Richmond VA Maternity Photographer | Z Family

It has been a few years since I photographed this family, since they had their first actually!  And now, they are welcoming TWO babies and I can not wait to meet them! One boy and one girl, and it will be the sweetest session.  For their maternity session, we chose to go down by the water.  I love shooting by the water, it's so calm and photographs so well, and when I can convince a family to get IN the water at the end, I always leave with a smile on my face.  

Here are a few favorites from our Richmond Virginia Maternity session: 

Richmond VA Maternity Photographer | C Family

You may be seeing this and being like WHAAAAAT she's pregnant?!? I missed her whole pregnancy!  I think they JUST debuted this gorgeous belly on Facebook in the past few days, and she's going to be delivering that baby ANY day!  I often wonder if I could do a surprise pregnancy and just be like "here's my baby!" at the hospital but I think I take waaaay too many selfies for that ;) So maybe I could if pregnancy lasted like, 3 hours.. ha! And of course this family's friends all know, they just never got around to making it "Facebook official" until recently.  I am so in love with these images we captured for them during this special time. And you couldn't take a bad picture at this location, unfortunately it's on private property so I won't get too many more opportunities to shoot here, but I am so glad they got their portraits done next to a waterfall! 

Richmond VA Maternity Photographer | Intimate Portraits

Oh sweet baby bellies.  I LOVE them SO MUCH. The magic of creating a life and taking some time to get some gorgeous pictures of yourself while focusing on your beauty and that sweet babe-to-be is a must for an expecting mama!  Your maternity session does not have to be this intimate, you can certainly rock it just the same while covering up a little more, but as a secret? These sessions are my favorite!  The studio offers key pieces in completing the maternity look whether you'd like to show the belly or cover it up a bit more. Dad and children can also be included in these sessions.  

In this post you will meet Ashley, who is one of the strongest mothers I've ever met. She was so sweet to work with and didn't hesitate to jump into any idea I had, and together we created the most beautiful maternity session for her!