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Studio Maternity Portraits

Serra — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:27:08 +0000

I am so lucky to have such a beautiful family working with me on building examples for the baby’s first year package! Not only did I get a gorgeous, confident and totally sweet mom, Amber, but I also get to work with her amazing husband and super-cute 9-year-old daughter over the next year while we document new baby Wyatt’s first year of life. We are starting at the beginning, before he is born, and by the end of the year we’ll have a fabulous range of photography to illustrate the beauty of this journey.

My very first session using mon Amour Photography’s studio space was exciting at every turn, and I can’t wait to do more sessions in the studio. Amber and her family were real troopers and we did hundreds of exposures, capturing everything from fun and casual family shots to dramatic artistic portraits. Although I adore working on-site and outdoors, it is obvious that I have missed working in the studio. I’m readily welcoming the return to this completely different environment.

So the news is in, baby’s first year is launched. Beta deal is $399 for 6 sessions* (regularly $900!) with a framed portrait collage free at the end of the year. If you know someone who would like to get in on the baby’s first year package before the sample packages roll out next year, send them over! The deal is on.

studio lit maternity session : baby's first year project

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Why I take Photographs

Serra — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:34:50 +0000

Maternity Photo Collage from 2008

There are so many reasons why I love taking photographs. The most compelling reason I can come up with off the top of my head this morning is the desire to share this life with people and capture it’s beauty.

Every portrait session is unique in its energy, its purpose, and its style in the moment. I love sitting down and looking through the photography that I’ve captured, but it’s just that much more rewarding when the photos find their way back to me again. For example, a mom that I worked with for maternity and newborn portraits back in 2008 sent me a note recently.

She said about her now one and a half year old daughter, “Ixa currently drags around the collage you made of my pregnancy pictures and talks about it all the time- it’s her favorite mama picture at the moment! thanks again!!”

If you’ve had doubts about why it’s important to allow a professional photographer to help you capture your memories, here’s just one testament to it’s true value.

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New Year Maternity Session

Serra — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:06:54 +0000

I had the pleasure of taking portraits of this beautiful woman in the last stages of her pregnancy. Her due date was January 1st, but as far as I know she’s still waiting on the little one to show up! I love doing these late-term pregnancy pictures, because I know they will be so fun to look back on, and share with the child in a few years. You can point to your belly and say “that was you!”. I especially liked the window light in this session, it functioned like a soft box allowing me to capture that backlit glow that makes everything seem just a bit ethereal. Thanks, Serena, and thanks for managing to get your husband in there too! Have a fabulous new year!

soft light and belly shots

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Going to the Dogs!

Serra — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:07:41 +0000

My Halloween was spent in the park shooting holiday card portraits with this lovely couple and their two gorgeous dogs! These guys were just the nicest clients one could hope for, and I love the outfits they chose. I always say my clients dress better than I ever could have told them to if I’d had the choice and this is a perfect example. Check out those multi-color knit leggings!

I have very little experience photographing dogs, but they worked with me and the portraits we achieved are way cute. Although I do realize I dressed up as myself which is universally considered to be rather lame, I couldn’t have asked for a better Halloween!

Preview portrait of this couple with their two dogs in the park

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