There is never a dull day at PhotoBaby, and lately much of the excitement has revolved around the maternity photo shoots we have been doing for pregnant Mum’s to be. Always striving to move our work forward, Holly and I have been really challenging ourselves to push the boundaries of our maternity photography and exploring where else we can take these very special photo shoots.
Celebrate Being Pregnant
A maternity photo session is an amazing experience; portraits created at a moment in your life when everything is about to change. You are pregnant and on the precipice of parenthood. Your identity is about to be reinvented. A maternity photo shoot is a celebration of you, your beauty, your amazing body and the feats you are accomplishing. All this demands portraits that reflect the wonder and the drama of this moment in your life.
Boost Body Confidence
Our maternity photo shoots give our pregnant mum’s to be much more than the portraits and visual record. This is an amazing positive experience that gives you a huge uplifting boost in body confidence. It forever amazes me, how unforgiving so many women are of themselves, and why? I can safely say we are experts in beauty, and it comes in all shapes and sizes.
Some of my recent work has been in preparation for starting an MA in photography. I want to use this focused study time to explore pregnancy and body image issues further. Time and again I meet women who come for a maternity session and leave on top of the world, bursting with body confidence. But when they return for their newborn photo shoot just weeks later, they are so unforgiving of themselves.
There is so much ingrained in this, and how we perceive ourselves in the world. I’m curious to find out if it is the same in other cultures and if we can use body confidence boosting photo shoots to make a difference.
Take Part in Our Project
To make this happen, I’m on the hunt for women who find out they are pregnant this year. To participate you will need to be able to come to the Lancaster studio once a month for a mini photo-shoot and be brave enough to let me photograph you for around 18 months. I want to explore your journey and your body changes before and after pregnancy. I want you to come and laugh in the face of cellulite and stretch marks, show off your battle scars and allow me to feed you a monthly dose of body loving positivity.
The portraits will be a beautiful celebration of this amazing time in your life.
There will be no charge for these mini shoots and I’m visualising that we will create an 18-piece montage that illustrates each journey through the start of motherhood. I will give each participant a complementary professionally printed copy and a digital version of the final piece.
If you are interested or would like to learn more, please get in touch.
