There are so many images to share, but I just had to give you a sneak peek at Alanna and Kevin’s maternity shoot. I love so many of them, and many thanks to ‘Clarence’ for the use of your fabulous farm! Not long now Alanna! Can’t wait to meet your little one!
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself”
Zen Proverb
Thank you Auntie Heather for forcing me to quit being lazy and create more images, and Auntie Thelma for creating these images with us! You are magic… and baby Maisie is one lucky little girl to have amazing Aunties like you in her life, already. ox
I’m officially on my own little maternity leave. I’ll be back in action in June. I thought to celebrate my time off I would share Jamie and Brad with you.
They are awesome. And, I am anxiously awaiting news of their little bundle so we can hopefully squeeze in a newborn session for them before I’m in the delivery room myself! Guess what else? It’s Friday. Thats a good thing.
Happy weekend everyone!
I thought I knew about babies being born. I thought, “I’ve seen a million episodes of the baby story, I get it”. No actually, I had no idea, and although I’ve now been through 14 hours of labor beside a friend and witnessed a real live birth… I still don’t know the first thing about it.
What I do know, for sure, is… women are amazing. Stacey was in labor for somewhere near 36 hours. We had decided weeks ago that I would be there to photograph the delivery. I was called at 8am on January 14, 2010. I didn’t leave the hospital until after 10pm on the same day. That wasn’t necessarily in the plan, especially being 30 weeks pregnant myself. But I wouldn’t take back a single second of it. If you’ve ever been a part of a ‘baby story’ you’ll know what I mean in saying it is life altering and absolutely incredible. I was also unbelievably honored to be given the kind of immense trust to be aloud into such intimate and emotional moments. This was one of the most rewarding, special, and not to mention beautiful experiences of my life. One more thing, before I leave you with a slideshow of the experience… Midwives are AMAZING. I love my midwife and also Stacey’s. We should all be so lucky to have these insanely gifted women in our lives. Thank you so much to Stacey and Eddie for allowing me to post this slideshow as well.
I am forever changed.
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The songs are Feels like home by Edwina Hayes and Lullaby by the Dixie Chicks.
If I can ask my amazing clients to share their intimate maternity images on my blog, I suppose, it is only fair, that I ask myself to do the same. With just over two months until we meet our little girl, here we are in our studio, with nothing but a little light and a little clothing.
