My good friend, Ashley, who also happens to be my sister-in-law, needed a little convincing to do a maternity photo session. Not because she’s shy, just because I think she would have rather been doing just about anything else!

This girl is anything but shy and I’m speaking from sixteen years of friendship!

The photos clearly turned out beautifully and Ashley had the chance to see them for the first time at her baby shower yesterday. I got the feeling she was glad we did it.

One of my favourites

Ashley has the most amazing dressing room and I have been impatiently waiting to shoot in there for a while. The light was absolutely perfect even though we were trying to squeeze the shoot into a rather busy day of snowshoeing, airport pick-ups and a girls night out.

This is my directional light submission for week 6 of Project 52

I love this photo of Ashley, even though you can’t really see her bump.

Ashley is one of my Baby’s First Year clients. The package she chose includes: a maternity shoot, a newborn shoot, a baby session each month for the first year, and then one other shoot of her choice, some examples of which could be family session, a first birthday cake smash or a grandparent session. The package also includes a 34 page album and two grandparent books.

Keep your eyes open for newborn photos coming soon, well as soon as Baby Vandekraats feels like making an appearance!

Please contact me if you are interested in learning more about my other Baby’s First Year packages and pricing.