My first photo project was dedicated to Alice, who is seven months old now.

Earlier this year, I did a maternity photo shoot with Alice’s parents, Jamie and Phil, about two months before her arrival to this world. Jamie told me that she wanted this because she needed to have some “evidence”, just in case one day Alice asked where she came from.

Sure Jamie…

Let’s fast-forward nine months. Jamie is an experienced mom now and Alice is growing fast. One night, after seeing Alice’s pictures on social media and realizing that Jamie may not need any further “evidence” until the next baby comes, I had this strong feeling that I did not want those maternity photos to be only “evidence” but also a documentary – to document how the expectations of parents-to-be turned into the pure joy of young parents, how magical life is, or simply how time flies.

Jamie and Phil were super supportive. They made sure that compared to nine months ago, they were wearing exactly the same clothes, staying at exactly the same spots, and striking (almost) exactly the same poses.

The only exception was Alice – now as I am writing, I am wondering if Alice was as supportive as her parents by striking the same poses for me as she did nine months ago.

Alice, were you?