your family too?
Well, have you ever thought about eloping? You can pick a favorite spot and say your ‘I DOs’ with a real officiant. You can even wear a wedding gown (or your favorite pair of jeans). You can have beautiful flowers and rings and a professional photographer. And it is affordable.
If you want to learn more, check out Elope STL. I have been working with Carolyn for a few years now. She offers complete packages that include her services, flowers and a photographer. Carolyn is fun and accommodating and down right innovative if you need help planning. If you are looking for a low stress option yet still very special, then you will love an elopement!
Enjoy a few photographs from some of the elopements I have participated in with Carolyn.
Just a few of my Favs
Just moving August images into archives and I thought I’d share a few of my favorite images from last month.
Enjoy!
That was one hot morning! But the girls were so patient and gracious with their smiles.
What a sweet elopement this was. Were we outside the Faust Park with Carolyn Burke, the Elopement Connoisseur.
Mark is a Senior this year! First time I photographed Mark, it was for his bar mitzvah, he wore his pet snake around his neck!
Cover image for the Clayton Chamber Ensemble program at this year’s Midwest Clinic in Chicago. I can’t wait to see/hear them perform!
Sammy! You made me smile from the first time I met you!
I met Sammy when he was 8, 9 or 10, oh, I can’t remember exactly. But I remember he was full of energy and driving his mother crazy. You see it was his brother’s bar mitzvah day and Sammy was having nothing to do with family pictures. In fact I believe his exact words were “NO, NO, NO”. And he meant it. After letting Sammy take a few pics with my “big fancy camera”, he warmed up to me and actually let me make some images of him with the family. He was cutting up and just making me laugh. He simply kept me entertained the whole night. Every time I’d see him after that, I would say to myself…”I love that kid”! So you can imagine how happy I was when his mother ask me to photograph his bar mitzvah, and even happier to have his mom call me for his senior portraits too. And yep, I’m holding out for his wedding (though he need not be in a rush!).
Here are a few pics from Sammy’s Senior session.
say Hello to Marie!
I first met Marie at a wedding. That’s right, she walked down the aisle just like any other attendant at a wedding. Marie is the bride’s seeing eye dog. I’m not sure what makes a good seeing eye dog, but all I know is Marie is very sweet, social and obedient. So last week I got the chance to photograph her again. She really is good at posing for sure; makes my job so easy.
I don’t know much about Yoga either, but Marie obviously does; she is showing off her skills for me. Well after all, her mommy does teach yoga class and Marie goes with her to every class!
Enjoy the pics of Marie!
Senior Portrait Session
I couldn’t believe it when Laurie emailed me and asked if I could photograph Rachel’s senior portrait…when did that happen? It seems like just yesterday I photographed her bat mitzvah. We decided to meet at Faust Park. And well, it was one of the hottest days of the year. While I was sweating bullets, Rachel was calm and cool. She made my job easy with her posing and smiles…and her fun ideas of course. Since Rachel plays the Viola, she brought it along too. Now that I think about it, I should have had her play me a song or two.
Enjoy the images of Rachel’s and stay tuned for the other Berwald sisters, they will be coming close behind.
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Family Portraits
Remember when I photographed Sam’s homecoming? Can you believe that was almost 2 months ago?
Well the Bergson’s had another big weekend. Sam got baptized at The Gathering over the weekend. It seems only fitting that his whole family would come. He had his grandparents and an aunt and an uncle come for his big day. We all got together Saturday morning (the hottest day of the summer so far) in Lafayette Square Park and we created some family portraits while everyone was in town.
Both Sam and small Paul did great, even though a picture day was not their idea of fun. We made it as quick and painless as possible, and had a little fun too.
Enjoy a few from the session.
Are you looking for a family photographer? Contact me! I want to be your photographer!
Thoughtfully Dressed…
Need help deciding what to wear for your family portrait, your daughter’s wedding and your son’s bat mitzvah. Krissi can help! She can help you buy new clothes or use the ones you have so that the whole family is coordinated. That is that she did for the Hopping family. And they look awesome! She took pieces they already had in their closet and matched them so that the colors in our portrait session flowed nicely. Everyone got to maintain a bit of themselves, yet there were no clashing colors. Nate is a bow tie man, and Eleonore, she loves whales; so of course they wanted to wear something that represented who they are as individuals. They were able to do just that with Krissi’s help! I can’t wait to work with her again; she helped make our session a huge visual success!
Check out Krissi Farimond and see how she can help you on your next portrait session with me!
Meredith, Nate, Eleonore and Francesca…
Family portraits are one of my favorites and perfect for a Mother’s Day weekend gig. The Hoppings are a beautiful family. I’m not talking about outer beauty, I’m talking inner beauty here. They LOVE G_d! And the best part, they seem to love every person they meet too. They are kind, sincere and compassionate people…Oh and man, can they sing!
Eleonore cracked me up with her ‘say cheese, say peas and carrots’. She is going to keep everyone laughing, I can tell. Her sister Frankie, well she doesn’t need Elie’s help with anything right now but I’m betting they are going to be very close sisters.
I truly enjoyed the short time we spent together. I love the photographs too. I am having a hard time deciding which ones I like best…
If you like their pics, let em’ know. Leave a comment on the blog. And if you want a family portrait session too, contact me to set up your appointment. As a matter of fact I have one opening left for next Sunday at 4:00.
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