Donnell Probst Photography - Wedding and Portrait Photographer » Families

MacAllister | Studio

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:51:25 +0000

As if his name is not stellar enough, I’m pretty sure Mr. M. could hold his own amongst a room full of rowdy toddlers! The little dude was not feeling his best today, but powered through nonetheless and allowed us to sneak in a few shots. Mom and Dad did an AMAZING job of trusting Heather to snuggle and rock their little guy despite having a bit of tummy turmoil! He was totally and completely zonked by the time they were ready to leave, and hopefully he will sleep a nice loooooong time for mom and dad this evening!!

The Frank Kids | Studio

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:17:35 +0000

Well, the studio is in full swing now and we were so excited to have my friend Tena come in with her three GOHR-geous kids to help us test out the lights for groups. Looks like everything went well, there were no tears, AND I think Tena got a little break by having two extra sets of hands in myself and Heather!

[The Studio is Coming!]

admin — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:56:06 +0000

I cannot tell you how many times we’ve been asked if we do studio work! Up until now, the answer has been “no”! Well, as any good photographer should do, I’ve been working to learn new things this winter so I can offer more to my clients and expand my work into other areas of photography. I have partnered up with my second photographer for weddings and super close photo pal, Heather, and we have been diligently trial and erroring our way through the studio set up process. We totally could plop someone on a white background and call it a day, but we want this to be special… something you don’t see every day… something that stops you in your tracks!

So, the good news is that we are making progress. The bad news is that we’re not quite where we want to be yet. We’ve got the lights and the “stuff” to go with it, but now we need some live people. We are looking for brand new babies (0-10 DAYS old) and babies who can support themselves sitting up, but who are not mobile yet. Yes, this may seem very specific, but we just need to test things out, and that will be difficult enough to do without chasing small people around! Don’t get us wrong, we love, love, love your humans of all ages, but we just need some solid practice. If you haven’t been following our escapades over at The Photo Junkies, it’s a must read. Hopefully you will laugh a little and enjoy our random goodness. So, without further ado, here it a bit of the progress we’ve made in the studio department.

For all interested, we are already starting to book up for the spring and will be adding studio to the mix probably sometime in March – so don’t wait too much longer to book your session!

{Sneak Peek}

admin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:18 +0000

I had the extreme pleasure of visiting with the Safron Family tonight in celebration of mother/grandmother/great-grandmother’s 80th birthday! They were such a fun – and good looking – bunch! We were even serenaded by her very talented grandson who is an actor/singer out in Los Angeles… such a great family!

{Sneak Peek}

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:28:07 +0000

You may all remember my friend “G” who came to us last year for the first time right around her first birthday! Well, she is now a year older and a year bigger… and she TALKS! It is so funny to not see these little people for such a long time (half of her life to be exact!) and see how much they change! Her parents are clearly g-o-r-geous and her mom also just opened her own photography business – best compliment ever to be picked by a fellow photog!! She just could not be cuter!!! More to come soon!

{The Probst Kids – Sneak Peek}

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:32:20 +0000

Every fall I run into the same issue… I get so bogged down with shooting other people’s events and families that I nearly run out of time to squeeze in my own kids pictures before Christmas! Luckily, the weather has been so amazing this fall, we were still able to make it out in mid-November with only some light clothing! Yay! More to come very soon!

{Sneak Peek}

admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:20:36 +0000

Yes, you ARE seeing double! These are my new friends M & C who did a super awesome job during their session today… and clearly they are just two of the cutest six-year-old twin boys you’ve ever seen! More to come very soon!!

{Sneak Peek}

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:17:51 +0000

The O’Reilly family and I hit the riverfront in St. Charles this afternoon to wrangle some pictures out of their oh-so-adorable kids and even snuck in a few of mom and dad… AND man’s best friend(s)! Seriously – could these kids be ANY cuter… and mom and dad are hilarious to boot! All in a days work… More to come very soon!

{Sneak Peek}

admin — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:06:35 +0000

I am so happy to post this sneak peek tonight! You may recognize these cutie-patootie kids from earlier this summer! They are our newest neighbors who have added some much needed youthfulness to our street… and they are just one of the nicest families you will ever meet, which is just icing on the cake for us! We had so much fun tonight rolling around in the leaves and enjoying the not-too-hot, not-too-cold weather and grabbed so many great pictures! Mom and Dad are just going to have to wait to see pictures of the two of them… ;) I just love teasing my clients!!! More to come soon!

{The Windy City}

admin — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:04:56 +0000

After nearly 10 years, I finally had the pleasure of meeting one of my husband’s ex-coworkers for the first time for our shoot in Chicago’s River North area. Aside from having an amazingly gorgeous family, my two little sidekicks were also fabulous as helping me scout locations and “textures” throughout the sessions! I think I can say now that this is currently my favorite session – it was the perfect storm for Donnell Probst Photography – style, textures, and personality! Huge thank you to the Tajanko family for making my job so easy!