Today, I’m so excited to share a new Photo Recipe for a Pregnancy Shoot!  This was a special shoot I did in Central Park (NYC) for a former bride. When you are doing a pregnancy shoot, you’ll soon realize that all your balances are off.  Mom is out of balance with her beautiful tummy, so how do you obtain a sense of balance, peace and flattering points of view?  Let’s walk through it together!

PHOTO RECIPE for a PREGNANCY SHOOT in CENTRAL PARK (NYC)

WHEN:  If this is your subject’s first pregnancy, you want to wait until they are 8 months pregnant.  Often, a first time pregnancy doesn’t give us that round belly until the last trimester.  We don’t want the mom-to-be looking chubby–she needs to look pregnant!  By the third trimester, her tummy is a perfectly round subject.  Unless…she is having twins!  🙂  If she is pregnant with twins, her tummy may be ready for a shoot at six months!  However, if this is mom’s second, third or fourth pregnancy, her tummy will be looking round as early as four months.  This was a frustrating realization when I was pregnant with Blaze.  By the third month, I was already in my maternity clothes!  My body just let go!  🙂  Be sure to ask your mom-to-be what pregnancy this is and how far along she is.  Set yourself up for success by how you calendar the shoot.

PREP:  Choose a spot(s) that has soft backgrounds;  wheat field at sunset or different patterns and textures of green shrubbery, or a bright window behind her to blast out.  We found these beautiful Fall leaves and decided to play here for a few!

My DSLR Setting: Aperture was f/2.0, 1/100th of a second Shutter Speed and 4oo ISO