Keri Schmidt Photography

3 Sisters

I got to spend a little time with these sisters before we got completely rained out!  I wish we would have had more time together, as they were all fun to work with.  You may remember one of them from earlier this year when I photographed her and her boyfriend.  Hana, Kara, and Keena- I hope you guys enjoyed the time we had in the park.  After a day like that, I bet you couldn't wait to get back to dry heat!  You all are such beautiful girls!  It was a pleasure to be able to get to work with you guys, even though it was rain forest conditions that day!

Informal Affair

These gals were brave enough to model for our new session style called the "Informal Affair."  Some people call it trash the dress or drown the gown.  Whatever you call it, this is our impression of this style.  Rachel Glover was gracious enough to offer her talents and do everyone's makeup!  Halfway through the session, she switched them up to a slightly different look, and the girls shredded their dresses to give them an even more grungy look. 

We need a couple more groups of gals to model for us.  You must be at least 16, have a formal gown you are willing to destroy (or at least get dirty), and a few friends willing to do the same!  If you would like more information about the Informal Affair, give me a call at 515-290-0641 or email me at keri@kerischmidtphotography.com before October 1st! 

Living History Farms - Des Moines

We've been pretty busy with some new projects in the works, so I'm a little behind on posting these, but I wanted to post about our day at Living History Farms with our youngest niece, Gabi.  While her older sisters had to stay behind to practice their cheerleading routine, we went with Jeremy's parents and Gabi to the farms.  She got to pet many large animals and experience what it was like growing up on a farm way back in the day! 

Gabi wanted to know what the "hard corn" was for.  We explained to her that it was feed for the animals.  She looked a little disturbed that the animals had to eat the hard stuff!  I told her to ask her uncle if we could take some home to pop it, but she didn't seem to think that was a good idea either!  When we came upon the horses, she seemed to be in awe of the huge animals, or scared!  She didn't want to touch them until Grandma showed her it was ok to pet them!
  

AAU Junior Olympics - Des Moines

Alexis and Lelani did a wonderful job in their competition today, and we are so proud of them!  The Aurora Rebels were on top of their routine, and finished it almost perfectly!  This was our first time seeing them perform live, and we were so happy we got to be at this big event!

These girls could fly!!

 

The finale:

 

The groups waiting for the results:

And first place goes to. . .

WAY TO GO, GIRLS!  Congrats to all of you!

 

 

Aleigha - 6 Months

Jeremy and I had a busy day in Des Moines with the family.  Alexis and Lelani are competing in the AAU Junior Olympics tomorrow, so today we spent the day with everyone.  Competition is tomorrow and we wish them the best of luck!!!  I'll post later about the weekend.

This week I got to photograph Aleigha for her 6 month baby portraits, and she is sure growing fast!  She has some of the most beautiful eyes, and gorgeous long eyelashes.  She was a hoot to photograph, so full of smiles for me, at least when she wasn't trying to eat the flowers.  I couldn't wait to share a few images: