Charlene & Chris Maternity Session
February 12, 2009
On Sunday, we packed our gear into the car and headed over the hills of the Santa Ana Mountains (I think that’s what they’re called) towards Irvine to meet up with Charlene and Chris. I was so honored when they approached me to do these photos. Pregnancy is such a special time in any couple’s lives and I was especially humbled, being that this is Charlene and Chris’s first child. They’re expecting a baby boy in a little over a month and he’s going to be one lucky kid to be coming into the world to this amazing family.
Charlene is an awesome wedding coordinator with Picture Perfect Events. You can find more information about her fabulous work here at MyFoxLA’s HotList. We’ve worked together in the past and she was so helpful in making my job easier at Melissa and Dave’s renewal that I knew it was going to be a fun and relaxed day of great picture making. Chris is your typical, man’s man. He’s a great person with an always-relaxed, always-cool attitude and he’s going to make a great father!
We had an awesome time on Sunday with Charlene, Chris, Maddie, Sandy, and myself. We started off in their beautiful Irvine home (while it was still raining outside.) When the clouds parted, we grabbed lunch, then headed down to Laguna Beach and grabbed a few more images. The weather was perfect and there were plenty of people out and about. Maddie, their 2 year old Golden Retriever came along with us and kept Sandy quite busy, dragging her around trying to get near the water while I snapped away. (Thanks babe!)
Please click and enjoy the images in the slideshow! The song is “Baby, Now that I’ve Found You” by The Foundations.
(Don’t forget to come back here and show me some love by dropping some comments :) )
Tags: baby, beach, irvine, laguna beach, maternity, photosession, pregnancy, pregnant
Charlene Yang Chan: LOVE the images, Mieng, and we had SUCH A BLAST!! Thanks so much for all your awesomeness :)
Florence: Awesome job again, Mieng! I can't wait to see the baby, Char & Chris!!! Char -- you are glowing beautiful! =)
Melissa: Spectacular job (as usual), Mieng! Love it!
Chris Chan: Hats off to you Mieng, the pics turned out excellent! We had a great time too!
Rob Her: Mieng, Beautiful work man. Char's my old neighbor back at UCLA. I can't help but to wonder what ethnicity you are. Could you possibly be Mien?
Mieng: I'm Chinese :)
Jason: Great set Mieng!
Ann Saetia: Hey! Great job!! The pics look really good.
Fayth Three Petals: Mieng you did such a great job for Charlene and Chris. Can't wait to see more.
sopheak: Wow!! Pictures are beautiful! Char and Chris...you guys are the cutest!! I love your poses..especially the finger heart!! Can't wait to see the baby. Good job on the nursery!!
kay: Hi, a friend of BK's, just stopping by to say great job on the photos. she looks like she has not gained a pound!!!
sandy: wow these pictures turned out awesome! chris and charlene look so CUTE! and maddie too! btw, great song selection! :D
Brian Khang: Hey guys, how have you been? Great job on their photos! We'll talk soon!
artaka1: thanks for sharing, these are very inspirational, i went to FM to find some examples of maternity shots for a shoot i'm doing. now i'm intimidated,
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