Florence & Nelson - Maternity
August 13, 2008
Florence and I have been friends for quite a long time. I photographed her and her then-fiancé, Nelson, last year in a small engagement session a few weeks before they were to be married. Unfortunately, Sandy & I weren’t able to attend their gorgeous ceremony and reception at the St. Regis Hotel because we were moving that week. But soon after their wedding, I got an Instant Message from Florence and she told me that they were expecting!
Fast forward to today, where she is currently about 37 weeks pregnant (yup, expecting any day now!!) We’ve been planning on doing her maternity photosession for the past two months…but things kept coming up. Last weekend, we were finally able to meet up and grab a few shots of the lucky couple. Fortunately, she was still pregnant but very, very expecting.
We started at their home in Rowland Heights, in the nursery room that Flo and Nelson had lovingly put together in anticipation of their baby daughter. From there, we rushed over to Newport Pier to finish up. During their engagement session last year, we re-located to the beach but were a little too late and missed the sunset. Not wanting to repeat that mistake, we left the house with plenty of time to spare.
I had a great time hanging out with Flo and Nel. Thank you guys for sharing this part of your lives with me! I can’t wait to meet Isabella!
Tags: beach, maternity photos, mommy-to-be, nursery, photosession, pregnancy, pregnant
Florence: I LOVE THE PICS, MIENG! Thanks so much for another session of wonderful pictures! Well, we never did worry and knew we would like the pictures. I especially like the ones with the sunset. =) We had a great time! Thanks again!
Kristen: Great pictures(love the vignettes, btw. lol) And my goodness...what a good looking pregnant person she makes.
Fernando: Those are some big lips man...... Flo, you look great. Also, looks like the "A" is back on the wall. =)
Gina: I love the pictures! You both look great in all of them. Isabella is going to love her beautiful room! (Hi Isabella) =)
Florence H: Okay - this is the other florence... not the pregnant one [although I think I weight very close to Flo at her pregnancy - very sad]. Anyhow... beautiful pictures! the shots are very vivid and lively. Flo looks amazing for a pregnant gal looking beautiful & seductive. :)
Nelson: Great job Mieng!!! everything looks great, aside from the LIPS shot... Flo looks stunningly beautiful in these pics...
miengs: lol, might i remind u that the "lips" shot was ur wife's idea. ;)
Florence: could've been my idea, but those are your lips! hehe.
Brian Khang: I love the wide shot of them sitting down in the nursery and the sunset ones. Great job Mieng!
William Chen: Now that's what I call a picture moment!!!! Great pictures btw. I can't wait to see the baby! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!