She Looked at Herself With a Fresh Pair of Eyes

April had always been modest, even self-conscious about her body. Then she became pregnant — and something shifted. She arrived at the studio glowing, open, and ready to be seen in a way she had never allowed before. What she saw in her portraits moved her to tears. In her own words: "I was looking at myself with what felt like a fresh pair of eyes and felt so proud and so beautiful.