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Birth, Baby, Newborn, Children, & Family Portrait Photography by Rebecca Block

Pure Captures is a professional photography studio based in Ozark, MO, serving Springfield MO, Branson MO, & the rest of the southwest Missouri area. Professional photographer Rebecca Block captures birth photography & portraits including maternity, newborn, baby, & family portrait photography.

My photography is a mix of photojournalistic/lifestyle type mixed with some "posed" portraits, using mostly natural, available light. I aim to catch not only your outer beauty but your true inner beauty as well....your personality...your emotions. I specialize in storytelling images of anything baby-related, taking the images & developing them to a piece of artwork for your home. We often create printed wall or gift portraits, storyboards, canvas wrap clusters, storybooks, or basically whatever you can imagine.

Feel free to contact me about Food-related photography projects as well! (Professional food photography, restaurant photography, farm photography, and menu design)

I am really laid-back, as you can probably tell from my work. I want you to interact with each other, because that's when your best portraits come out! You'll hear me say, "Make yourself comfortable over there," or "Just ignore me" quite a bit....maybe occasionally making a suggestion to lean on something or move your hand a tad. I love to have fun with you and make you comfortable, and I hope that you have a great time as I capture your personality!
A little about us…

If you're wondering a little bit about me, I grew up around St. Louis area and moved to Springfield to attend college. I majored in art education and took a black and white photography film class. (That's right, film - who does that anymore, right??) I've always loved taking pictures, but that class taught me so much more about light, value, contrast, and (of course) cameras. After dropping my digital point-and-shoot in a lake (long story involving a beloved fish named Kirby), I spent a ridiculous amount of money on film and developing until getting a DSLR a few years later. At that point, Matt, a big media and communications guy, picked up the still camera as well. After doing lots of photography for friends and personal practice, Pure Captures was born!

Our son, Patrick, was born at home in September, 2009. He was my inspiration for getting into all things babies & birth! He's our little assistant and sometimes he comes on shoots with us. He will probably think you're hilarious and laugh at you during your session, but don't take it personally.

In our free time, we like to do outdoor family stuff, like camp and hike. We love to travel new places and try new restaurants! I really like to cook & would jump at the chance to bake a gourmet cake or meal for you. (In fact, ask me about Photo Picnics!) I pretty much like all things related to the creative world. Mixed media painting and sewing top her list of creative things (after photography of course). I teach youth and adult art classes at the YMCA. I am involved with the Friends of Missouri Midwives and am a trained doula just waiting on my certificate to be returned from DONA International.

November 17, 2011

My Garden Radishes

Posted in Food, Personal

I am so excited that we have a real garden for the first time. I have been wanting one for six years or so but have always grown in pots due to being in apartments & moving a lot. Finally, as you know, we bought our own house this year (another hooray!) and dug up some earth to grow our own food. I am a thrilled that things actually grew pretty well, although I know the soil needs a lot of amendments to make it more fertile. This ground has never been touched – the yard was completely, 100% barren of landscaping. (Former owner was a retired army bachelor. Need I say more? hehe.) And I am now well aware of how much more garden space we need to dig up next year, because I did not get enough of my favorites. I would like to grow enough to store over the winter til the next season, via freezing, drying, or canning.

Radish tips...I thought they looked so pretty from this angle!

So I ordered some seeds from Baker’s Creek a few months ago for the fall crop & have been surprised by the amount of radishes we got.

Radishes from our garden. All organic! Didn't really have bug problems with them at all!

I don’t even like radishes.

LOL!! But here they are! I think they are pretty, but even the variety that was labelled as “sweet” is still too spicy for me (although I do like plenty of other spicy things…just not radishes, I guess!)

Close-up of a radish from our garden

I mostly grew them because I read that radishes and carrots are typically grown together, and I definitely wanted carrots. Those carrots take forever!! I hope they turn out better than my pot-grown carrots in the past!

P.S. Thanks to the organic CSA we got last year for the gardening inspiration!