37 Weeks Womb Side

I was beyond excited to shoot Naomi’s maternity session the the Peak District recently.

Naomi is also a fellow photographer and we met over Christmas. I told her on our last day working together that I would LOVE to capture her maternity if she felt up to it, and so here we are.

The perfect maternity session with the most gorgeous mama and soul.

Our whole session was relaxed and all baby focused. Just capturing those soft moments between mama and baby while they are still womb-side.

I thought being a photographer Naomi would be less nervous than some of the clients I had in the past but she told me that she was actually dreading being in front of the camera. I had to sway her a little in the end to go through with the shoot and I am so glad I did.

Here is what Naomi said after receiving her photographs:

I’m literally beyond words for how grateful I am to have these. You are incredible. Honestly an actual magician. I don’t know how you’ve done that and made me look like that but thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting me to have these photos done.

Naomi Hall

And when I received this message it got me thinking- do we all feel like this when we are pregnant about getting our photograph taken? Because we don’t look and feel quite ourselves, our bodies have changed, our mindsets have changed and we are about to enter the unknown.

So, with all this in mind I encourage you to document your maternity. Take the photographs. One day you will want these photographs, you will look back with such a different view to what you have in the moment. Treasure these special days. 9 months out of your babies entire life you are joined- just 9 months. That deserves a photograph.