Perfect Moment Photography- New Venture Featuring Baby Nordquist

Hi everyone! I'm pleased to announce that I have teamed up with my good friend and photographer Demecio Sandoval to bring to you Perfect Moment Photography. PMP consists of myself and Demecio, and our specialty is family portraits and maternity paintings. I get you primped and pretty, and Demecio snaps the shots!

Our first client, is the lovely Tessa, my yoga instructor. I had missed yoga for a few months and when I went back to class in May, I noticed her cute little bump and was delighted. She has got to be the tiniest preggo I've ever met. You gotta see her in class too- she can balance on one leg and even still do the downward dog with baby Nordquist! It's really inspiring to watch her do the poses that my non-pregnant self still has trouble with.

Here she is at seven months with their baby girl :)

Photo courtesy of DS Photography

It took about an hour to complete the design on Tessa's belly. Tessa requested a "yogic" theme, so we chose a pink lotus, with the celestial moon and sun double-face in the center. 

I always start my designs by looking up inspirational photos on the internet, then I make a sketch. After the client approves, I follow my sketch and inspirational photos to create the design.

Photo courtesy of DS Photography

Here's Tessa and her awesome husband and baby daddy, Adam. 

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How cute is this shot?!

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 I love their rings

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Doing what she does best

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If you or someone you know is interested in taking maternity shots, please contact me at Christine.Guederian@gmail.com. I work with a fabulous photographer, Demecio Sandoval, and we can always work within your budget. Capture this special time in you and your baby's life with Perfect Moment Photography!

Little Luna- Maternity Painting

This past weekend I had the honor of painting Jenny's 8.5-month pregnant belly in anticipation of baby Luna. Proud papa and photographer, Demecio Sandoval, took the photos. Demecio and Jenny decided to name their little girl Luna and to keep with the theme of her name, we did a "moon and stars" motif on her belly. 

Check out the beautiful photos below.

I can't wait to meet little Luna!  She's a lucky girl with great parents, that's for sure. :)

Derek's World

Two weeks ago I had the honor of painting a very good (and very pregnant) friend of mine's belly, Sharon.  She and her husband John were expecting their first baby on November 21st and well, baby couldn't wait that long. She gave birth ONE WEEK after we did this photo shoot on November 14th to a healthy baby boy weighing in at 9 lbs, 8 oz! We made it just in time lol. Since John and Sharon have always been travelers and have gone all over the world together, we came up with a "world" theme. Here are some photos of the process shot by Mr. Photographer/Dad Extraordinaire, John Ejimofor.

I started out by tracing the shapes of the continents on Sharon's belly. The baby was fluttering around here.

Then I filled in the "water" first with the light blue in the MUF Flash Palette and set it with MAC's Light  Blue pigment.

Cappy loves pregnant people lol

Momma was such a good sport

Next I filled in the continents with MUF Flash Palette's green color and set it with various MAC green eye shadows.

Mid Action

I left Antarctica white, because let's face it... it's icy cold!

So fun!

The blue dots represent all the places John and Sharon have traveled to. The heart is over L.A., where the baby is :)

Momma likes glitter, so we did a sparkly baby plane

Isn't he a cutie?

She literally has the whole world in her hands

We went with a mother nature theme, isn't she radiant?

And finally, without further adieu...

Welcome to the world, Derek John Ejimofor!