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Ashton Bennett
The Blue Dress | Mountain Maternity Session | ...

A stunning November mountain maternity session with one growing little family.

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C's Mountain Maternity Portraits | Lace & Locket Photo | Banff, Alberta

This poor gal’s session took place in June and we had to reschedule so many times. June tends to be rainy and the threat of storms is very real. Now, I’m not worried about getting caught in the rain, that doesn’t bother me. It’s not being able to see the mountains when that is what a client has picked. The pressure is so real.

Now, this session was around the third or fourth time we rescheduled and mama was creeping closer and closer to her due date, we were running out of time. So, on this night, I just decided to put my foot down and let go of the control and go through with this evening date we had picked. The weather still said it wasn’t going to be great but sometimes the weather lies, and I wanted to call it’s bluff.

Luckily we could see the mountains just fine, yay!
BUT THE WIND. It was severe. I can deal with wind though. I got some skills, got some tricks.

A Maternity of All Four Seasons | Calgary Mountain Maternity Photographer | Lace & Locket Photo

First off, know that M’s mountain maternity session took place IN MAY. The first weekend of May, but still. Welcome to Alberta, I guess. M was getting her makeup done by none other than the talented Sarah of S.Kay Makeup Artistry, our resident Calgary Makeup Artist, and I was driving out to Banff to make sure all my spots were looking tip top, and to check to see if the lakes were fully thawed or not. I wasn’t even off 16th Ave yet and it turned into a whiteout. Snow, slush, sleet coming down, my windshield wipers couldn’t keep up.
Then it stopped.
Then the sun came out.
Then it started to rain and snow while the sun was shining down.
What. Is. Going. On.
Oh, you know. Just Alberta weather. I knew that M was coming somewhere behind me, driving through every single season as well, and probably having the same little heart attacks that I was with every shift in weather.

I got to Canmore, couldn’t see the mountains. I was worried… but as SOON as I got past the Banff National Park gate, it was like magic. The clouds parted, the blue sky and sun were shining bright and I could see all my favourite mountains. EXCELLENT.

It lasted long enough to get a handful of family shots…

Of course once we got into the gowns, things started to shift again. Suddenly clouds dropped, it got windy, and cold, and started to rain, hard! We were able to get these shots before we had to run for cover in the car!

SURE ENOUGH another storm passed over us, NO VISIBILITY - AGAIN. We persevered. We waited 10 minutes, and the storm passed. The sunset sky that the universe gave us for the rest of her session….was BREATHTAKING.

I have to say that I absolutely LOVE when the mountains still have snow on them, I think they’re stunning. Like wearing their Sunday best, or their best dress out on the town. There is still snow on the ground in some of these images, despite it being May, we were just on the cusp of the snow melting and Summer taking over.

Of course, just because there’s no snow in one spot we photograph in, doesn’t mean that 500 feet away there isn’t full on Winter just hanging out. I love these spots I use because they all have the ability to offer completely different variations of backdrops to your photos - adding in different gowns in different colours, fits and seasons, and it’s easy to make total magic!

All gowns in this blog post are available to use in your own session from my Client Closet.
Makeup was provided by Sarah of S.Kay Makeup Artistry.
Session took place in the Banff Area in Banff National Park.

Gorgeous February Maternity | Lace & Locket Photo | Mountain Maternity | Banff, Alberta

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This Banff Mountain Maternity Session took place in the DEAD of winter, February. Every February in Calgary, Alberta, the weather is brutally frigid, temps are generally 30 below for almost the entire month and of course this mama’s session date was no exception. When she booked in December, we didn’t know the temperatures and of course the weekend before her session it was gross.

We had to plough ahead though as mama is a nurse and her schedule wasn’t able to flex so I went to work telling the weather it needed to chill out with it’s chills. It listened. I‘m not saying I’m magic but…..this sounds like magic to me :)

This mama booked me all the way from EDMONTON, Alberta. I am always so honoured to have clients who choose to travel to come have me take their mountain maternity portraits, it makes my heart explode. She came down in time to have my makeup artist pamper her right up with hair & makeup. Sarah, of S.Kay Makeup Artistry, did an incredible job. Mama had such stunning eyes and Sarah truly made them POP.

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Are you interested in booking your own Banff Mountain Maternity with Lace & Locket Photo?
We can walk you through the whole process of how it works & what is included, just drop us a line here :)

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