Maritha Mae Photography

Category Archives: Family

April 9, 2013

Melissa | Great Plains Inspired Maternity Session

There are few shoots I wake up at the crack of dawn for…in fact none, except for this one. That’s right, I woke up before the cock crowed. For this shoot I was inspired by the freedom of the Great Plains Indians. Melissa is a friend and talented photographer who carries a special place in my heart…she is wife to a loving husband, mother to the cutest little girl, and they are all expecting a baby girl any day, any moment now. Five years ago, Melissa and Micah were the first couple ever to ask me shoot an engagement for them, so it meant the world to me when Melissa asked me once again to capture these memories for them at this stage of her pregnancy. Melissa and Micah, I am beyond excited for you two ! Melissa, you make pregnancy look so good.

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November 9, 2012

The Browns | Santee, CA Golden Grassy Field

I have amazing friends. And I love taking photographs of inspirational people. The Browns are an incredible family – passionate, radical and real. They have made a positive and lasting dent on my life, a fact I will never forget. They are also one of my favorite families, so when I was asked to personally capture their photos and this opportunity arose, inspiration came so easily. So many things to love about this shoot. I love that Eddie chose to bring the purple pretty princess chair as a prop for the girls to sit on. It was a hit. I love how free these girls are. And I loved this field. I love being inspired and when my eyes took at gander at this gorgeous golden grassy field as the sun dropped over the horizon, my eyes were locked. And I love watching the love this family has for each other. Fatherly love, motherly love, and Eddie and April’s love. Sit back and enjoy.

October 16, 2012

Hanson Family | Family Maternity Session in Glendora, CA

I love capturing love. And I also love capturing the innocence of children. Probably mostly because I still feel like a kid at heart. Last year I had the opportunity of shooting the Hansons’ family portraits right before Christmas. This year I had the honors of shooting these exciting four again plus one! Their two girls are a total trip with the kindest sweetest hearts (not to mention the best flower pickers ever). The instant I saw them, they both came running up to me with squeals of “Marifa!” Caleb and Hannah are expecting in November and I was so overjoyed to get to capture this momentous time of their lives, family style. I love that they decided to make it a family occasion. Because I knew how important it was to them both to get photos of just the two of them also, I made sure that happened. Enjoy the love!

June 6, 2012

Stephanie and Manny | A Pasadena Maternity Session

So half of this year has already flown by without a second thought and in spite of being on a serious blogging backlog – I am hanging in there pretty well. With a trip to Italy right around the corner, you can imagine that photo land has been quite busy over the last month as I edit all these special occasions to completion.

With that said, I am FINALLY just getting around to blogging this sweet maternity session of Stephanie and Manny from April. I literally couldn’t wait another week to blog this because, well, little Sofia will be arriving in less than 15 days!

Stephanie and Manny are a beautiful couple whose love for each other just exudes through their skin. I loved capturing every moment of the time I had with them and capturing the lovebird eyes they have for each other. I know that their love will just overflow that much more when the little one comes. Stephanie and Manny, I can not wait to see the beautiful jewel who is about to pop out! Thank you for inviting me into this special season! And thanks to a wonderful second shooter Elim Pan! :)

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February 16, 2012

Taylor | Newborn Apartment Session

Okay seriously. I rarely do this…pack this many photos to the brim and I know less is more but this was my first baby photoshoot and I went ballistic. Seriously ballistic. I don’t know what it is – my fascination with babies or the fact that I really want to have one right now. Yes my secret. But the beautiful crisp clean airy shots were endless. I wanted to try out the whole natural light peaking through the bedroom window thing so this is what entailed.

Remember Juniah? I finally caught up with her to shoot her cutie patootie baby… And while we were aiming to get newborn shots, baby Taylor was multiplying in size. Finally two months after her birth, she is the size of a six month old and we finally had the opportunity to rendezvous and party. This baby knows how to model.

At two months old Taylor was well behaved beyond her years..no tears until the shoot was finally over. Her patience lasted with me a long 45 minutes and I couldn’t believe it. Props to Reyna Ramli excellent outfiteer and photography assistant!!!! : ) Thank you Juniah and Taylor for allowing me to be a part of your lives with this shoot! I am so excited for your future together. Artistic Los Angeles Newborn Photography