Natural Matnerity Portraits - Dallas/Fort Worth , Cleburne Texas Photographer

Maternity sessions are some of my very favorite sessions! I always get so excited to capture these pretty mamas at their most beautiful moment...a season that doesn't last for long and in my opinion, something you'll always want to remember. I recommend booking a maternity session between 32-37 weeks along. You want to be SHOWING, but not too uncomfortable and in my case, swollen. :) And of course you don't want to risk , going in to labor early and missing your maternity session!

This is my younger sister. She is 27 weeks pregnant and showing quite a bit, being her second pregnancy. She is having a BOY and he is due CHRISTMAS day! :) We wanted to take these pictures early and as soon as we felt like she was showing enough.

I thought quite a bit about this session beforehand. I wanted to capture the natural beauty and rustic elegance. I chose a very natural location among trees, foilage, and a creek. She wore a vibrant, flowy dress and cowboy boots...and she fixed her hair with some curl....long and flowy. I love the pop of color and sun shining through the trees through the first set of pictures.




I wanted to capture the pretty trees all around in this photograph. The traffic wasn't too heavy but we did have to run in and out of the street quite a few times. We were on a small country road and were located just the other side of a bend. Maybe not smart, but love the result! I love the vibrant coloring up above but also liked it in the black and white down below...couldn't decide.



We moved to a slightly wooded area and I wanted to try a little more vintage look...therefore using the trunk and editing in the soft coloring. I love capturing the natural lighting all around and the softness of these photos and the leaves on the ground.






This is one of my favorite pictures from the session....especially the composition and lighting and that beautiful baby bump.

Maternity, Cleburne Texas Photographer

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the new year! I am excited to get back to a regular posting schedule. I have been anxious to post this beautiful maternity session. I get so excited when booking maternity photos. I think it is a wonderful way to document your pregnancy and wish I would have thought about it during my own pregnancies.

I have to publicly apologize to Dana for dropping one of her "colton" blocks over the side of a bridge. :) We had moved to a new location and were going to try a few different shots of her hands holding the baby blocks. Well, while I was meticulously arranging the blocks, I dropped one and there it went...right off the edge of the bridge we were standing on. Way to go Kim! I couldn't believe I did it! It was just one of those moments I couldn't take back.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the folloing photos from our photoshoot!

Maternity Fun :)

What a fun maternity shoot! This pretty mother-to-be wanted to start out taking pictures in her darling pink nursery! So fun to have a girl to decorate in all that pink...pink walls, pink bedding and cute cute birds! I loved it. Then we moved to a few locations outdoors. You can tell from the pictures that this couple knows how to have fun. They had me laughing so hard I was having a hard time holding my camera still! Here are a few favorites from our photo shoot...

I love these pink shoes. Too cute. :)

There was a LOT of this going on!

I barely didn't catch this on camera. One of this couple...not laughing. ha ha. Aren't they cute! This is there first baby :)

This mother to be just smiles all of time sporting the "pregnancy glow"

And thought I would include some of the little details that contribute to the "expecting" fun! I love the pink and green and all of the cute cute things in Piper's room. And the name...so cute!

Thank you both for a wonderful time. Congratulations. I can't wait to see little Piper when she arrives!

Silhouettes

These were fun to take just as we were finishing up for the night. Good luck to you both. I can't wait to see your new baby girl!

A few more in Black and White...

Maternity

Finally, I would like to formally introduce one of my very best friends from High School and his lovely wife. I haven't seen these two since I was married 7 1/2 years ago. Its been way to long! We had so much fun taking maternity pictures and reuniting. They were kind enough to let me pick the location. I had my eye on this field and finally got to use it. We just had to wait a little bit on the sun!

I loved this picture of them dancing. :) Cute.

This amazing woman is just finishing up her very last semester of law school..while being pregnant! Im sure that is no easy task!