When J&J first contacted me about documenting their birth journey, I was already so excited because they were referred to me from my friends and most revered photographers, David & Nancy Wittig (who, by the way, do amazing fine art wedding photography here in Chicago if aren’t already familiar with their beautiful work).  In our initial email communication, J expressed her love of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photojournalistic style as well as David & Nancy’s candid and moment capturing approach.  She wanted something timeless and romantic but different than the usual pregnancy shots that she’s seen, and loved the cool feel of a friend’s engagement session as done by David & Nancy.  I read this and fell in love immediately – the ideas just began pouring into my head and onto my pen and paper as I dreamt up a session capturing the realness of their life and love before baby S’s arrival.  Despite hitting a few bumps in the road and rescheduling, I am so happy that we were finally able to execute both of our artistic visions for this session (I even whipped out my old Nikon F5 and incorporated some film work!).  I’m also incredibly grateful to this family for allowing me to share their maternity session images, as I truly hope this gives you some inspiration to go in a different direction with your maternity photos as well (or family, baby, wedding, whatever!).  As I was once told by Joe Buissink, it’s not about capturing a perfect picture so much as it is about capturing that perfect moment.

Also I’d like to end this with sending some buenas vibras J&J’s way as they are due to have their baby girl this week!  To be continued…