J Morbitzer Photography

05/04/2024

How cute are they!?!?

It's always a good idea to bring a support person to the shoot - they can tell you when you left a hair tie on your wrist, run back to the car for things left behind, carry the different outfits, and pose with you for some sweet photos!

05/04/2024

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE!

Also, this is our SECOND senior shoot together. Time goes so fast!

05/04/2024

When planning the shoot, we decided on a light and airy vibe. Nailed it, right!?

05/04/2024

Marielle is one of those people that just can NOT take a bad photo - she's simple incapable. And no, I'm not jealous (only I am).

05/02/2024

Did we do some plant shopping afterwards? ABSOLUTELY.

05/02/2024

Did you know there's a tiny button on the Nikon Z6 II that will totally shut off your display screen if you accidently hit it and you won't be able to see what you're shooting at all and since you didn't know it was there you won't be able to (initially) figure out how to get the display screen back so you have to do a whole shoot without being able to see what you're photographing?

Yeah, me either. 😅

P.S. A frantic google search in the car after the shoot set things right

05/02/2024

Every shoot from here on out needs to be in a greenhouse, okay?

04/28/2024

Early spring is probably my FAVORITE time to shoot in the woods!

04/28/2024

Lucy's two little sisters tagged along for the shoot and I'm pretty sure the woods are still ringing with all our noise.

04/28/2024

Been re-reading the Lord of the Rings series for the... well, let's not get into how many times I've read those books - so some LOTR inspiration may have sneaked in.

04/28/2024

If you ever want to throw on a medieval style dress and go to the woods for your senior photos, I will ALWAYS be down. Just saying.

04/26/2024

The individual portraits always end up being my favorite!

04/26/2024

Pro-tip: With these many little ones, you're almost NEVER going to get everyone posed "just so" and smiling perfectly. Take a page from this family's book and just roll with it.

04/26/2024

It's the first official shoot of the season! It's a good thing we managed to get this in before the cold weather hit... April has certainly been temperamental this year.

P.S. The little one in the bow tie is just EVERYTHING right?!

04/24/2024

Month 02
April: Lost

One of the advantages to doing so much walking lately is that I'm discovering hidden pathways, cozy streams, and towering woods in my area. I discovered this location on one such walk.

The water was pretty stagnant so I abandoned my original plan of sticking her in the water barefoot. (See, I AM a caring sister!)

She very nicely offered to go barefoot doing the shoot. "Nah," I said. "I'm pretty sure there's snakes here."
*cue Michelle's panicked look*
Me: "You're wearing rubber boots, they'll protect you. You'll be fine!"
Michelle *paitently*: "That's lightening, dear."

What a good sport.

Special thanks to Eileen Meyer Sklar for the loan of an old train case for the shoot!

This photo had a mood board, but it was primarily inspired by the song Drops On The Lake by Lord Huron

"I get by, but I'm tired of myself
And I doubt that I ever will find someone else
Lonely days fall like drops in the lake of our love

I just want it to be like it was
And I want you to be as you were long ago

I go down to the edge of the lake
Where I wait through the night for the dawn light to break
Memories of yore crash like waves on the shore of my mind
And I pray that the stars will align

I just want us to be who we were long ago
I just want what was
How I yearn for the years we were young and in love

I get by, but it's hard to forget
In the smoke of denial and the fog of regret
Dismal and dark, some like clouds in the sky of my soul
And I hear thunder roll

I look up at the uncaring sky
With a prayer on my lips and a tear in my eye
Oh, how the heart burns like fire in the light of the moon
I just hope you'll be coming back soon

You're my long-lost love
Can we wind back the wheels to the way that it was?"

03/18/2024

Once upon a time (say about 13 years ago) my sister and I collaborated on a 52 Weeks Photo Project. If you're not familar, we took one conceptual photo a week for a full year. (Still not sure how we did it. HA!) It was inspiring, exhausting, fun, and stressful all at once.

But 13 years was PROBABLY enough time to recover, right? So we're back. Not with a 52 Weeks challenge (no time for that, my friends) but a 12 Month Challenge: one conceptual shoot a month for the next 12 months.

Beginning with... March: In Bloom
Photo concept was inspired by Jon Foreman's latest single.

"Yesterday's tomb, tomorrow's womb
The dark is long but the dawn is soon
The light that you seek is seeking you
Let the dead seed go and watch it grow brand-new
I'm a desert in bloom"

P.S. If you want to see the original 52 Weeks photos, click here! Some are great, some are good, and some are quite bad. https://www.flickr.com/photos/intocollidingentropy/albums/72157626056510495/

01/11/2024

Happy to contribute each year!

The Honeywell Center is giving away TWO family 4 packs of tickets for our Winter Reader’s to see Alice Dreaming of Wonderland. It’s the circus + theater + live music and it all = never to be forgotten fun for the whole family!

OR turn the spotlight on yourself with a mini photo shoot from J Morbitzer Photography or Pyle Photography. Capture special family, senior or pet moments with these talented area photographers.

All you have to do is log your reading in Beanstack (download the free app from your smart device), enter the tickets you earn from reading, and wait for the drawing on February 15th. Each hour of reading logged earns 2 prize tickets which gives you lots of chances to win these awesome prizes. Winter Reading Polar Express is open to children, teens, and adults, so everyone can join the fun.

Our local showstoppers have been incredibly generous and we are grateful for their support of the library!

01/01/2024

2023’s Top 9 is a total ✨aesthetic✨