Rachel Ludwig Photography | Abbotsford Portrait and Wedding Photographer

Melissa has been a long time client of mine, and I was so excited to hear that she and Kevin are expecting! I know it’s been quite the journey to get to this point, and I always think it makes the whole miracle of pregnancy extra-special. The big siblings are super excited too, and I’m sure mom and dad will have lots of help with little Cohen when he arrives.

Melissa had one request for the session, which was the heart on the belly…I was more than happy to oblige! We also headed out to a fun industrial area nearby, it’s such a versatile location and works perfectly, especially at this time of year when greenery is limited.

A big congratulations to the happy couple who recently got engaged! Congrats you two!

This is always the point when the guys start to look at me funny. You want us to do what?!? Thanks for being game for my crazy ideas

Doesn’t Melissa look amazing? Hot mama!

Enjoy your sneak peek, and thanks for your patience Melissa! I’ll be in touch soon with your slideshow

One of the things I love about photography, is that it has allowed me to meet some pretty amazing people. Andrea and I connected over email, and as we went through all the pre-session stuff, we found out that we have a lot in common. Especially our love of reading, and we discovered that we have read and enjoyed many of the same books. When Andie (as her family and friends call her) agreed that the pumpkin patch would be a great place for some of her pictures, I was looking forward to meeting her and her husband even more! I always love it when clients are up for something a bit different.

We started the session at their beautiful home. Andrea has an amazing eye for design, and has created a cozy and stylish home that had me drooling! We discovered we also had a mutual love for interior design (although she’s much better at the actual execution part of it all…I just plan, and dream and never actually do the decorating. LOL). Well, you can see for yourself some of their gorgeous home below:

Meet their adorable dog Kingston (who is going to be in for some changes when baby makes his/her arrival!).

He’s the tiniest dog I’ve ever met…a little Yorkie weighing in under 3lbs if I remember correctly

Andrea looked positively amazing. 37ish weeks and glowing! What a beautiful mama.

Kingston loved being in on the action…he was a total ham

Then we headed off to the pumpkin patch. Andrea’s belly sized in at $5 on the pumpkin measuring chart!

I had to break it to her that babies are much more expensive than pumpkins…but fortunately, they are also much cuter!

Thanks again for such a fabulous session Andie and Derrick! I will be in touch soon with your slideshow…I can’t wait to meet your new little one!

Delores and Ken came out from North Vancouver for a maternity session at my home, and I’m so glad we scheduled it when we did. I went on holidays the day after their session, and just a few days after I returned she emailed me that her water had broken! I can’t wait to hear the exciting news and meet their little one for a newborn session.

Delores mentioned that they loved B&W photography, and they wanted lots of belly/studio type shots, of course I was happy to oblige. But I did sneak in some color and we also headed outdoors to grab some shots at the end of the session. These two were total troopers, especially considering that Delores was just a few weeks away from her due date and it was super duper hot that day. Thanks for a great session you two!

Here are a few favorites from their session:

See the cute pink toenails peeking out?

I think Delores may be my most favorite client. I’ve had the vision for ages to a do a bathtub maternity shoot, and she was totally game! My bathroom works well because of all the white tile that reflects light beautifully. I applied a little vintage to this one. Isn’t she beautiful?!:

Those toes again!

Isn’t this shirt just adorable?

We’ve had this lovely pile of rocks covered in weeds for a few years in our backyard, and I’ve been wanting to do a shoot with a baby here for a very long time, and it’s just never happened. So I was pretty excited to drag them outside to take advantage of the gorgeous light and beautiful weeds. And it’s a good thing too, as of this week the pile is gone!

One of my favorites…beautiful light, beautiful couple.