Back in March I photographed Shannon from Luton for her maternity photo shoot after she had contacted me via my Bump2Baby Portraits website.  All of the images you see in my post have kindly been personally approved for inclusion by Shannon herself.

I was delighted to hear that her baby boy safely arrived and is now home and doing well.  I was able to visit the
family again a couple of months ago to photograph a newborn session with them and it was really enjoyable - I'll post a selection of images from that session in a future post soon.

For the maternity session I was able to set up my collapsible studio backdrop and lights in their living room which gave us enough space to capture the shots we were after.  I was able to use a couple of different backdrop options so we got a great mixture of shots.

We started with some shots of Shannon and her partner together.  Here are a couple of the images we
captured:

A few days ago I had my final photoshoot with Baby H from Watford, Hertfordshire.  I've been photographing him over the last year as part of one of my Bump2Baby packages.  It really has been great seeing him grow over that time and I feel that it is certainly one of the most rewarding parts of the work I do to see a child's progress and development.

I hope to stary in touch with the family and to be able to provide them with their future family photography services.  I always seek to build lasting relationships with my clients and hope that I will be their first choice for family photography in the future.

Here are a few shots from the photo shoot with H.

Following on from my last post a few weeks ago about Tanya's maternity photoshoot with Bump2Baby Portraits, I'm happy to report back that she and her husband Gary love the photos I captured for them and they've agreed that I can post a few of the shots in this blog.

1. We just used a large, brightly lit patio door window with a voile drape for the backdrop to this natural light shot.

On Sunday morning I had a pregnancy photo shoot with Jane who is expecting twins in just over a month’s time.  We have been planning the shoot for just under a couple of months now and it came about after she saw some examples of my other maternity photos.

Earlier in the week I had sent Jane a set of posing ideas that I have put together and which would give her an idea of some of the setups that she might want to try.  I feel that this is an important step to undertake with maternity (and also boudoir) photo shoots as it can give the client some ideas that they may not previously have thought of trying out.

After setting up my portable studio in their living room, we set went over the posing sheets I had sent her and discussed what she might like to try. We then started with the photo shoot itself.  As Jane has a young daughter, I thought it would be good to get some shots of her with her mum and bump, connecting with her soon to be new sisters.  Ellie was a star in her own right and we got some great photos – one of which can be seen below.

Following on from the item a few posts below in the blog, I've now shown Sarah her maternity photos and she's been really pleased with them - something which I'm obviously really happy about!  It was a great pregnancy shoot and we got to try lots of things out on the day, so thanks again Sarah for that.

With her baby due any day now, I hope everything goes well and am really looking forward to seeing your new arrival (and taking your baby shots for you!).

I've put together the slideshow in this post which picks out my favourite shots from the session. I hope you like it.  It was put together with my slideshow software and then uploaded to YouTube.

Happy viewing and any feedback is really welcomed.

Following on from the trial run back in November, I had the main pregnancy photo shoot with Sarah at the weekend.  We set up the 'studio' in her conservatory and spent a good couple of hours shooting different poses and set ups.

I ended up with some great shots that I'm working through at the moment but have been very happy with what I've done so far.  As usual, Sarah was game for a laugh and we got some fun shots of her in her partner's Liverpool football shirt along with the more classical shots taken during a preganacy shoot.

The shot below is just a quickly caught portrait from the session and hopefully once Sarah has seen the final images she'll be happy for me to post some of the bump shots so you can see the finished results.

One prop I did find really useful during the shoot was a couple of lengths of voile fabric which allowed Sarah to remain covered up but with careful positioning let us catch the real magic of her pregnancy.

With more and more women wanting to capture memories of the wonderful changes they are undergoing during their pregnancies, this is an area of my photography that I hope to expand when potential clients see what can be produced.

Thanks again to Sarah for the fun shoot - am sure you're not going to be disappointed with the results.

With my pregnancy and baby photography service, I cover the areas of Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and London.  Please do use the contact form on the site if you are interested in arranging a maternity or baby photography session.

I had my first maternity shoot at the weekend - courtesy of Sarah. It was really good experience, no doubt aided by the fact that Sarah is a very good friend of ours and was happy to try out lots of poses.

We set up in a small area and made the most of natural window light with a small bit of fill in flash through a Lastolite Ezybox Hotshoe to light up any shadows. I mainly used my Nikon 50mm f1.8 lens at it's widest aperture so sharp focussing was key.

I'm really pleased with the results and I hope Sarah will be too when she sees them all. Thanks for letting me capture you at your finest at this special time. Am looking forward to our main session in late January.

Here is an example of one of the shots from the session: