Maegan Dougherty Photography » NJ Birth and Family Photographer

It had been a long time since I’d taken pregnancy portraits, so I was excited when my friend Christie asked me to do hers. Or maybe I was the one who asked her, but either way, I was excited!

Christie started out as my client. Shortly after our first session, she started her own photography business and we quickly became good friends. I love when my clients become my friends and it seems I even love when they become my competitors! It’s great to have someone to share experiences with and learn with and basically just talk and talk and talk about photography!

Anyway, it was fun to shoot Christie’s family again, and her perfect pregnancy body!

Today’s family session was cut short by thunder and lightening that seemed to be right above us. We left just in time because it started pouring rain as soon as I drove away. But 25 minutes was enough time to get some group shots and some nice images of these beautiful kids…

I love this one. Two year old Alexander, looking kind of tough in his shark shirt, standing in a field of flowers!

I don’t know if his parents saw, but Joshua walked up to me while I was kneeling down taking pictures of his cousins, and he put a flower in my hair! It was so sweet.

This is the kind of family you meet once and feel like you have known forever.

A dad that paints flowers on his daughter’s face and and teaches her that pants will be called trousers when they move to England.

A mom who turns tissue paper into butterflies and knows the names of all the trees and flowers at the park. Who makes her photographer feel so special by sharing all the nice things people have said about her photographs.

A 5 year old who loves to laugh and dance and sing and make funny faces and carry on conversations. Who will run up and hug you the second times she meets you.

A two year old who is full of energy and will stand 6 inches from your face and speak sentences you can’t quite understand, but you smile because he has such a sweet little voice. Who likes to set up trains with his dad and loves to hug and kiss his mom and sisters.

And a baby who just smiles and laughs and seems perfectly content.

It’s a family you can feel like a part of, even after just a short time. So free-spirited and excited to learn and experience new things. So genuine and loving.

Thanks Jason, Starr, Cami, Graham, and Rose!

Yesterday I saw one of my favorite client families and I will be posting a preview very soon, but first I just wanted to post one of my favorites from last time I saw them. I was following little Graham around in the yard to get some candid shots and he picked up a watering can and started watering these plants! Isn’t this the cutest thing ever?

Here are a few more from this weekend…

Spencer’s grandparents were hoping I could get a nice picture of their dog. I hope they like this one!