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Wendy: Maternity

J.P. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:48 +0000

Perhaps I should specify at the outset of this post, this is not my Wendy… this is Wendy who I’ve known at least since we were in middle school together. Wendy and her husband Anthony are expecting their first child in August, and Wendy decided to have maternity photos made as a first Father’s Day present for Anthony. My Wendy and I were more than happy to oblige and, apart from the requisite name confusion (is it bad form to ask your subject to move a light while you photograph them?) we had a great time. Since Wendy and Wendy were both dancers, there was fantastic communication between the two of them about finding graceful poses and lines to help accentuate the beauty of motherhood. Also, Wendy has a well-defined and daring aesthetic sense which challenges us as photographers in the best possible way. Add it all up, and we had a blast. Anthony is a lucky guy.

Although this next photo is probably technically better…

It’s this one that I think captures Wendy’s personality.

his last photo was one of our favorites from the shoot and, as it happens, it’s also one that Wendy chose to have blown up to 16×20. It’s pretty encouraging when that happens.

We’re so excited for Anthony and Wendy and look forward to meeting their little girl in a few months. Also, it’s a little late, but it’s probably a good time to say a Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Without you, there would be no maternity photos. ;-)

And with that, TEN (business) DAYS OF BLOGGING draws to a close. We hope you’ve enjoyed it, and that you’ll keep checking back to see what we’re up to. Have a great and restful weekend!

Zuleika: Maternity

J.P. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:52:02 +0000

Zuleika, a friend and colleague of Wendy, is, along with her husband Jose, expecting her second child…right about now, actually. Jose, Zulieka, and their son Maxi came over to document Zuleika’s pregnancy and get a couple of family photos. Here are a few of our favorites:

The affection between Jose and Zuleika was apparent, as was the love they have for their coming daughter.

I know this next shot may be a little cliche, but I don’t care, dogonnit! I like it!

Ladies, if you are thinking about having maternity photos made, may I please humbly suggest a pink tiara? Don’t get me wrong, you have to have the mom-chops to pull it off, but I don’t think there’s any question about that with Zuleika.

Initially, Maxi was absolutely sure that he wanted nothing to do with this whole photography thing. Eventually, though, and after a few minutes of my (awful) juggling, Maxi agreed to get into the frame with his mom. He may not like the camera, but the camera likes him.

You can’t see them, but Maxi is holding my juggling beanbags in this photo. Does it look to you like he’s daring me to come and get them?

This looks like one proud mama to me.

Come back tomorrow as TEN (business) DAYS OF BLOGGING continues with…well, I’m not entirely sure how to tease you with this one. Let’s put it this way: pink taffeta and a swimming pool are involved.

Kim and Matt: Maternity (and Paternity?)

J.P. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:31:08 +0000

School is finally out and at long last Wendy and I are able to focus on photography and, more importantly, each other. Now that we have a little bit of leisure, we’re excited to share with you some of the images we’ve captured over the past month. In order to do that, I’ll (J.P.) be posting a new blog entry each week day for the next two weeks. Check back in and see three weddings, three mothers-to-be, one bride-to-be (who’s now a bride), and a band from North Carolina who’ll be appearing at this year’s Cornerstone Festival. So enjoy these photos from Kim’s maternity session and keep checking back to find out what’s been keeping us from hanging out with our friends enough lately.

Kim and Matt are an awesome couple that Wendy and I met when Kim started teaching with me and they invited us over to their apartment to eat the delicious dinner Kim had prepared while they regaled us with stories of life at Bob Jones University. It took us almost a year to finally get them over to our place because, you know, if you have people over you have to clean and, if you have them for dinner, you have to cook. Our solution was to invite them over to document Kim’s pregnancy with their first child. We still had to clean, but all the cooking we did was to brew a cup of coffee–just about my speed.

Kim and Matt’s excitement about this baby is evident in the way they talk about him and in the way they interact with him in his present bump-ish state.

Additionally, they’re pretty crazy about each other.

Unfortunately, sometimes Matt pushes Kim too far.

(Actually, something had blown into his eye, and Kim was very sweetly helping him remove it…but I still say it looks like an eye gouge.)

Wendy and I had a great time with Matt and Kim and are looking forward to meeting the new addition to their family in a couple of months.

Stay tuned for nine more posts over the next two weeks and come back around August to find out how cute this baby is when he’s ditched the uterus for new digs on the outside.

(Update Oct 25, 2009: Isaiah has arrived and you can see his baby pictures here!)