Canyonlands National Park Winter Engagement Session

Stewart and Mindy traveled three hours from Salt Lake City to meet Joshua and me at the Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park. When we first arrived, the entire park was covered in a dense fog and we couldn't even see ten feet in front of us. Typically I prefer fog, but in this case, it was making it impossible to see into the canyon. I directed Stewart and Mindy where to stand and then, right before our eyes, the fog began to fall, giving real meaning to its name, Island in the Sky.

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Michaela & Ronan Arrow | Dayton, Ohio Portrait Photographer

During this in-home session, I asked Michaela how being pregnant made her feel. She told me that pregnancy has been the scariest, most annoying and frustrating experience of her life, but at the same time, without a doubt, it has also been the most wonderfully beautiful thing that she has ever undergone. Despite everything growing rounder and weirder, and as she has admittedly lost almost all control over her own body, she still basks in wonder: "Who is the wee one going to be?" she said out loud, "…and how will he turn out? Will I be a good mother and raise a warrior? Or will I fall short and not be who he needs me to be?"

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