Maternity Shots

With my focus being mainly weddings, maternity photography is a little like greek to me. I've done very little and am not educated in the world of maternity photos. After booking a couple of maternity shoots, I thought I'd do my research to see what a standard maternity session entailed. I've decided that I'm definitely not into the almost nude, flowy material maternity work that is out there. Thankfully my clients weren't either! I wanted my sessions to highlight the beauty of pregnancy and all of the excitement and expectations that come along with it. Here are a few shots from my sessions...

Kandace and Michael:

Isn't she gorgeous?! We were going for the whole "glowing" look. :)

Ashley:

Pregnancy just suits Ashley. I hope I look this good when it's my turn!!!

I'm hoping to shoot more maternity photos in the future. If you're expecting, definitely give me a call!!!

Haley & Johnny: 7.25.2009

So, I've been on a random, out of order blogging spurt this past year. Inevitably, this means that I have left out weddings that I've had the best intentions to blog. So, over the next week I'm going to try to play a little catch up!

Haley and Johnny were one of my all time favorite couples. They have so much fun together and it is completely contagious- their friends and family could not help but have a fabulous time celebrating the marriage of such a wonderful couple!

Wright Family Photos...

Adam and I are constantly talking about how we don't take enough photos of our family. I (like many other gals) tend not to like photos of myself, but I know that one day I'll want to look back at this phase of our life and reminisce through pictures. Plus, how hypocritical is it to tell other people how important pictures are and then neglect to take any of my own life?! To remedy this, I dragged Adam and (a very unwilling) Buster out to an overgrown field near I-20 to snap a few pictures right before sundown yesterday. This photoshoot took all of about 20 minutes from start to finish. Maybe not my best work, but I know I'll be glad to have these when I'm old and gray.

The photo of Adam is one of my test shots that I really liked. After I got my settings straight, I handed my camera over to him to work his magic. I think I may have found my next Jessica Wright Photography employee. :)

I pulled out my rusty old tripod for the rest of these. I'm sure the people driving by on the interstate got a kick out of me pressing the shutter and running for dear life to dive in the photo. I won't humiliate myself any further by showing you the outtakes...

(Notice Buster attempting getaway #1 of the afternoon.)

(Buster plotting getaway #2)

(Buster found himself crated for this one. No more getaway attempts for this guy.)

Hopefully frequent family photoshoots will become a trend for the Wrights and I will have more of these to post throughout the year. And to practice what I preach, I've ordered prints of all of the above to hang around the house! How's that for a good start?

Amy & Chris

Amy and Chris were married on a gorgeous June day in Chelsea. They have such a sweet love for each other and I was thrilled to be there to capture it.

Mitch and Abby

Abby and Mitch were married this summer at Southside Baptist Church. When she told me the location, I was giddy...who can resist that gorgeous architecture?

A few pretty details...

Abby's mom seeing her for the first time...

On the way to see Mitch...

Aren't they gorgeous?

Ring engravings are my favorite!

Ceremony time

The entire audience died laughing when Mitch did this. How awesome!

Long time no see...

...or something like that. It seems like the longer I wait, the harder it is for me to get the gumption to face this little blog of mine. I'm not a new years resolution kind of person, so I won't promise to be a better blogger in 2010. But I do hope to enjoy blogging the more I do it. So in an effort to enjoy it, I'm going to try to blog the rest of my 2009 in the coming week. Can I do it? Yes. Will I do it? We'll hope for the best.

Let's see, where did I leave off? Oh yes, Heather and Chris's beautiful wedding at the Sonnet House (which I have turned into a pretty new sample album and canvas....more on that later!). Next in the queu is Ben & Elizabeth's sweet wedding at Reid Chapel. They married on a rainy day in May (I could say that about most of my May weddings last year!). Ben & Elizabeth didn't let the rain bother them...in fact, Elizabeth told me later that her favorite photo of the entire day was one of the bridal party parading to the ceremony in the rain. I think umbrellas make wedding photos romantic....glad that she took the same view! Here are a few of the photos...

Ben was cool, calm and collected the entire day.

Did I mention that Elizabeth has the most contagious laugh of all time? I can almost hear it when I look at this picture. Maybe one of my favorites of the day.

This is Elizabeth's favorite. At first I didn't love that it was slightly out of focus, but now I think it adds to the romance of the picture. And it has an umbrella. Oh how I love a good umbrella picture!

A few of the lovely bride and groom...

A huge thanks to Elizabeth and Ben for bringing me into to witness and capture their amazing day!