Shanna Chess Photography

This is part 1 of my sister's maternity session.  That's part of being a photographer's relative that lives close--you are a forced model ;)  And I LOVE it since they are such a gorgeous couple :)  I can't wait to meet the baby!  I get to be there to photograph the birth and will be one of the first to find out if that little smoosh is a boy or girl!  Ahhh!  It's getting so close :) Lindsey loved the idea of a covered bridge, and so did I!  I've always wanted to do a session at one but it just never came to be until now.  We also loved the idea since it was supposed to rain, but thankfully we got lucky with very nice weather.  We drove to Cottage Grove which is the Covered Bridge Capital of Oregon--they have 6 covered bridges!  Based off of online photos, Stewart Bridge looked like it would fit our needs the best and it didn't disappoint. Make sure to stay tuned for their studio maternity session coming up in the next week!  Think dreamy lighting and lac

This was a very long awaited session!  I had been talking and planning this session with Khang's parents for months and we were all so looking forward to the day!  And it went great and Khang was absolutely adorable, like we all knew he would be :)  His big brother, Phu hung out with us during the whole session and was so good--he's going to be the best big brother.  And look at how gorgeous his parents are!  Geez, pretty sure Phu and Khang are going to break some hearts in the future ;)  Good luck mom and dad!  Enjoy :)

Mr. Alaric was so precious and I just wanted to nom on his little cheeks!  He gave me a little bit of a hard time falling asleep in the beginning of his session, but then he did great.  I loved using some of my Christmas props and finally had a chance to use my hot air balloon with a newborn :)  Enjoy!