For Alex's Senior pictures, I had the opportunity to try a little something different. We changed up the typical yearbook photos by doing an urban session (as urban as you can get in Ozaukee County, anyway) full of great texture and colors. Later in the year when he had his new jersey in hand, we took some shots on the ice and gave him a truly unique senior picture experience.
I was lucky enough to take pictures of little Kate a week after she was born. She wasn't all that interested in pictures and spent more time eating. We got a couple shots that captured her little developing personality. A few weeks later, we got a picture of the sisters together as well as some fun shots of Sophia during the White Session Weekend.
I was called for a quick session for some emergency Christmas card pics with a warning: "my boys don't sit very well for pictures." Solution? Let them run around in the snow and be themselves. It's not hard to sit for pictures if you are having fun doing it.
I had the opportunity to work with the Coufal family twice- once with a focus on the kids and once with the whole family in an effort to get shots for the Christmas card. We wandered the park with the kids posing for a few but mostly letting them explore and capturing the moment as it happened. For the family shoot, we were forced into the cover of the woods at Holy Hill due to a drizzly fall day, but the light was great and we got some great shots.
With a face that was born to be behind the camera rather than in front of it, I simply love taking photographs.
This blog is about me only as much as it is about my work. Rarely will you catch a glimpse of me here. What you will see are both my favorite family moments that I was lucky enough to capture and some of my favorite work that I have been lucky enough to be hired for.
If you know me, you might agree that I am a pretty mellow guy. I try to cut through the fluff and get the job done as simply as possible. That carries through to my work as a photographer. I would rather spend time photographing a family moment than posing one. Capturing a little smirk instead of a forced smile. These are the moments that I treasure. And in my opinion, these are the moments that make great photographs.