Rewind back to October again, when I was about 6 months pregnant (now I'm nearly full term and feel like a house). My friend Lissette had loaned me some maternity clothes and when I tried on one of the dresses I just felt like it was such a Greek Goddess dress that it needed to be featured in some photos. So with the help of my friend Hayley who does hair and makeup, and with local photographer Sarah Gilreath, we tried to capture the vision I had seen in my mind's eye.
The morning of the scheduled photo shoot I almost called Sarah to cancel, because skimming through maternity photography on the internet for ideas had reminded me how absolutely horrifying and ridiculous maternity photography can be... but this is my last baby (or at least my last time being pregnant) and so we plugged on. All in all, I'm really glad that I pursued this vision. Pregnancy can be really uncomfortable and especially as late in the term as I am now, so miserable at moments, but it is definitely participation in a miracle and one of the times I feel most beautiful in all of this abundant womanhood.
2 comments:
These are SO BEAUTIFUL!!! You are radiant...and I'm not just saying that as some thing you are supposed to say to pregnant women :). These are really some of the best pregnancy photos I've ever seen (and we've all seen the horrific ones). Well done.
We might be applying for a job in your neck of the woods. Are you guys staying in NC?
Gorgeous!!!
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