Meet handsome Alexander. Alexander so happened shares the same birthday as me, so as soon as I found that out, I *knew* we were going to get along 🙂 He was the perfect little model, and let me get thru all of my poses in no time! I first met his gorgeous parents for their maternity session and I am so happy I was able to follow them thru this amazing journey to parenthood…
When my clients want to document this amazing time in their lives, when booking their newborn session with me they have the option of adding on a mini-maternity session; and this is always so much fun! We get to meet and get to know each other a little better prior to the newborn session, and I love providing all these timeless memories for them 🙂 … I met this beautiful family a few weeks ago at one of my favorite spots to shoot, for a maternity/family session. They were so nice, and oh my gosh, their little girl looks just like the Gerber baby LOL!! The prettiest blue eyes and gorgeous blonde hair I have ever seen… I can only imagine how beautiful baby #2 will be! I simply cannot wait to meet their new addition in a few short weeks!!
Meet 8 day old Nahla. Well, she isn’t this tiny anymore 🙂 This little ladybug is Chicago Bear’s Matt Forté‘s daughter, and I got to photograph her as a newborn back in March of this year. I truly wish to thank Matt and his beautiful wife Danielle for allowing me to share some of my favorite images from their session! They are truly the nicest and most genuine people you would ever want to meet!!
I also would like to give a shout out to Jamenda McCoy, owner of Belle Up Maternity, the absolute best upscale maternity boutique in the Chicagoland area, for putting me in contact with the Forté family! If you are expecting, and need a gorgeous outfit for your maternity session, or just want to feel beautiful during this amazing time in your life, I highly recommend taking a look at their website or stopping in their boutique!
Meet beautiful, beautiful Isa (I LOVE her name!!). Isa came in at just 9 days of life, and I melted as soon as I saw her pretty little face. I knew it was going to be a good session. And it sure was! She was such a good baby, and oh-so squishy 🙂 She rocked her session from beginning to end. Her parents were amazing too! They brought in fresh flowers for me to incorporate in her session, something I had never done before, but may do more often because it brought something so different than I usually do, I loved it! They also had a teeny tiny tie-dye t-shirt that her mom wore as a newborn! That was pretty cool! And her mom was such a ray of sunshine, I seriously still love looking at her pictures, she was SO happy being a new mom, and it shows in every single image of her, I can’t help but smile and feel her joy 🙂 I have SO many favorites from this session that I just couldn’t pick a minimum amount, so I had to share them all 🙂
Meet 9 day old TJ. Oh was he a dream to work with!! He was such a good sleeper, only woke up once! A dream session that lasted right under 2 hours! His gallery was just too amazing for me not to share more than I usually do, I just couldn’t pick, I love them all!! So here are a “few” of my favorites from his session 🙂
