JOYCE FAMILY MATERNITY SHOOT | NORTH ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHER

aaaaand I am back to the land of the living! sorry I haven't posted in such a dreadfully long time. if you ever wonder what the heck I'm up to, you can always catch up with me on instagram or twitter or facebook! my sister is now three weeks away from her due date, so I'm pretty sure I am way late on this post, seeing as this was her seven month shoot! as part of the maternity project, I wanted to do a full maternity session with her husband, and adelaide (who is now one and a half, guys. what!). and I have finally found an amazing greenhouse to shoot in, which makes me so, so, so happy. quick side-track: if anyone is interested in being a model for me, I'd love to do a fashion shoot in this place (flick me an email if you're in the north england area + are interested!). anyway. there's something about maternity shoots that are so ridiculously great. the way the mother is always so radiant, the fact that you're capturing the celebration of a new life, the excitement the expectant parents can't hide, the hilarious stories you get to hear, everything about it is so unbelievably wonderful. these three (well, four, really) are crazy, goofy, bonkers, gorgeous, brilliant, silly and down to earth. so glad that I can call them my family and even more glad that I am able to capture all of the above. 

love you all!

jess
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THE MATERNITY PROJECT | A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY

so, if you haven't seen, I've been doing a maternity project over on my facebook! then I thought (sometimes I have thoughts. weird.), why don't I share it on here? I know, I know, I'm a genius. so, I've been taking pictures at every milestone, and also some other more...storytelling images. I wanted to capture a simple truth: women are incredibly gorgeous when they're pregnant (not saying women who aren't pregnant aren't gorgeous as well, but pregnant women so often say they feel yuck + not pretty and it's SO not true!) and I want them to see that. and so that's what I'm doing. my sister is expecting a baby (as opposed to a velociraptor) in july (yay!) and so I'm taking the opportunity to take pictures all throughout her pregnancy. I want her to have something to remember these nine months by. something that makes her remember every step of the way, something that shows her how radiant she was (even though sometimes she didn't feel it). so, we're up to twenty weeks and it's honestly been so much fun stringing these pictures together + seeing the progress! if you want to follow along, I update the project on my facebook, and sometimes instagram! 

love you all!
jess
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beth and tony | north england lifestyle photographer

(if you think that I do my shoots in the wrong order, because I posted the birth shoot first, you may or may not be right, but who's to decide?)

my sister, beth and her husband tony wanted some baby bump pictures, which was all fine and dandy, until the actual day, when they decided to be cheeky and make taking pictures and my poor lil life difficult...so. all the photos swing from being very dramatic to...well, bloopers. but! they are fun and lovely and crazy and hilarious, so they made up for it. 

things she was excited for what colour her hair was type of temper/personality to be a mummy to a beautiful girl to kiss her lips! whether ducks would excite her

things he was excited for what she would look like to be a dad to have his own lil family! seeing her for the first time to smell her forehead

so, yeah, basically, cuteness abounds.
love you all.
be good, hey notice anything different blog-wise and kiss a hedgehog.

jess
p.s. if you didn't notice anything blog-wise, that's ok (well, apart from being very slightly unobservant), coz I'll tell you. I have redesigned! no matter how hard I try, my heart and soul always swing back to the good ole black and white colour scheme. so, have a nosey around my new about, new reader and favourites page, because being nosey is fun.