pregnant people portraits... or PPP

[ving]

hehe!!

anyhow a friend of my wife wants her to take some pregy person portraits on her (she is having twins)... so has anyone got any tips or hints for compositions and lighting (i dont have studio lights so its natural lighting and cieling lights plus whatever my flash will do.

[ricktas]

Talk to her about what she wants. She probably has a few pregnancy magazines lying around. There might be some good poses etc in there that she would like to attempt.

Personally, I like the low key, dark, silhouetted shots with just a tad of light to define the contours of the image.

[kiwi]

Best tip (it's free to you) is not to wait too long.

[Nic076]

Not from a photographers point of view - but from a mum's view:

*It needs to be about the beauty and miracle of life. Not about how "big" the stomach is. I can name heaps of friends including myself who hated photos during pregnancy due to the size of the belly and the number of unflattering shots of the size of other areas of the body which grew along with the belly.

*Then there is the skin around the baby. Most of the time it almost looks a little transparent - you can often see lots of veins, the skin looks blotchy and more than likely there is stretch marks. So probably B&W or soft lighting would be best.

*Have to agree with Rick talk to the mum about what she wants.

Good luck

[ving]

hmm... thanks i think...

i figured soft lighting... soft everything... oh i dont know!

[Dan Cripps]

Some from a couple of recent shoots: