Here are some samples from a recent maternity shoot in my studio. Some of these are shot with a black paper background, and some in the “dungeon” – the back storage room, which is technically part of the Seattle Underground.

There are also few more (non-nude) images from this shoot available on my facebook fan page (which you are highly encouraged to join if you have not done so already).

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Based on how it feels outside today, I think the endless summer of 2009 has finally ended. But I did manage to squeeze in one final summer portrait session  last week, out on the beach at Seattle’s Carkeek Park. It was a perfect day – warm, no wind, and clear skies all the way to sunset, giving us that perfect golden hour light.

The model is a naturopathic doctor who needs the photos for her website, though the look we went for is more fashion model portfolio than business portrait. Mostly because I like to make everybody look like fashion models.

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And we even managed to get some behind the scenes action shots (photos by Danny Berg)…

To continue the themes from my last two posts (portraits and Burning Man), I have just uploaded 30 or so of my favorite portraits from Burning Man 2009, to serve as a preview of this year’s images. The photos are on my Facebook fan page.

Meanwhile, here is a preview of the preview (click for larger images)…

Burning Man 2009 has come and gone – and as everbody is saying, Best Burn Ever!!! I have gotten the 3100 images I took down to about 500 that I am going to keep, and started the process of individually fine tuning each one to bring it to its full potential (anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes per image). In other words, the photos won’t be done for a while.

Meanwhile however, I have now released 100 of my absolute favorite images from Burning Man 2008. As you may know, these were previously only available with purchase of my iPhone e-book, Burning Man 2008: A Photo Essay by Matt Freedman. And, I am getting on the bandwagon, and have a launched a Facebook “fan page” for my photography. I have inaugurated that by putting the 2008 Burning Man images there. So click the following link to go there, and enjoy the photos from Burning Man 2008, and if you would like, become a fan, so you can stay informed of the latest developments with my 2009 photos etc.

Matt Freedman Photography on Facebook

(and please forward/post/tweet this – I really would like to get the word out that these are available).

Meanwhile, here are a few of the new photos. Click for larger images…