This momma-to-be; there are no words. Not just amazingly beautiful on the outside but so sweet and kind on the inside. She reached out at the very end of her pregnancy and said that while she hadn’t planned on having maternity photos done, she loved his period in her life so much and wanted to capture it before it flew by. I’m so happy I was able to fit her in on a weeknight before her little one arrived at one of the most stunning forest settings in the Minneapolis metro area.

Maternity photography might seem like an extravagance – there’s a nursery to outfit and newborn photos to save up for … but I promise, you will never regret capturing this time. The last few weeks before you take the leap into the amazing, scary, wonderful abyss that is motherhood are some of the most magical we mothers ever experience.

Capture it all.