Blog — D. Hervey Photography

I have known Kierra for years and I have shot numerous sessions for her and her family. This session was different though. Kierra contacted me and told me she needed my services for a maternity session. I was excited because someone that I consider to be family believed that I have the eye and imagination to bring their vision to life.

During our initial talk Kierra told me that this was her miracle baby. She said due to health reasons she wouldn’t ever be able to conceive a child. I couldn’t imagine the heartache and mental anguish women experience on a daily basis that want to have children, but are told they never will. This was not the case for her though. I know that when she found out she was pregnant the joy that overcame her was probably exponential.

Our session took place at The Lumen Room studio in Dallas. The space was really nice, with plenty of large windows that provided ample amounts of natural light. I really enjoyed this session not only because it was close to me, but also because of the detail I got to put into the session. Check out the sign I had made by Willow and Bone. She does really awesome work and I use her anytime I need any kind of signage or handwritten props. Take a look at our maternity session below and get a glimpse of how much fun we had.

Bringing a baby into this world always comes with a combination of excitement, happiness and even fear I imagine. So many things that you have to get done or put together and even learn up until the birth of the baby. You’re on a time limit, because this baby is coming!

What is that old proverb? “It takes a village to raise a child.” I had the opportunity firsthand to see that this is true. I was tapped to come out for my friend Joe and Jore’s baby shower at their home and it was awesome. Friends and family came from all over to bring gifts, congratulations and find out the sex of the baby. Gender reveals these days can be so creative. I have seen smoke bombs, bubbles, silly string, basketballs, costumes and even wigs. The only people who knew the sex of the baby were Willie and Jen and they were in charge of creating the magical moment of how the sex would be announced.

Every guy faced with the option to have a boy or a girl if they could choose would say a boy. LOL! At least I think they would. I know for a fact that Joe wanted to have a boy. I get it though; you want to run around with a mini version of yourself, go to sporting events, camping, fishing and pass on the testosterone torch. Jore was confident that they were having a girl. Do mommies have some sort of keen intuition on these kinds of things??? Like a baby whisperer?

There was good music, good food, a lot of laughs and an abundance of love. I love seeing people come together to have a good time. There was a game with necklaces both blue and pink for everyone to take. Obviously the colors represented the colors of the sex. I saw a lot of pink necklaces being grabbed by people who thought the gender would be a girl. I couldn’t decide so I grabbed both, Ha! Take a look at a few images from the day and see if you can figure out the sex of the baby.