Rachel Ludwig Photography | Abbotsford Portrait and Wedding Photographer

This is my beautiful and sweet sister-in-law Debby, who is expecting her first baby, and tomorrow is the big day for their little one’s arrival! We can’t wait to meet her and Peter’s little bundle of joy. This baby is going to be the first local cousin from the Ludwig side for my kids…so fun!

We met up at Trethewey House, a beautiful historical home here in Abbotsford, right by Mill Lake Park. We had beautiful sunny weather and a great afternoon.I had so many favorites, I had a hard time picking which ones to share! Debby is super photogenic and made my job easy. Peter on the other end…um…provided some great comedic relief. (Just kidding, Peter. haha!)

Isn’t Debby beautiful? The B&W one of her laying on the stone bench is my fave I think

Another fave…the ones peeking through the dried flowers, with just a teeny bit of vintage lovin’.

And notice that little wooden building? An adorable outhouse for two.

And this big old tree was just too awesome to pass up. I love creating images that are not only a photograph, but art as well.

These are the type of images that are perfect for big wall art!

We’re praying that all goes well tomorrow with your c-section, and we can’t wait to hear the good news and meet your little one! Enjoy your sneak peek and your last night of full sleep in a while

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned here before the journey we’ve been on for the last year or so with Arden (my 2 year-old-daughter) and her speech. Around her 2nd birthday I felt that things weren’t quite right with her speech development, and turns out that things weren’t. So started a road with lots and lots of appointments and evaluations  and most importantly, being given tools to help Arden learn to communicate verbally (instead of with the screeches and temper tantrums she was prone to). It’s been close to a year, and I almost can’t fathom how far she’s come and the remarkable progress she’s made.

Enter Skye…speech pathologist extraordinaire!  Skye has had such an incredible impact on Arden’s speech, and I simply can’t thank her enough for everything she has done. I don’t know where we would be without her. She has such an incredible gift and is extremely good at what she does. With every visit I’ve been so impressed with her patience and resourcefulness…she comes up with the neatest ideas and fun activities to help Arden, and as a result Arden thinks it’s great when it’s time to go ‘play’ at Skye’s house!

And now, on to some pictures!

I think this is my favorite picture from this session…just seeing these two together so happy makes me smile

(as does the fab flare I got here! The winter sun was beautiful on this day)

Rob just got back from being away for 6-months for work. Just in time for the baby to arrive:

It was a beautiful sunny day…and very cold and windy. Skye was thankful for her internal furnace (aka baby!):

A man who can serenade you with his guitar? definitely a keeper!

Beautiful on the inside and out. Can you believe that this is number 4 for her?

Four pregnancies and almost nary a stretch-mark. If we could only all be so lucky!

Rachel Ludwig Photography Update

I know it’s been some time since I’ve posted…life with three has been wonderful and busy and rewarding and crazy and everything in-between. I had hoped to be back into the swing of things by this point, but we’ve had a bit of a delay with our childcare arrangements which has made it tough for me to devote the time I need to cross things off  my rather long to-do list. However, I have set up some temporary baby-sitting (thanks Joni!) until our more permanent arrangements are in place. I am hoping that by March I’ll officially be back to ‘full-time’ shooting. But in the meantime, I will be taking on a very limited number of time-sensitive sessions, (ie maternity and/or newborn). So if you’re pregnant and interested in booking a session, please contact me as soon as possible. I am also still available for one or two more weddings this year, so pop me an email with your date to see if my calendar is open for your wedding day.

Looking back over the last year I realize how much my pregnancy took out of me, so I’m really excited about having a renewed focus and energy for 2009. I have lots of things planned for the year ahead (like some great new albums!) that I can’t wait to share with you.  Keep your eyes open for information…you’ll see it here first.

A big thank you to everyone for their support and patience during 2008. I’m really excited for everything this new year has to bring.

Adria’s Maternity Sneak Peek

Now, onto the sneak peek! Adria, Chris and Addisen are practically family… Adria is a sister to two of my sister-in-laws, so i get to see her and her family from time to time, and this also happened to be their third session with me. I love reconnecting with ‘old’ clients!  And their fourth session will be in the next few weeks after the twins arrive. Yes, I said twins! Adria and Chris were more than a little surprised when during her first ultrasound at around the 20(ish?) week mark the technician discovered there were not one, but two babies. In the following weeks I think they went from surprise, to a wee bit panic, to excitement. And now a bit of anxiousness as they look forward to the arrival of their two new family members.

Here are some of my favorites from their session:

Guess who got their own set of twins?

My new backdrop:

It was super cold and snowing heavily on the day of our shoot, so I think Adria earns the bravest client of the year award for braving the elements! We had to pop back into my toasty warm truck a few times in between shots to warm up.

A little vintage processing on this one:

I was having a tough time deciding which version of this pose I preferred…the color one or the vintage-y black and white. What do you think?

Doesn’t she look fabulous?  I loved her boots so much, I ended up getting my own pair to match

I love how happy she looks here:

Right at the end of the session (and before a certain incident that involved a telephone pole and my truck….eeek!) I asked Adria if she might be willing to do a snow angel for me. I was shocked that she actually said yes, but it was definitely worth it for this shot, don’t you think?