There will soon be 3 members of the Soliman family! I met up with C and M right when she was 32 weeks along. Not too much longer before we all get too meet the little one!
I told her I loved her shirt and realized that I have the same one in black (and blue). It’s not a maternity shirt, fyi :).
LOVE her purple dress. Purple looks so good on so many people.
They were great sports and did whatever I asked even though the ants started biting!
Kelly is such a stunning pregnant mama! With my 5’2″ frame there’s no way I’ll look this good carrying a baby :). We shot at 34 weeks and happened to choose a hot and humid day in Houston (oh wait, they’re ALL hot and humid). We had to take quite a few breaks, but we got some beautiful shots.
Her charming 5-yr-old (and husband) came and I snagged this last shot of Aidan right before we left. Little boys totally crack me up.
Shannon and I agreed that it would be really fun to do her maternity pictures at the Kemah boardwalk, especially since she lived only minutes away! We all got up super early and met there before any crowds could get in our way. As we were walking around chatting I asked about her induction date and she told me it was the next day! Her doc had originally wanted to do it the day of the shoot, but she managed to convince him to wait one more day :). So this is officially the closest to a baby’s birthday that I’ve done a maternity shoot!
Pretty sure this next shot is my favorite. I love her purple nails!
The colors on the boardwalk are so fun and bright! I’d love to do a shoot there when we can actually get on the rides :).
This is another favorite! We were walking to the car and I asked for one last shot. Luckily, laying in the middle of the road isn’t as dangerous so early in the morning.
Baby Jaxson arrived about two full days later and I can’t wait to show you some of his pictures. He’s absolutely perfect.
This shoot got rescheduled at least 3 times due to our perfect record of choosing stormy days! When it finally worked out the weather was perfect. Oh, it was so nice. Not hot, not cold, not too sunny, not too cloudy. Perfect. It also allowed this mama-to-be to grow a little more! She’s nearly 34 weeks here, can you believe it? She’s so tall that baby has tons of room to stretch out and when she’s sitting or laying she hardly looks pregnant (there are a LOT of jealous women out there A!).
We started off the shoot at her apartment complex. They were so nice and let us use one of the model apartments. It was ridiculously cute and had great light!
We finished off the shoot at Uptown Park. I’ve wanted to shoot here ever since I moved here! It was really fun and I discovered things I hadn’t noticed before.
This next shot is a good example of some of the wonders of post-processing that I thought people would like to see. I took this picture (below) knowing that I wanted to bring in the background more, but in order to expose for A’s face, the background has to be over-exposed. So I exported this image from Lightroom as is,
and then decreased the exposure significantly and exported this one as well.
I put them together and after a little masking and editing, voila.
We happened to be walking by crave cupcake and I suggested that we get a pink cupcake for A’s little cupcake that she’s growing. She said her husband would really like these shots and I know I do!
C came along again and helped me shoot and grabbed this lovely shot while I was focused on the cupcake.
I can’t wait for baby to get here! Expect a beautiful new baby girl to grace this blog in June.
How lucky am I? Gorgeous client, gorgeous location, gorgeous weather. Couldn’t wait to post just one. Most later!
