Inspiration for your maternity portrait experience!

Timing is everything

We recommend mums-to-be book a pregnancy photoshoot for around 30-35 weeks through the pregnancy. This ensures your growing bump will show up beautifully in the photos, but you aren’t too tired to enjoy it and have that wonderful pregnancy glow when you look and feel fantastic. It’s a good idea to book your photoshoot after your 20 week scan so you can make sure you secure the ideal date for you and your family. 

Once you have a date in the diary, you can start planning your pregnancy photoshoot to ensure you capture all the images you want to remember this precious time. 

Make it personal

Your pregnancy photoshoot is a wonderful opportunity to capture unique moments that can be treasured for years to come. Bring along your favourite flowers, special keepsakes, favourite outfits or family heirlooms that you want to be included in your pregnancy photos. 

We recommend bringing along your scan photos and any special gifts that you have already brought for your baby such as a pair of booties or a tiny teddy bear. These accessories all help to create memorable images that will capture this unique moment in your life. 

It’s a family affair

Bring your partner and any other close family members you want to be included in these special photographs. We have had grandparents-to-be, godparents, siblings and even pets join us in the studio before. This is a special time for everyone, so if you want to make it a family affair then feel free! 

Alternatively, you may wish to come alone or with your partner if you will feel more relaxed, the most important thing is that you feel at ease and can enjoy this special time as that will come across in the photos. We specialise in maternity photography and will ensure you feel comfortable and confident from the moment you arrive at our studio. 

Look and feel your best

When planning what to wear in your pregnancy photoshoot, it is important that you look and feel your best. We suggest wearing tight fitting tops, skirts or dresses if you are bringing your own outfits. We have some fabulous maternity dresses for you to choose from here at our studio, but you can bring along anything you would like to wear. 

We have had mums-to-be wearing their favourite lingerie, maternity dresses, uniform, costumes, swimwear and even their partners shirts. Your partner can also bring their favourite outfits too so you both feel your best. One of the most important items to bring is different underwear. We advise bringing white, black and or nude underwear with you especially when using our dresses. The last thing you want is a black bra straps showing under a beautiful white dress.

Bring a few different options so you can change throughout the photoshoot as this will give you a nice variety of images to choose from. Your photographer will choose backgrounds and lighting to suit your outfit choices and ensure the images look amazing. 

Strike a pose

You might like to think about some poses that you would like to be photographed in during your pregnancy photoshoot. Take a look at our gallery for inspiration or check out Pinterest or Instagram for some ideas of how you might like to stand, sit or lie throughout the shoot. We always encourage our clients to send us a pinterest board of images that interest them or things they would like to try. This should be sent via email to us a few days before the session. Our photographers will go through the ideas at the start of the session and will incorporate as much as possible into the photoshoot.

Our photographers are experts at helping you find the most flattering poses and will help guide you through the photoshoot to ensure you get a wonderful variety of images, but if you have some particular poses in mind then feel free to share them with us. 

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