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My sister, who is now 9 months pregnant, asked me to take some pictures of her and my niece as the big day of giving birth approaches. I hadn’t touched an SLR in about a year, but it was so fun trying to take some sweet moments with them! Her first request? “Please don’t take […]

While I have been diligent to take weekly photos throughout this pregnancy, I also really wanted  to capture some photos with a maternity photo shoot vibe. Mr. M is an amateur photographer, and while his passion is nature photography, he has also taken some beautiful family photos for several of our friends. So, we decided […]

I don’t know how to put into words how much these photos mean to me.  I wanted to contact our photographer, Leeann, last summer; we wanted another child, and I really wanted photos of the three of us before we became a family of four, but it was a difficult summer for us. We had […]

Throughout pregnancy, I was never officially sold on the idea of maternity photos. I love to see other women embracing their growing shapes by capturing this special time, but I’m typically not as comfortable in front of the camera as I am behind it. But I was faced with a small dilemma… every year I […]

This is a guest post by professional photographer Laura Novak, who I first met in the wedding world.  She owns two award-winning family photography studios outside of Philadelphia called Little Nest Portraits and is currently expecting her first child, a son, on November 17th. ~~~ Everyday I see beaming moms-to-be and newborns. Photographing these glowing, […]

When I was pregnant with Mavrick, I didn’t opt to take any maternity shots. I considered it, but when it was time to actually go for it, I started having stretch marks on my bump so belly shots were out of the question. One thing lead to another and it just didn’t happen. Then I […]

Awhile back, I shared our 25-week maternity photo shoot. We had so much fun doing that session, but we knew we also wanted to do one at our home so that we could include our dog Charlie (and show off a bigger baby bump!). So right when I was 37 weeks pregnant – just a […]