Meet Heidi Boyd - wife, mother, nutrition professional and now model.   Heidi came into our lives as a referral from Dr. Ross Valone and we are very grateful.  We enjoyed bringing out how glamorous and glowing she looked for someone so late into her pregnancy.  We were also fortunate to get the rest of the family Mike (husband) and Ross (son) into the act for some special relationship portraits.

Heidi gave birth to an adorable six pound girl, Maisie (sounds like mazy), just a few days after our session.  Maisie, only three days old, laid comfortably on my lap during our preview session with Heidi and Mike this morning and made the cutest little faces while she slept.  Makes you wonder what they are thinking about at that age.  We look forward to our newborn portrait session next week and capturing Maise’s first year of life in fine art portraits.  Stay tuned for part II - Maisie’s first portrait session.

This is the first of a six part series profiling the Price family of West Des Moines.  Kim is expecting her fourth child in May and is taking part in our “Baby’s First Year” program.  Our “Baby’s First Year” clients participate in a five portrait sessions over the course of approximately a year including a maternity session followed by a newborn session and children-family sessions at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of the baby’s first year.  At the end of the program, our clients receive a beautiful album of images created throughout the year.

Kim wanted her children to be the focus of her maternity photography session so we approached it as more of a family affair.  While we couldn’t help ourselves from capturing Kim’s natural beauty and the glamorous side of maternity, we also focused on the children’s relationships with mom, their innocence and the expectation of things to come.  Finger painting mom’s belly, was a super fun way to wrap up the session and a wonderful opportunity to capture the joy of a family at play.  Great idea Kim.  We couldn’t ask for a more beautiful family and more genuine expressions of love and innocence.