Maternity: Miss Doris

We've booked 3 maternity sessions, 2 of which have already been shot this month. Now that our first mother-to-be has seen her images, we thought we'd share her pictures here on the blog along with some behind-the-scene POVs from the session.

Meet Doris and the father-to-be. They're having a baby girl, due April 5th.

They came in, full of ideas, and with a friend who helped convince her to be more open and try new poses and styles. I love when they bring friends, it helps set the tone of the session and helps to calm the nerves of the person who's in front of the lens. They made sure we got shots of the two of them together, but he preferred to sit back and watch her after these couple shots were taken, letting it be all about her.

Most women are so self-concious when it come to cameras, but this is especially true when a little more skin showing than people usually show. Though her friend had to warm her up to the idea just a bit, she came to the studio hoping to get some sexy shots in. I think all women have the right to feel this way, and we loved being able to help her capture her inner "Goddess". There's no shame in being a hot mama! :)

Lastly, we want to tell Doris, "thank you". It was a pleasure working with you, hopefully we'll do so again soon. Congrats and we wish you a healthy and happy baby!

The Sweetest Couple

Just a few short days ago, we had the privilege of working with a super sweet couple who came in looking to re-create a 2012 version of their wedding photo from 1970 (yes, 42nd wedding anniversay!) This couple had heard about our studio after we had teamed up with the local blood drive, offering a free session with (1) 8x10 for having donated to the drive. Apparently, the husband has been donating platelets for many years now, going every 2 weeks and spending 2- 2 1/2 hours in the chair as he waits for it to be drawn. He jokingly claims he does this to get out of the house, being retired he "has nothing better to do" :) I could think of plenty, but I'm glad there are people who aren't afraid, or impatient, who go in and donate so regularly!

On their original wedding photo, the couple was standing side-by-side, turned in towards each other. In our case, we had to sit them on two stools to achieve the desired height and position because the wife had recently gone through surgery and was wearing a cast during the session. And though they were looking to re-create their wedding photo as it was posed, they ended up choosing this pose instead because, as she put it, "Bob's finally smiling in one". The smiles are a result of a joke that Bob cracked about the position his legs were in, gave us all quite the chuckle :)