Jan 16 2009

Stacie and Tony-expecting (a tiny bit of nudity)

Posted in Maternity

Over 8 years ago I couldn’t have known that my life would be filled with such amazing people. I am very close to Stacie and Tony. I love them so much and consider them my sister and brother. If you ever meet Stacie and Tony, you would fall in love with them. Their relationship is simply put, full of love. When they announced to us that they were going through the process of trying to have a baby, the family couldn’t have been more thrilled. I could really go on and on about their amazing love story, but I won’t for now. This week I had the privilege of photographing their maternity session. I was nervous, but so excited. Mom and Dad to be are expecting twin girls in about 6 weeks!!! Here are some of my favorites from their session.

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I told them to close their eyes and think of what it will be like to see their little girls for the first time. I love the emotion here!

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*As always I got permission to post these*

Thank you so much Stace and Tone for trusting me enough to do these pictures for you. I hope you like them! Love you guys!!

A note to photographers, these were all shot with my new 5D MKII and my 50 1.2 lens. I wanted to challenge myself on this shoot to use this one lens and see the results I got. I really love this lens! I also have to give props to Totally Rad Actions for making my images look even better These are seriously the BEST actions. I love them!

Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!

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Cathy Crawley - January 16, 2009 - 4:50 am

Ahhh Melissa, these are divine! I LOVE the second shots down with the scarf and hat, amazing! And those last two are so so beautiful. You did good with the new camera and one lens, I LOVE that lens the most

Tira J - January 16, 2009 - 9:23 am

These are gorgeous Melissa. And I agree with Cathy, your new goodies have done ya good. Working with a fixed lens, you get a lot more exercise in my opinion. They are a beautiful couple, and I am sure they are going to be amazing parents to those little girls. Can’t wait to see them here on your blog.

Jessica Smith - January 16, 2009 - 10:05 am

I’m doing a babies first year package for a family having twin boys any day now.. i’m so excited! I also just upgraded to the mark II and 50 mm 1.2 lens and I can’t WAIT to really try them out! these look awesome Melissa! :0)

Melissa - January 16, 2009 - 10:34 am

These are so beautiful!! I love the last one

Stacy - January 16, 2009 - 11:04 am

Missi these are absolutely GORGEOUS!! They are such an adorable couple, and they are going to be amazing parents! They both look so happy, and Stacie looks BEAUTIFUL!! Can’t wait to meet the little ones!

Emily Faulknor - January 16, 2009 - 11:24 am

Hey Missi,
These are beautiful. I love the softness of them and yes, the emotion. You are awesome!

Aaron - January 16, 2009 - 1:44 pm

Super cute!!!

Sarah Tolson - January 16, 2009 - 1:52 pm

Missi… That last shot is simply stunning!! Wow.

Mark - January 16, 2009 - 2:38 pm

Absolutely beautiful baby! Of course I love the nature shots the best, but the colors and crispness are captivating.

Selena - January 16, 2009 - 3:08 pm

These are awesome Melissa! The texture in the last photo is awesome too!

Navy Sou - January 16, 2009 - 3:29 pm

Love the first look! Bohemian/Banana Republic/Gap all in one! Amazing captures, Melissa!

Christopher - January 17, 2009 - 8:46 am

I LOVE the eyes closed shot! That is just awesome.

ryel j - January 17, 2009 - 1:31 pm

I love this session!!!!! The light and colors are all so amazing!! As always my friend, great work!

david & kimi b - January 18, 2009 - 12:56 pm

nudity? maybe she needs to go to the pants store! yang. bahahahaha! she is gorgeous!

Mark W. - January 18, 2009 - 2:26 pm

These are beautiful Missi. Great work!

Jeff - January 18, 2009 - 3:41 pm

Very beautiful work Missi. Stacie and Tony look great and they are going to be great parents!!

Melissa Smith - January 18, 2009 - 7:38 pm

These are amazing. The last shot totaly blew my socks off.

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jason - January 18, 2009 - 11:36 pm

beautiful! I love the light. very nice work.

Heather/OneShotBeyondPhotography - January 19, 2009 - 9:22 am

These are awesome! I just did two back to back maternity sessions and must say you totally rocked yours out! I love totally rad actions too! My favorite here are the ones with her on the log. I so love the texture you used on that last one.

Great stuff!

Jennifer - January 19, 2009 - 12:52 pm

These are gorgeous, my fave is the 2nd to last; just beautiful. Do you have the 85 1.2 and if so which do you prefer?

marilyn k - January 19, 2009 - 8:18 pm

Missi you did an awesome job on the pictures of Stacie and Tony and our granddaughters. I love them all.

daniel - January 20, 2009 - 2:29 am

wow, love that shallow DOF.

Roxanna - January 20, 2009 - 4:48 pm

These are so beautiful and they are such a sweet couple! I still can’t believe she is having twins, she looks amazing Can’t wait to see photos of the babies when they come out, I’m sure those will be so adorable!

ann - January 20, 2009 - 4:49 pm

love the last photo, so beautiful

ruby - January 21, 2009 - 1:53 am

honey i’ve missed you so much.

she’s so beautiful and they look so happy together in your photos.
you really do amazing work.
i know they will love them!

Nomayne McIntosh - January 21, 2009 - 1:34 pm

Yes, I love working with fixed lenses especially the 50mm. It is challenging at first but it is love at first use. I don’t have the money for a 1.2 but I settled for a 1.4. I love the outdoors nude-belly shots. Too cold to do here in Vancouver but oh-so-naturally-amazing when done in the right season!

Erika McCauley - January 22, 2009 - 10:26 am

Beautifully done! Can’t wait to see the newborn photos!

Leah Simmers - January 23, 2009 - 1:19 am

I’m in LOVE with your scarf images, what kinda processing did you do? Perfect pop

Kristi Klemens - January 24, 2009 - 7:35 pm

the images show great emotion and beauty of the moment, gorgeous work!!!