About a month ago my super talented friend Susan Robichaud from Kansas City ventured out for a visit in order to shoot my maternity session. I have to admit I was a little nervous about it. As a pregnant lady, I just feel kind of fat, swollen and generally not beautiful. Plus the thought of baring parts of my body to anyone let alone having it photographed was not appealing either. I write about this because I think that is how most women feel when it comes to maternity portraits, it’s SO NORMAL!! If Susan wasn’t my friend and I wasn’t a photographer I don’t think I would have had a maternity session done-my lack of self confidence would have gotten the best of me. But when your good friend is one of the best maternity photographers in the country-you don’t say no!
During the session, Susan made me feel so comfortable and it was really fun to be on the other side of the lens. All my nervousness was gone (for the most part) and I just had fun and trusted her to pose and light me in the most flattering way. I have to admit it was really cool to be the client for once. When she emailed me an image as a sneak peak I could hardly wait to see more! Once I got to see all the images, I was just so excited about how they turned out and I was so happy that I did the session. Sure I may not be as ”thin” as I once was, but this baby is a miracle and I will treasure these images for the rest of my life as a memory of this special time.
I guess my point to all this is that so many times I hear pregnant mama’s who just don’t think they are ________ enough (skinny, pretty etc.) to have a maternity session done. But I think no matter how much weight you have gained, whether you are a size 2 or 20…pregnancy is a beautiful thing and you should celebrate your bump. It’s only there for such a short period of time.
I wanted to share one of my favorite images from my session with Susan and say thank you to her for documenting such a special time in my life.
