She came back! 

When a woman walks into your studio once, that’s an honor. When she books you again, and trusts you with a brand new season of her life… that’s something else entirely.

I shot this motherhood-era session at The Daylight Room in Charlotte, NC, for a repeat client expecting her first baby girl, and, as a mother myself, these sessions are becoming such favorites! 

Boudoir, when most people picture it, looks like one thing. Lingerie. Lace. A woman before motherhood.

But here’s what I’ve learned shooting boudoir for years now: boudoir evolves with you.

It evolves through your twenties. Through your thirties. Through engagement, through marriage, through your first baby, and into all seasons of your life. 

Motherhood boudoir is about honoring yourself. It’s about telling the little girl growing inside of you, look how strong your mother was. Look how beautiful. Look how loved. Look at how she treasured the experience of growing you. 

For this session, we leaned into playing with the light. My fav! 

For bonuses, she went with robes and prisms. 

Think ultra feminine robes, lots of lace, and prisms held just at the edge of the lens to break the natural light into something dreamier. 

It was our first time shooting in Charlotte and Linds, and I agree we’ll totally be back!  The Daylight Room in Charlotte, NC is fab! If you’ve never shot at a natural light studio like this one, here’s what I’ll say: the light does half the work for you. Big windows. Soft walls. A quiet room that asks you to slow down. It was the perfect backdrop for this kind of session, intimate. 

Linds is still obsessing over their backdrop system, and I’ve officially decided we need blackout blinds! 

Momma B, Thanks so much for trusting me with this experience. I love evolving with you, and it’s such an honor to document your growing family and this season of becoming. 

If you found this blog because you’re pregnant and you’ve been quietly wondering if a boudoir session is “for you” right now… it is! 

If you’re in your second trimester, your third, or even your fourth (the postpartum kind)… it is.

If you’ve sat in front of my camera before and you’re thinking about coming back in this new season… please do. 

There is something sacred about photographing a woman more than once throughout her life, about being trusted with holding space for her in all seasons. 

This little girl is going to grow up one day and find these photographs. She’s going to see her mother not as a mom, but as a woman. Empowered. Confident and Strong. 

And that, I think, is the most fearlessly feminine thing in the world.