Posts in Category: Maternity
an outdoor & themed maternity shoot
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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arnold family maternity portraits ~ a surprise gift
The Arnold family is special and so is the impulse behind this photo session. We had the pleasure of photographing Meghan and Jeremy’s wedding and capturing the first photos of their daughter Berklee as a newborn and 6 month old. Our newest session with this family was in February of this year and was engineered on the down low by husband Jeremy. Wife and mom, Meghan is due with their second child, a little boy they plan to name Wyatt and Jeremy decided that he wanted to surprise Meghan with the maternity photo session as a Christmas gift.
Note to wives: I know you know how to drop a hint. Enough said.]
I’ve gotta insert a flashback here. We sort of recreated a moment we captured in an orchard photo session from a couple of years ago. I love seeing Berklee’s little hands touching Meghan’s belly in between her parents. It’s perfectly reminiscent of her seated between them when she was just about a year old.
As they prepare for the newest Arnold to show up, he was included in the shoot – beyond Meghan’s belly. The baseball with Wyatt’s name was one of Jeremy’s while he played baseball for UNC Chapel Hill. We look forward to meeting this little man and seeing his resemblance to his sister and parents and what parts of his personality shine.
It’s hard not to include another photo from the orchard where we tied the two sessions together. Although Berklee is bigger, she can still be tossed in the air and loves it! I saw the same sweet smiles and same crazy joy on their faces.
We just LOVE having them as clients and cannot wait to meet new addition Wyatt. We feel confident that Berklee is going to be a wonderful big sister. Thanks, Arnold family! See you soon, we hope, with member number four.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2018 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.
Portraits for Mother’s Day
This short video cracked us up, because in at least one of these clips you can see your own mom, perhaps. And don’t freak out: the video is from a couple of years ago. Mother’s Day is May 13 this year so you’ve got a couple of months to think about how great it would be to schedule mother’s day portraits or family portraits to give to her. You KNOW it goes without saying that the two things your mom wants more than anything are gifts that become mementos and time with her.
Moms….I love mine so much it hurts. She’s my best friend and we laugh, learn, garden and unpack the world together. Now I am one. Finley has made me so aware of why mothers say and do all that they do. It’s humbling and it’s wild and Ryan and I feel like our hearts are going to explode some days due to the amount of unexpected joy and revelation he’s brought into our lives.
Thanks so much to Suzie of Suzie Guerrant Photography. She’s a talent, a mom and a light!
Holidays are daily if you get the “National Calendar” eblasts that celebrate everything from National Peanut Butter Day to National Tell a Fairy Tale Day to National Sleeping in Public Day. [No, I did not make those up.] But Mother’s Day, ya’ll…….. it’s really real and it’s really important. If you think about everything your mom has done for you, you’ll call her at some point today. Even five minutes of “updates and I love yous” will make a huge difference in her day. And she deserves it.
No, this darling young woman above at various stages of adolescence is not a mom. BUT, … these photos of her growing up were taken especially because her mom wanted to mark the changes in each of her children before they left the house. Maddie has a sister and brother (Paiton and Quinton respectively) and we photographed them too.
An idea: If you have a book club of moms, if you and your sisters or sisters-in-law get together regularly, why not schedule a session for all of you with your kiddos to change things up? Of course, family photos as Mother’s Day gifts are a natural, but we also do multi-generation photos and those are not only wonderful framed and hung but are perfect for cards and gifts later around other holidays.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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Wonder Women Part II
Yes, this deserved a second blog. It’s not because I’m a new mom or because Mother’s Day is around the corner (it’s not, so stop sweating because you haven’t bought flowers or a new car for her………. it’s May 13th, by the way). It is just a topic that deserves more love and a second posting. As I looked through all the photos of moms, I was so moved by how different they are while still having this common thread of mother love and strength, care and joy, giving and enjoyment of their kids and their families.
So to that end – I raise a glass again to mothers of all kinds, shapes, ages and types.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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Wonder Women | Moms
Lately, we’re thick with superhero movies and remakes and I see no end in sight. Comic books characters, the heroes and villains who distract us from their real life counterparts, are an amazing escape. They inspire us to be bigger, to be the people we want to be and they give us a sort of boost.
With the recent release of Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot (and Oh Holy Crap, if you haven’t seen it, rent it asap!!), I’ve seen and felt a surge in girl power and we can never have enough of it, in my humble opinion. As I await the arrival of my son, motherhood and moms have been on my mind. They give so much, carry so much, love so much, share, guide, hurdle, forgive, strive, turn the other cheek, increase the joy around them and I’m so grateful for my own mom and the examples of other mothers I know.
Here’s to the power – the near superhuman power – of mothers. I thank God that He protects and helps us as we create little humans while holding on to our own identities.
I could write and share mom photos for weeks – and just might – but for now, I’ll just ask that you do one thing for me please: if you can, call your mom today. Call your gramma today. Call your mother-in-law. Call a mother you know and tell her that she’s a card-carrying rock star… that she’s seen and appreciated beyond words. If you can’t for whatever reason, take a minute to think of a mother you know and say a little prayer or meditation of gratitude. It won’t go unheard.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2017 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.