Troy & Elise | Maternity Among the Roses in Portland

The International Rose Test Garden in Portland is one of those locations that does all the work for you — rows of roses in every color, tall evergreens overhead, soft light filtering through. Troy and Elise brought their whole world to this session: his son, her sweet black dog dressed in a pink flower collar, and a belly full of baby girl. We strolled, we laughed, we lined up four tiny pink Converse in the grass between two pairs of grown-up shoes, and I photographed a family on the edge of something wonderful.