Miami Maternity

I recently spent about a week in Miami visiting family, and I brought my camera, because I knew some of my extended family were expecting.

I met up with Victor and Joyce on a stretch of South Beach. As soon as a very, very small wedding cleared out, we had the beach mostly to ourselves despite the weather being beautiful. (By Connecticut standards of January, anyway...)

The rocky pier, smooth beach, and grassy dunes made for a beautiful backdrop, and the overcast sky produced a beautiful, soft light.

It was such a treat, and I'm glad that the timing of our trip worked out so perfectly.

Plus, since I had my camera handy, we took some family photos. The old ones were starting to show their age and embarrass the children, so... It was time.

Back in CT, and back to work!

Expecting

I first met Paulina and Christhian at a wedding, and then I did their engagement photos for them a while later. So I was very excited when Paulina asked me to take photos of their expanding family!

We met on a muggy summer afternoon at perennial portrait hotspot Wickham Park, and looped through the rose garden, Japanese garden, and Italian shrine. It was perfect timing - the park looked great with lots of flowers.

I'm so excited for them and their little one due any day now! I hope this becomes a trend - I'd love to see more couples come back for a maternity session!

Congratulations!

Hailey on the Way

I haven't done a lot of maternity photos, but it's always so much fun when I do. I don't need to tell you, pregnancy is amazing, maybe the most amazing thing humans do.

It's even better if you get to see it with your friends and their adorable daughter.

We set up my pop-up studio in their living room, two lights, and played around.

Little Juliet was a good sport (once she had her pancakes) and is clearly ready for her new sister to arrive.

I'm so excited to see Amanda's family expand and to meet little Hailey.

Swati and Saurin

I'm pretty new to maternity photos, but when I get a chance to do them, I jump at it. (Seriously, how great is my job? I pretty much exclusively work with people on their happiest occasions.)

Swati and Saurin are recent transplants from Texas, due next month. They're a sweet couple, and quite frankly their kid has a 100% chance of being adorable.

They brought donuts as well, which, you know, doesn't hurt. I also ran into a couple birders at our second location, who showed me a very rare bird. 

Sunrise, beach, glowing parents-to-be, donuts, and wildlife, all before 9:00 AM? That's a good day.