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Sneak Peak ~ Maternity Session

I had the privilege of photographing a dear friend for a maternity session yesterday. She is such a beautiful person inside and out, and is already so in love with her little boy. He's a lucky little guy to have such wonderful parents waiting for him. She is also such a trooper. She took on quite a lot during this pregnancy, including graduating from ASU. You go girl!

Every once in a while I pull out my studio lights for a session. I really love getting to work in my "studio" aka my kitchen/living room, but it isn't the most ideal situation. I'm in love working with the beautiful natural light the sun offers, so it is rare that I set up the strobes for a shoot. I enjoyed this session so much that I may consider doing it more often. Maybe. Anyway, take a looksy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite shot.

 

Happy Thursday everyone! I'm off to shoot my sister's engagement photos tonight! Check back for those soon!

Family Photography: Crazy Fun

Sometimes I cringe when I get asked if I do family sessions. Then I take a breath, and explain my take on the family photograph. I come from the school of thought that a family session can be a great way to display the love and fun and craziness of your family, or it can be a surefire way to torture your kids and husband and get them to want to seek revenge on every photographer they ever see and never ever wear pastel hues again.

If you gravitate toward the pastel clad, sit and smile like a statue style of portraiture, no I don't do that.

If you, on the other hand want to have fun during your session, wear clothing that reflects your personality (and doesn't get your kids beat up at school), and capture amazingly beautiful and heartfelt images that truly showcase who your family is, then I might, just might be the photographer for you.

When I think of family sessions, the one that tops my list to date was last fall. The Merrill family won a session with the NieNie auction that I held, and I got more excited every time I talked to them over email about the date. We had some hiccups with kiddos getting sick and schedules conflicting, and then on the day of the shoot "someone" dropped my camera bag and busted my two favorite lenses. But we met, we shot and we conquered.... and this is what I would love every session to be like. Fun people, great clothing choices, beautiful little subjects and sweet afternoon light. (P.S.-if you aren't the Merrill's and I have taken your pictures, don't fret, I loved your session too!)  

Sneak Peak

A quick sneak peak for M and K. I had such a fun session with them a couple of weeks ago. K is such a cute kid, he reminded me of one of my nephews.

Such a cool dude.

This may be my favorite from the session.

 

Have a wonderful Mother's day weekend everyone!