{"id":20943,"date":"2025-04-08T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=20943"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:55:36","slug":"before-he-grows-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/before-he-grows-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Before He Grows Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Mother & Son Portrait Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Until now, Carolyn has never liked having her photo taken. Like many women, she usually avoids the camera and instead is the one who takes the family photos. Yet, she truly wanted beautiful portraits of herself, and especially of her son (and with him) before he grows up. She got brave and booked a session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Carolyn finally has portraits of herself and her son that she loves, before he grows up! Here are some of their favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Carolyn’s portrait experience<\/a>, we talked about her goals, wardrobe, and how she wanted to see herself. She decided on mostly casual portraits. She also wanted headshots and a couple of photos of her wearing her favorite velvet dress, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start her day, Carolyn enjoyed professional hair and makeup styling. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"Mother
Hair and makeup styling by Donna Cotnoir<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Two<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Three<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Two<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Headshot<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Two<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Two<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Two<\/figure><\/div>\n\n
\n
\"Two<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Carolyn decided on a gorgeous photo album and a custom-framed wall portrait, stunning heirlooms to enjoy now and always. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Working with Maundy was an easy experience. She put me at ease from the start, and was patient when I had limited time to devote to sharing links of what I was thinking about. However, knowing me, and seeing an example of the type of look I wanted, Maundy created intimate photos of my son and I that showed our close bond. I wanted to capture this moment before he’s too big and grown up. She was patient, kind, and worked so well with my son I was blown away. Maundy helped me, as a person who is uncomfortable behind the camera, trust her process. Her gentle guidance and positive reinforcement lifted the veil of fear and allowed me to lean into confidence. I would love to go again in a few years. She is a talent, and we are fortunate to have her in our town. May she always stay.” <\/em> – Carolyn Soucy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Your Very Own Portrait Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let’s talk about your very own portrait experience. Contact me today<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Mother & Son Portrait Experience Until now, Carolyn has never liked having her photo taken. Like many women, she usually avoids the camera and instead is the one who takes the family photos. Yet, she truly wanted beautiful portraits of herself, and especially of her son (and with him) before he grows up. She<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,17,20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children","category-family","category-headshots","category-portraits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20943"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23289,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20943\/revisions\/23289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}