Lauren’s Leland Beach Maternity Session

Leland Beach Maternity

The photos I’m sharing with you today turned out so beautifully. As I was editing all the preview pictures for this blog post, I kept getting more and more excited with how they all turned out. This flower farm and Leland beach maternity session couldn’t have gone better!

Before I debut this session, though, I want to first tell you about Lauren and Brent. We met up at the Iris Farms on a beautiful, sunny Saturday evening and Lauren was just glowing. I knew we were in for some awesome photos with this amazing couple and their cute little guy Luke!

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Welcome to the World Lyla | Leelanau County Photographer

I had the pleasure of spending a morning with this adorable newborn baby girl Lyla earlier this month. It was a rainy, gloomy, cool Northern Michigan morning, but the fireplace was roaring and the warmth of this family was apparent. We were joined by a couple of fur babies who wanted to see what was happening once I started to get my gear out, and pup even got in on the newborn photography action!

Northern Michigan Newborn PhotographyMom had read somewhere…ahem, Pinterest, I’m looking at you…that putting peanut butter on baby’s head would lead to an adorable shot of doggy loving on baby. Well, let me confess, while their pup did give baby Lyla a big old lick, it didn’t translate well in pictures! Instead, it looked like she was trying to gobble baby girl up! Luckily, we got a shot of the two together, without any peanut butter induced kisses. (more…)