While in Arlington...

About a month ago I drove to Arlington to take photos of my cousin, Sherry, and her family...sans Ethan because he was at work. She chose this location because of the  train tracks. This is one of my favorites. This is also where I shot some of Whitney's senior portraits.
They were wearing light colors, white especially, so I figured What better time to have them climb on a dirty train car??

This one makes me laugh because the kids were being silly...

And here is the shot that she wanted all along. The train tracks, and the kids walking away!

After I finished with this mini shoot, I started on the Ogden's mini shoot. This track is right behind their house, so it was easy to get everyone together and we had a bathroom available. :) Here's the whole fam..

I love this picture because of the facial expressions. Emma was so tired of having her photo taken by the end. :) Every child around that age is hard to shoot, such a challenge. Ha Ha. .

I wanted to take Rick and Cindy's photo by the Ogden sign because, of course, that name is awesome. :) And they were really laughing because of the things Rick was doing for pictures that I did not post publicly. They didn't even make it to edits. hahahah!!! But now I'm going to have to go look at them .:)

I took photos for Shauna too. She wanted some of her with her niece and nephew. Of course, I owe her one because the kids were over it at that point. It was so hot too. One thing I learned this summer is that, more than ever, I want  studio space....with A/C.
Here they are blowing bubbles. Emma was totally occupied and happy with that!

Hope you enjoy!

The DeWitt's

Once upon a time, two little girls were making mud pies, learning to ride their bikes, and dumping baby powder on the wooden stairs in their home. This was my lifetime friend Kari and myself. Trouble with a capitol 'T'. We went to school together our entire lives and are still the best of friends. Do I love taking her family portraits? Absolutely! And we always have fun doing it.
Here's a shot that I was trying to get of Kari and her husband, Jason, when Chelsea ran up to be silly and it turned into one of those super awesome unplanned kind of shots. We had the other kids join them, and with everyone facing their  matriarch, this is one of my favorite family shots ever.

Those unplanned shots are the ones that I believe always turn out the best. And while Emma was waiting for us to get it together, we saw her sitting by the "crick" (it's cool, we're from Rushville).

The more natural the emotion the better. That's what it's really all about. Jason got Conner rolling while I was taking pics of the two of them. This among the faves..

Kari wanted a photo of all of the kids sitting on a rock in the middle of these flowers. Once Chelsea fell off said rock, is when her pics became fantastic!

Kari and Jason's couple photos may have been my favorites overall, and this trick is trendy, but you've got to admit, this is a great photo.

Here are a couple more of Emma and Conner  I chose to add to the blog because I think they are great.

 And let's finish with how Jason has a way of making his kids laugh or cringe, or whatever Chelsea is doing here! LOL! And I'm sure she's glad I added it to the blog. Ha!

HaHaHaHa!! I laugh every time I look at this! Enjoy!

Baby Marcus

Baby Marcus. His mother, Ami, is married to Big Dave. Big Dave's brother Mamus has been a friend of mine since high school. Their mother, Shorty, is like a grandmother to my son, Kurt. Confused? That's ok, it's not relevant.  He's still cute whether or not you get the connection. :) You know what else is cute? Baby bubbles...

 His best friend is Winnie-The-Pooh. Awww...look at him smiling at his mommy.

 And he knows he is adorable when he wears his hat. Ok, so maybe Mom thinks he is adorable with the hat, she is right.

 I am trying not to lose any of the black and white photo knowledge I gained last semester, so I throw one in every once in awhile. But I love colors so much, sometimes I forget.

Thanks for reading, I'm still working on my blogability. xo

The Sisk's

Ever since I took pictures of Jaime's baby belly I have been shooting lots of families! They are all related to me and/or good friends, but it's kept me busy nonetheless. And since I took belly pictures, Jaime delivered Kingston Thomas and I'm looking forward to visiting him for a baby shoot soon!

Also, Jamie from the 'Sisters' blog is moving TODAY to Charleston, SC. She's been a good friend of mine for almost a decade so I'm so sad to see her leave, but so excited for her at the same time. I'm also sad to see my favorite school projects model leave town. :)

On with some photos and more recent sessions.....

I took photos of the Sisk's first. I met Jason in 1998 when his band, Mr. DNA was playing shows all over town. I love their music to this day, and so glad that I got to know him and his entire family. I shot these in a park on the south east side of Marion County.  Here is Jason and Theresa....

 They were totally troopers for doing this in the hot hot heat that we were stuck with that day. And don't forget, all three of their children were there too! I took this photo unexpectedly when were finished, and just hanging out talking.

 It was so hot that day, that I didn't feel like I captured the kids the way I wanted to, so I went to their house the next week and took a few more. I'm so glad I did because I love the images I came out with from that day!

 There are loads more images of mine on my Flickr page.
Thanks for reading and I'll start blogging more, I promise!

Jaime, Thomas, & Quentin

Sunday Jaime and Thomas came to Indianapolis for portraits. Their baby is due the beginning of July, and she wanted photos of her while very pregnant. We went down to the canal and and settings were abundant. The only problem was the sun! And since I don't have much equipment or an assistant (Ha!), it was tricky.

As I was researching pregnant photography, I felt that most of the images were all the same. So the ones that caught my attention were the ones I was interested in recreating. So I was stoked that she has a huge tattoo on her side, although she was concerned about it being unfinished.

I also wanted a strange perspective, and I love The Cat in The Hat!

And another recreation I tried and loved the outcome was the perspective from below, looking up at the sun.

So go check out the rest of the photos! Hope you enjoy and I love your feedback!!

Sisters

Jamie has been helping me out by modeling for photo projects for several years now. She has been a good friend since we first met seven years ago while working  together at Hard Rock Cafe. She is moving to Charleston, SC next month and her mom wanted some photos of Jamie with her sister, Carrie, before she left. So we made that happen.
Jamie and I started by having brunch at Cafe Patachou downtown, followed by a mimosa at Champps before Carrie joined us at the gardens at the zoo.

We knew we had to hurry because there was rain heading our way. Even when it started to sprinkle, we continued to shoot. We walked over to White River while it passed and finished the shoot. It is always a good sign when I am feeling really good afterwards.

Good luck in Charleston, Jamie!