Family Time | Spokane Mother Daughter portraits

Over spring break I went to Spokane with my kids.  They had a blast visiting the grandparents and a ton of cousins.  We are lucky to have two boy cousins and two girl cousins AND there's another little girl on the way!  I didn't have to twist my sister's arm to let me photograph her beautiful belly and the two girls together.  We had a great time doing what I call natural photography - letting the kids do what they do, and having them in front of the camera when they were ready and interested.  I did only a little bit of bribing - having Auntie pretend to cry is pretty funny - and was quite happy with these results.
Here are a few of my favorites...

Huge thanks to the recent posing class through Creative Live - a few hours with Sue Bryce and I am re-inspired to work with women again.
If you would like more information on this form of family portraits - please email me at nickie@ndrobbs.com or contact me through Facebook.  And if you REALLY like this pictures - go ahead & PIN! :)

The Big Secret ~Orting Portraits~

THIS is the big secret session!

Mama doesn't know baby's gender yet so we used several flowers for future prints.

And we had to include the most excited big brother ever!!

There are more on the Flickr photostream, and you can see mama's face there. :)  If you visit please leave a comment!

Shhhh! The Secret Session!! |Orting Photographer|

Friends, I've never been asked to do this one before!!

There is certainly a baby boom in my area.  It seems that everyone I know is having a baby or is discovering a pregnancy.  With this many hormone and memory loss ladies around me I just knew it would eventually turn into a maternity session.  And it did!  But Shhhh!!!  It is also a surprise for the father to be!  So for now I can't share much with you.  I've shared my excitement on Facebook and in person.  I just finished my initial edit and I'm even more excited now.  Instead I'm going to practice some patience and finish the work, and THEN show as much as I can.  It won't be faces, but I think you'll love the tidbit I can share now and I'll post again after the gift is given!

~Nickie~
Orting Family Photographer