Acristicraft: Regina's Maternity Photo Session

2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

I have always enjoyed photography. I got my first camera when I was 7, and was quickly dubbed the nickname "flash." When I wasn't dropping and breaking my cameras, I was taking pictures - of anything and everything. My skills slowly got better, by slowly I mean a decade later when I was in college. I took a photography class, and loved it! Fortunately, I went to college towards the end of the 90's and into the turn of the century. Because of that, digital photography hadn't taken off as it is today, and I was able to learn the traditional methods of developing film in the dark room. I fell in love with the magic of it all... spending endless amounts of time at an enlarger, just to ensure you get the right amount of exposure to add the artistic instinct to the photo, or watching an image appear on a blank piece of paper right before your eyes - it's priceless. Looking at the world through the eye of the camera, puts things in a new perspective. You stop and realize the beauty of the world around you, appreciating God's creation. Finding beauty within the plain and ordinary, is not an easy task, but if you wait for it, beauty reveals itself in its own time.

Now years later, probably another decade... I finally got a decent camera to attempt to reproduce the magic. Although, it is digital, and I do not have the space to create a dark room in my house, and have you tried to find photo paper, no not the kind you put through your printer. Nonetheless, my digital camera does have manual features on it to allow me to play around a little. My lovely husband got the camera for me - and not just the camera, but the whole works, lenses, tripod, and all. It was very sweet of him.
Once I got the camera, I could not wait to try it out - and what better way to try out a new camera, but to capture the moments before a new life enters this world. I managed to grab my sister the day before her shower to capture some beautiful maternity shots, in order to have some sort of decor to display - besides the flowers. Here are a few for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!