Author Archives: Kate Appelman

Modern photographer looking for honest, quirky and fun portraits worth framing. Dog lover, moment maker, coffee and chocolate enjoyer. On location, lifestyle, photojournalistic and in-studio locations.

Apple! Lifestyle Photography for Naperville, IL

    One of my favorite photos of my little H is her holding an apple.  It was the lead image on my website for a long time. It seems that apples and little H are a good mix, though, because the shots I have of her holding an apple are super sweet if you…

Today’s (emotional) Theme is Time – Naperville Lifestyle Photographer

I checked the theme-of-the-day on the Iheartfaces page just after I watched an educational broadcast where the teacher/photographer quoted a line (and she said to use this) “You are someone that I love, and I want to capture you for all time.”     And it hit me square in the heart.     Today’s theme…

Saturday Theme – Sweet Tooth! Chicago Area Lifestyle Photography

The Iheartfaces challenge continues (even on the weekend!), and    Today’s theme is “Sweet Tooth” I nearly took a photo of myself last night, as I worked at my computer at the end of a day (and nearly 24 hours on a diet!) and in front of me lay a giant pile of Hershey Kisses…

Today’s photo theme is “Leap” – Naperville, IL Lifestyle Photographer

As part of the March Photo-a-day challenge put forth by iheartfaces, I’m on my fourth day in a row of participation. It strangely is becoming harder and harder to process these photos, because I think I’m getting sort of perfectionist-y on them.  Which is not the point of the challenge.  And then it just takes…

Today’s Photo-a-day Theme is Key – Naperville Lifestyle Photographer

I’m on my third day in a row of participating in the photo-fun challenge presented by iheartfaces.com.  Today’s theme is “Key”    Now, remember that every photo has to have a face in it (that’s part of the fun and also part of the challenge). I thought about what I could do for this photo…