Lisa’s Baby Bump

Danny — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:59:36 +0000

I’m very excited to share with you about a maternity session I photographed this last Tuesday. I traveled to Lisa’s parents house in Calabasas, Ca and set up a “mini studio” in the living room. It was a beautiful house with many features that I new immediately would lay the foundation for many wonderful images. The main living room was light and bright, provided by a large window source directly behind me. I set up my supplemental lighting and various necessities and prepared for the session. Although I prefer shooting more “available light” situations with very little artificial lighting, I’ve attained the abilities to be as versatile as necessary over the years.

The moment I saw Lisa my thoughts were… “Wow, she’s very pregnant!” and then “This is going to be REALLY easy.” After a few minutes with Lisa I came to the conclusion that she’s a bubbly, warm-hearted soul and that she really wanted to have fun with this session. This was no surprise because Lisa was referred to me from some of my favorite Calabasas/West Valley area moms who are extremely fun and engaging. I personally had a blast taking these images. A maternity session can be many things: intimate, fun, serious, sexy & playful to name a few. There is such an expectant joy that is prevalent in a maternity session and it’s a joy to be able to capture this.

The images below are some of my favorites from the session.. you’ll obviously see a range of expressions, moods and general feel. The very first image, directly below, really moves me. I love the way Lisa is casting her eyes down. Her eyelashes stand out nicely, she has sweet/soft expression and overall looks very 60′s between her falling hair and white top. Another one of my favorites is the image of the Cocker Spaniel that made it’s way onto the backdrop… a great reaction from both! I’ll let the rest of the images speak for themselves… enjoy,

Danny

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Baby Zachary

Danny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:27:30 +0000

This last Wednesday I had the pleasure of visiting one of my favorite clients, Rachel Yousif, in one of my favorites cities, Manhattan Beach. It was especially fun because I got to meet her little angel, Baby Zachary for the first time. I’ve known Rachel for several years and up until now we’ve pretty much matched up, child for child. My son Jaden was born in March 2006, her son Benjamin was born within a couple weeks. Likewise with my son Maddy and her daugher Julia were born in the Fall of 2007. Of course now she’s passed me up with child #3..!

Baby Zachary was born in early October and I had the joy of capturing some of his little features and Rachel’s tender, motherly interactions. This was my first time shooting in Rachel’s home in Manhattan Beach and I was immediately impressed with her style and choice of decor. We started shooting in her bedroom… it was clean, white and beachy with a nice illuminating window light. After a series of images in various ways, my favorite images came with Rachel playfully laying on her bed, cuddling, cooing and kissing her baby boy.

From there we went to a seaside park. Chasing and playing with Ben & Julia was truly a delight. The last image in the series below is one of my favorites. Ben is smothering his sister julia with kisses.. the look on her face is priceless!!!

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Lisa’s Baby Bump

Baby Zachary