6 month old's first portrait

Angela called me a few weeks ago and stated "My daughter is growing up too fast! I need you to take some pictures." Angela's daughter is about 6 months old and at the perfect age for her 1st professional portrait. In fact, it's my favorite age to photograph because they aren't crawling yet,(captive audience!) they sit up by themselves, their personality is blossoming and they love it when I get silly. This little girl was a bit more serious and preferred to observe than bust out laughing...fine with me, it gave me a chance to focus on her beautiful soulful eyes.

New Mama

I just photographed a beautiful lady who is about to have her first baby. I photographed Kelly and her husband Maneesh a few years ago for their wedding and I was thrilled that they called me to be a part of this next phase in their life.
Actually, Kelly called me and asked if I would do her maternity photos as a surprise for Maneesh. Of course, I said Yes! After a little secret planning and lots of hoping that the little bundle wouldn't show up before our session, we finally got it done.
Well, After Kelly saw the photos online, she loved them all and couldn't wait to give Maneesh the artist print she picked out for him and just had to show him the images online.
It was a great surprise for me to open my studio door to see Maneesh standing there with Kelly when they came by to pick up his special gift print. They were so appreciative and grateful for what I could do for them.
Truly...two of my favorite people!
Here's a small sampling.

Little Books, Big Impact

I love designing books for all occasions. I'm not a "scrapbooker", but I do love to take a series of images, whether it's from a year's worth of baby portrait sessions from my 1st-Year-Series, a collection of essay-style images from a family session, or something I pull from my own life and put together a classic, simple hard-bound book that tells a story. I find them so much more interesting than a photo album full of snapshots. My husband and I make one each year of our daughter. It's so much better than the traditional Baby Books.

This year we have become quite the little farmers. In addition to our large gardens, we have been raising our own cow, pig, turkey and chicken with our neighbor, Loreen, who owns E-I-E-I-OM Farm on Vashon. (A great place to rent for a week in the country. Just a little plug for Loreen!)

Vegetarian Alert...Although my family and I are meet eaters, we believe in happy and healthy animals as well as a diet largely based on plants.

Early this year we had our first experience butchering chickens. My husband grew up on a farm and was very comfortable with this. I, on the other hand, was not so comfortable. I like my meat in the freezer wrapped in plastic. This was going to be a learning experience!
My husband built a chicken plucker, called The Whiz Bang.
and I thought it would be fun to document the event with some pictures and ultimately a book.

Another Vegetarian Alert...No animals were tortured, all were humanely treated. If you are squeamish, do not look at the following pictures. Although, I did not include any really gruesome images.

All the newborn babies!

As promised, I wanted to share some of the cuties that have come through the studio this summer. Talk about a baby boom! I've never seen so many newborns in one season. Here's a sample of a few.

Baby Boom

There has been a huge baby boom this summer at Rebecca Douglas Photography. I have seen so many adorable newborns and beautiful pregnant women in the studio and I just had to share my latest maternity session.
Amy and Charlie are the proud parents-to-be. We did the photo shoot on Vashon Island at their home. Amy is a horse lover and owner of 2, so I just had to put her on one...much to Charlie's dismay! But all worked out beautifully. Now I'm just waiting to meet the new little one!

Tomorrow I'll share some of my favorite newborns from this summer.

Twins Twins and more Twins

Something must be in the air. This week has been baby week at the studio...I had a maternity session, a newborn session, my friend Sara had her baby and of course (if you are keeping up with celebrity news) another set of Hollywood twins have arrived.
Yes, that's right Angelina and Brad's twins were born in Nice, France yesterday. So we sit and wait with baited breath for the first pictures (let's admit it...we are a bit curious).
This picture is of the Sullivan Twins. "Are they famous?" you ask. Famously cute and good natured. What more could the parents of twins need?

Maternity

When I was pregnant with my daughter 4 years ago, I was excited, but I had no idea how deeply the Grace, Beauty and Art of a woman's body during pregnancy would effect me.
Whether it's a first or fourth pregnancy, my wish for every pregnant woman is for them to find someone to document this amazing journey.

1 Year Series

So, Last year I launched a new portrait series called "1st Year Series". It's been a huge hit! New parents are loving the idea of documenting their amazing journey of pregnancy and baby's first year of life. Here's a few images of Havana. What a sweet little girl! We are in the middle her first year and it is so much fun to watch her grow. I can't wait for her 1st Birthday session. Chocolate Cake...Here we come!

The series includes 4 photo sessions; the most popular are maternity, newborn, 6 months, and 1st Birthday. 10 images from each session are put into its own cute 5x5 leather bound album for you to share and treasure.

From Belly to Baby (and some cute books to boot!) How cool is that!