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A Surprise for Daddy | Steiner Ranch Photographer

Mariah — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:40:15 +0000

I was thrilled with Samantha’s idea to surprise her husband, the daddy-to-be, with beautiful photography of her gorgeous baby belly.

Samantha is so easy to talk to and so easy going. I felt an instant connection to her when we talked about the process of I.V.F – which Peter and I also went through for Ryenne. Such a process leads to such appreciation and gratefulness for a pregnancy. Samantha is completely glowing and was amazing in front of the camera. We turned on some Christmas music and had a great time. Her dog, Arthur, was also a part of the session and he is such a sweetie pie.

Beauty Captured | Austin Pregnancy Photographer

Mariah — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:04:54 +0000

I think this was one of the very first frames. I needed to test the lights so I told her to just be herself and I was only doing a “test shot” – And then she just radiated beauty and this is one of my very favorites from our session.

More to come of beautiful Samantha…

Laid Back Beauty | Austin Maternity Photographer

Mariah — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:11:26 +0000

When Crystal filled out her questionnaire on what she wanted in her session, she noted that she wanted to have fun. Crystal is totally laid back and gorgeous. And she has an adorable belly. Our session went totally easy and fun (aside from the attack of fire ants when we went outside).

Crystal, it was an absolute pleasure. Looking forward to meeting your little guy!

My eyes are glued to the computer | Austin Professional Photographer

Mariah — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:51:52 +0000

I am getting a case of severe “office butt” as I sit at the computer toiling away at so many beautiful sessions. You know the Holiday season is in full swing when I am holed up in my office loft and my dear husband gives the kids cookies for breakfast.

Coming soon to the blog are new images from my visits to Marbridge in South Austin, gorgeous Crystal (pictured here!), my beautiful friend Christie and her family, and two days of photographing preschoolers at Leaps-N-Bounds in NW Austin.

Stay tuned for lots of beautiful images!

Simply Beautiful | Austin Pregnancy Photographer

Mariah — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:14:13 +0000

I am so excited to share these images of beautiful Tammy. We had such a wonderful time chatting and listening to music while I was posing her. She is absolutely a delight to be around and I know that she and Rob will make amazing parents to their little one. I will be on cloud 9 when I get to meet their little girl and do her first newborn session.

Studio Update! | Austin Baby Photographer

Mariah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:10:33 +0000

I have been wanting to transform my living room for quite some time. I really hate carpet. A dream was realized over the last few days… the carpet went away permanently and beautiful wood floors moved in. This is phase one – next comes paint and beautiful baseboards. This is a wonderful new option for babies of all ages and studio maternity sessions. I will update again when the full room is ready to be seen!

yet another | Pregnancy Photographer

Mariah — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:15:15 +0000

Seriously, editing her session was just soooo much fun. Yet another favorite….

32 weeks!!

Mariah — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:58:24 +0000

I’m 32 weeks along this week and feeling good but huge. I really wanted to do a meaningful shoot with this baby since it will be our last child. At the entrance to our neighborhood there is an open field and although the tall grass is all dormant (really it looks dead), I thought it would be a great place to play around!

Makenzi Laine came and did my makeup (LOVE HER!) and we put the kids in the car and went down to the field. I metered the light and let my husband have at it! Here’s what we came up with together and I am thrilled and so happy. I haven’t felt that pretty in a long time. Oh yes… and Ryenne was my creative art director here!!

family time | Austin Mom & Photographer

Mariah — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:21:50 +0000

The holidays are over, it’s a new year, I’m getting HUGE (31 weeks pregnant tomorrow!) so it’s understandable that the blog will be a little more quiet as I’m not taking on much work right now. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t love adventure and jump at the chance to spend quality time with my family… and I’m really excited about some upcoming shoots…

Anyway, my little brother visited over Christmas and we went out to Pedernales Falls for the first time. AMAZING. I can’t wait t o go back sometime in the Spring. It is so gorgeous.

above: Ryenne adored collecting shells and it was warm enough that we all took our shoes off to play on the “beach”.

above: me and the kiddos (photo taken by my lovely mama)

So coming up I have some wedding images to post that I took assisting a fabulous friend, eight babies on a couch (!), a lovely family that I’m looking forward to meeting later this month, a second-time mama in San Antonio, and awaiting a newborn besides my own. Exciting!

kid in a candy store | Albums

Mariah — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:14 +0000

Ooooooh I’ve been so happy with the UPS/FedEx people!!! Lots of treats have come in this week.

I’ll start with a few Finao albums. These are my lovely’s…. I’ll be keeping one in house for showing everyone in person, and the others are going out to a client and to a birth center for display. These come in so many amazing covers. Seriously… hard to pick. I do have full swatches to show off. These books shown are 20 pages.

Next we move on to the Couture Books. These are completely hand made (here in the US). Both of these are wedding albums, but they make amazing displays of portraits with quotes, song lyrics, ect. This first is a studio sample of the French-Paris line. It comes with a vellum overlay, but sadly my children have gotten to it. So this is the woven cover underneath the vellum.

And finally is the Couture NYC book. It comes with a slipcase and a full image wrap cover. This is going out to El Paso today for Nasla & Amador.

Each of the Couture books shown have 100 pages. This give me lots of room for image display

Thanks for letting me share!!!