maternity

A Fun Adventure!

The Hunt’s maternity session was exactly that, a fun adventure.  For several weeks leading up to this session, we emailed back and forth about location.  Photography is the same as real estate in that location is key!  Understanding what backdrop a couple wants for their session tells so much about their desired style.  I love the openness of a beautiful field with the sun sinking on the horizon, but that isn’t for everyone.  This particular couple wanted a variety of settings, and so we agreed upon two locations.

The first was the beautiful Vines Botanical Gardens, and the second was a field in a rural area of town I had found.  I tend to believe that farmers have these beautiful fields to offer me incredible session locations, but this session taught me I am wrong about that.  As we pulled up to what was once a large field of wildflowers and tall grass I was shocked.  My perfect field was now plowed up and nothing but dirt ready for planting.  I couldn’t believe my eyes, but had plan B ready!  I had another field in mind that I had used the previous day.  As we drove up to it, I found out that the farming community was in cahoots against me.  This field was freshly mowed and without all the lush wild grass and flowers.  Luckily this sweet couple had a great sense of humor, because we found a small patch of filed off of the highway and decided to roll with it.

Three Under Three!

Not only did the Culbert’s maternity session turn out beautifully, but they became my heroes!  These precious parents will be having their first son, but their third child….in three years!  There are days I struggle with keeping up with my own three year old, and this beautiful couple looked cool as cucumbers as they spoke about their impending arrival.  Though their lives may become more hectic, there will be no shortage of love or laughter.

This mother to be presented herself with such confidence and ease, and that feeling radiated throughout the session.  Being with them reminded me that each child is a blessed gift, and that their timing in our life is always perfect.  Each child within a family is a unique and vital piece to the family as a whole.  It will not be long before this sweet family cannot remember what life was like without their son.  In my job I have the privilege of meeting, and learning from, so many families.  This sweet family has taught me that no matter what plans I may make, life has bigger and better plans.  The only real control you have is how you embrace the change.

Long Awaited Sunshine

After weeks of rain, the soft and gorgeous sunlight on the morning of the Hegde session was perfection.  We were on the historic battlegrounds of Kennesaw Mountain, and the setting was beautiful.  The first signs of spring were starting to emerge with the green in the grass and on the trees, but there was still a bit of a chill in the air of winter.  As the sun rose through the treetops, the rays fell perfectly on this mother to be.  The rays fell softly on her face, and provided almost a soft halo and haze around her.  To me, this was witnessing the glow of motherhood, and she was breathtaking.

As the session went on, I talked to the expecting couple about their new baby.  I learned they were waiting to discover the gender, but that mom was secretly wanting the bows and frills of a little girl.  The anticipation and excitement between them was contagious to say the least.  I cannot wait to meet the precious child that joins this sweet couple.

Check out my Maternity Gallery for more photos from my sessions with precious mothers to be.

Sunshine After the Rain!

After what seemed like 100  reschedules due to rain, I finally had the pleasure of meeting the Deng family!  The joy in this couple was evident as soon as they stepped out of their car.  Their smiles and excitement were even more refreshing than the feeling of sunshine after our many weeks of rain.

The arrival of a couple’s first child is a special, and brief, period in the course of their lives.  These nine months are filled with anticipation, planning, preparing and wondering.  Wondering what their child will be like, who they will become, what have they gotten themselves into (only kidding).  Through all the questions and fears, what brings peace to future parents is knowing they have the most perfect teammate by their side.  Watching how attentive and loving this father to be was toward his beautiful bride was nothing short of inspiring.  There is no doubt that their son will feel nothing short of loved and adored.

Maternity sessions are such special sessions, because they capture the couple in this intimate and emotional time.  Many times I hear that women do not want these sessions, because they are insecure about their appearance.  My goal is to not only make the mother feel beautiful and confident, but to showcase the joy within this precious time.