As if I wasn’t already nervous enough about capturing these special moments for another local photographer (confession: a photographer’s scariest moment is being hired by another photographer), throw four kids in the mix and all I could think about were head swaps and melt downs. But let me assure you, these kids were a DREAM. If ever there was a perfect Houston family photo session, this one is it.

As a Houston Maternity Photographer, my outdoor maternity sessions are all about backlight, connection, comfort (yes, I'm talking to you, mama-to-be), and details. If you're anything like me, the last thing you want during those final few months of misery....errr, I mean, motherhood, is having your picture taken. I can tell you from experience, CAPTURE THIS MOMENT.

When the stars align and your family arrives before sunrise, looking like a J Crew ad, you simply make magic. If there’s one thing about Houston, TX summers, well—if there are three things—it’s big hair, mosquitos, and sweat stains. The Grubb Family avoided all that and more in this STUNNING Summer Sunrise Family photo session.

Calling all mamas to be! Our Fall Newborn Model Call is now LIVE and accepting applicants!

With an internet so full of cattiness and crazies, it’s hard to put your work out there without judgement or worse, jealousy. Enter my Mastin Mamas. We may use our keyboards to communicate and our camera's to keep one another accountable, but we’re more than just Facebook friends.

Stop and take a look around. Look past the toys spewed across the floor and the clothes that lay unfolded and the little bits of life that you have yet to put together. None of it matters. Not one, single, bit. You know does? That you've captured the ride along the way.

Sometimes at my maternity sessions, magic happens. And when you're channeling Beyoncé's Lemonade, you're bound to stir something up besides sugar, water, and lemons. So here's to love– no matter the color. Drink up, y'all and dive on in to Mariann + Spencer.