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Sometimes being a little model can be exhausting LOL

And you gotta love that little smile on their son’s face. How cute is that?

The Glendora Arboretum has a beautiful backdrop of green hedges and trees, which glow and light up beautifully with the setting sun.

We pulled mom over to the side for some quick pregnancy or maternity photos. Also, that gives the little son a chance to run around and have some fun between family photos.

There were a good number of yellow and purple flowers in bloom, so we positioned the little guy to be surrounded by flowers while he laughed and giggled away.

We tossed the little guy up and down for some fun family photos.

And how cute is this for a cute Glendora family photograph?

We squeezed in maternity photos, to capture this specific time of the pregnancy.

Glendora Family Photography at the Arboretum

This is a great example of a family portrait photography session in Glendora. We reside in nearby San Dimas, so we have discounted pricing for photo sessions local to us. The Glendora Arboretum and Botanic Garden is a beautiful local spot for family and maternity photography. You can find many more examples of family photos in the cities of Glendora, San Dimas, Covina, West Covina, and La Verne here on our family portrait blog.

One important aspect in choosing a family photographer is their knowledge of locations. Here are examples of portraits taken in this amazing little local spot, but we also have a knowledge of other local spots in the same region. Make sure to call Judy and arrange a family session that matches your wants and personality.

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Starting with some Trees and a Grass Field

Yellow Flower Field Maternity Photography

One thing to always keep in mind is that a field filled with flowers has wild animals in it, including rattlesnakes. We ALWAYS make sure that every spot we take photos in is clear and safe before our couple steps there. That being said, isn’t this large field of yellow flowers just stunning?! That’s the great thing about being local to San Dimas, is that we know all the hidden spots.

We love how the yellow flowers engulf and frame our pregnant couple.

San Dimas Family Photos and more

We love our hometown of San Dimas, in Los Angeles County and we know a bunch of hidden and secret spots for maternity and family photography. We also do wedding and engagement photography in San Dimas, which that session is a great example of using yellow flower fields in our portraits. So make sure to choose an experienced family photographer that can capture your family and growing family.

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Disneyland Maternity Photography

It happened to be that time of the year, and who can’t resist taking photos in front of a huge Christmas tree!

Starting on Main Street

And gotta love that iconic statue of the man himself, Walt Disney.

Here is the Disneyland castle in the background. We love getting the angles where we aren’t competing with a huge crowd of tourists.

Making a Wish in a Well

There is a wishing well on the right side of the Disneyland castle, specifically Snow White’s wishing well.

And when there is a lot of people, sometimes it’s nice to use them in the maternity photo!

Then we hopped over to the nearby carousel for more photos with what is practically a historic landmark.

Then we walked over to Frontierland, where they have red rock formations for our session.

And no pregnant woman should ever go onto Thunder Mountain, so this is the next best thing!

For the sunset, we hopped over to Rivers of America to use the large mass of water as a backdrop.

Then we finished in New Orleans Square with walking around pics and finishing with a Mickey Beignet.

Mickey shaped Beignets are a must for almost any Disneyland visit.

Disneyland Pregnancy Photography

Disneyland is the world’s most recognizable theme park, located in Anaheim in Orange County, California. It’s a place that we have been to at least 100 times due to season passes. We’ve seen so many small, hidden spots that we use for each session, moving based on them and how crowded that day happens to be. We know how to work around the many tourists and crowds to get images that look clean and iconic.

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Family Photos in San Dimas

Starting with their son

We started the session with their cute toddler son, soon to be an older brother.

Just look at this picturesque hiking trail in San Dimas. Family photos on this trail practically take themselves.

After that we got some family photos of just the mom and dad together, relishing in their pregnancy.

Maternity Photos with the Mom

We then snapped some frames of just the mom by her pregnant self. Maternity photography is something that brings out the glow in a mother’s changed body, and we can certainly see her glow in the forest of trees and greenery.

They laid down a picnic blanket for some family photos of them all sitting down.

San Dimas Maternity Photography

After the family photos, we switched to just maternity photos, with our mother in a long white shawl and a white bathing suit. This is a great example of San Dimas maternity photography and how we use our knowledge of local locations to create these images.

We absolutely love the way this ray of sunshine highlights her pregnant belly with a glow that can only be described as ethereal.

This is a combination family photography and maternity photography session at Walnut Creek Park. San Dimas maternity photography is a specialty of Judy and she brings a soft touch and friendly voice to each portrait session. She knows what it is like having a pregnant belly and how that can make a mother feel amazing, and not amazing at the same time. We work at capturing the angles, poses, and lighting that make our pregnant mothers feel amazing.

Make sure to check out the rest of our Los Angeles family photography blog. When you are ready to book Judy for a session, check out our Los Angeles family photography prices, where we discount for local sessions in or near San Dimas.

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San Dimas Maternity Photos

Maternity Photos with Balloons

Here are the balloons she brought for the shoot. We did maternity photos with the balloons first, just in case they decided to fly away (we’ve seriously had that happen before a single photo was taken during a previous shoot).

Along a Trail Surrounded by Trees

We then took maternity photos along a trail in the park, with a lot of lovely trees enveloping our couple.

And here is a lovely pregnancy photo of only the mother holding her pregnant belly, all draped in her elegant purple maternity dress.

Pregnancy Photos with a Large, Fallen Tree or Log

We then used a fallen tree or log to sit on for more maternity photos.

