Over the last 4 years I've been able to photograph dozens and dozens of mothers with their children. In honor of Mother's Day, I'd love to share a few of my more recent favorites. I hope all of you mamas out there have a wonderful day!
And extra love and hugs being sent to Claire, one of my 2010 brides who just lost her amazing mother, Gayle, to cancer. Gayle was fighting it back in 2010 and I am so privileged to have met her and witness the special bond that she had with her two daughters.
Heather was a little over 21 weeks pregnant with twin boys when I photographed her and her husband on the campus of the University of Washington. They were in Seattle for a baby shower and to visit family but actually live in my home town of Sacramento! They met while both going to school at UW and it's where he proposed so it made sense that they also wanted to document the pregnancy at a place that means so much to them. It was a chilly morning in April but I love the deep, rich colors of the mature trees all around the campus. While the famous cherry blossoms were long gone we did find other pink flowering trees...plum trees maybe? I loved their sense of humor!
Aura and Justin are expecting their first baby, a boy, in April. Aura is a fellow photographer (see her gorgeous work here) here in the Seattle area. Although I've only lived here for a handful of months, I am so thankful for all of the wonderful peers that I've been able to meet. The talent of photographers in Seattle is mind blowing and I am honored when they ask me to do work for them. Justin and Aura live in Gig Harbor so I drove down to the Tacoma area to meet them for their session. Thanks to the help of one of my other photographer friends we found a wonderful open space to give Aura the warm, soft, "California" style images that I tend to shoot. The sun just barely peeked out at the end of our session despite the fact that the weather folks had called for a clear day. The weather in Seattle is so unpredictable in the spring! I am thankful that it was warm enough for Aura to not freeze wearing her pretty summer dress :)
