Children’s Portraiture, Today’s Memories, Tomorrow’s Heirloom. Lou Bartels’ is well known for his unique talent and creativity to capture the joy of a newborn and to make childhood dreams last a lifetime.

Lou has received the recognition from his peers in the photographic industry being awarded the prestigious Kodak Gallery Award three times, many first place print awards, APPI, Loan Prints and PPA Loan and Showcase Prints. Lou’s work has been displayed at Epcot in Orlando, FL.

At Lou Bartels’ Photography, we strive to capture the innocence of childhood, from newborn to adolescence. There are special times that are important to every family. The newborn is the very occasion to photograph a child, and thus begins the development of a family.

A child should be photographed at birth, three, six and nine months, as their appearance changes. There we have created a Child’s Portrait Club to help parent’s record the most important times in their child’s life. You will receive a leather album that contains no less than thirty photographs. Also you will receive ten, 10 pose sessions from which you will be able to select your album portraits.

The perfect add-on to a baby’s first portrait session. A portrait composite of their tiny feet, hands, face and other body parts. The Image Box and Wall Composite are beautiful display pieces, design to hold individual portraits that deserve to be singled out from the rest. Each has a collection of of portraits that is a true work of art, to be cherished and shared.

Custom Note Cards, pick your favorite pose and let us custom design a card for you printed on watercolor paper, great for birth announcements or thank you cards, or just a stand along work of art suitable for framing.

We invite you to visit our studio and schedule your little one’s first professional portrait session.