If you’ve been wanting to book a maternity session for a while but something’s been holding you back - now is the time! These mini sessions are designed to capture your beautiful bump against a stunning fall backdrop, before it blows away with the wind for another year. Normally when folks book their maternity session in around September/October it’s either still too green or the wind comes one day and just blows all the leaves away before we even get a chance to capture it! Fall lasts but a moment here in Alberta.
These sessions allow you to capture your bump (with your family included- or not if you want!) and give you the ability to spoil yourself, treat yourself this pregnancy with some gorgeous photos. There is an option to add on Hair & Makeup, purchase your entire gallery or just keep it simple.
Maternity gowns will be reserved ahead of time so that gowns are only being worn once to adhere to Covid sanitization guidelines. This means that some gowns will be reserved before others so if there’s one you’re interested in, get on messaging me to reserve it ASAP! Once your time slot has been selected you will get a link to the maternity gowns available.
If you’d like more information or you’d like to book, click HERE.
You can also hit up the Fall Maternity Mini Session page by clicking this link : www.laceandlocketphoto.com/fall-maternity-mini-sessions
Moody Spring Maternity Sessions | Lace & Locket Photo | YYC Maternity Photographer | Fish Creek Park
Alice’s session was one of the first maternity sessions I did after the country started opening back up after the COVID-19 shut down during the spring. I had some pent up energy or creativity or whatever you want to call it. I was so excited to get out and shoot some golden hour beauty but I was only met with grey skies. I made it work. It turned out gorgeous and her session went off beautifully. We did her session at one of my favourite parks, Fish Creek Park in Calgary. Alice is also a newborn photographer so the pressure was on! You can view her work here.
It's always Sunny in Calgary | Lace & Locket Photo - Calgary Maternity Photographer | Pearce Estate Park, YYC
When Miss J booked her maternity session for the end of June, we were battling rain. Yes it’s true, the weather here in Alberta is unpredictable & can be downright nasty, sunny, beautiful, terrifying and everything else, all in one day. I know, it’s so hard to believe. Anyways.
Back in 2016 it was the same. During July, it rained I think 21 out of the 31 days of the entire month and those other 10 days were hardly filled with warmth and sun. I remember distinctly because back then I was shooting weddings and I had about 3 including a week long Indian wedding and the weather was not nice to any of us. One day, we got rained out during the wedding formals and we headed to the SAIT parking lot where we found about 20 other wedding photographers and their bridal parties, all trying to find refuge from the downpour.
I’ve gotten pretty good at deciphering The Weather Network and it’s reports on what the forecast is supposed to look like. I’ve found that there’s never a 50% chance of rain, it’s either 40% or less, or 60% and higher. 40% and less, generally it might do anything from sprinkle to downpour for 5 minutes and then it ends. 60% -80% Im still pretty skeptical. 90% chance of rain, I look to see how much because it could still be a liar and be so super nice, sometimes it rains the entire day. Sometimes.
On the afternoon leading up to J’s session it was super dark in Calgary, which is south of me ( Im located in Airdrie) and super dark to the north of me, and super bright and sunny north of that. She was nervous. I reassured her that we still had a few hours and I had a feeling it was about to dump and then the skies would open and leave a beauty sunset for us just in time for her session. She was skeptical, haha. We waited, it rained. But then it got sunny. And sunny enough that it dried by the time our session started, which was located at Pearce Estate Park, also home of the Bow Habitat Station - you can take your kids there to fish! (it backs onto the river, and the Deerfoot, take the 17th & Blackfoot Exist west, first right and you’re there).
The gowns featured in this session are part of the Lace & Locket Photo Client Closet and are available to use with a booked maternity session, free of charge.
Location - Pearce Estate Park, 1440 17a St SE, Calgary, AB
Session Time - Sunset, Late June 2019
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The Tree of Life Maternity Session | Calgary Maternity Photographer | South Glenmore Park | Lace & Locket Photography
Brianna's session was done in late October at South Glenmore Park. I had no idea this park existed and I sure didn't know there was access to water and I loved the different options for this session. I arrived early to scout the location and found this stunning tree where it branched out right from the base and it just spoke to me so I knew that I wanted this stunning mama to pose in it. The shots turned out perfect and I later found out that the "Tree of Life" was her family crest and it just seemed meant to be!
I can't wait for their little miss to come into the world so that I can cuddle her and put her in the cutest little custom outfit I had made by Kartay Photography Props just for her newborn session!
Morgan's Breezy Mountain Maternity Session | Calgary Maternity Photographer | Lace & Locket Photography
Morgan & Matt have got to be the most beautiful, funny, hilarious couple I've ever worked with. Actually all my clients are all of those things and that's why they're my clients. IT'S AMAZING. But we're talking about these fabulous folks.
This session was scheduled back when it was +30 outside and we planned for smack in the middle of October with the hopes it would surely still be decent outside. Last year it was! Last year at this time it was +20! Well....this year it was windy. So very windy and chilly. The wind bit. Which was perfect for dress flow but not so much for anything else like us, freezing in an open area unsheltered by trees.
Every time this happens, I always feel awful for my clients out there in these dresses, but they always say the same thing when they get their sneak peeks and their galleries - it was so worth it! And that fills my heart and keeps me going!
Morgan's makeup was done by the lovely Preet of Studio 150 makeup Artistry who has her own studio (but also travels!) located in Airdrie! All dresses in this gallery are owned by me & available free of charge to be used in your own booked maternity session!
Maternity at the Lake | Premier Calgary Maternity Photographer | Lake Minnewanka, Alberta | Lace & Locket Photography
I met this lovely little 3-pack of awesome at the Mommylicious show in Airdrie back in March. As I talked to mama she told me about how she had a less than spectacular experience with her first babe but was very interested in my work. I immediately started thinking of ways I could make her experience with me a special one, before she had even booked! I was delighted when a few weeks later she wanted to book both a mountain maternity and a newborn session as well as some additional sessions later on after babe #2 was born.
She was barely pregnant when we met so we had a long time to wait which I usually enjoy as it gives me a good amount of time to come up with a unique vision and style of imagery I think would look stunning for her.
These images were the fruits of my creative imagination and I was so pleased to have a client who was willing to do things like get in the water and on the dock for some outstanding images. It was incredible.
The client's makeup was done by Studio 150 Make Up Artistry
