Family Session in Elizabeth City

I had originally scheduled this session with Mandie in the beginning of March, and she was going to use the photos from the session to surprise her husband, who was underway at the time... but then we got rained out! It's a good thing it rained, or else he wouldn't have been able to be in the pictures, which we took later in the month!

Randi

Maternity Session: Randi

Let me be honest for a second. There used to be a time when I straight up despised the thought of doing a maternity shoot. I wasn't a big fan of the style, and for some reason photographing tummies didn't strike me as being interesting. Maybe it's because I'm not a mommy myself.

Fast forward to a little over a month ago. I did my first maternity session with Betsy and Frank (you can view their session further down on the blog). Loved it. They were just so warm and friendly and fun to be around. They made me rethink my stance on the maternity shoots.

Now jump ahead to last weekend. I met Randi by the Waterfront in E-City and had a blast doing her session. She was so up for doing anything and she had the cutest little outfits... after her session, I decided that maternity shoots were actually one of my favorite types of sessions to do. I guess it's all in just finding my own style and running with it (and it helps that the mommies I photograph are freakin' cool). Lesson learned... don't knock anything before you try it!

Another thing I noticed... there's something about a mom-to-be that stands out from normal sessions. There's so much excitement and anticipation there... you can't help but notice them glow!

Anyway, enough of my blabbering. Here are some shots from Randi's session:

Sherri, Joel, and Giselle

Family Session: Sherri, Joel, and Giselle

A couple of weekends ago, I trekked down to Elizabeth City and did a session with Sherri, Joel, and their adorable daughter Giselle.

Now Giselle has a slight aversion to the children's character Fancy Nancy, so Sherri made this amazing outfit for her to wear that pretty much emulated Fancy Nancy herself! Needless to say, Giselle LOVED dressing up as her favorite character.

The Real Fancy Nancy

Fancy Nancy's even more awesome twin sister

Jessi, Andrew, and Paden - A Family Session

Family Session
Newport News Park, VA

Jessi, Andrew, and Paden were another Coast Guard family I had the pleasure of photographing over the weekend. Here are some of the photos from their session:

Sirena, Scott, Kyla, and Jacob - A Family Session

Family Session
Newport News Park, VA

Meet Sirena, Scott, and their two beautiful kids. They had their session this past Sunday at Newport News Park. If there's one thing I learned about photographing kids, it's that they don't like looking at the camera at the same time! Regardless, we still got some pretty good shots, and the kids were able to enjoy the playground after the session!

Betsy + Frank - A Maternity/Couples Session

Meet Betsy and her husband Frank... they're another Coast Guard family in Hampton Roads, and they have a little one on the way! This session was shot in Red Wing Park, and the two of them looked like they had a lot of fun... they were cracking up the entire time! I definitely enjoyed meeting the both of you and hope you like these photos!