And the "village" grows...

This post is a continuation of the last post..."It take a village"...Enter, Tyler and Jessica Kirby and baby Jack (in the belly)...
While home on leave from Georgia, where Tyler is stationed at the Navy Base , I had the great joy of capturing one of my FAVORITE subjects...The Baby Bump! Tyler and Jess have been together since high school and married for almost 3 years. Jess is 6 months pregnant with a boy. Baby Jack is expected to join this world in November and a lucky boy he is to be born into such a loving, AMAZING family. I am so proud of you Tyler and Jess...I can't wait to meet him!

It TRUELY takes a village...

I don't think I could ever find the right words to describe what the Kirby family means to me...Collectively they are an extension of my own family, a TRUE example of "it takes a village to raise a family". Almost 15 years ago my brother Nate met Tyler Kirby in the fourth grade. Through that friendship our mothers have grown close, with Coya (Kirby momma) becoming a second mom to not only my brother, but me as well. We have shared Christmas', birthdays, graduations, military deployments, weddings and baby births together...as a family. They have taught me what it means to go beyond just tolerance of another person,but what can happen when you embrace and accept another for who they are...Family goes way beyond blood and birth certificates...the Kirby are the embodiment of this. All that said, below are some pictures I had the pleasure of taking of this beautiful family...

Lipstick,Lace and Ladies...

What do you get when you combine 5 beautiful women, red lipstick, lace and thigh highs?? NO....(get your mind out of the gutter) a Boudoir shoot, of course...and what an experience it was!! Providing the red lipstick and all other above shoulder styling (make up and hair), I recently had the opportunity of working along side one of Seattle's top photographers, Rebecca Ellison. Becca and I were "introduced" by  fellow photographer Jennifer Macniven (Jen shot mine and my brothers' wedding)...Not knowing quite what to expect when the job location was a Seattle hotel, I was PLEASANTLY surprised when I arrived to a 50's inspired, art deco hotel in the U-District. Becca created an environment a woman couldn't help but be comfortable and feel sexy in. Each lady had her own 2 hour shoot, with looks and "scenes" special to her personality and comfort level. With five women participating, each had their own reason and story as to why these pictures were important...my two favorites were Ms.B , was having pictures taken for her husband who was returning from a one year Army deployment and Ms. T , who wanted a "pin up" style picture of her self  so she could then have it tattooed and she needed the PERFECT picture to model it after...and I know she got it! After, almost 10 hours, the day wrapped and I walked away feeling like I was apart of a great experience, shared with a room full of beautiful women and a very talent photographer! Can't wait for the next time...you can never go wrong with Lipstick, Lace and Ladies...Take a peek at some of my work (NOTE: All photography was taken by Rebecca Ellison. To see more of her work please visit http://www.rebeccaellison.com/ )