Maternity Photography in San Dimas and Los Angeles County

This shows a San Dimas maternity photography portrait session in Los Angeles County. We did it at Walnut Creek Park and Trail, a local hiking spot here in the San Dimas area (surrounded by Glendora, Covina, San Dimas, La Verne, and Walnut). This session took place in a forest-like park with trails and trees and leaves. Our pregnant mother chose to wear a lovely purple maternity dress with a long, translucent train.

Make sure to check out more of our recent maternity and family photos on our family photography Instagram account.

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San Dimas Family Photography

We started with individual portraits with the daughter and her HUGE balloon.

How cute are these family photos with balloons and a happy, pregnant mother?

Maternity photos with a toddler daughter

We brought their daughter back into the mix of family and maternity photos. This is a really cute photo of them all kissing.

And how cute are these pregnant mommy and daughter photos?

Family Photos with a Picnic

Then they laid out a picnic setup, including the balloons for decoration and a blanket and wooden crate. They had a Minnie Mouse stuffed toy too, which their daughter loved playing with.

Family Photos with a Balloon

Look at how huge this balloon is!

Walnut Creek Park Family Photos

These are family photos taken at the Walnut Creek Park in San Dimas, a small local gem in our hometown. It’s a beautiful place to showcase a family that is growing, and a beautiful place to showcase a mother that is expecting. The session above shows how we can handle a pregnant mother and a toddler child in the same session, bring the whole family together in the combined family photos. San Dimas is a local location, which means we discount it when shooting in San Dimas, La Verne, Claremont, Covina, or Glendora. This portrait session includes elements with the color yellow and pink, specifically yellow balloons and pink balloons. They were surrounded by trees and greenery in this picturesque location.

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Fullerton Arboretum Maternity Photography

Since it was fall, the tree leaves were a golden shade of yellow, creating a lovely blanket of leaves on the ground. We definitely had to take advantage of that. We started with a focus on her pregnant belly.

The Bamboo at the Fullerton Arboretum

The bamboo forest at the CSU Fullerton Arboretum is an awesome and exotic backdrop, unusual for southern California. It’s just one of the many small ecosystems at this amazing gem in Orange County. And such a perfect setting for pregnancy photos.

The Historic Heritage House

Here is our growing family in front of the historic Heritage House.

More Fall Leaves

Here’s more maternity photos with fall leaves, but this time a rusty orange-red.

And how beautiful is this maternity photo across the lake with the Heritage House in the background?

Orange County Maternity Photography at CSUF

This an example of Orange County maternity photography that we did at CSU Fullerton, home of the Fullerton Arboretum. The gardens at the Arboretum are the perfect background for family photos and maternity photos. The different series of ecosystems make for multiple settings that we can access quickly and easily, even if you are a pregnant mother to be. Pregnancy photos are a specialty of Judy, who also know personally what it’s like to be pregnant (twice).

Judy knows how to help a mother-to-be feel more comfortable in front of the camera. It’s an odd thing, wanting to share the glow of pregnancy through maternity photos, but being shy of a changing body and an ever-growing pregnant belly. Let Judy guide you through this, with her gentle hand and friendly voice. And from there we can capture your growing family in the best way that we know how.

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Starting at a Wood Fence in San Dimas

We started the San Dimas maternity photography portrait session at a rustic wooden fence surrounding by greenery and trees.

We absolutely love it when the sun peaks through the trees and leaves to add highlights and a warm glow is cast on our pregnant couple. Pregnancy photos always look nicer with that glow that reflects the mother-to-be.

Look how elegant she looks in that black maternity dress.

From a Black Maternity Dress to a Pink Maternity Dress

After the pregnancy photos in the black maternity dress, we switched to the pink maternity dress for something different.

We love how there is a stream here, though we made sure we gave her insect repellant (and one without deet)! This is one of the little gems of Walnut Creek Park.

San Dimas Maternity Photography

This is a great example of San Dimas pregnancy photos in Los Angeles County. We did the portrait session at the Walnut Creek Regional Park and Trail, which has trees, leaves, wood fences, and a serene stream. Our pregnant mother-to-be wore an elegant black maternity dress to start, and finished the session with a pink maternity dress. You can find more examples of our family and maternity photography with the color pink on our website.

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Los Angeles Maternity Photography

This maternity photography session took place in Los Angeles County, at a local park called Walnut Creek Regional Park. The trees with the sun trying to shine through them looked wonderful that day.

But not as much as our beautiful pregnant mother.

Just look at beautiful this forest-like setting frames our pregnant couple. How many places in Los Angeles County have you seen like this? It’s a perfect spot for maternity photography.

We love when our families bring props, in this case the shoes that they have for the baby (whether boy or girl).

And here are the two names they have chosen, but they don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet!

And we absolutely love it when our pregnant couple has a sense of humor about it! Gotta love a funny maternity photo.

Covina Maternity Photography

This park lies right along the border with the city of Covina, and this is such a beautiful and serene spot. It’s the perfect location for Covina maternity photography.

Judy saw a unique angle with the tree to frame our pregnant family. This is a great examples of San Dimas maternity photography and how we can use the local gems near us to bring out the best in our growing families.

Los Angeles Pregnancy Photos

This is a Los Angeles pregnancy photography session done in Los Angeles County, in a regional park that borders San Dimas and Covina. Maternity photography is a specialty of Judy, since she has also been pregnant herself (with our two lovely daughters).

If you are interested in a maternity photography portrait session, please make sure to check out our prices page (Los Angeles County and locally here in San Dimas). We offer discounts for sessions done locally here in San Dimas and neighboring cities, such as Covina, Glendora, La Verne, and Claremont.

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