Category: Family Photography

Barrett Family Mini

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How cute is this family of 3.  As usual I always love to meet new families.  The Barrett family is another wonderful Hensel Phelps family.  I always feel like when I come across a HP family I feel like we could be come instant friends because they know exactly what life is like especially one who is on the same project as my husband.

For the Barrett’s mini session we went up to Lake Baldwin Park which was the perfect setting for this family session.  Logan was just the cutest and he worked for M&M’s ssshhh don’t tell Logan but I sometimes work for M&Ms too!  We had fun seeing the airplanes flying over head and check to see if there were any alligators in the water.  We had so much fun getting some great shots of this family and I hope to get to work with them again in the future.

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Dillman Holiday Mini

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So I have been a little behind on blogging with the Holiday’s.  The Holiday’s kind of swept in really quick and with sessions and family time we got super busy, but now that the holiday’s and travel are done for a bit it is time to catch up on the blog.

We will start out with the Dillman family.  Jacqueline Dillman and her son Ryan along with her Dad met up at to do some fall pictures.  Ryan is a spit fire which isn’t a bad thing.  He was on the go and loving playing in the dirt and the leaves just like any little boy wants to do.  We were able to get some good pictures.  He especially liked when we would have him run.  Jacqueline is pregnant with her rainbow baby so we thought it would be fun to also get some fun pictures with her and Ryan.  Over all I say with a 2-year-old it was a success!

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BFY Colton 9 Months

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Wow little boy you need to slow down it is hard to believe that you are 9 months almost 10 months already.  You are getting way to big way to fast I love getting to watch you grow up.  The fact that we are closer is making it even better.  Colton is another little one that I have gotten to take pictures of since he was a newborn.  Both of us have grown so much in the last 9 months and still have a lot of growing yet to do.  It is hard to believe the next time I photograph him, he will be a year which is crazy to me.  He is one of the most handsome boys I know but I might be a little biases since he is my nephew.

We decided to try some pictures in side with a rocker that is my parents and I believe came from one of my grandparents houses I believe my moms parents.  Anyways my parents have a beautiful fireplace so it worked perfect for the setting.  We then headed out because it was a beautiful warm November day.  The leave have started to change colors and fall so it was the perfect fall setting and Colton loved just crawling every where.  I am sad your first year is almost over but we have all enjoyed every minute of it so far!

Smith Family Kiddos

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So I took a trip home to Indiana a couple of weeks ago and it was such a wonderful trip full of a lot of cute kiddos and fun colors.  Since I knew that I was going to be home I decided to see if anyone wanted to do pictures while I was there because I knew it would be perfect with all the colors and Theresa volunteered her kids.  I tried getting the whole family in front of the camera but no such luck.  They have the best kids around there are 7 of them, Madison, Mackenzie, Jackson, William, Alex, Hayden, and we can’t forget little Isabela!  I have know there mommy since High School she was a thrower on the Track Team my dad was the head coach for and then for a year we were on the same team when I was a freshman and she was a Senior.  That was the year we were really good probably because of the awesome Freshman class ;).

We did our mini session over at the home of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Boyhood National Park.  I love go on walks there!  There is even a working farm during the summer season.  The leaves were perfect.  They changed colors just as I had asked them too and many had fallen on the ground just as I had asked them to lol so thank you trees for following directions.  The session was perfect and the kids did awesome and I heard there was Ice Cream after!  Here are a few of the shots from their beautiful fall session.  Enjoy and thank you Smith kids for hanging out with me!

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Lui Family Mini Holiday

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Had so much with the Lui family at a lake near their home.  There were lots of trees and open space and a beautiful lake to use as a backdrops for their holiday mini session.  I always have so much fun with the Lui family especially their little boy Kaiden because you never know what you are going to get.  He is such a fun-loving little and his little sister Talia knows that she has him wrapped around her little finger.  She loves to watch whatever it is that he is doing which sometimes made it had to get a good shot of her facing the camera.

The Lui’s are a Hensel Phelps family, I like to consider them family.  When you move around as much as we do sometimes it is hard to make friends outside of the HP circle.  It doesn’t mean it can’t happen I have managed to make some wonderful friends everywhere we have moved but these guys really know what we are going through and sometimes like us we have lived in the same city multiple times so whenever we have to say bye to an HP family it is never bye it is always see you later because you never know when your paths are going to cross again and the Lui family is one that I am glad our paths crossed again and I hope that they continue to keep crossing.  Thank you Lui family for entertaining me for a half hour and for being such wonderful friends!

Erbrick Family Mini Session

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How fun was this family.  They are part of the Hensel Phelps family which is the company my husband works for.   When you work for Hensel Phelps you tend to move around a lot so it is always nice to connect with another HP family because they know what it is like to get up and move your family a lot.  Once you meet an HP family you know that you will always know them because even if you move away there is always a chance that you will meet up again on a different project in a different city and maybe even a different State.  The Erbricks have lived in Florida for a while now so it was nice to chat and find out things about the weather and life in general here.

The Erbrick’s are such a sweet family and the girls are a blast so ready to be in front of the camera and loved to act goofy!  We decided to take advantage of something that there is plenty of in Florida and that is beaches.  Luckily we didn’t have to drive all the way out to the ocean we were able to meet at the Lake Front in St. Cloud and it worked great as a perfect back drop for this family.  I hope they loved their session as much as I did and I can’t wait to getting to know this family better in the future!  Thank you Erbrick family for having fun with me!

