Anytime I get the opportunity to work with my repeat Echo collection clients (click here to learn more about that offering) is a treat for me.  But when they celebrate special milestones and occasions I love it even more!  When Natalie, of Freely Nat, told me she was expecting and the ideas she had in mind for her upcoming maternity session I knew it was going to be something special.  Her session ideas are always creative and true to who she is as a person, mom and blogger so I knew this shoot would be no different.

Her initial vision was ethereal and so I knew my favorite wooded area would be perfect to fit her theme.  And since this area is filled with other great backdrops (which would nicely compliment her two other looks) I knew we couldn’t go wrong with our location selection.

Adorned in a beautiful, tummy-baring gown and floral crown Natalie absolutely GLOWED!  I don’t have the opportunity to shoot many maternity sessions so anytime I’m presented with the chance I get so excited because the glow a mother has is like no other.  Her white gown popped against the neutral tones of the woods.  This look couldn’t have been more fitting or perfect for this beautiful evening as the sun spotted through the trees and shone upon Natalie in the most amazing way!

And once she changed into her other two looks, and of course we added dad, Cleveland, to the mix I knew our other two shoot locations would work out as well.  I’m so thankful that Natalie and Cleveland allowed me to be a part of this special moment in their lives and as they sit and eagerly await baby Clayton’s arrival I wish their family nothing but love and lots of blessings!