Captured by Katie Photography Blog

Welcome Teagan!

2012-02-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

When I took Kati's Maternity session just days before Teagan's newborn session, I knew I was going to try for the shot below with this zebra rocking horse! Don't worry, Mom & Dad's hands were digitally removed in this shot... so Miss Teagan was perfectly safe =)

Teagan definitely has the most bows any newborn I have photographed before!

I love these shots =)

Kati & Shawn ~ Maternity

2012-02-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

When I normally get home from a session, the very first thing I do is upload a copy of all of the images I took from the session for instant backup. When I went to do this after Kati & Shawn's session, something didn't go right.

...which led to, what seems to me, my first photography business crisis.

Once I plugged that card into my computer, IT FROZE. Not sure exactly what happened, but I'm pretty sure my heart stopped at that moment.

I instantly called the camera shop, begging them to tell me that they can find out what is wrong and retrieve the images. They told me to bring it in and they would see what they could do.

The major problem of this situation was that Kati was going to be induced IN 6 DAYS! So if I didn't get the images back, Miss Teagan would already be here before we could reschedule a session.

Kati & Shawn, you guys are so awesome and understanding. They rescheduled just days before Teagan was scheduled to arrive.

...Oh and in case you blog readers are wondering... they weren't able to retrieve the images and are not sure what happened to my memory card. =(

Now for some pictures!

Healey is the Big Sister!

I laugh every time I see these pictures!

Teagan's room is so cute!

LOVE everything about this picture

Be looking out for Teagan's newborn session coming soon! =)

Little Alainah

2012-01-31T15:05:00.000-08:00

Gosh darn it I love babies. They are so tiny, innocent and perfect. It completely still blows my mind that this little one was inside her Momma's belly just a few weeks ago!

Welcome Alainah to this big ol' world!

Hats =)

I feel she looks so deep in thought! Wonder what she is thinkin' about?

Cute bedroom stuff =)

The doggies wonderin' what I am doing

Drew & Renee ~ Engaged!

2012-01-23T13:21:00.000-08:00

I met Renee when I was a freshman in high school. We were both on the dance team and she was my "big sis". Renee understood my craziness and still does today!

I am photographing Drew & Renee's wedding this October! Fall is definitely my favorite season and I am sooo excited!

A few Save-the-Date photos!

Thanks to Renee's mom, Robyn, for dog sittin' during the session =)

Sasha =)

the Blinggg

Sasha loves the Blues!

~ Ella is 1! ~

2012-01-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

For Ella's 1 year pictures we headed to the City Museum in St Louis. Now, I have visited the City Museum when I was younger for field trips and with cousins... but it is even COOLER now!

This is definitely one of my top favorite pictures

Ella's party theme is from the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Ella has the most facial expressions than any child I have met! I can't even do that with my eyebrow!

The Bailey Family

2012-01-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

As you can see I have changed the blog & logo! The new matching website will also be up and running very soon!

Here is the Bailey family! Lots of different kinds of pictures for this session... there's a few Christmas, newborn, and then just some regular family photos!

I'm such a sucker for black & white photos... I pretty much want to make them all black & white!

& Miss Adiya!

Miss Addyson!

& Mr Ayden!

okay so I love these family pictures....no shoes, all cuddled up, everyone happy = perfect!

then just some of Mom & Dad!

Nick & Dana ~ Engaged!

2011-12-30T14:40:00.000-08:00

For starters... This is my last blog post of 2011! What a fabulous year it has been!

In the next week or so I will be updating... EVERYTHING. I have been working on a new website, logo, background and everything in between!

I just wanted to warn all of you so you don't think you are on the wrong blog! =)

Anywaysss! This is Nick & Dana...they are high school sweethearts and are engaged!

Dana had a great idea to go back to the high school and take their engagement pictures there, sooo throwin' a shoutout to Granite City High School for letting us roam the halls and take pictures all around the building!

Shoutout to the janitors who had the halls clean, and for not asking what in the world we were doing!

When I walked into one of the classrooms I found a heart already scribbled onto one of the desks and Dana

thought to put their initials in it! Nothing says high school love like DP + NR 4EVER!

& another shoutout to Ms. Fanning... for having your door unlocked! Promise we cleaned up the room!

Who knew we had a fire escape?! Oh well great for pictures!

~The Wilson's~

2011-12-15T16:31:00.000-08:00

Took a trip to St. Louis for the Wilson's session! It was actually really cold and Lilli was shiverin'! I'm glad

that I don't have to dress up/look cute during these cold winter sessions... because I am wrapped up

like the kid off A Christmas Story!

I couldn't decide if I liked the color or the black & white better... so I posted both!

Anddd the BLUES attire!

