Wombat

Here are the rest of Wombat’s pictures. This is the first time I have done maternity pictures, so I was a little nervous but Bat went along with almost everything I wanted to do and I think we got some great pictures:)  After my visit to Southern Illinois, I realized just how much of a city girl I am. I asked Bat to stand in a field of tall grass and she told me no way…there could be ticks and snakes in the tall grass. So I said okay how about getting in some water, like a pond…she told me there were water moccasins in the ponds…so I didn’t get a few of the pictures I had planned in my head but it is probably for the best…a few lives were spared. LOL Thanks Bat for being my guinea pig! I am so glad we got to hang out for the weekend, even if that meant gambling at the Peach Festival (I will post that later).

I love this picture…what is she hiding behind that grin. Hmmmm.

When we were leaving the house, Bat’s grandmother looked at her and shook her head. Bat asked why she was shaking her head and she said, I just don’t know about this…moving her hand in a circular motion near Bat’s belly. Bat said, you don’t know about what, me being pregnant? And Grandma said, no this outfit. When we were pregnant we used to try to hide that. LOL I wish I had heard that conversation, Bat told it to me in the car. Her grandmother is 95 and still sharp as a tack and funny. Love that woman!

I love my new 16-35mm lens…thank you dearest husband for the birthday gift! (This picture was taken with that lens)

I shot this picture through the cracks in the door of a nearby cabin:)

We had perfect timing on this picture. We passed by this sign the following day and they had changed it out. LOL The Peach Festival was the biggest news story that weekend.

We were on our way to the next location and I saw this chair out of the corner of my eye. It was just sitting on the side of the road…like it was waiting for me to find it. I slammed on the brakes and started driving in reverse to get back to it. Bat thought I was insane. I told her on the way back to the chair that I found something cool and would understand if she didn’t want to do it but I explained that she was going to do it anyway…after a moment of hesitation she walked through the grass and sat in this super cool chair on the side of the road. LOL  She only had 3 or 4 ticks land on her while we were shooting…sometimes you have to suffer for art:)

Bat had so many cool locations for us to shoot, the next few pictures were taken in the barn at her dad’s house.

Since she wasn’t willing to stand in the tall grass like I wanted her to…I made her stand in a field of soy beans. Jessi 1, Wombat 0. Ha Ha!

Yet another reason I love this gal (awesome sense of humor)! Congrats on Baby #1…I can’t wait to meet him!!