Santoni Mini Session

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So to start off the Holiday mini sessions is the Santoni Family.  I love getting to meet new families especially being new to the area myself.  This family was the sweetest and the girl were great.  Alexis and Gianna are super close in age and though they say they aren’t best friends yet I bet they will become best friends the older they get.

We took their session to Lake Runnymede Conservation area.  I love this place it is small has a couple of walking trails and a lot of trees.  The only things else I could have asked for were the leaves to change color but I know if Florida that is a lot to ask.  It was at least feeling a little fall like outside.  The family was great going with some of my different ideas for them.  I hope that they have a very wonderful holiday season.

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Meet Your Photographer

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Hi everyone my name is Jennifer.  I know what you all are thinking, there already is a place for you to learn about me, but I wanted to just write a blog that kind of told you more.

So lets start at the very beginning… its a very good place to start.  Ok I know you are all breaking out in song just like me right…ok maybe not.  Anyways like I said my name is Jennifer Rupprecht I was  born and raised a Hoosier lived there for 24 years of my life.  Though you might find it interesting to know I am not and IU fan.  I am a Michigan State Spartans fan.  Long story short I have family that live in Michigan and they are Michigan State fans and have drilled into me from a young age all things Spartan!  I have a degree from Indiana State University in Radio/TV/Film and I worked 10 years in the news business.  I did everything from running the telepromptor, graphics, studio camera, and editing, but I would have to say my favorite job was as a photographer/multimedia journalist.  I met my now husband back in 2005 at Indiana State, most of our dating life was long distance.  He finished school a semester before me and moved to Oklahoma.  We were together 4 years before he finally proposed to me and then it was another year before we got married.  So basically we had been together 5 years before we ever said I DO.  Fast forward almost 3 years we were living in Arizona and both well into our careers him in Construction me in News when we had our oldest child Taylor who is now 3.  We decided it was best that I become a stay at home mom which I love because I was able to be there for all the big milestones.  9 months into her life we picked up and moved to Northern California where a year later we welcomed our youngest child Kyle who is almost 18 months.  Now with these kids came a lot of pictures I mean a lot.  (Maybe I share too much who knows who cares)  Well for Christmas my husband got me a brand new Sony A6000 mirrorless DSLR and I was so excited because it meant that maybe I could still continue my career of telling stories.  I loved getting to go interview people and learning about them and then hopefully do their story justice.  We currently reside in Saint Cloud Florida where I am working on getting my business off the ground.

I have found out through trial and error that my nitch in this little photography  business is lifestyle because I am doing exactly what I did when I worked in my career I was telling someone’s story.  Do you ever look at a picture and wonder what someone is thinking.  You know the saying a picture can say a 1000 words, well that is exactly what I am going for in my sessions.  Some might think well I still want that Portrait photography, great we can take a couple of shots where everyone is looking at the camera, but then we can get some candid of your family doing whatever it is that you love doing!

I hope that this post helped you to maybe get to know me a little better and I can’t wait capture a day in your life whether it be Maternity, Newborn, Baby, Children, or your family.  I am excited to start telling your story!

Sincerely,

Jennifer!!!

Welcome Baby Lucas

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Please welcome baby Lucas who was born on June 6th.  He was welcomed into this world by mom Maria, dad Steven, and big sister Addy.  You can already tell at just 1 month old this little boy is very loved by a lot of people.

I met Maria around April at a playdate I was very new to town and I was running way late and she stayed and hung out for a while and our girls got to know each other.  Theybecame quick friends and now my daughter Taylor always ask when she is going to see her friend Addy again.  I hope that our sons will also become close friends as they grow older.

I went over to Maria and Steven’s house to do the newborn pictures and they had a nice bright little bedroom in the front of the house perfect for natural light pictures.   We tried to sneak a few pictures in outside while the sun was behind what we thought was rain clouds, but just as we got outside and started snapping pictures the sun came out and made it just unbelievable hot.  We successfully got some in but we were able to grab some real beauties once we moved inside.  Since Lucas was almost 1 month old at the time of pictures he was  awake the whole time.  Can you blame him though he didn’t want to miss out on the party.

We were able to grab some great shots of him with his big sister Addy who just loves her little brother to death.  I heard a lot of can I hold him, yep that line sounds very familiar to me I heard it a lot with my own daughter.  Addy loved to give hugs (or as I always put it choke holds) to her brother and lots and lots of kisses.  You can already tell these two are going to have so much fun growing up together.

The love between a mother and son!
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July 4th Mini Sessions

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So we have been living in St. Cloud for about 4 months now and I have already gotten to know some wonderful people.  I decided that I would like to try doing some mini sessions for some of the families that I had met.  I didn’t know if any of them would actually say yes or think I was just some crazy person.  But to my surprise and excitement they said did say yes.  So I decided to set up a couple of different settings in my backyard with an Independence Day theme, because I have a old wooden fence that I actually kind of like.  (if it wasn’t falling over I would beg for my husband to keep it)  While doing these session I found out that it gets very hot and humid very early in Florida but for the most part the kids did great!