FOR P&S USERS (point and shoot users): Turn off your flash and set your camera to Portrait mode.ย Experiment with standing on a curb to get a little height on her (slimming for her neckline).ย Encourage her to also lean toward the camera so that her energy comes to you, and you avoid double chins.
FOR DSLR USERS:ย Turn off your flash.ย Go to Manual mode and set your Aperture (the degree of how blurry you can make your background) to the lowest f-stop possible.ย We want to make everything around mom-to-be soft and buttery, blurry to highlight the lines of her tummy even more!ย If you can’t go down very low in your f-stop, get closer to your subject and have them stand farther away from their background.ย This will also blur your background.
My DSLR Setting: Aperture was f/2.0, 1/800th of a second Shutter Speed and 25o ISO
Beautiful pictures as always!
Always gorgeous!!!!
Me Ra, these photos are BEAUTIFUL!!!! What a stunning mom-to-be!!
Beautiful photos and even more beautiful mama-to-be!! I, too, love the last one of the day.
thanks for ALL your feedback!! @Sarah Nguyen, I saw a couple of your comments pop up today–you are like my fairy today! spread comment fairy dust everywhere! Thank you soooo much! comments always mean the world!
Yay!! I am 37 weeks pregnant and tried to coach my mom to take some photos of me the other day!! ๐ I might see if I can get my hubby coached up to take a few more with your notes in this post!! Wish me luck!!!
These photos are stunning! I keep going back to the circular pattern one…it’s so beautiful. What a lucky mama to be! ๐
Love them all but really like the black and whites! What process have you used?
One for friend Tam??? What great ideas. Lovely.
No prob, Me Ra! I love spreading comment fairy dust! ๐ Your photos are gorgeous!
MeRa oh goodness your gift inspires! BTW. Did you still need a family or two for your TV show/ :)>? I know a few!