Just in time...

Jeremy and Victoria are expecting...well were expecting, that's right, the very next day after our maternity session Victoria went into labor!

Even when I was taking this shot I said to them, "hey I like your watch in this shot, it's kind of saying tick-tock!" Sure enough their beautiful baby girl was born just a day later. I am so glad that I was able to take these images because wow, just take a look at these parents to be!

Oates Family Maternity Session

It's all about the moment in between...

This is the Oates family. Molly and Jordan are expecting their second baby girl. Like any other shoot as I left their house I was thinking to myself what a beautiful family. I was also thinking about how Avery, the cute little girl in the poka dot dress, was frantically running around, like all toddlers do, during the session, I thought to myself, wow, I really love my job. Not only because of my love for photography, but because people are willing to let me in on a part of their day, no matter how hectic it may seem, and let me photographically document it.

SO...

I get home and I am starting to edit these photographs from the session then I came upon this image

Bam! It hit me. Now this is the example of why I do what I do. This lovely moment that is in between all the chaos of smiling and posing. This is the real moment that makes my heart soar when I start to edit and really look at what I got from the session. (sigh) This is the moment in between when life happens, humor happens, love happens. It's this moment that makes a beautiful shot my friends! As I look back over my work from other shoots, it's always there. I really think that this is what defines my work and what I really seek from a shoot. To capture people when they are in that moment. Don't get me wrong I love what happens in posed shots as well. Frankly, I understand that those are the images that will more than likely go up on the wall, and I really do love those also. But I encourage people to be themselves and really pay attention to those moments in between, take a breath and relax, because those moments are what in turn make the posed images even better. Thanks to the Oates family for beautiful images just by simply being yourselves.

Bekah's Maternity Shoot

Jenna's Expecting!

Dustin & Jen (Oh Baby!)