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:

I was contacted by Lisa from Kensworth in Bedfordshire a few of months ago via Bump2Baby Portraits enquiring about having a pregnancy photo shoot around her 36th week of her pregnancy.  We discussed what Lisa wanted to achieve from the shoot and I provided her with some idea tear sheets and we settled on last Saturday for the shoot.  All of the images you see here have been personally approved for inclusion in this post by Lisa herself – client confidentiality is always paramount to me.

After arriving at her home, I had a chat with Lisa and her partner about the type of images she would like me to capture and we identified quite a few from the tear sheets that she would like to try.

I was able to set up my portable studio backdrop and lights in her dining room which would give us enough space to capture the shots we were after.  I usually bring a couple of different backdrop options with me so that I can set up in pretty much any available space – though ideally, the more room available, the better!

Back in January I was asked to undertake Claire's somewhat last minute pregnancy photo shoot.

We got some great images from the session - one of my favourites is shown just to the right here.

Having shown Claire and her husband the final selection of images I worked on and them having chosen their favourites, they were very kind in agreeing that I could share with you a slideshow that I put together for them of images featuring Claire on her own.

Enjoy!

Please note this video does contain some nudity so please do not watch if you are easily offended.

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.

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: