Why are maternity photos so important?
I’m so glad you’re here! Why, you say? Because it means you’re thinking about photographing a very important time, and I think that’s amazing!
What a journey you have been on to get to this point. Perhaps you have just had your 12-week scan or maybe you are counting the weeks as you enter your third trimester. Maybe you are full of hope, excitement and anticipation. Or perhaps sitting with feelings of anxiety, fear or cautious optimism. However, you arrive here, welcome, I’m so glad you are considering capturing your pregnancy.
Depending on how you feel at this stage of your pregnancy journey, you may be unsure about whether you want to invest your time and money into professional maternity photos. I have been privileged to photograph many pregnancies and share a little of each family’s stories. Each one has had a different reason why maternity photography was important to them:
“Jo captured our rainbow baby bump […] so perfectly, she came into our home warmly and made what was a very difficult pregnancy be filled with joy. She captured all the emotions that come with having a rainbow baby so perfectly; our love and our hopes. She helped me to embrace a bump and a pregnancy that I was so unsure of.”
“...we knew it would be our last baby and just wanted to remember the pregnancy. I loved every little thing about my bump and I miss it now she is here”
“I was so nervous about my pregnancy body [...]. Looking back at our photos, I can’t believe what my body was able to do. I’m so proud of my bump.”
I think it’s easier to justify an investment in newborn photography to ourselves. The newborn stage is an incredible whirlwind of change. A fleeting experience that passes by as we adjust. Small babies who will never, be that small again. Yet, is your bump, this pregnancy, this period for you as a couple, not the same?
Your journey to parenthood could have been easy and unproblematic, beautifully unexpected or a rollercoaster through endless doctor appointments and tears of joy! Every journey is special and your maternity photo session will tell your original parenthood story.
So what do you say, shall we tell your story? Whether you are all in or still on the other side of the fence, why not book a no-obligation chat to discuss what a maternity session with me might look like. Head over to my diary here, to find a time to suit you.
I can’t wait to speak with you soon.