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A Tampa, Florida maternity photographer shares Anika and Jack’s sunrise meadow session, capturing golden light, intimate details, and joyful anticipation for their baby girl.

When Aileen first reached out, it was almost spontaneous. She and Tony were in town for a short window of time and wanted to document the sweetest kind of secret before it became public. They currently call Arizona home, but they are in the middle of moving to North Carolina, and this pregnancy announcement session felt like the perfect way to honor all the newness at once. A new baby. A new state. A new chapter.

The air smelled like spring as I stepped out of the car. I’d never met Emily and Michael before, but they felt familiar. Warm. Easy to be around. Maybe it was because I had photographed Emily’s sister just weeks earlier, or maybe it was the quiet magic of this particular evening, but I could feel right away that this session would be special.

There’s something so deeply special about maternity sessions—the quiet excitement, the joyful anticipation, and the tender love already growing for the little one who is about to arrive. Stephanie’s golden hour maternity session by the river in Alberton, Montana, was the perfect celebration of all of those things and more. As a Montana maternity photographer, moments like these are some of my absolute favorites to capture.