My First Official Maternity Session

孕婦攝影在美國是十分流行和普遍, 只因大份部夫婦, 尤其產婦, 都希望可以用相片留住他們人生中這個重要的時刻。 感謝我的朋友 ST, 邀請我為她拍攝孕婦相片。

拍攝日期是她預產期前三星期。 當她告訴我她的首兩名小孩是早產, 所以她有預感這個嬰兒也會提早出世時, 我們唯有希望這個嬰兒盡量留待完成拍攝後才來臨。 她從前兩次懷孕也沒有特地拍攝「大肚相」, 她真的不想錯過今次機會啊! 在拍攝當日前一晚, 我竟然夢到在我們影相期間她穿了羊水作動了, 我要立刻送她到醫院。 真是非常可怕啊! 幸好這些並沒有發生, 拍攝順利完成!

我們主要在她家中拍攝, 這樣她便不用為兩名孩子分心。 首先, 第一件事是為她挑選衣服。 我特別要求她穿裙子, 因為我相信效果出來會比穿衫褲更好。 於是她翻看衣櫃, 終於找到唯一一條仍然合身的裙子。 雖然這條藍色吊帶裙不是孕婦裙, 但她穿得十分漂亮啊! 我們更為她丈夫找到一件顏色合襯的恤衫呢!

趁著兩名小孩午睡, 我為她拍了一些單人照和與丈夫的合照。 我盡量告訴他們我的想法和構圖, 及教他們如何擺姿勢。 我要很小心, 除了不能叫她做一些太麻煩的動作外, 亦要照顧週到, 不能令她太操勞, 畢竟她是懷了37週身孕的孕婦啊! 所有相片也只採用了我最喜愛的光源 - 自然光。 它可以令照片看來更自然和柔和。 但畢竟我是第一次操刀拍攝大肚相, 有很多地方仍有待改進。 但總括來說, 我很喜歡這些相片出來的效果, 希望我的顧客亦同樣滿意!

Taking maternity photos is very common in the U.S. Many couples, especially the wives, want to capture this precious moment in their life. Thanks to my friend, ST, for hiring me as her photographer to capture this special moment of her life.

The session date was scheduled only three weeks before her due date. When she told me she suspected the baby would come early because her other two kids were early too, we were crossing our fingers hoping the baby wouldn't come before the session day. It was because this was her first maternity session too. she didn't take any official maternity photos with her first two kids, so she didn't want to miss this opportunity! The night before the shooting day, I had a dream about her water broke during our session and I had to rush her to the hospital. It was scary! Luckily, it didn't happen. The actual shooting day went smoothly!

The photography session was mainly took place at her home during morning when her two toddlers were at school and during their nap time in the afternoon. So there was less distraction for her. I started the session by helping her to pick the outfit. I requested her to wear a dress because I believed it would look better for belly shots. She then showed me her one and only dress that would still fit her. Although this blue dress was not a prenatal dress, it looked great on her! And we even found a matching color shirt for her hubby too!

We did some solo shots as well as some couple shots. I told them what I had in mind for the compositions and showed them how to pose. Since she was 37 weeks pregnant, I had to be careful with her and make sure she was comfortable with all the poses. All pictures were done with my favorite lighting - natural light. It makes the photographs very natural with soft tone. Since this was my first official maternity photography session, there were things still needed to be improved. But overall, I really like how the pictures turned out, and I hope my clients love them too!