Anchorage Maternity Photographer | "K" Maternity

This session. THIS session. I'm fairly spoiled by this location that we had our session, my first time taking pictures in Hatcher's Pass. I've been up there before in the winter for sledding, but for maternity photos in the fall, I'm pretty sure sledding can't top that experience.

Quick confession about this session: I was sick. A couple of my other favorite maternity sessions were done while I was sick, so maybe germs = creativity for me. Here's the thing about being a photographer in the fall in Alaska though; you can't stop, you can't blink, or the fall will be gone and you'll have missed the colors. Last year I think I got 2 fall sessions in with the colors before a wind storm came through and I think our fall lasted less than a week. So germs aren't going to be able to stop me from going out and being able to capture this gorgeous time of year.

This couple was SO much fun. They took me to all their favorite spots up the Hatcher's pass road, and everything was breathtaking. Add in a couple of beautiful red dresses from Sew Trendy Accessories, and every image came out gorgeous.

"K" Maternity!

Anchorage Maternity Photographer | "T" Maternity

It has been a busy BUSY fall! Along with my oldest kiddo starting kindergarten, my 3 year old has started preschool this year! Needless to say, adjusting to 2 different school schedules has been much different from our relaxed summer where we had little to no schedule. 

But let's talk about this summer. If you live in Alaska, I bet right now you're wondering if we had a summer, and I'm right there with you. It seemed like it rained. so. much. Which means that sessions had to be rescheduled, but where do you reschedule to when there is nothing but rain into the end of forever? So this session fell on one of those days that was questionable. It miiiiight rain, but it might just stay cloudy, in which case I'm totally fine to come out and do a session, but a wet session is fun for nobody. So we head out to do our session, and I'm feeling iffy about the weather. We get there, and the SUN COMES OUT. Right at the perfect time to give us a little hint of warmth and sunlight, and I kid you not, as soon as I got back in my car after we were finished and got on the highway, it started pouring. 

I'm in love with this session, the light, the dress (thank you Sew Trendy Accessories for these gorgeous dresses that make my maternity clients feel so beautiful!), the gorgeous client, and her handsome husband.

"T" Maternity

Anchorage Alaska Maternity Photography | "U" Family Maternity

We're continuing our streak of blogging sessions that happened way too long ago! This session happened in the spring (you can tell because there's still melting snow all over the ground), and the colors were perfect. It was juuuust starting to warm up, although in Anchorage, Alaska, and on top of a mountain, that doesn't mean much. 

As a photographer in Alaska, I (understandably) get a lot of requests for mountain backgrounds. And if we're going for dramatic backgrounds, this one is hard to beat. I love the way the flowers in momma to be's dress warmed up an otherwise pretty cold looking background, and I love how excited these two were to greet their new little man. I got to meet little man just a little while later when we did his newborn photos, and he was a doll.

"U" Family Maternity!

Eagle River Maternity Photography | "P" Family Maternity

You guys want to see a picture of the world's bravest mom? I'm going to show you.

I have a favorite spot for photography. Mountain views, water views, skyline views, it has it all. So when I suggested this spot for maternity photos, what didn't occur to me was how COLD it would be. I also provide maternity dresses for my shoots, so when she said she wanted to do this pretty blush pink, I was excited because 1. I love pink and 2. I thought it would add some warmth to the pictures. LOL. It was the beginning of March in Alaska, everything is covered in snow, good one Karen. 

When I dropped her dress off to her before her shoot, I knew she would rock this shoot because this girl is GORGEOUS. 

Anyway, the day arrived, and it happened to be during our cold snap. We get up to where we're going and it's a solid 10 degrees. With a wind. Nooooo! So "P" family arrives and I warn them about the cold, and they still want to continue (see, brave.). So I know regardless, that I have to be FAST about this because who wants to be up a mountain without a coat on for long in that cold? We did manage  to get some chatting in between chattering teeth and I found out that mom and dad are SO EXCITED to be having a boy.

Anyway, we managed to get it done in record time and back off the mountain and into the warm truck with recommendations of warm baths and warm drinks. And only a couple weeks later I got to meet their sweet little man and do newborn photos for them.