{"id":1802,"date":"2009-12-04T02:44:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T09:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:32:19","slug":"opelka-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/opelka-family\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opelka&#8217;s :: Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had such a great time photographing the Opelka Family last week at Longue Vue Gardens off Metairie Road. They smiled and laughed the entire time &#8211; I LOVE groups like this! :)\u00c2\u00a0 It was pretty funny trying to get little Luke to smile at the camera, thankfully we got some great shots! My favorite is the one in front of the Longue Vue Gardens door, all of the adults are standing up and Luke just wanted to sit on the edge of the step and mind his own business. Little things like that make for great memories! I have been shooting so many family sessions lately that I am really thinking my family needs a new updated one as well! Alot has been going on lately that makes me realize just how lucky we all are to have such wonderful people in our lives- photos capture the love between everyone and that makes me happy.\u00c2\u00a0 Thank you Opelka Family for having me photograph your amazing family, I really enjoyed it! Create something awesome with your picture CD :)<\/p>\n<p>My favs:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1802 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0008.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0008-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0008-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0008-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0011.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0011-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0011-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0011-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0021.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0021-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0021-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0021-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0028.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0028-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0028-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0028-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0029.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0029-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0029-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0029-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0035.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0035-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0035-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0035-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0037.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0037-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0037-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0037-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0038.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"871\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0038-682x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0038-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0038-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0043.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0043-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0043-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0043-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0052.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0052-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0052-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0052-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0056.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0056-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0056-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0056-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0058.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0058-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0058-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0058-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0065.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0065-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0065-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0065-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0066.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"871\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0066-682x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0066-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0066-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0071.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0071-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0071-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0071-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0072.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0072-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0072-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0072-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0078.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0078-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0078-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0078-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0086.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0086-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0086-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0086-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0090.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0090-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0090-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0090-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0095.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0095-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0095-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0095-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0098.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0098-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0098-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0098-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0103.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Opelka-0103-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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Opelka Family last week at Longue Vue Gardens off Metairie Road. They smiled and laughed the entire time &#8211; I LOVE groups like this! :)\u00c2\u00a0 It was pretty funny trying to get little Luke to smile at the camera, thankfully we got some great shots! My favorite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1802"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23558,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802\/revisions\/23558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jenamato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}