Jeremy & Ashlee + Baby Girl!

2011-12-13T19:46:00.000-08:00

So here is a few photos from my very first maternity session! Ashlee & Jeremy are having a baby girl, but at the time of our session they still hadn't decided on a name!

Lovee this shot =)

& another fave =)

Samantha's Bridal Shower!

2011-12-02T21:50:00.000-08:00

I photographed one of my old dance friends' bridal shower! Her name is Samantha, but I'm pretty sure I will forever call her SD (for Samantha DePew).

Seriously, so much thought went into all the details. Everything was princess-ish & purple = AWESOME... Definitely very SD.

The Groom prepared a cute video for the shower!

& finally the Momma's!

Andria, Jerry & Lily

2011-11-26T20:29:00.000-08:00

Andria, Jerry & Lily's last session was on a day that the high temperature was 100 degrees. It was soooo hot! But for this session, it was wonderful. Beautiful fall weather with golden sun = perfect.

Squishhhhh!

Well... we kind of ignored this sign... don't tell!

The Hrasky's

2011-11-25T11:42:00.000-08:00

On chilly November day, I got to photograph the Hrasky Family! I was forewarned by Kristen that her boys were going to be a challenge. The twins were definitely were a little confused about what exactly I was doing, but they warmed up and I got some smiles!

This one is so funny to me haha!

This picture is about 2 seconds after the one above... Not sure what exactly is going on,

but found it pretty funny!

Waving at the plane

Brendon & Chelsey ~ Engaged!

2011-11-21T20:30:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I have been down to the Arch. I'm really glad that Brendon & Chelsey wanted to take their engagement pictures there, because it is pretty awesome down there. Oh yeah... and it is also the place that Brendon proposed!

I have been an editing machine lately. Thanksgiving break to me simply means... edit ALL day long... EVERY day!

Oh no, I am not complaining... I absolutely love what I do. This is me rejoicing because I get to catch up on these sessions I have sitting on my desktop!

F for soon to be Mr.&Mrs. Fleer =)

Me -"hey guys... mind laying on the parking garage floor?"

Them - "Sure, why not"

Me thinking in my mind.... - AWESOMEEE!

Love the shot =)

This picture was just screaming at me to be black and white... loveee it

BLINGGGG

See Chelsey... looks amazinggg!

My 3 Most Favorite Kids

2011-11-18T20:57:00.000-08:00

Logan Thomas, Karson D'alan, and Brooke Ellie are 3 children that all hold a special place in my heart. Through the rest of the years that you will read this blog, you will watch them grow as I take their birthday/fall/spring/or whatever other pictures, capturing all the special moments in their lives that I possibly can.

I recently took each of their pictures, so I thought that I might as well blog them all together!

So here are Karson, Daniel and Kasey's Fall 2011 pics. Even though I was only taking a few shots, Kasey, of course had her family in wonderfully matching outfits. =)

Karson is my Godson, and an awesome kid. He's funny, energetic, and actually finds me pretty hilarious.

He loves Mickey Mouse and of course skyping with me in his high chair. & of course I cannot wait to

celebrate his 2nd birthday, January 5th!

Next are my cousins Logan & Brooke.

Logan is a very close replica to myself. He knows what he wants, when he wants it, just like me. =) He loves

pirates and John Deer anything. At Grandma's house he takes all the toys she has, and somehow plays with

all of them. & within 10 minutes, you can't see the living room floor.

Oh yeah... & he's not a fan of my camera!

& Finally... my beautiful Brooke. These are a few of her 6 month pictures. She loves to roll all over and always

is such a happy baby. Even when you wake her up from a nap, once she hears your voice, a huge smile

stretches across her face. =)

Favorite thing right now? Chewing on her feet!

~ Cody & Katy ~

2011-11-18T15:05:00.000-08:00

Although the weather is starting to be 'it's still fall, but might as well be winter' weather... these pictures of Cody & Katy were taken when it was still absolutely fabulous outside.

Love when hands get all wrapped up like this!

Austin & Brittny ~ Engaged!

2011-11-16T16:41:00.000-08:00

Well duh... Everyone obviously knew that Austin and Brittny were engaged because you saw my blog post about Austin's AMAZING surprise proposal!

Anyways... it was pretty hard to pick which ones to put on the blog because I really do like them all... but I hope you like them as well!

Left: One of my absolute faves... Right: BLING!!

Guys should always carry a knife around..... ya know... for splinters.

And their doggy, Vici, came along for some pictures!

And for some funny shots!

The 6 Best Friends that anyone could have

2011-11-13T14:52:00.000-08:00

Whenever I am photographing a larger group I always try to come up with a blog post title that isn't every single person's name... which when I asked all the girls, this is what they came up with!

