I photographed Marion & Jason’s gorgeous wedding two summers ago and was ecstatic to hear they were expecting a baby girl this fall! And of course it is such a tremendous compliment for my wedding clients to give me the opportunity to continue documenting their lives. Yippee!

Marion, you are gorgeous and as sweet as ever. Jason, thank you for doing an impromptu examination of MY baby, Obadiah, before our session. Very generous of you. It is such a pleasure to work with both of you and I’m waiting with baited breath for our first session with your baby this fall!!

It was too beautiful of day to work inside the studio, so we quickly moved outside. I just tacked up a piece of lace on our front pergola. Love the combination of natural light with a soft vintage backdrop.

I am so happy with the way our front porch is working for portrait sessions! The trick is always to find the balance between lush and cluttered; to create a beautiful setting that doesn’t distract from my subject. This happy couple seems to be oblivious of my presence. I find this common occurrence  ironic because I would not describe myself as a wall flower! But I guess my happy chattering and fidgeting with my camera puts my clients at ease. Maybe I’m kind of like a white noise sound machine.
Behind Marion is my whimsical vegetable garden! Super happy that I threw in all those cosmos and morning glory seeds! They are a MUCH better backdrop than the onions or squash- or bolting lettuce.
 
As you know, I have traditionally created more black and white images. But these colors are just sublime. So I guess that’s my approach- I want to be knocked out by a photograph. Sometimes color is just a big muddle and very distracting from the shape and emotion of an image. If my reaction to a color image is not, “oh my GOSH those colors are gorgeous!!” I will convert it to black and white or sepia. But I have to play with each image to see where it needs to be. Honestly I do not have a very efficient post-processing routine. David Jay highly recommends not having a “creative workflow” and I can see his point 100%. It’s not good business. I just can’t get there. I want every one of my images to be just right.
To view the complete set of these portraits & to order images, please visit Marion & Jason’s Online Gallery: www.pictage.com/715005