Bentonville Sunset Maternity Session

Hi Everyone!!  It has been a minute since beautiful photos have graced my blog.  As a part time photographer, I’m still shooting but not every weekend.  The most recent session I’ve enjoyed being a part of was a sunset maternity session.  There are certain types of portrait sessions that fuel my passion for photography, maternity sessions are one of those and I’m constantly being pulled toward female-strong portraits.

This momma to be was pregnant at the time with her second child.  The baby was born just two days ago.  Mom and Baby are happy and healthy.  Now as a mom of two boys, her life is going to get even more exciting.  In a few days I’ll be cuddling the new babe and taking more photos.  In the meantime, have a look-sy at some my favorite shots from her maternity session.  

A Beautiful Boudoir Session

Hi Everyone!!  

I have a very special session to share with you all today.  If you are a follower on any type of social media, you may have noticed how popular Boudoir Sessions are becoming.  This type of photography really seems to have blown up in the last two years.  All women desire to feel sexy for their partners, but mostly women want to feel beautiful for themselves!  Since Boudoir photography is becoming more mainstream, women are becoming more comfortable getting in front of the camera in this type of setting.

Having a boudoir session is like a little slice of empowerment, where a women can realize how truly amazing they look, whether you have curves or not.  Choosing the perfect boudoir photographer is very important, you want a professional who can capture your beauty in a tasteful way (unless you're going for raunchy and that IS not what I do).  2013 was the year I started doing boudoir sessions, walking into this new challenge I wasn't sure how I would feel about it but I fell in LOVE.  

With this session, Mrs. M wanted to surprise her man with special photos since he loves her baby bump!  They are also huge Cowboys fans.  A special shout out to my fun assistant who has helped me on each of my boudoir sessions!!  The last photo is my favorite, if you're a photographer and you've ever had a moment when you see a photo and tear up because its exactly what you wanted, you'll know what I experienced here.  I had a vision in my head of what I wanted the photo to look like and at first it wasn't working out.  My assistant made a quick little change behind the scenes that completely made this picture. 

Boudoir sessions aren't just for Valentines Day, Christmas, or honeymoon.  Surprise your partner on a day that nothing is expected.  NOW that is a good surprise!

Northwest Arkansas Maternity Photos of Jamie

I have another maternity session to share, featuring Mrs. Jamie.  Jamie contacted me about photographing a years worth of sessions for her baby boy.  I was ecstatic since this is my first session purchased for a baby's first year photos.  I look forward to watching Lucas grow over the next year.  We started off with her maternity session and third times a charm with this one.  We had to reschedule the session twice before because of rain. 

Boy!! I wish we had those problems now with the dry weather here in Arkansas lately.  Jamie and her husband John met me in Lowell at one of my very favorite locations at a church that has amazing grounds.    We decided on an early morning session since we are all morning people.  No really, the light in the morning on a relatively sunny day is amazing.  The earlier the better too since morning light quickly dissipates. 

Jamie and John are pretty laid back which made the session so easy!  I could tell how much John adores Jamie and how excited they both were to welcome their first bundle of joy, little Lucas.  Luckily, we shot this maternity session when we did because it wasn't even a couple of days after that Lucas came into the world.  He was just holding out for momma to get her pictures made.  What a sweetie! 

Stay tuned into the blog for a feature of newborn Lucas and if you know of anyone in need of maternity photos, please have them contact me!  These sessions are fun and this is an event that is well worth documenting.  

 

Rachel's Northwest Arkansas Maternity Session

Rachel is one of my dearest friends and also my hairstylist.  We both wanted her maternity session to be natural and full of light.  It means a lot to me to photograph this session as well as Miss Kennedy's FIRST official photo session.  Here are some of my favorite shots of my beautiful friend, Rachel as she embarks on the journey of motherhood.  They were captured on the countryside outskirts of Lowell, Arkansas.