Btw... this picture actually makes SIUE look like a semi pleasant place

I typed many different captions for this, but backspaced many times...

so I'm just going to let you fill in the blank!

Just Jayne trying to hang out with the geese

After a while the girls caught on that I do a few test shots to start... so they started making faces...

and I thought this one was pretty funny

DRAMATIC POSE... 1...2...3 GO!

Chase, Schuyler & Karsyn

2011-11-07T17:05:00.000-08:00

Meet Chase, Schuyler and little Karsyn. Aren't they such a cute little family?

Isn't that the most adorable picture of Karsyn looking back at the camera?! I told them right when I

snapped that shot, it would be one of my faves!

Ya know.... love hunggin'

Schuyler asked if I could take a few pictures of the 4 generations in her family... so cute!

Mariah Senior 2012

2011-10-30T19:23:00.000-07:00

Seniors are just awesome to shoot. They are young, fun, always look at the camera, and have lots of fun outfits to change into!

This is Mariah and she is a 2012 Senior!

We had absolutely beautiful weather for her shoot and I loved all of the outfits that she brought...very representative of Mariah and so full of color!

Here's a story...

2011-10-28T15:58:00.000-07:00

...of a lovely lady

who was bringing up 3 very lovely girls....

Yeah you get the rest =)

I have known this family for about 5 years now... and never realized that they were pretty much the Brady Bunch!

As I was taking these pictures I was thinking... I am SO going to make a Brady Bunch graph thing =)

How the girls show love...

& how the boys show love... (notice the biting)

The Carney's

2011-10-23T20:20:00.000-07:00

Fall is here! It is so exciting to have colorful leaves, sweaters & boots, and wonderful weather!

This session with Richie, Lindsay, and little Ella, included all of these things and I love it!

Had to include some funny faces made by Ella!

Last shot out of the camera... soo cute! Favorite part? Ella is on her tippy toes!

Josh, Krystal, Zeke & Skippy!

2011-10-22T18:14:00.000-07:00

Meet (from left to right) Skippy, Krystal, Josh, and Zeke! When I received a message from

Krystal to take pictures of her and Josh with their horses, I was excited, but somewhat

hesitant. I had never taken pictures of horses before and must I say, they are definitely

very large animals! Skippy and Zeke were awesome though... as you can see

in these pictures!

Love this shot in the barn

& then some shots of just Josh & Krystal

Jeff, Michelle & Babs

2011-10-12T19:51:00.000-07:00

Meet Jeff, Michelle and Babs!

I have known Michelle pretty much my whole life, because her parents are good friends with my parents. & I think somewhere down the line we are 4th cousins! Haha

Now for Babs... I frequently house/dog sit for Michelle's parents, and Babs often comes over too.

But enough of the background story... time for some pictures!

Lovee the shoes

I call this.. love-huggin

Nataliya Senior 2012

2011-10-08T13:22:00.000-07:00

Woo definitely Senior portrait season! Better yet every kind of portrait season! I have been super busy lately, so the blog is about to be blowing up with session sneak peeks.

Anyways.. This is Nataliya! She is a Senior at Edwardsville High School. She used to live next door to me, and growing up we would play outside everyday. Jumping on her trampoline, riding bikes, and in the winter, making snowmen and snow slides are pretty much how we spent a lot of our childhood.

This picture below is definitely very high up on my favorite pictures of all time!

To all of you SIUE students... these are those crosses that are up the hill coming into campus. Love this shot...

but the hill seems a lot bigger when you have to hike up it!

I wish it were this type of light ALL the time.

Kalene Senior 2012

2011-10-02T12:30:00.000-07:00

So I haven't updated in a while just because I have been pretty busy with school, so just for all of you that have been checking my blog constantly, I've added a few more pictures than I normally would have. =)

Anyways, this is Kalene & she is a Senior this year. She was a my little Freshman when I was a Senior on the dance team. I even remember the day when we had to put our names in a bowl, and the underclassmen had to choose a 'big sis', and Kalene drew my name.

She was so timid back then, but we all soon learned that Kalene was the exact opposite of that!

If you haven't checked yet, this is on the main page of my website!

lovin' this outfit!

Addy & Christina

2011-09-19T08:58:00.000-07:00

Generally when the sun in shining super bright, I'm hesitant before a session because I know that I am limited where we can go or which way we can face so the sun won't be right in there faces. You know... that squinty face that you can barely open your eyes because the sun is so bright? Yeah.. that one.

I went to a new location for this session and the sun was surprisingly working in my favor! & I pretty much LOVE all the shots I got.

& it also doesn't hurt to have good looking models! aka Christina & Addy

Addy is such a doll

Isn't that the freakin' cutest outfit?!

