“To become a mother is a gift. A gift that Ashley has waited and worked for, and she is treasuring immensely. She is in a Summer season of life and is well aware of this amazing time, having just adopted a sweet baby girl and becoming pregnant shortly after. I met her about seven years ago when we entered an intense college program together. Always vibrant, quick and full of life in our college days, I never really envisioned Ashley as a mom. Or at least the typical kind. This is only because I just could not imagine a slower version of this woman that ran circles around everyone else. To see her now, nurturing not one but two tiny lives is nothing short of spectacular. She has in fact changed and grown into that slower, more deliberate person I had trouble envisioning in our early twenties. Now glowing with a calm about her that seems to come when a woman knows it’s a new ball game. She takes this job seriously, the job of caring for two little girls along with her husband. Handling it all with grace, beauty and a clear adoration for every aspect. And I certainly cannot forget to mention how gorgeous she has remained as her baby Mekinnah grows in her womb!

Always up for adventure in a place out in the country, I knew that I wanted to capture Ashley in a setting she melds so well with. If she could be barefoot with a fishing pole, that’s exactly where she would be. Serenbe on a summer morning shortly after sunrise could not have been a better choice. We were greeted to the farm by grass still wet with dew and a slow lifting of fog as sunbeams broke through. Animals chirped, whinnied and barked as they waited for breakfast and despite these distant noises there was a quiet to the property as we slowly moved around in these early hours. A raft of ducklings floated happily across the pond, and I couldn’t help but think of how graceful their momma was as they passed. What a great place to document new life and motherhood. For wardrobe we chose a dress that draped Ashley’s pregnant form elegantly, the soft shade of a lambs ear leaf. Naturally we decided on bare feet – true to life for her. So at ease with the belly she is hosting, Ashley naturally moved into my direction all while taking in the beauty of our surroundings and the pregnancy itself throughout the shoot.” Sarah, Photographer

SARAH INGRAM PHOTOGRAPHY | Pentax 645N, 75mm lens, Fuji 400H film
Film Processed by:  The Find Lab
Location : Serenbe