Sean is my 14 year old daughter’s social studies teacher.  She has spoken very highly of him since the very first day of school back in August.  He is young and interactive and, judging from the way his students talk about him, clearly very good at his job.  When I heard he and his wife were expecting a baby this Spring (picture the delivery of this news from a 14 year old baby-loving ginger) I, of course, offered my services as a Marietta photographer.  They accepted.  We settled on one of my favorite places in Marietta as the location for their shoot.  Once again, Mother Nature played with me the week before I was supposed to photograph this session, but by Saturday, the day of the session, the outdoor world was a beautiful place again, albeit a bit chilly.  As soon as I met Jenna, also a teacher….but for the little folks, I adored her.  She was sweet and kind.  And Sean was just as smily and friendly as I remembered him from our school interactions.  These two are the perfect match.  High school sweethearts.  And, seriously, just so comfortable with each other.  My job photographing them was one of the easier jobs I have ever done.  Ordinarily I get a little nervous before a maternity session because sometimes clients just aren’t comfortable showing affection in front of the camera.  Sometimes things look staged.  I can tell you now that not one moment of this couple’s interaction was staged.  When I instructed “Just act natural….snuggle in like you would if I wasn’t here”….they did.  And it is all captured in the images below.  I love an image you can FEEL.  I loved the images when I told them to look at the camera and Jenna looked, but Sean chose to stare at his wife instead.  I could go on and on about this sessions, but I will just say that this baby (gender unknown) is already one lucky child <3