Kirby | Maternity
Saturday, June 27, 2009
I knew this was going to be a great session when I arrived at Kirby's home and Kaitlyn, her 2 year old, opened the door with a big smile on her face and asked me if I was there to take her pictures! Awesome! Kirby told me that she wanted to shoot at a ranch close to their home, so I was very excited about this session.
I rode over to the ranch with Scotty, Kirby and Kaitlyn. One thing I learned about myself was that I stink at climbing into a lifted truck. Kirby, who is thisclose to having a baby, did a little hop and made it look super easy to get into Scotty's car. Not so much for me. I won't go into details, but it wasn't pretty!
Little miss personality!
We found this really cool tree next to a pond on the property. In the pond was a "little" alligator (according to Scotty) poking it's head out. Only about 8 feet, he says....sounds huge to me!!
I can't even begin to tell you how adorable Kaitlyn is. She's a little character!
:-) Love this family portrait!
Kirby's request and I happy obliged. I love this shot!
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Catherine | Maternity
Monday, May 11, 2009
First off, I hope all the gorgeous Mama's out there had an absolutely fabulous day! We spent part of our Saturday cooking a yummy dinner for our mothers. Like always, it was good times all around hanging out with the family. What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with a smoking hot mommy-to-be!
One of my favorites..
I'm blushing as I post this picture. It is absolutely positively H-O-T-T! And yeah you guessed it...my favorite!
Two sidenotes:
(1) The Tampa IKEA opened last Wednesday. It is located exactly 7 minutes from my house, including light signals (a.k.a too close for comfort). I have yet to partake in any shopping activity. I'm in awe of my restraint.
(2) I've been losing tons of sleep the last couple of nights due to this incredibly addicting IPOD game called FlightControl. Last Friday I went to bed at a very decent time. Sitting on top of the nightstand was Alex's IPod Touch. I picked it up and stumbled upon the game. TWO HOURS later, my fingers were cramped, my eyelids were heavy and I had the top score! Alex and I love a little friendly competition, so we have been going back and forth taking first place. I'm happy to say that as of right now, I am the top plane, jet, and helicopter lander in our household!!
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Bertha | Maternity
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
One of the top questions that I get when someone books me for a portrait session or engagement session is "What should I wear??" I always find that hard to answer so I'm so happy to have some visuals guides! Bertha's maternity session was full of color! I love color!!! Their outfits went perfectly with the locations that we chose and set the tone for the session.
Bertha and Alvaro are patiently awaiting Baby Victoria.
Quick outfit change and then the beach..more color!
Bertha's maternity session took place Friday night right around sunset. The beach was absolutely PACKED with people ending their beach day and waiting to see the sunset. It looks that we had the beach all to ourselves. I wish I had taken a picture of our surroundings!
I love the next series:
Another outfit change and some cool umbrellas
Next two are tied for my favorite!
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Jessica | Maternity
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
It's official: there's something in the water in Tampa! Have you noticed that my last handful of sessions have somehow been baby related? Well, who am I to ruin a good thing? Today I had a wonderful session with Jessica. She's due in March and from what she tells me, she's quite ready right now!!
We shot the entire session at her father's house which was gorgeous...and he has great taste, don't you think?
I love these!
These are definitely my favorite type of maternity shoots. Pregnant women are just so beautiful! And holy-amazing-cheekbones Jessica!!
Yay!! I can't wait to met Baby Kiano!
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Carolina | Maternity
Monday, December 8, 2008
My best friend is having baby #2!!! (Extra exclamation points = extra excitement) I swear that I get to photograph the most gorgeous mommies-to-be who just so happen to be pretty much up for anything. Carolina had no choice though, I pulled the best friend card and told her she had to let me do whatever I wanted for the maternity shoot. I had a blast photographing Carolina, Frido, Gaby and Baby Lucas. Oh and get this, Lucas is due right around January 15th...which happens to be my birthday. I couldn't ask for a better birthday gift!
We started off at this awesome orange grove..
The picture on the right was her hubby's idea...and I love it!!
My absolute favorite picture of the day...
I'm so anxious to meet you Lucas!!!!! See you soon...
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Vanessa | Maternity
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A couple of months ago, I got an email from someone inquiring about a gift certificate for photos for her best friend who was pregnant. I thought this was such a great and sweet idea! I finally got a call a couple of weeks ago from Vanessa. She was ready to redeem her session. I had so much fun shooting Vanessa yesterday. First of all, she's gorgeous. Second, girl can work the camera! Forget me telling you..see for yourself:
Vanessa + her hubby Sean (add a little sunlight) = one hot picture!
If we left it up to Buddy, he would've been in all the pictures
LOOVE the picture on the left..
While I was editing these pictures, Vanessa started to look like a bunch of celebrities to me. Doesn't she look like Blake Lively in the picture on the right?
So a couple of hours before we were to met, Vanessa told me that she wanted to do some pictures by an old, beat up construction tractor thingy that was parked around her house. Uhmmmm....HECK YEAH! Like music to my ears. She sooo rocked these..
I keep talking about and at some point I will do it: WHEN I get around to painting and redecorating my home office, this picture will be DEFINITELY hanging in there
You can't even begin to imagine how hard a time I had choosing pictures for the blog...there are so many amazing ones! I lloooooveee this one..
This was taken almost right at sunset...love the soft light..
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