If there is one type of shooting that I am continuously stymied by, it has got to be doing a maternity shoot.  You would think that this would be a simple task, especially considering that there is a central focal point of the entire shoot.  For myself however, this is not the case.  Over the years of reading about photography, I have seen so many bad or overly cliche pictures that I don’t want to misstep into one myself.

So when friends ask about having maternity portraits taken, I tend to get a bit concerned about what I’ll do.  Thankfully, my wife helps out with the posing in these situations.

Overall, I think it turned out quite well.  I learned that to do some of the shots, more flashes are needed.  A bigger space for a studio would be a bit nice as well.

In the end though, for the equipment I have to work with, everything turned out well.