babY J 9 month session - Chicago Area baby photographer

We had a great outdoor session! This was the first outdoor session with this little cutie and his beautiful mommy and daddy.  The location was perfect and the weather was lovely.  The brightly colored clothes that mommy picked just make them pop right out of the images, wonderful!

This may not have been my initial plan when we talked about a 9 month session nor was this the optimal time of day for a session.  I find that when I roll with it, things come out even better than I had envisioned.  Sometimes things work out just the way they are suppose to, when I don't fight the "plan" even if it wasn't my "plan" it all comes out perfect. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up, up and away.... the 1 year milestone is on the horizon.  :)



Mommy and me - Chicago Area Family Photographer

This mommy and little one are very close to my heart.  I have been photographing them since she was a little itty bitty.  My photography has grown with princess E.  I will always be thankful to them for allowing me to grow and believing in me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until we see each other again, blessings!



Who Am I - Chicago Area Photographer

 

 

 

"Who Am I?" I'm not talking about photographer, mother, wife, sister or daughter.  These are all roles and jobs that I fill.  I am talking about who am I when all those labels are gone.  When I peel away at the layers of who others tell me I am and who I think I am, who am I really?  What is left?  This is a HUGE question and currently I feel the weight of it on my journey. 

With every question lies an answer.  Every day I am getting closer and closer to the answer. 

I cut my hair this week.  I've convinced myself and I have allowed others to convince me for a long time that my hair shouldn't be short.  Sounds a little ridiculous right?  But it's true.  The morning of my hair appointment that negative voice in my head was trying to convince me that it was a bad idea.  I had to purposefully hush it and change the channel.  Where was the voice coming from?  Fear.  I had become attached to my hair and I wore fear like a cute little hair clip at the top.  It felt so good to release that hair clip.  It was tight, like when you've been wearing a tight pony tail all day and you finally let the rubber band go at the end of the day.  It felt so good to consciously release the fear. 


Who Am I?  I am letting go of fear and with every passing day the answer becomes clearer and clearer.   

  

Gender Announcement - Chicago Area Maternity Photographer

 

Is the baby a girl or a boy?  Drum roll please.......

Congratulations G Family! 

 

 

 

What a beautiful Mommy!

 



 

When I am working with two little cuties (ages 2 and 3) telling them to stand there and smile never works for me.  Instead I like to play games with them.  Here we were playing peekaboo.  It couldn't get much better than this :)

 

 

 

 

 

M is counting the flowers for me.  Look at that smile!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've known A&J since college. They are college sweethearts. It's beautiful to see their love and family grow. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The G family is one of the very first families I ever photographed.  I am grateful that they gave me another shot.  Thank you G family! 

 

S family - Chicago Area Maternity Photographer

What an absolute privilege and honor it is to collaborate with my dear friends on these images.  A lifetime ago (well it seems like a lifetime ago) I lived in the charming state of TN.  I worked with this beautiful couple in an extraordinary company in Nashville.  (Why it was an extraordinary company is another story for another time. I will just say I have been eternally blessed from my experiences and the people that touched my life while working there.)   These two continue to bless my life.

 

I have driven by the spot above numerous times thinking what a perfect spot for a session.  It was just waiting for the perfect family. 

To be around this couple's love for each other is a spiritual experience. 

She is even more beautiful than the last time I saw her, 6 years ago. 

 

 

These two young handsome men threw me off a little.  When they spoke to me they called me, "Ma'am".  Southern gentlemen, for sure. 

 

 

 

 

 

C & M, I am very grateful that you asked me to do this.  It was wonderful to see you again.  I will see you soon. :) 

Baby R's 6 Month Session - Chicago Area Baby Photographer

I have two beautiful sessions to share with you today so make sure to check both of them out. 

If you would like your own lovely, personalized session contact me at: email@angelclarkphotography.com for pricing and availability.  I am blessed to say that I don't "live to work" therefore I will have a limited amount of sessions available for the rest of the spring and summer.
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Baby R is half a year old now and growing so fast.  He is a thinker, you can tell that he is just processing everything around him.  It was fascinating to see him grow in this way. 

 Another image to add to our growing storyboard.  I can't wait to put all the images together at the end of his first year. 

Mommy says she loves that thing Baby R does with his little tongue.

I love this one and it was very unexpected.  So I tell mommy to give him a kiss and almost on queue he puckers up for a kiss.  When I was editing and I saw this image... what joy!!! Simply perfect!!!!