Turtle Pond Photography

Welcome !!

You have landed in The Pond. We are Amanda & Nate Reynolds, a husband/wife team (the kind that actually enjoys working together :) Turtle Pond Photography is where we work. Well, if you can call having a blast, doing what you love and meeting great people WORK, then this is definitely work. We are so blessed to do what we love. Shooting weddings is so much fun and we are honored each time we are part of a bride and groom's special day. Actually, it's quite humbling to be asked to be there on the biggest day of their life. Amanda also loves to photograph kids. Shooting in their own environment it really brings out the best in them.

Enough about us, we are so excited that you have stopped by. Look around, stay a while and enjoy!! You will be able to check out our favorite shots, meet some of our clients, view slideshows and proofs, and some other great stuff along the way. Check back often and 'leave some love' or send us an e-mail (feedback). It would be great to meet you.

Amanda & Nate

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Ben, Nancy and Baby Chim Chim

It was such a pleasure to work with these guys. Ben is a fellow photographer friend (hermannimages.com). It's always an honor when another photographer asks you to capture their family! His wife Nancy is such a beautiful, glowing mother to be. Their excitement about this season of life is very evident, and I'm sure they will be amazing parents :) Ben likes to refer to the baby as chim chim, which I think is pretty hilarious! Thank you guys so much, and I can't wait to meet baby chim!

Posted at 11:24 AM

Mon - May 5, 2008

Julie and Derek

WOW, where in the world to begin. We met this amazing couple at Sarah and Matt's wedding last year. Matt was also the best man in the wedding (an absolutely amazing one at that)! There love for each other is so amazing and reminds me of how wonderful it is to be in love. We thought that it might rain all day by the looks of things in the morning, but it turned out to be just beautiful! Most importantly Julie and Derek were glowing with JOY all day long. Julie's sister also kept me cracking up ALL day!! Nate and I felt so blessed to be a part of such an amazing day with so many wonderful people. Congratulations Julie and Derek, we are so thankful to know you!

Posted at 08:49 PM

Thu - April 24, 2008

The Zimmerman family

What a fantastic family!! I'm pretty sure they define FUN! I had such a wonderful time capturing their joy for life and love for each other. We did everything from play on the swing set, get treats from the ice cream woman, roll and run down a hill, climb over a fence (only to get busted by the owner of the land), and a little bed jumping to top it all off! It's days like this I wish I were 6 years old again. Thank you Zimmerman family, I had such a blast capturing your family.

Posted at 03:35 PM

Tue - April 22, 2008

Sophie

What a cutie pie! This is my friend Haley's adorable little girl Sophie. It's so fun watching my friends have babies and seeing them grow up. Of course it's also a blast to photograph them as well!

Posted at 05:02 PM

Tue - April 15, 2008

Kastonia and Adam

We were very thrilled to kick off wedding season with such a wonderful couple! I give them huge props for being brave enough to plan an outdoor wedding in March. It was a little bit chilly, but an absolutely gorgeous day. Their love for each other is so sweet and tender. We were honored to capture such a wonderful celebration. Congratulations Kastonia and Adam, we are truly thankful for you.

Posted at 12:27 PM

Mon - April 7, 2008

Jackson and family

Spring has sprung, and I'm so thrilled! After a long winter, I'm so happy to be out again, camera in hand, capturing the spontanaiety of children, the love a mother and father to a child, and the joy of exploring! Jackson is one sweet little boy filled with so much joy...what a great way to dive into spring :)

Posted at 11:30 AM

Sun - March 30, 2008

Kastonia & Adam

We just got back from our first wedding of the season. Kastonia and Adam took it easy on us with their laid back style. Hopefully we re-payed the favor with some great stuff :) More soon.......

Posted at 12:03 AM

Fri - March 14, 2008

My Sweet Sister Abby

For months my little sister has been teasing me about never making an appearance on our blog. Sooooo, without further ado, it's about time you all meet my adorable little sister Abby :) I had such a wonderful time visiting her in Ft.Myers. where she took a job as a P.E. teacher at a charter school. I miss her a ton here, but I'm so proud of her and all she's accomplished. There aren't many other things in life better than having an amazing sister, and somehow I've been blessed with TWO! We had so much fun shooting around one evening, I mostly took some pics of her, but somehow she managed to sneak in a few of me too :) I LOVE U ABS!!

Posted at 01:21 AM

Wed - March 12, 2008

Photography Workshp

Indianapolis is going to be fortunate enough to host several wonderful photographers for a 3 day workshop. We are getting together March 24-26 and will be covering everything from lighting to albums to marketing and branding to working with clients. We will also have a couple of evening shoots taking place. All of this for $50 and two lunches are even included!! We hope you can make it as it will be a great time to make some friends and new connections.

