Meet Maisie, the newest addition to the Boyd Family and our smallest and youngest client ever at barely six pounds and a little over a week old.  We found it interesting exploring the relationships between Maisie and her family: how relaxed she is in her mother’s arms, how small she looks in her dad’s hands, and the fascination her brother has for his new sister.

I have never been one to look at a newborn and honestly say whether they look like the mother or father.  Their features are so undeveloped, that they all just look like other newborns to me.  But in Maisie’s case, Chuck and I both agree she looks like the mirror image of her daddy - a Mini-Mike if you will - by virtue of sharing some very obvious features. 

We’re looking forward to watching Maisie grow up as part of our Baby’s First Year Series which includes Maternity Portraits, Newborn Portraits, and portraits created at key stages of her first year of life.

 
Lazy Maisie

See Heidi’s Maternity Portraits at http://blog.photojeania.com/2008/04/22/the-boyd-family-part-1-maternity-portraits/

Meet the Sielemans - another beautiful family compliments of Dr. Valone.  Jen is positively glowing while expecting her second child.  Luke (Mr. Sieleman) is very laid back with a great sense of humor and Payton is about as nice a boy as they come at 5 years old.  How do we get so lucky?

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.