Lucy.

I felt so bad during this shoot, Lucy was not in the mood to have her picture taken. No matter how warm it was, or how much her mom fed her, she just did not want to be naked or put down. I think, despite the very limited time I got to photograph her, we were still able to get some sweet pictures of her with her cute mom.

Ali. Belly shots: Outdoor.

Round two! After we got some pictures indoors we decided to throw on more clothes and head outside. The lighting, the subject, everything was perfect...although a little chilly! Ali, once again, was up for any ideas I had, so she went with it when I left my mind run wild and made her climb all over the place-on top of walls, trees, the list goes on-she was a really good sport! I figured if I'm going to make a pregnant woman climb in a tree, then I'll climb it too to get some shots from above, sometimes I wish there were a third person there to take pictures of how ridiculous we must look getting into position!

Ali. Belly shots: indoor.

When Ali asked if I'd do her maternity shots she said the bare belly pictures kind of freaked her out, but she'd take a few for documentary purposes. I'm so glad we ended up trying some new things and got great pictures that she's letting me put up! She looks absolutely FABULOUS and has such a cute belly. Thanks for agreeing to take these, Ali! More to come shortly of Ali and Josh outdoors! And as if I needed to say this, but you know how I love eyes and aren't hers phenomenal?

Jesica. Belly shots.

Jes is expecting a bouncing baby boy in mid-march, we decided her tummy was big and round enough to go ahead and take some belly shots. This was my first shoot where it was actually intended to be a maternity shoot so I wasn't 100% sure what I was going for. I took some family pictures of Anna before, she happened to be pregnant so it kind of turned into a maternity/family mini shoot. We had a fun time and had some laughs, especially when she got stuck in the rock pile. It took both Phillip and me pulling hard to be able to get her out of that awkward down-hill angle. They were both great sports!

Isn't she gorgeous? She definitely has "that glow", but I think it's all the time.

This is the rock pile where she got stuck!

The Boy and Me. Bahamas.

I know what you are thinking, isn't this a blog of pictures you've taken?

Yes, it is.

I took all these pictures, I set my settings the way I wanted them, set up the camera on a rock and a book (in 25-35 mph wind), hit the timer and ran! I didn't edit these pictures because I wanted to show off how beautiful the natural colors were on this beautiful Bahama beach.

What, we like to kiss:)

The boy found a starfish for me!

He got a kiss for that too!

what kind of kisser are you? The deep dipper, the slight lean back, the tip toe neck-grabber?