Isn't motherhood beautiful?
I absolutely love shooting maternity portraits. Being pregnant is such a fleeting moment. It doesn't feel like it at the time, with the morning sickness, the Braxton hicks, and the incredible exhaustion, but looking back afterwards you'll realize, pregnancy is gone in the blink of an eye.
And there's really nothing else like it. There is no other moment in life where a mother and her child are that together, bonded by the fact that they, for a while, share the same body. The more I learn about pregnancy and how a mother's body adapts to grow a child, the more I realize how amazing it is.
Pregnancy is also a moment that women often forget to capture on camera.
Understandably so, being pregnant is hard work. Getting dressed up with hair and makeup can feel impossible when all you want to do is sit on the couch and drink a slushie. I've definitely been there, and I get that. But it's so worth it. Photos from my pregnancy are some of my favorites. I look at back at them in awe. Unless I have more children I will never look like that again, my body will never perform those amazing feats again. But I will always have photos to remember.
So needless to say, when Cassy wanted to have maternity portraits done, I was excited. She has other children, but has never done photos while she was pregnant. I was thrilled to be able to finally capture that for her.
We made our way into the mountains on a foggy morning with a threat of rain. It was a risky day to shoot, for fear of a sudden downpour, but it was so worth it. The fog rolled over the mountains in such a beautiful way, it was absolutely gorgeous.
But why explain when I can show- have a look for yourselves!
Isn't she stunning?
I also brought my Holga for some experimental film portraits. This one's a bit different, but I'm absolutely in love with the looks that this little plastic camera can create.
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