When Leigh offered to be one of my models for maternity she included a picture of herself. It took me all of 2 seconds to shout in all caps reply back to her with a resounding YES PLEASE. She is quite the stunner. Not only that, she was so friendly and easy to work with. And that was a good thing – BECAUSE HER CAR PROCEEDED TO BE BROKEN INTO WHILE WE WERE SHOOTING. We sort of watched it happen, mouths agape, saying surely this isn’t really happening. Surely, that complete scuzzbag lowlife  man standing by your car isn’t really taking your purse and calmly getting into the getaway vehicle in broad daylight??? Well, yes, yes he was.

Session over

Leigh and I had big plans that morning all ruined by that horrible incident. We only shot for about 20 minutes. Leigh took it all so calmly and got everything taken care of right away. I felt absolutely awful for dragging her out on a Saturday morning at the crack of dawn only to get her purse stolen. She was so gracious and not upset at all (at least in front of me!) Now that is the kind of person I am so lucky to have met and worked with. We’ll be photographing her newborn in a few short weeks! Stay tuned.

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