Oliver is 1!

2011-09-16T11:09:00.000-07:00

Remember little Oliver? Well he is 1 year old!

LOVED his hat!

& it wouldn't be a 1 year session without some messy cake pictures!

Courtney Senior 2012

2011-09-15T20:42:00.000-07:00

When I first started actually booking sessions, I received an email asking if I would be up to taking senior pictures... in August! That was the furthest that I had been asked to book a session in the year and I was ecstatic! So finally, August came around and I got to shoot Courtney's Senior pictures!

Easily 2 of my top favorite photos

Courtney, this is GORGEOUS.

I'm not a die hard baseball fan so no hate for the non-Cardinal's gear

Wish I could have posted more, but then it wouldn't be a sneak peek! Can't wait to show you the rest, Courtney!

Baby Carter!

2011-09-08T19:11:00.000-07:00

Say hello to Baby Carter! He was my very first newborn boy to photograph! I was actually nervous, because for some reason in my mind I thought that newborn boys would be completely different than newborn girls.

Well Carter was awesome. He let me bend him, move him, and put in him objects that babies aren't really meant to be in.

Remember that bucket? Carter was the first to test it out!

Some eye contact!

Peacin' out!

Some BIG news

2011-09-07T15:59:00.000-07:00

Not too long ago when people would ask if I was shooting weddings, I would simply tell them no and that I was waiting until I graduated college.

Well… I am a liar.

I got asked to do a wedding

And another

And then another…

Now I have all these soon to be brides getting a hold of me to be the photographer for their wedding.

First of all, I am completely honored that these ladies have liked my work so much that they want me to be the person that will document one of the most important days in their lives. & it will be my shot that is mounted over their fireplace mantel to cherish forever.

Okay.. alright.. already.. being in school is not the only reason why.

Shooting a wedding (in my opinion) is not a one camera/one person job. There’s much more equipment needed (that I do not have at the moment) to ensure a variety of many beautiful, clear shots as well as a second photographer to be a backup to get shots from different angles and distances.

I’m not going to go into detail about the things I do need, but without all these things I feel that I would not be being fair to my clients.

The question isn’t if I would get all these things, but when.

Over the next 2 years I planned to purchase each piece of equipment that I need and upon graduating, I would be fully prepared to tackle any type of wedding.

Well…

If you haven’t figured it out already, I have decided to just go out, buy ALL the stuff I need, and start photographing some weddings!

And if you’re curious about who will be my second shooter, well that would be Kasey Presswood… seen here! So it will be Weddings Captured by Katie & Kasey. Aww how cute, I know ;)

Now all this text above could have easily been combined by flat out saying… I am opening up my schedule to weddings this spring…but I felt I needed to give a little more detail. =)

BUT… since I am a full time student, and also will be next summer, I am only allowing 1 and only ONE wedding per month, to ensure equally devoted time to school, portrait sessions, and shooting and editing your wedding. This will also force me to cut back on portrait sessions, so if you want spring/summer portraits, please contact me asap to reserve your spot because I will not be letting any additional into sessions my schedule once the spots are taken!!

Be looking on my website in the next week or so for a Wedding tab to get all the details on everything you will need to know!

So wow, that was the longest post ever. Here’s a little peek of what I’m working on now to make up for all the reading you just did =) Be checking back in a few hours to see the rest of Carter's sneak peek!

The Williams

2011-09-05T12:17:00.000-07:00

Time for some family pictures for my Aunt and Uncle, Toni & Todd, and my babes, Logan & Brooke!

This is 2 different days, because we started a session out at SIUE, and then it poured on us. So I went over to their house to take more pictures of Logan & Brooke.

This is how Logan feels about my camera... "Top it Tatie."

....that is... until I let him have it!.. Yes, I gave a 3 year old my camera.

I don't usually dress like this to sessions, but they are family and we weren't really in public =)

But I'm not in the pictures so whatevs!

Eating gummies while Mom puts his shoes on for pre-school! And then waving bye to me

<3 He melts my heart

Austin & Brittny: The Proposal!

2011-09-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

I seriously get asked to do the coolest things.

A few weeks ago, I received a call from Austin wanting to know if I would be up to taking pictures of him proposing to his girlfriend, Brittny.

UHMM YEAH!

BUT... it was not just any ordinary proposal...

Austin devised a scavenger hunt for Brittny to go on for "her birthday" and in the end... well.. I'll let you see throughout the pictures =)

...And I can't just pick a few, so this is going to be a long post!

Started out with a video from two of their friends, Nathan and Tyler, telling her where to go first.

Anne, you got my vote for best cryer!

You just can't fake shots like this...

Congratulations Austin & Brittny!

You will be seeing them soon again on the blog for their engagement session!