Coming Soon

Coming Soon
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So I was not sure if this was going to work, but I was shown some photos where the photographer wet the belly in the maternity session and they were stunning. I have to say I am pleased with the results of the wet look! and BTW the baby was jumping and moving all around when I sprayed mammas belly, very cute...
She must be thing, YO what you doing out there?
maybe not- hehehehe lolllllll

Parenting Lessons?

I had the pleasure of doing a Christmas photo session this past Saturday for a family who came from NY just to do pictures with me. I was so honored and nervous during the shoot but very please to have met the Machado Family. What surprised me the most was how they interacted with 3 year old Amanda. Ana Angelica, Amanda's mom seemed like she was that perfect preschool teacher, speaking in this soft tone, singing songs, teaching and reminding Amanda of shapes and numbers. And miss Amanda was so engaged and smart and said things like 5 year old kids say. I watched in amazement and thought about my relationship with my young boys and how I do not stop and teach them things often and I really should. Surprisingly enough I had a birthday photo shoot last Monday and witnessed the same thing. Daddy Moses and Mommy Karla amazed me of how they were attentive and how little 1 year old David lifted his hands way up while his parents sang a praise song. So take a deep breathe Feuza, and really look at your parenting skills and what you learnt with these awesome parents and put it into practice. YES MAMA. ( aka talking to myself).

Realizados

When shot the family Souza for Greicy's maternity pictures and family portraits, I was surprised to see this very young couple who has a son who struggles yet, I am not sure of the name but he is almost two years old and is not fully developed for his age so happy and content. Sometimes in life we complain so much, we lack everything including being thankful for the simple things, the people we love, the beauty around us, the faith God has given us and friendships we made along the way. They drove 40 minutes for this photo shoot and once they got here, Greicy realized she had forgotten her bag with her cute pregnant outfits, if that I was me, I would have started balling and that would be the end of my photo shoot, but not her, she was a bit bummed out but I assured her, it would be fine, gave her some ideas and it was all smiles from there, from her, her husband Junior and even little Joshua! Their happiness and sense of fulfillment and success is contagious and was a big eye opener for me since I have been thinking so much of this turning 30 this month. Thanks Souza family for teaching me, inspiring me and bringing me such joy to take pictures of your beautiful family.