Kari Campos Photography | Chicago, IL

Holy fun! That’s how I can describe my morning with the F family who met up with me in late August in Arlington Heights for an early morning shoot around North School Park. I was so excited to photograph their family that morning because it would be my first chance to use my new 85mm lens. And I fell in love with it. Delia and Jonas were the PERFECT kiddos for the lens, and I am so excited to share just a couple of my favorites (there were many, many, many favorites from this shoot).

Thanks again F Family for a morning of fun. I hope you’ll cherish these photos for years to come.

Raul and I (and the pup of course) went to Indianapolis for Christmas to spend it with my parents and sister. It’s always nice to be back home for the holidays. We spent our days playing games, baking, eating, more eating, drinking, and just generally relaxing. A great break from the grind of everyday life! In addition, I had the opportunity to shoot my last session of the year for two of my parents’ best friends and their family.

I’ll just be honest here, I feel like shooting for people you know is almost more nervewracking than photographing people you don’t know. There’s this fear of failure that overcomes me: what if they truly hate what I produce?!

Well, luckily, that wasn’t the case. Or at least that’s what I’ve been told. Which is great considering this was my first ever indoor shoot. And on top of that, it was my first large group shoot as well. I’ll even add one more to the mix–it was my first session using my new camera, the Canon 7D! Let me tell you, a 50mm lens on a cropped body is even more of a challenge while indoors and shooting a large group. But, with all that said, I managed, and I’m happy to share a couple of my favorite shots.

Of course, I couldn’t resist getting pictures of my favorite subjects: children! Aren’t they adorable?!

Thank you Deb and Jimmy and the rest of your clan for allowing me to photograph your fun family! I hope to do it again in the future!

Where do I begin with this one? Take two very tall and gorgeous parents (and I mean TALL) and their two fun (and yes, very tall) little girls, and you get a shoot to remember. I met the G family back in June at a get-together at my aunt’s house. I remembered the parents to be a great couple and their girls to be super cute, so when I was contacted by Jennifer to do a family shoot, I was super excited.

We met early on a chilly Saturday morning at North School Park and were able to capture a nice mix of images. I must say, I love taking candids! I’m working harder and harder to come up with techniques were I can capture families in those same kind of candid moments. It definitely takes practice! Regardless of my ability (or inability) to get those candid moments on camera, I’m very happy with how these images came together. I think we have two little future Gap models on our hands!

G Family, you were great to work with. Thanks for bundling up and allowing me to capture images of your family. I hope to do so again in the future!