School Park in Fall : Newborn & Family Photographer Madison, WI

Soft autumn light dapples through the trees and lightly touches the stone front. Stacked firewood, a small field trip pumpkin, and a bright mum greet quietly greet me before entering.

home with stacked firewood, pumpkins, and large yellow mums on porch. Dappled sunlight hits the house.

Dappled sunlight hits the from door where a child has made a "welcome to hour home" sign and taped it.

We start and finish at home, but anyone with six (any number!) kids knows we’re happiest on the go. Gotta get out the rising energy! And so we make our way to the neighborhood school park.

Two young kids skip across crosswalk, long shadows across the image. the rest of the family of 4 follows in a cluster behind them.

Two kids play on playground equipment in foreground, while 2 kids play on playground equipment in background.

4 kids play on a webbed piece of playground equipment.

Family of 6 sits in and stands in a dry creek bed for a family portrait. Fall leaves and late sun in the background.

The dry creek bed offers fun exploring, beautiful light, and gorgeous texture.

Block of 4 individual black and white portraits of each kid in family.

Mom hugs 5yo son in gorgeous outside fall light.

Black and white. Mom hugs teen boy. Sun flare present.

Playground equipment offers so many options for all the kids.

Black and white. 5yo spins on playground equipment while 3 siblings cheer and watch.

Teen boy spins on playground equipment while siblings watch.

Family of 4 kids swing on playground swings in the fall.

Two older kids swing on swings. Fall evening.

5yo dances while 5yo sister sits on swing.

Four kids play on playground equipment in fall sunset light.

Girl makes eye contact with camera on playground equipment.

Back home to warm up from the fall chill, Terry makes hot chocolate with marshmallows.

black and white. 3 kids look at hot chocolate at home.

3 kids count marshmallows in their hot chocolate.

Family of 6 gathers around kitchen island to share old videos and laugh.

David watches the kids draw at the kitchen island.

one 5yo draws while 5yo twin watches. Older sister does craft with her hands in the foreground. Kids siting at kitchen island.

dad watches 3 kids draw at kitchen island

black and white. older girl draws while younger child points above her, casting a finger pointing shadow on her paper.

Beautifully Ordinary is a trademark of Jen Lucas Photography, LLC.

My deep gratitude for David and Terry’s thoughts on what it’s like to work with me over the years:

Jen is able to get pictures of ones family that are impossible to believe. Somehow she sees magic in the chaos and is able to capture it. Lightning in a bottle for sure.

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There are simply not enough stars in the galaxy to express how much I love Jen’s work! She has an incredible nack for capturing personalities in her images. I look at the photos she has taken of my four kids and see not only a fleeting moment in time, but also a distillation of each of their most unique characteristics. Having Jen document these moments has become a yearly investment for our family. We have ended sessions with our four kids, sometimes less than cooperative, mostly running in different directions, and wondered how she could have possibly gotten a good shot, only to find out a few weeks later that she has spun gold!

Where will you explore this year? Contact me today to capture your next adventure!

xo, Jen