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El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir

Abigail Collins April 17, 2017

A free spirit through and through. This early morning boudoir session was equally liberating, and chilly, but incredibly worth it!  

El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir © Abigail R Collins Photography
El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir © Abigail R Collins Photography
El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir © Abigail R Collins Photography
El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir © Abigail R Collins Photography
El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir © Abigail R Collins Photography
El Matador Beach Outdoor Boudoir © Abigail R Collins Photography
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Love in the fall 🍂 While most wedding photographers are in their busiest season, I’ve been enjoying maternity leave. Well, enjoying it the best I can. I’m physically uncomfortable and also a work horse, so “relaxing” isn’t quite in my vocabulary. I feel like I always need to be doing something, but our growing daughter has helped me slow down and enjoy these last few days of us as a family of three while the leaves crunch under our feet, and the cooler air wraps us in sweaters. October is my favorite month. Not only is it the fall, but my husband and I celebrate our birthdays (both Libras), our anniversary, and Halloween is simply the best. I usually go all out for a costume, but this year I’ll just enjoy our children dressed up. Anyone have any reeeaaallly good ideas for their Halloween costume?
Before we are four 💛 📷: @theevangelinelane
I’ve been in a funky mood lately and was going to post about all the negative things that have happened during this pregnancy, but after a good nights sleep (it really helps in making decisions!) I’m nixing it. What’s important is that we’re going to meet our daughter within the next couple weeks, and Eamon is going to be a big brother. Two beautiful events, and I would do the whole nine months all over for them to happen. #selfportrait #36weeks
We stayed at a beautiful farm house last weekend. There were all kinds of animals; pigs, ducks and mini horses, but a bunny named JJ was Eamon's favorite. This goat was my favorite, he would flick hay at Eamon every time he ran past, which he of course found hysterical. Hearing a child laugh is a sound meant to be bottled up and discovered drifting at sea. How magical would it be to open.
They've known each other since they were 18, and had their first kiss in the back of their parents' car. After 7 years they still look deeply into each other, hold tenderly, giggle and play. As the sun lowered under the mountains, the air cooled and the crickets hummed. We bonded over a shared terror of flying, experiences with fainting, being introverts and pursuing our dreams. It was a perfect way to end the day 🌾
The first two weeks of preschool have been brutal emotionally. Between separating from him after pretty much being together 24/7 his whole life, and processing this as his entry into independence and experiences he’ll have all on his own. I know how important it is for him to go through it all, to let him pave his own path in his own direction. I’m here as support and guidance, and not as a shield from things that are difficult and possibly painful. I know all too well that they make you stronger, wiser, and propel you forward toward a greater good in one way or another. He’s been adjusting pretty well since starting with a few teary goodbyes, and steps forward and back developmentally, but I’m really proud of him, and of myself, for how far we have come in such a short time. It really is short, life. I think about it all the time. It’s one of those rights of passage when you become a parent and finally understand what they meant when your own parents said to you “it goes by so fast.” So hold on tightly. It is so so precious.
We were together. I forget the rest. - Walt Whitman Link to more images from this wedding in my bio 🌾
A few snaps from this weekend’s trip to a strange and wonderful place.
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