1st Maternity Shoot

[jonwhite]

These were shot by my business partner Nick after a practice session with me posing for him the night before (see last pic in the set )

He had never shot a maternity session before and only bought the background and umbrellas the day before so overall I think he did ok...... my posing the night before was obviously worth my pain and embaressment.

1. Bump + wedding rings
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-001.jpg

2. Building blocks was an idea we had seen others do
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-002.jpg

3. Belly kiss
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-004.jpg

4. Listening
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-005.jpg

5. Building blocks out again
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-006.jpg

6. Touch of colour
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-009.jpg

7. Bit of boob action for dad.
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/monjon-011.jpg

8. And what I had to do the night before to help, he very kindly posted this and a few others on facebook as well! and yes, that is a cushion up my sweater
http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/mat_test_02.jpg

[Svetlana]

I like these a lot and I have the same blocks! haha...:) My fave is 1!

[Swanolck]

Great set and I had to LOL at #8!!

[PeaceFire]

Love these! #5 is my favorite. But maybe smooth her skin out a bit since you can see every single vein in her body probably because of the temp of the room. But it's a bit distracting from the pic.

[Michael Bottoms]

Nice efforts... some great images here. Find mom a bit too pink in 6... but otherwise have no real nitpicks... Thanks for sharing and good luck in the future.

[heycow]

These are great! I really like 2,3,4, but they're all really nice. I agree with Michael about #6 though.

My wife is due on June 20th so I need to take some photos of her. Care to share what kind of blocks those are? They're cute and I'm sure my 2-year old would love to play with them after the shoot is over. :D Also must remember to give myself some boob action as well...maternity photos...always a good excuse! :D

[Michael Bottoms]

These are great! I really like 2,3,4, but they're all really nice. I agree with Michael about #6 though.

My wife is due on June 20th so I need to take some photos of her. Care to share what kind of blocks those are? They're cute and I'm sure my 2-year old would love to play with them after the shoot is over. :D Also must remember to give myself some boob action as well...maternity photos...always a good excuse! :D


To be frank, I never need any excuse... lol but it is a fun photo... :)

[jonwhite]

These are great! I really like 2,3,4, but they're all really nice. I agree with Michael about #6 though.

My wife is due on June 20th so I need to take some photos of her. Care to share what kind of blocks those are? They're cute and I'm sure my 2-year old would love to play with them after the shoot is over. :D Also must remember to give myself some boob action as well...maternity photos...always a good excuse! :D


Bought the blocks from an Early Learning Centre store here in the UK for £10, I would think most kids/baby stores sell them though ... definitely a good buy though because they were used in quite a few different shots additional to these and the ones we showed on our blog.

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments

[pennypue]

What background did you pick up? I'd love to have one like that. But I won't be doing anything professional with it. Just would love to be able to lure friends and unsuspecting acquaintances to let me practice on them. :)

[jonwhite]

What background did you pick up? I'd love to have one like that. But I won't be doing anything professional with it. Just would love to be able to lure friends and unsuspecting acquaintances to let me practice on them. :)

Its just a paper roll, 2.7 metres wide by 11 metres long, so when a bit gets dirty you just tear the end off and roll out some more.

£40 in the UK so figure about $40 in the US.

We also bought a support system for the roll which was about £100.

Would like a black background next.

[pennypue]

Thanks Jon. I'm going to go looking for where to pick some up at near me.

But I'm cheap (since it's a hobby), I may try building a stand from PVC.

[jonwhite]

This was the very basic lighting setup we created for the shoot, definitely be a bit more adventurous the next time we have chance to shoot something similar.

http://www.boundlessphotos.com/wip/lights_monjon.gif

Btw the cool PSD file used to create this diagram is available here for free > http://www.kevinkertz.com/fm/LightingSetup.psd.zip very good of him to give it away for free, I can imagine quite a few who would be selling it.

Well worth checking out his portfolio here as well > http://www.kevinkertz.com/

Few more pics from this shoot are on this post here on our blog. Boundless Photos Maternity Photos (http://boundlessphotos.blogspot.com/2009/03/maternity-session-with-mon-and-jon.html)

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[pennypue]

I need more pregnant friends.......

[hsellersb]

I need those BLOCKS! Ive never seen them like that! Anyone have easy access to those???

LOVIN THOSE!!!

[Foxgguy2001]

#2 is great! love the set...specially 8 :P

[Jody Beattie Photography]

He did a great job for his first try! Lots of ideas.

www.jodybeattie.co.nz