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A few months ago former engagement portrait and wedding photography clients of mine, Dorothy and Andy, made the jump to being newborn clients!!  Here are some images from our first of two sessions, the Bump Session.  We started at West Seattle’s Lincoln Park.  If you remember back, this is where he Andy proposed to Dorothy, with rocks placed carefully in the sand.  Each one had a letter, and the rocks spelled out “Marry Me Dorothy!”  (see that HERE and their wedding HERE)  Check back tomorrow to see some images from our newborn session!  Do you think it’s a girl or boy!?!  Wait and see!

Andy was so cute when he called me up to ask about booking a session.  He said that she was just SO beautiful right now, that he REALLY wanted to capture some images with her form so they could mark this point in life.  He was so right on, pregnancy suited her well!  Isn’t she beautiful!!  Thank you Dorothy for letting me share these images!

Catherine and Mike are SO excited for the arrival of their first baby!  I first met them a few years back, and had the absolutely overwhelming pleasure of photographing their wedding and witnessing an all around fun day at the Edgewater Hotel in downtown Seattle.  I couldn’t have been happier for them when I heard about Catherine’s bump… and boy is she cute as ever!!

Thank you guys so so much for having me over (allll the way across Ballard… go Ballard!!!).  Can’t wait for the phone call saying that its time to schedule part two ;)  And special thanks to Mike for hanging in there… chewing nearly two packs of watermelon flavored Hubba Bubba gum for one silly picture is a tough job!

This season is a great time to get caught up on all of those rainy day projects- not because you normally wouldn’t do them unless it is raining, but because you aren’t shooting because it is raining, giving you actual, non-interrupted time to do production work. Here are some great albums that we’ve designed in the last two months. These are the handmade Fine Art Albums- each real photographic print is mounted on heavy card stock pages, a throw back to the vintage wedding albums of our grandparents (minus the photo corners).

First, a large album for Matt and Mary’s parents. Since Matt’s parents were local (everyone else is out of state!), they came to me and we had a little design meeting, picking their favorite images, navy blue for the cover, and a text tile. It’s 12×12″ and each page has a different layout depending on how the day was unfolding at that moment.

Next was Molly’s 8×8″ belly album. This is volume one, the second one will be a larger one of baby Miles (post to come on that one!). The cover fabric is my favorite one offered (greeeeeen!), with an image trio. Each page holds one 5×7 print.

The last Fine Art Album was for Danny and Bria’s wedding album. It’s a 12×12″ album in a shiny black animal-friendly leather, with an image title trio. This one also shows the vellum title page that starts the story.

Molly is what all women hope to look like when they’re pregnant – gorgeous. Inside her belly is her very first and very precious baby boy. Wish her luck- she’s due any MINUTE now, and stay tuned for some more shots of her family in December! I can’t even tell you how much fun we had at this belly shoot, Molly is definitely one super spunky mom-to-be, and what a great sport who isn’t afraid to try anything for a good shot!