This ALMOST got categorized in my ‘ridiculousness’ category! Because Amber and Justin are so photogenic and ready to tear up my camera, it was pretty ridiculous!! Just ask Katie!
Amber is due in about four weeks and she looks fantastic, radiant, and is sporting her pink streak in honor of the little baby girl she’s cooking up in her belly. Now I’ve been booking a lot of shoots lately pretty much ‘site unseen’ meaning that people are forgoing the need to meet me in person before hiring me! It’s pretty awesome, time saving and gives me a little bit of an element of surprise as to what to expect at our shoot. I. LOVED. IT!
Justin was so comfortable and seemed to just know what I was going for- he was a dream. And those dusky grey blue eyes? Gorgeous!! Add the spiky hair and skull sweatshirt? My kind of guy!!
Amber is my new poster child for my urban maternity shoots, I swear! She let me unleash all of these awesome images that I had locked in my brain for a long time, and I am so thankful to her and Justin for trusting me to just let me have my way- nasty old parking lot and all!! They did not even flinch at anything that I asked them to do….
So, thank you again for your trust in what I had stored away in my dusty old head!! You guys ROCKED IT!!!
I started off kind of engagement shoot style, and didn’t obsess about having to shoot Amber’s belly from the get go…it really let them loosen up and get a feel for what a spaz I can be when I am feeling it! I just could not hold my excitement in at seeing how they were in front of the camera…!
These two had killer eyes, and I really had fun showcasing them. And the pink streak? What do YOU think? Yeah, home, freaking RUN
Textures and tummy = super yummy!
Yes, she DID totally climb up onto this wall for this shot…she was such an adventurous subject so naturally we got along swimmingly!
Vines, cuddling, and even a brick wall. Yes I know I have admitted publicly that I kind of have an aversion to brick. But this combo was perfect- it had style
They were so natural together they needed SO little direction from me
The History of the Luftwaffe full movie
Justin’s skull sweatshirt was MONEY
Meet my new favorite doorway! The light here was out of control. I love Hartford!!
Nooks and crannies abound- and despite the super chilly temps, we toughed it out
Now here I started off going for a shadow shot, and while I did get some images I enjoy I looked up and saw Amber looking like this and was like DANG (graham) and kind of tricked her into not realizing I was actually shooting her….love, love love!!!
Hartford was Heckle-Ville for me from this point on! My GOD people felt the need to give me their two cents on what I was doing, it was comical! OK, maybe it was because I was laying in the middle of the street in traffic making a pregnant woman freeze but whatever, we did it for art!! Right Amber?
I know, I know, I kept getting all engagement shoot on my self over here!! But I really dig this one
There was a WHOLE lotta yelling at this point! Robert Norman would have loved to have seen me at this point! Not to mention that Hartford’s finest pulls up to the light and a la Mike Romano, gets all funky on their copper loud speaker and…..HECKLES ME!!! It made us laugh, for sure!
But seriously? Can she BE any cuter?
One of my many favorites of the day…I love every little thing going on in this shot!
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! film
Amber and Justin, thank you thank you thank you for one of the most fun shoots I have had- my body ached after our shoot from all of the laughing and adrenaline rushes I got from sheer excitement! A BIG thank you to Katie Slater for coming along and helping out, you were wonderful!!!
I love my job!!!
WOW! Great stuff. The last image and the 1 with the yellow street lines are my favorites!
I love this session Carla, the stoplights are my all time favorite!! Awesome!
I LOVE that b&w shot of them in the alley against the wall. Gorgeous!:)
CARLITA, CARLITA, CARLITA…..LOVE THEM. I LOVE the way you compose your images and take what’s available to make the image unique! This is why when I am on shoots, if I am stumped I think WWCD
~HUGS~
Val
Awesome,awesome,awesome!!!
wow leave it to YOU to put an urban twist on a maternity shoot! LOVE IT. these are freakin’ awesome. hard to pick a favorite but i really dig the feel and composition of the last shot.
Such a fun shoot! You’re right, I love everything about the last shot. But, really, they’re all wonderful
I LOOOOOOVE THEMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!! i’m soooo excited to see them ALL!!!!!
strong work!!!!