Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Portrait of a home

Over six decades ago, my grandpa built the home that he and my grandma raised six kids in. Grandma passed away nearly nine years ago, and Grandpa remained in the home until just a short time ago when he moved to a retirement center.

Before moving the furniture and Grandpa's personal items to his new place, I shot pictures throughout his house, yard and shop.

Grandpa sitting in his recliner in the living room.

 My girls' shoes strewn about the entry of Grandpa's house, next to his jacket and cane.

 The living room with pictures of family on the wall.

Detail of the antique organ.

His living room after he took down all the pictures in several rooms.

Bedroom closet.

Bookcase in the office.

Collection of old magazines in the basement.

Canned fruit.

Old rusty cans of evaporated milk.

Old stove in the basement.

The door to his garage/shop.

Tools and machinery in the shop.

Odds and ends in the shop.

Address on the front of the house.

Front yard.

Statues in the yard.

Copies of the book he wrote.

The back yard as seen through the kitchen window.

A collection of his old glasses on the table in his bedroom.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Kate the ballerina

Kate and I met at her dance studio to take pictures of her twirling, jumping, stretching and posing.

 
 

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Monday, February 23, 2015

KaTrina

I had the pleasure of shooting this studious girl around the water features at Sportsman's Park.

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Grover profiles updated

We loved our profile compilation of two years ago so much (we have a 16x20 in our living room that gets a lot of compliments) that we decided to recreate it and see how much we've changed in 730 days.

2014

2012

Probably the biggest change is in Gwendolen. She was able to sit on the stool without Seth having to hold her up (and me Photoshopping his hand out later). And we decided to go with the toothy smiles instead of the closed lips. But I think we're still pretty dang cute.

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Wildes

My lovely sister-in-law signed me up for this family group shoot at her beautiful home.

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Olavesons

In the past, I've shot this family in a makeshift indoor studio (their kitchen). With the mild temperatures we had clear into December, we moved the shoot outside.

 

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Andrea

Because of her affinity for "old things," we took this lovely lady (with the best first name in the world ... wink, wink) around Sportman's and downtown I.F. for her senior shoot.

 
 
 

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Homecoming

Before their big homecoming dance, I got to shoot these young adults in their fancy digs.

 
 
 

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Easton

I took this ballroom dancer to downtown I.F. to shoot among the rock walls and alleyways.

 

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Stuckis

I had the pleasure of shooting this wonderful family at Sportsman's Park before their second daughter left for her mission.

 

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