Dear Mo

Dear Mo,

You're Gorgeous.

xoxo Jill

A little bit of this

A little bit of this and a little bit of that. We got all sorts of shots with this session. I love love love shooting maternity. Something about it--don't know what--but I love it. And these parents adore their son. I mean, most people adore their children, but you can see it on their faces. And as for this first picture. I think the first words out of her husband's mouth will be "My wife is HOT".

I think I like it

So I'm really loving doing maternity photos. I never knew I'd love it so much. And look at this girl. She was due in 1 week. She looks good. And her daughter was just working it. I loved it--it was so fun--and the images are fabulous. Sometimes I do a shoot where I think---wow I guess I do have skills.(I'm still trying to get used to the idea that I have artistic abilities--it seems so foreign to me) This one was like that. I shot in light I usually don't shoot in and I did things I usually don't do--and I loved the results. Loved it loved it.

One time

One time I had a dream that I was this foxy.

So do you want to know what happens when you take your husband's cousin and his wife's maternity shots? Well, you get a boat load of images. And when your subject is this foxy---forget it. It took me forever to pick which photos I was going to post. Luckily I had a friend on iChat with me to help out. Just so all of the mothers out there know--this girl is 37 or so weeks pregnant in these shots. Yah-I know. So I had to post a bunch of them. I was also toying with some new colors--some bright, some more muted and artsy. Let me know what you think.
































And what would a shoot be without a little bit of Distortion . . . .

Lucky Me Maternity

I am super lucky because I took Wendy's class and now those of us who are local get together on the 3rd Friday of every month to shoot. Since it's so flippin hot no one really wants to do it, unless it's inside. So I asked if they would come do a shoot of me--in my house. Super sweet for me because I get really cool shots, and fun for them because they get to practice a maternity shoot. I'm not big on the soft light/tender maternity shots. I'm not a soft person, so I told them to do not your typical maternity shots. I'm also not a huge fan of the bare belly shots, we took some but I don't think other people want to see it--especially that sweet mole I have. So here are the shots done by two of the students who took the class. Wendy is going to send me hers later--she's a busy woman. They were nice enough to just let me download their images and go through them, so these are my versions. When or if they post some on their blogs--I'll link to them.

P.S. You'll notice I have makeup on, which I never do. It's because Darcy (my friend and hair stylist) came to drop off her girls and couldn't stand that I was just going to be my simple mascara and lip balm self. So she offered to put on my makeup and I said--I don't have any, and she said "you don't have ANY?" and I said no. So she went home and got hers and came back. I think I look fab--if I do say so myself. She also did my hair and trimmed my bangs because she said they had gotten to the point where they weren't cute or hip, they were just bangs. She has told me on many occasion that I look like crap, and it doesn't offend me, it's straight from her heart. Friends like that are gold.

First--a shot of Wendy. Take her class--especially if you're local then you can come shoot with us.

The shots by Wendy are edited by her, Janelle's and Jen's are edited by me.





Shots by Wendy
















Shots by Janelle



















Shots by Jen








Jen shot this one with my new 5D--lovin that distortion

Three Babies in the Tummy

Three-yes three in there. This is my super fun friend Shelby. She's 31 weeks pregnant with triplets. This girl is a stick and now she is bursting--truly bursting at the seams. She is on bed rest, so my buddy came with me and helped me to do a photo shoot at her house. She really is only supposed to be up and around for the necessities--shower and bathroom, then straight back to bed. But we had to get some pictures with her against her awesome brick wall. Yes that is in her house--it rocks. In fact--her husband may kill us when he sees that we had her out of bed and on her feet. The shoot was only about 30 minutes because I had to pick up Red from Kindergarten. But I'm amazed at what we got. She is a tiny little person and now her belly is so beautiful and big. It shoots straight out, and if you saw her from behind you probably wouldn't know she was pregnant. Thanks Shelby for letting me take these shots--I love them. (p.s. I love blogger--I just went to post these and I accidentally closed the tab, and my heart sank--I thought I'd have to redo the whole thing, but Blogger automatically saves every 30 seconds or so. Thank you blogger!)