Jacob Heisterkamp » Photography

babies are us

Jake — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:12:22 +0000

A week or so ago I got to make some joyful hospital visits to see some great looking babies! Congrats to John and Amber on the birth of your little man Maddox. Can’t wait to see him again! And congrats to Jeff and Emily on your TWO boys Henry and Liam! Being a month early will leave a little room for growth. But these 2 boys are picking up their weight and eating almost completely without a tube now. Should be home anytime now!

jack

Jake — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:59:27 +0000

It was a cold and windy day, not great for being outside and taking pictures. But, the Helmkamps braved it and did well! Jack was a trooper, but I could never really get a feeling for his mood. He’s got more facial expressions than the Bean. I think he probably gets that from his dad.

brooklyn

Jake — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:45:21 +0000

This was one of those ‘I hope we get some good shots’ photo shoots. Even the parents were skeptical! :) You never know what day will be a good day with the little ones, and this day was perfect. She was camera shy like all of them at first, but them warmed up, and was wanting me to play on the playground with her at the end. I obliged, or course! :)

Jamie&Curty

Jake — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:56:46 +0000

These 2 right here are awesome, they showed up in my house a year ago, and we’ve been great friends ever since! I can’t believe we didn’t get around to this sooner, but we braved the cold and had a great time at the park and got some fun pics. Curty was the director of the whole shoot. He picked locations and posses. Decided who would and wouldn’t be in the shot. So I owe the success of this shoot to him.

katie got hitched!

Jake — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:51:57 +0000

My cousin Katie and her man Bryan finally tied the knot! They had another photographer hired to shoot the wedding, but asked if I would step in to take the fun pics at the reception. So it worked out great, enjoy the ceremony from a pew, and shoot all the crazys on the dance floor. Yes please. haha.

Congrats Katie and Bryan!

{just some of the more colorful photos here, the rest are on my fb page here}

senior : ryan nichols (pt2)

Jake — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:15:11 +0000

2 months ago, Ryan and I traveled out to the North Polk High sports fields and took some photos {check them out} all dressed up in his baseball and football uniforms. And now we got out to shoot some more formal shots. So we tripped over to Whitetail Winery and made use of the great weather and great fall colors.

Tom, you did an excellent job, and created fantastic light for this shoot. ;)

Celery growing up

Jake — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:18:46 +0000

Ok, this awesome kid’s name is Cael, but a friend couldn’t figure it out and dubbed him Celery, and it stuck. This is Joel and Amber’s third, and I had the privilege to shoot his photos when he was about 1 month old. Those are still some of my favorites! I think I’ll add in some from that shoot as well…

Joel, Amber and family have been taken away from Polk City because of his job, but God has been good and is providing for them. I was very excited to make time for Cael’s shoot when they had the chance to drop back into town. Anyways, the pics! Praying for you guys!

senior : ryan nichols

Jake — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 03:03:49 +0000

Ryan plays pretty much every sport offered at North Polk, so we did half of his senior photos on the baseball and football fields. We are shooting the 2nd half of his senior photos tomorrow afternoon at a very cool location! I’ll keep it a secret for now and you can find out later when I post the shots.

senior : thaddeus subra

Jake — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:41:31 +0000

This is Thad. He runs like a gazelle. We grabbed some photos at a place nearby, and then wrapped up with some shots around their house. I’ve used their house many times and haven not come close to exhausting all the great background options. They’ve got a little bit of everything out there!

reinventing the photo booth

Jake — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:52:15 +0000

I had a blast shooting for Josh and Hannah’s wedding, and those photos will be up soon! But in the mean time, here are some photos from the photo booth I setup at their reception.

Hannah had looked into renting a small photo booth {the kind that spits out a mini sleeve of pics} and found that they are VERY expensive to rent. She asked if I could setup something, and I gave it a shot. Basically I brought my home studio equipment, and setup a small studio at the reception. And it worked out GREAT! As you can tell from the photos, the guests loved it and had a great time! Enjoy ~

Full set here on fb ~ for all your tagging enjoyment! Oh, friend me as well :)

Also, this shoot has inspired me to market the photo booth as a solo product, contact me if you’d like something like this setup for an event you are hosting!