Jenna : A Torrey Pines Maternity Session

Hello Wanderers,

This is the second shoot with Jenna during her pregnancy. In such a short time, it is crazy to see how much she has grown. I feel as though there is more of a glow about her than in the first shoot.

I find it an honor to be able to capture the happiness and warmth that she portrays during a time that may be one of the most tiring and painful challenges she will choose to face. In these photos, there is no sign of this tiredness. There is no sign of this pain.

In this moment, she is the embodiment of happiness.

xoxo

Mike and the Wanderers

Jenna

“Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.” -Mandy Harrison

Hello Wanderers,

I have to be honest. Doing a photo session with an expectant mother for the first time is always a challenge. There is a discovery period of how comfortable she is in physical movement and in posing.

It may take a while to find that comfort level, but once it is reached, there is a whole new level of beauty that can be captured. This beauty lies within a mother who chooses to do something that only the female body can do: bring a new life into this world.

There is a moment of awe when I am able to capture photos that show the beauty in this progression to entering motherhood.

xoxo

Mike and the Wanderers

Cara, Brian, and Connor

“This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven.” 

― Rick Bragg

The Cabigas Family

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” 

― Ralph Waldo Emerson