I’ve gotten quite the reputation for doing “racy” maternity shoots.  And while I love doing them and love to glorify the pregnant female body, I also love a more journalistic approach to maternity sessions.  Brooke, Jason and MacKenzie allowed me to document this stage in their lives and it was such a pleasure!  I always tell my clients that even if we “go racy” that there should be a handful of images that are for the baby when she grows up—images that capture the life and times of her parents and possibly siblings before she was around.

There is a scene from The family Stone where Sarah Jessica Parker’s character presents her fiance’s family with framed images of their mother while she was pregnant.  The image is of Diane Keaton fully clothed, sitting on a desk or table, laughing.  The image is so striking in that there is so much joy and life captured in a single still frame.  This is what I want to give my clients and their future children.  And this is what the Wagner’s let me do….

If you haven’t seen The Family Stone, rent it and put it on pause when this photo of Diane Keaton comes on…  It’s truly a phenomenal maternity photo.