Meet Lola - born exactly on her due date and tiny as can be! I loved hanging out with her family and photographing this moment in their lives. As I mentioned before, the way Cecily and Drew look at their new daughter reminds me why I take pictures. (And why I have "parent fever" now too.) Being there, in the intimate corners of someones home, capturing real life - it makes my heart feel full.
Happy Birthday Lola! Welcome to life in Portland with a couple of rad parents! (and grandparents too!)
Is there such a thing as "parent fever"? If there isn't than I just invented it while editing the portraits I took of Cecily and Drew with their brand new baby, Lola. Don't get me wrong, Lola is ADORABLE, but I found myself entranced by her mom and dad. Image after image they are looking at her with glazed eyes full of amazement and so much joy they could burst. I've never seen two people more in love. Ladies and gentleman, this is why I photograph.
It's funny when you meet someone while they are pregnant and it just seems normal, as if they have always been that way and you couldn't possibly see it any different. Then, months later when you see them without a big belly it seems weird (when in reality they have probably spent the first 20 or 30 years of their life without a big belly.) It's like moving to Portland with short hair. Everyone I meet will associate me with this look. Little do they know I've only had this hair for 6 months of the 28 years I've been alive.
Cecily is so adorable, beautiful, and comfortable in her skin that you'd think she'd been pregnant her entire life. She wears that baby so well that I might not even recognize her without it. And considering we took these photos just weeks shy of her due date, it's even more incredible. Isn't she stunning? Cecily and Drew were my very first clients in Portland, taking advantage of my amazing moving special! They were a delight to hang out with and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Cecily chose Cathedral Park under the St. Johns Bridge and Columbia Park for photos, two spots near her house in North Portland that they frequent often with their dogs. I can't wait to meet their daughter Lola next week when we get together for newborn portraits!
