Maternity Portrait in Studio | Kelly & Ryan | Portland OR Maternity Photographer

As I was working on these maternity photos for Kelly & Ryan, my husband informed me that Kelly, a mere four weeks away from her due date, looks about as big as I looked at 5 months pregnant.  I might have been mad except it’s totally true!

We did these photos in my SE Portland studio, some with a 6-foot single softbox and some with natural window light.  I used my 50 mm 1.4 lens for almost the entire shoot as usual… LOVE it.

Congrats Kelly & Ryan, can’t wait to do your newborn baby girl pics in December!

Family Portrait in the Studio | Portland Family Photographer

I am so excited to share these portraits from my new studio in SE Portland!

The photo on the left is outdoors; we couldn’t resist capturing the spectacular fall colors between rain showers.  The rest of the portraits were done in my studio using 95% natural light with the occasional soft fill from my 580 EX speed light on a stand with an umbrella.  I’m really enjoying my Mini TT1/Flex TT5 Pocket Wizards, so glad I sprung for them (vs. the Plus II’s, which cannot be controlled in-camera).

This little sweetie pie looked dashing in his red baby thermal & denim overalls, so very Portland!  He was accompanied by his doggie, who did “play dead” and a number of other impressive tricks, including capturing the attention of a 4-month-old, which is of course very helpful to me!

I got so many great portraits from this session that it was very hard to select my favorites for editing & presentation–such is the advantage of relaxing in a studio when it is cold & rainy outside rather than struggling to get the shot when everyone is shivering & wet.  Love it!

I have an extra busy weekend coming up with several new shoots as well as a review going up on PDX Kids Calendar from this shoot back in October.  I’m dying to read it!

Curns Family | Holiday Card Designs | Portland Family Photographer

I did this fall portrait shoot with the Curns family from Portland, Oregon last weekend.  Baby Bodhi is 10 months old and has been walking already for a month!  He’s keeping all the other babies on their toes… so to speak. I love the way their portraits came out and I did a nice clean edit on them for a crisp, clean, fresh quality to the session.  I loved doing these pictures in Laurelhurst Park and will definitely use that location again and again–it is so versatile and beautiful!  I put some of the photos from their session on these holiday cards… which is your favorite design?