Taylor Turned 4!

This year for my daughters 4th birthday we  decided on a fairy princess tea party session and we asked 2 of her friends if they wanted to join us.  We had so much fun we went out to Lake Runnymede Conservation Area to have her session and with the moss hanging from the trees it just gave it a magical look.  I want to give a special shout out and thank you to Addy and Julie for joining us for this session and to their mamas Maria and Nicole for bringing them out to play.  By play I mean that is really what we did we just had a small play date and I took pictures.  Thanks for a great session girls!!!

Baby G Newborn Lifestyle

Guinevere Linda was 12 days new when we were able to do her in-home newborn lifestyle session.  Baby G has such a wonderful big sister.  Elizabeth was super excited to have her picture taken.   Baby G’s mom has a special place in my heart, we were in the same Sorority in College she was my daughter.   It has been so fun to see how far she has come since Jennifer and I first became friends.  She has a wonderful husband, 2 beautiful daughters, and she also runs her very own Music Therapy business in Indianapolis (Dynamic Music Therapy).   They also do music classes for little ones.  Basically she is an awesome boss babe!  Thank you Jennifer for letting me come in and hang with your wonderful family for a little while one of these days we will get all 4 of our kiddos together to play!

Welcome baby Callie!

Hey guys I am back sorry I have been quiet I have been doing a lot of traveling with the family this summer before my daughter starts Pre-K this fall.  So lets just jump right in with Baby Callie!  This little girl is one very lucky little girl she has some wonderful parents and some awesome 4 legged big brothers.  We had so much fun doing Callie’s newborn in home Lifestyle session.  I can not wait to watch her grow-up.

Talia Turns 9 Months

It is hard to believe in just a few short days this pretty girl will be turning 9 months.  Time needs to slow down.  I have been photographing her family since right before she was born and I have loved watching her grow up so far. Talia was having a rough morning the day we did her milestone pictures but we were able to get some good pictures out of her.  The way to this girls heart like anyone is through her stomach so if the cookie is what she wanted the cookie is what she got.  Normally anytime we are together this girl is full of smiles so I knew she wasn’t feeling great when none of my usual tricks were working.

It was so great to be able to capture her big brother in a couple of the pictures because you can tell she adores him and just wants to play all the time with him.  It was also cool to get pictures of Talia with her mommy’s god mother who was in town for a visit.  She is definitely one very loved little girl!

Talia Baby’s First Year 4 months

Oh goodness Miss Talia is 4 months old it is just hard to believe.  I was photographing this girl before she was born.  She will be my first and only baby so far that I will get to photograph from maternity to 1 year that is as long as her family stays in Central Florida I know I am doing my best to keep them here because they have a special place in my heart.  This family has been around the world and back and I love that we are in the same area once again.

Miss Talia was the perfect little girl for pictures.  I love when I can get a good smile out of her though she usually only gives me those when I don’t have the camera around go figure right.  We got to do the caterpillar again this shoot and we will somehow use it in her next 2 sessions also as this little guy has special meaning.  He traveled all the way from Israel where her family lived for the last couple of years.  I can’t wait to continue to watch her grow and get snuggle time in where I can get them!!

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 Talia

Welcome to the world baby Talia!  This little girl is just so beautiful I could not get enough of her.  She is just so tiny and sweet.  Talia was 10 days new when I captured her.  Her tiny little hands and feet made me kind of miss those days.

I went to their home up in Lake Nona and they had a perfect window that let in enough natural light that we were able to do all the photos in the comfort of their home.  Talia was perfect when it came to letting me play with her.  She slept for most of her shoot even when her big brother came in and wanted to play.  She has so much love around her with her parents and brother.

Talia has a beautiful caterpillar that her parents got her from Israel that has the alphabet on it.  Before coming to Orlando Rosy, her husband Deen, and son Kaiden lived for 2 years abroad in Israel where her husband was working on a project at an Intel plant.  They found out they were pregnant while still over there so they wanted their newest member to have a keepsake from there.  I think this is perfect one that she will have forever.

Welcome Baby Lucas

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.