Rachael contacted the studio after being referred to us by another one of our long term clients. She told us that she'd gotten tons of recommendations, but we stood out the most to her because of our style and use of natural light, and because of our client service. Client service is SO important to us - we want everyone to have an amazing experience from first contact to end delivery, and we work hard to ensure that!
After viewing our guide, Rachael elected to book a maternity and newborn session with HMUA add ons to both. She drove from Sugar Hill for her maternity fitting, and fell in love with so many dresses she didn't know which she was going to choose! She left our maternity fitting that day with some iPhone photos of her favorites to send to her family for a poll and emailed me later with her final choices. We are always fine with clients taking photos throughout their maternity fittings, but just warn them that iPhone color is crazily inaccurate and will not be truly representative. She settled on a lace gown and an off the shoulder blue dress as well. We chatted about her choices and I sent over the style guide so she could reference it for her husband.
Let's talk about guys for a minute. Maybe you're married to someone who loves to dress it up and wear a three piece suit. Or maybe you're married to a guy like mine who wears jeans and t-shirts. I want your guy to feel comfortable in what he wears, and like himself. So, don't force your guy to wear something that makes him feel goofy. While you're the real star of the show when it comes to maternity sessions, he has a pretty important role too, and your images will reflect if he's feeing uncomfortable with how he's dressed. Dillon is a pretty casual guy, and Rachael loves that about him. He chose to wear jeans and a simple v-neck sweater for some of the images and he looked great in it! We then switched him to a white t-shirt for her other dress since it had a more casual overall feel.
The evening light was amazing when we arrived at the park location for their maternity session. A lot of couples tell me they love the images on my website of all the other maternity sessions but that they could never photograph like the "other" couples because they don't know what they're doing. Here's a secret: nobody does! It's my job to walk you through your entire session, and I've got you covered! I'll go over three simple "rules" that are easy for your to remember, and I'll take care of placing you in the best positions. No self inflicted double chins allowed on my watch! You may feel a little weird at first being in front of a camera, but I promise you'll walk away afterwards having had a good time.
Here are a few of my favorites from Rachael & Dillion's session! I can't wait to meet their sweet baby boy when they come in for their newborn session!
If you're expecting a baby or already a parent and looking for a newborn, maternity, or family photographer, I would love to work with you to create images that you will love for a lifetime. Watch this video to hear about my philosophy and see how I work in the studio so you can determine if I'm the right fit for you. I can't wait to meet you!
Lily Sophia Photography specializes in newborn, baby, maternity, and birth photography in Atlanta, Georgia and surrounding areas.