Maternity Portraits | Grand Rapids, Michigan

After photographing Christy's wedding over a year ago it was a pleasure to meet up with her for a maternity photography session. Since she lives in the Grand Rapids area it was less of a commute than when we saw her at her wedding in the Detroit area.

She had the pregnancy glow and it showed in her beautiful photographs!

This is Christy's 7th month of pregnancy. For maternity photography we always recommend clients schedule their session around the 7th month. Although some like to get their photos taken around the 7th month and again right before the birth of their baby. We recommend that mothers keep in mind that because babies keep their own arrival schedule a secret until the big day and we don't want anyone to miss the opportunity to have their maternity portraits taken they should think about scheduling their sessions slightly ahead of time.

Christy is an army wife. Daddy was unable to attend the maternity session. We asked Christy to bring along a few things to represent him in the maternity photographs. We thought her tee was so cute tied up like this to show off her growing baby. Daddy served in Iraq and we thought he'd appreciate these photos of his gorgeous wife and baby to be.


You'd never know that Christy is self consious about her expanding belly from these pictures. We got her to have some fun with the camera and enjoyed some of these sassier pregancy portraits. She has nothing to worry about, she's one hot mama!

Whenever we schedule a maternity session we ask our clients to bring along a few photography props that have special meaning. These cute baby pink Converse high-tops were Christy's contribution to her maternity session. They are so unbelieveably cute that we had to give them their own mini portrait session! Christy is a shoe lover and she's starting her baby off in the cutest of pairs!


A few portraits that we think really captured that gorgeous preganancy glow Christy had during her maternity photo session!

Christy brought along her husbands wedding shirt to wear in her photographs.

This picture of the shoes on Christy's pregnant belly was one of her favorites. It's such a fun pregnancy picture!


Christy is a teacher so it's only natural that we captured her reading a book to her unborn babe! We can't wait to meet her little girl at her first infant photo session!

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Nice Comments From Another client | Children's Photography - Saranac, Michigan

One of the great privileges about taking portraits of children in the Ionia, Michigan area is creating images that parents will treasure and share with their friends and relatives. It always lights our hearts when Tracy and I receive warm comments from parents about the photographs we take of their children. I just received another such response from a very gracious client:

"Hi Charlie,
Thanks for everything. We are very happy with the pictures. I will be sure to recommend you if any of my college roommates decide they're ready to get married. It's really the best anyone has been able to get my daughter to smile.
-Kathryn"



Your very welcome Kathryn! Thank you for letting us share in creating some memories of your daughter.

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Are We Done Taking Pictures Yet?

One of the great things about having kids if you are in the business of taking pictures of children is that you always have an available model on hand to try out new equipment, lighting, poses etc.. Even better, they are under permanent contract - at least until they turn 18 - and they have to do what YOU say! That and they take cookies and suckers as a form of monetary payment....The only downside is when something "more important" comes up they quickly evince their loss of interest, as this picture of my 2-year old will attest.


Anyways it wasn't even a fair competition - the Wonder Pets were on! How am I supposed to to compete with a pet duck, guinea pig and gerbil that have speech impediments, can fly a rocket-powered toy sailboat, wear impossibly fashionable head-gear and save the world from imminent destruction on a daily basis?.....Exactly!


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Children's Portraiture | Saranac, Michigan

As a children's portrait photographer in the Grand Rapids area I am so blessed at being able to meet and take pictures of many uniquely adorable children. This little girl was no exception; Charlie and I had a great time photographing her yesterday! She made our job a cinch. Her little dress was so cute and the vibrant colors really made the pictures pop! My favorite is the top one of her peeking over the flower; she has beautiful eyes and for a child this young she seemed really comfortable in front of the camera!
-Tracy


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Children's Portraiture | Ionia, Michigan

One of my favorite things about photographing children is their beautiful piercing eyes! Whenever I have the opportunity to take a child's picture I'm always looking for that shot that seems to capture the essence of a child's innocence. This is one of my favorite recent pictures; the desaturation of the colors really makes the irises pop!
-Charlie

Angelina's Senior Recital Pictures | Frankenmuth, Michigan

As a photographer based in the Grand Rapids area it's always great when we have the opportunity to photograph college or high school students for their senior pictures. It's especially wonderful when we get to share in moments that are uniquely special for our clients. It's for this reason that Tracy and I had such a great time photographing Angelina this week! She needed some casual portraits for her upcoming senior music recital at Grand Valley State University (located in the Grand Rapids area of West Michigan) and we were excited to oblige. She's a beautiful girl with an amazing voice and a bright future after graduation! Good luck finishing up your senior year Angelina!

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Kudos to Tracy for setting up this awesome photograph on the piano...She has a wonderful eye!