Just a week after we had Roman, I got a call from an old high school friend, Noreen. She was 36 weeks with her first child as well, and wanted maternity photos with her hubby Ace. She loved the photos we had shot for Joy and Prince, and wanted similar look. We were happy to oblige. We held the session at our home studio, enjoying the chance to catch up and share our experiences as new parents with them.



There’s something about an old photograph that’s poignant and solemn. Older photos carry with them more “heft”; they seem to be loaded with more meaning. I’ve been playing a lot with a bunch of textures and post-processing effects to take certain photos and give them an aged, “vintage” look. It’s somewhat of a fad at the moment, but I have to admit that it’s a look that I’m very attracted to.


Anyway, here are a few photos from recent shoots that I’ve worked on.



This first one is of our friend Sheila from her recent wedding. I had her quickly sit and strike an old fashioned pose knowing that I wanted to change the photo in post-processing.



This is one from our friends Shea and Marvin’s engagement session.



This is my Papa.



This cute one is Olivia.

When Joy and Prince asked us to shoot some maternity portraits of them, we jumped at the chance. Because we're expecting also, anything that has to do with new babies has new meaning for us. And it also gave us a chance to do some expectant parent bonding with another couple.



We also relished a chance to try some ideas with studio light and camera flare that we’ve been itching to try.



Here are some pix of the happy couple…