For more details and to sign up, CLICK HERE!!

Random fun photo.........

(more on this tomorrow ;)

Posted at 10:11 AM

Mon - March 3, 2008

Blog Slackers

I promise the amount of blog posts is no indication of the amount of work we have been doing around here :) We decided putting photos of amanda slaving away on album revisions and emails and/or nate pulling his hair out on taxes wouldn't be that exciting! However, we are hard at work I promise, and we have some new and exciting things in store for the year ahead!! We are working on a whole slew of awesome new products and services, but that's all I have to say about that right now. It's top secret, so stay tuned!! I did have the pleasure of taking a small break to go visit my little sister Abby in Florida for a few days. I'll be honest, I didn't want to come back and I am diligently scheming a way to live near a beach (at least for the winter). We'll see how that goes, so far Nate is not buying it :)

Yesterday, my last morning in FLorida, I decided to leave the camera at home and go for a stroll on the beach. It was quite chilly (as in 60 degrees and very windy), so the beach was sparse and oh so peaceful. Of course, I quickly realized that I was a dork for not bringing my camera because it was such a breathtaking morning. I then reminded myself that sometimes I just need to enjoy life rather than trying to capture everything with my camera. So, I soaked it all in, and also snuck a few pics with my iphone! It was a great reminder for me that equipment isn't everything. I relied on the basics, light, composition, color, moments etc... This is truly what photography is all about. So, here are some pics of my morning taken with my beloved iphone :)

One more note, my sis Abby and I did a silly little, oh so fun shoot of the two of us. Wait until you see these (probably in the next few days). Hugs from the Turtles... don't worry, spring is just around the corner (so i keep telling myself)!

Posted at 04:32 AM

Sat - February 16, 2008

Dinner with friends

We had only met Brandy and Sticky Adams one other time. But there are just some people that you just connect with no matter how often you see each other. These two have such big hearts that it's hard not to love them :) Being over two hours apart makes it hard to just drop in. So we hit up Mapquest and found a small town exactly half way between us, Albany, In. Totally random. Even more random was the dive we found for dinner, Pet's Duck Inn. Let's just say they have a reeeeeeeeealy good photographer for their website photos. We only wish the cook was that deceptively good ;) Well the setting made no difference and it was so worth the drive to hang out with these two. Check out their work!! We decided Nate will trade some poker lessons if Sticky will give him some fashion lessons ;);)

Vegas it is!!

Posted at 04:38 PM

Thu - February 14, 2008

virginia!!

Turtle Pond is going to Virginia!! Amanda is planning on visiting Virginia Beach and Orange Virginia April 24-30 to do a little shooting and visit some wonderful friends! If by any chance you live in Virginia (I will be in the Richmond and Virginia Beach areas) and would like to schedule an appointment, I still have some slots open!! For questions about details and availability, please email or call us at: info@turtlepondphotography.com or 317-908-2580

Posted at 09:41 AM

Fri - February 1, 2008

It's finally here!!!

Some of you may have heard through the grapevine, or stumbled upon it by accident.....we have a new website!!!! We couldn't be more thrilled to announce the new and improved turtlepondphotography.com!! We can't thank all of YOU enough, our clients, friends and family for making our business the success that it is! We have truly been blessed beyond what we could ever have imagined! We really do have the most amazing clients, and it's because of your smiles and warm hearts that we exist! A big shout out to our amazing designers at The Foundry and our web designer Jeff for making this all happen. You will find a ton of new images in the galleries to look through. Enjoy, peruse, and please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions :) Much love to you all!

CLICK HERE to check it out!!

Posted at 01:00 AM

Mon - January 28, 2008

Emilie is 3 months old!

You'll probably remember this sweet little face from just a few months ago when she was born! It never ceases to amaze me how they grow up all too quickly. Emilie is such a wonderful baby to photography, so bubbly and full of sweet looks. For the majority of the shoot, she showed us how much she loves to have her hands in her mouth, and that's definitely par for the age :) I'm definitely looking forward to capturing many more bubbles, grins and cuteness with her!

Posted at 03:39 PM

Thu - January 24, 2008

Baby Eva

It doesn't get much better than this! I think I could photograph newborns all day long! It's so fun watching your friends become parents for the first time. I think there's something that changes within a person when this miracle takes place. There's a new glow, and new love, new sacrifice. I just read this quote, "To have a child is to have your heart walking outside of your body." Now, I don't have kids so I'm definitely not an expert of this, but I have observed many new parents and this "change" is something so very special that it can't even seem to be put into words. Cindy and Dan definitely have this special glow about them, as they should. Eva is just beautiful and such a precious gift to them! Congratulations you guys, we're so excited for you! Much love to you all in GA, we miss you already.