take a bath in milk & lay on your satin sheets laughing smiling oh oh #marvingaye #annassong xxx xxx xxx my one lingering massive regret from my pregnancy: telling myself it was my vanity that kept begging me to splurge on a maternity shoot ... & as a result of this lie I told myself: no formal, professionally captured, memories exist of me posing with the fear & courage of first-time-motherhood swelling within me. & Brixton will never enjoy showing his grandchildren their stunning great-grandmother carrying him en utero. when my friend Kendi told me of her impending mommyhood I whispered my regret & squarely peer-pressured her into milk bath portraits as my gift to her & her unborn son DJ. I felt graciously obligated to give DJ what Brixton will never have. these, from last June, are the result - DJ tumbled earthside two days later 💖 establishing these as the last photos of Kendi before her labor. we both share multiple years clean in the rooms; three years ago neither of us could make such a claim. the first sheet is a collage of the following (almost) full-size portraits; with the baby shower photo displaying Kendi as her usual lovely self & all the milk bath portraits presenting her as I see her ... no filter, no Photoshop, radiant in all natural lighting xox #regret #pregnancyregrets #pregnant #maternityshoot #milkbath #milkbathphotography #nofilter #nophotoshop #natural #naturalbeauty #naturallight #naturallighting #naturallightphotography #radiant #outdoors #professionalphotographer #portrait #portraitphotography #motherhood #diy #mothersinrecovery #miraclemamas #trusttheprocess #justfortoday #wedorecover
