Newborn Baby Photography – Expecting Well & Ashley Ward Photography Columbia SC

July 12, 2011

It’s been such a busy time around here. This last week has seen an increase in bookings throughout the end of the year and even into 2012! There are only two November and December appointments available at this time. With so many lifestyle baby and newborn photography sessions, I only take a certain number of sessions per month in order to maintain the flexibility those sessions require. If you are planning a session sometime this year, now is the time to secure your date.

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I have been so eager to share some great information with my blog stalkers, clients, and future clients and to tell them all about the project I have been working on with an awesome new Columbia business. We finally wrapped up this last week and I am so happy with our results! I want to tell all mommies, mommies-to-be, and women anticipating pregnancy about Expecting Well, a physician supervised maternity spa and wellness center with educational services to promote a happy, healthy pregnancy. Expecting Well offers a wide range of services from pampering, to mind/body activities like yoga, as well as educational opportunities to reduce anxiety and stress on a variety levels. Whether you are looking for prenatal, postpartum, or fertility massage, mani/pedis and facials, or activities such as prenatal or baby yoga, you will find it at Expecting Well. The center is conveniently located at 514-A Gervais St. in the Vista.

If you are interested in starting any of the yoga classes offered here, or might be interested in more information on the upcoming Birthing From Within series workshop, visit the Expecting Well site, their schedule, or give them a call at 803.661.8452. Also, Ginger Doughty RYT-500 will be subbing yoga class Friday July 15th (4:30) and will be ending class with a yoga nidra experience. You can find out more about yoga nidra here.

Presently I am at work on beautiful art pieces for the walls throughout the center. As part of the displays, we wanted some images of a mom-to-be in the poses practiced in the prenatal yoga classes. And then some postpartum yoga images of the same mom. So what could make that better than to add the baby to the images as well! It was a little bit of a challenge. Other photographers might be surprised to learn the baby in the images was 4 weeks old the day we took the postpartum photographs. It’s no easy task to lull and pose a baby of this age for classic images but so worth it! Isn’t she just beautiful!!! And mom looks amazing! She made me wish I had done this for myself during my pregnancy. I was so impressed during the first shoot and even more during the second!

Here are a few of the images. I hope you enjoy them. Here’s hoping for much success for Expecting Well. Columbia-area women are so lucky to have access to a center with these services! And if you visit Expecting Well, be sure to tell Rachel Hall, MD and her staff where you learned about their wonderful center!

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Dezarae posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 5:25 pm.

breathtaking! really :)

Leya Stefanski posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 5:32 pm.

Fantastic as always. Your work is beautiful and I can’t wait for it to be hung so prominently where so many people can admire it!!!!

Shelby posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 5:32 pm.

Stunning mom, beautiful baby, amazing photos!

Anelle posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 6:02 pm.

BEAUTIFUL!!! Just breathtaking!

Danielle McCarty posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 6:16 pm.

Stunning, every single image!

Dawn posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 6:31 pm.

Wow, Ashley. Amazing as always. But that mom!!! Holy moly! I’m 9 months post pardum and don’t look that great!!! I guess I should start doing yoga!

Danielle Frank posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 6:56 pm.

These are absolutely STUNNING! And she looks amazing!

Claire Hunter posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 9:38 pm.

WOW! These are amazing! She looks fantastic! I wish I lived closer so I can sign up in a few weeks after I deliver!

Verity posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 9:52 pm.

Ashley these are phenomenal, I absolutely adore them!

Carrie posted the following on July 12, 2011 at 11:26 pm.

Wow! Just, wow!!!!

Laura Morita-Yeun posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 2:03 am.

Um, wow. She looks incredible. Love all of these! Great work, as always, Ashley.

susan scoggins posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 10:18 am.

I have not seen more beautiful Mother/Child photos ever!

Bob Harper posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 10:49 am.

Just Awesome,so proud.God Bless.

Laura posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 12:58 pm.

Geez Louise woman! These are gorgeous!! So unique. So artistic. Love your vision. And I am amazed at how great this mom looks. The shots of her and baby are stunning!

Lainie Lewis posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 4:20 pm.

Beautiful mommy and baby! She has a” six pack” already after only 4 weeks! Where do I sign up?

Kel Ward posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 6:24 pm.

Oh. My. Gosh. These are absolutely AMAZING!!!

Tania posted the following on July 13, 2011 at 6:53 pm.

Your captures are completely amazing, I love everything about this! the B&W conversions are stunning!

Brandi-lee posted the following on July 14, 2011 at 8:13 am.

Anelle took the words right out of my mouth …..Breathtaking!!!

Julie Wagoner posted the following on July 14, 2011 at 11:59 am.

These are incredible and are going to be such a fantastic addition to the yoga center!

Krissy Allori posted the following on July 14, 2011 at 1:32 pm.

These are absolutely stunning. If my tummy could look like that just after giving birth, I’d have to say that the yoga helped! Really gorgeous and peaceful.

Rachel Aberle posted the following on July 15, 2011 at 9:20 am.

These are stunning! I agree, makes me want to get back into yoga.

Leah Jent posted the following on July 15, 2011 at 9:35 am.

She looks fantastic! Beautiful photos, Ashley!

Kara Layfield posted the following on July 15, 2011 at 3:30 pm.

Stunning…just stunning!

Dee posted the following on July 15, 2011 at 4:26 pm.

Wow – that mom looks incredible! These are going to look beautiful hanging at the yoga center!

Amber posted the following on July 15, 2011 at 8:21 pm.

WOW. These are stunning!! I just can’t get over how AMAZING she looks for just having a baby!!

Rowena posted the following on July 16, 2011 at 9:37 am.

Simply WOW! totally blow me away!!!

Susan posted the following on July 18, 2011 at 5:39 am.

These will look amazing at the center. The mom must be so thrilled.

Justyna posted the following on July 18, 2011 at 7:05 pm.

Amazing series! I love the pre and post partum images! Great job and congratulations, Ashley!

Azure posted the following on July 18, 2011 at 10:24 pm.

Oh my word, Ashley, these are breathtaking! WOW!!!

sylvia borgo posted the following on July 26, 2011 at 6:41 pm.

these are INCREDIBLE!!!! Bravo!!!

lindsay posted the following on July 27, 2011 at 8:19 pm.

WOW!!! I love these!! Incredible images.

Megan Marlene Photography posted the following on August 5, 2011 at 3:48 am.

Hi there! Beautiful images! Adding your blog to my feed :)

Amy posted the following on August 19, 2011 at 11:16 pm.

Now these are just amazing. I love how you captured all of these.

Heidi Jirotka posted the following on September 2, 2011 at 12:28 pm.

LOVE THESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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