I had the great pleasure of photographing April and Arthur's maternity session this week. In a lot of ways, it wasn't all that different from an engagement session, except that the whole focus of the shoot was on the baby girl growing inside April's belly. We started at their home in San Mateo and then walked a few blocks to the Japanese Tea Garden. Even though I haven't done a ton of maternity sessions (this brings my total count to three), it was super easy to take photos of them since they are so in love with each other and excitedly awaiting their little one. You would think that April and Arthur are models because they seemed to really easily forget about me and just focused on being with each other. Despite the fact that with the exception of her tummy April doesn't look pregnant at all, she is due in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to meet their new baby!
Stephanie + Bill Maternity
Wow, so I've been very delinquent in my blogging - maybe enjoying the time off a little too much. Really, I can't believe it's practically been a month since my last blog post. I know I've been keeping you all on the edge of your seats. Ha. Anyway, I promise to make up for lost time as I've got a whole slew of blog posts planned for the rest of this week and next week.
I'm going to ease back into blogging today with a few pictures of my very pregnant cousin Stephanie and her husband Bill. Steph is due any day now (actually a week overdue) so she's actually bigger now than when these photos were taken back in January. Here they are in Yorba Linda, California. Come on out little one, there's lots of people ready to meet and love you!
Momo and Thay Thay
Momo was brave enough to be my first maternity session ever. I actually met Momo a few years ago while working for the Oakland Tribune and we've kept in touch since so she was a pretty easy and familiar subject. Her three year old son Thay Thay was also super fun to photograph and hang out with - he's going to be a great older brother to his soon-to-be baby sister!