Pregnancy Photography Tips

Pregnancy Photography Tips
Interesting Photo of the Day: Infrared Rocket Launch
The Story Behind an Iconic Rock n’ Roll Photograph

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:17 AM PDT

Over the past few years there has been an increasing demand for experienced pregnancy photographers. This has mainly fueled an increasing number of services that promise women that they will get amazing and memorable photos. However, the problem with maternity photography is the fact that it is very challenging. A photographer is expected to manage a number of important variables, including the mood of the client, makeup, posing, lighting and clothing. In addition, because a woman is pregnant, she may not be able twist her body into some types of portrait poses.

“Love So Amazing” captured by Brittany Miller (Click image to see more from Miller.)

Useful Photography Tips

When it comes to taking maternity photographs, you should take as much help as you can get. The below tips should help make it easier for you to take beautiful photographs:

Before you decide to photograph a woman, you need to first find out how many months pregnant she is. Generally speaking, you should opt to photograph women who are around seven months pregnant, mainly because this is when their bellies are obvious and they’re often feeling their best.
Ask your subjects to get their makeup done either by a professional or do it themselves prior to paying you a visit. With an in house makeup professional you’re able to control how your subject looks prior to taking pictures. This will also help to boost a woman’s confidence and energy.
With some women, you may want to shoot from a foot or two above her in order to capture a flattering angle.
If you’ve been invited to shoot the woman at her home, make sure that the space you choose is clutter-free. The best places are usually the living room and the bedroom. However, there should be a window or a door to get natural light into the room.
Props like booties, vintage plaques, and tiny caps add some drama and fun to the photo. Try to choose props that will personalize the photo. This should help make the photo extra special.
Your photographs should always be shot in color. Some couples may ask for monochrome or black and white photos, but colored photographs can always be converted. A colored photograph will ensure that if the couple or the woman changes her mind you can always deliver a colored copy. However, always take photos keeping both color and monochrome in mind.

“Proud Mum to Be” captured by Daniel Kenneth Cain (Click image to see more from Cain.)

Professional photographers tend to get stuck in a rut. This is why many pregnancy photographs look exactly the same–just with a different woman and a few extra props. When it comes to this type of photography, you should constantly be experimenting with height, colors, make up styles, and poses. It is also important that you speak to your client if she feels insecure or tired, feel free to give her a break to cool off prior to resuming.

“My First Maternity Photography” captured by Jheuz Marcoh (Click image to see more from Marcoh.)

About the Author:
A-Z Photography is one of the leading pregnancy photography services in Perth. We specialize in all types of photography including pregnancy photography, portrait photographs and kids photos.

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Infrared Rocket Launch

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 02:46 PM PDT

Three, Two, One, Liftoff! This image was captured at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia as the rocket took off to deliver 1,300 pounds of supplies to the Expedition 37 crew. The reason for the deep blues in the sky and water is not from post-production editing, but from the effects of capturing infrared light. Photographer Bill Ingalls used a modified DSLR camera to capture this false color infrared image:

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Infrared photography often creates darker blue skies (Via Imgur, Click to View Full Size)

Perhaps more questionable than the colors, however, is the extremely noticeable lens flare. At first you may think it was created in post, however, an observant commenter on social media made some interesting points to the contrary.

“The image has an odd aspect ratio (more square than 5:4) and was almost certainly 3:2 originally, so there is a good chance that the sun was just cropped off the top of the frame. Also, the direction of the flares matches the lighting on the clouds.”

Real or fake, this image is certainly unique and an eye-catcher.

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The Story Behind an Iconic Rock n’ Roll Photograph

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:17 AM PDT

Sometimes photography can be a lot like fishing: you snag a great picture, by luck or by will, and then you start telling the story of how you reeled it in. Over time, the story may get refined—certain details are added, others are removed—until you’re left with the perfect narrative about how you got The Big One. With that in mind, listen to photographer Richard Crawley tell the story of how he captured one of the most famous shots in rock history:

Of course, it’s an improbable tale. Crawley couldn’t afford a ticket to see the Rolling Stones, so he forged a press pass—the “Blue Meanie Press,” a nod to the villains in The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine movie—and fought his way to the front. He runs out of film, buys a roll off another guy, there’s mayhem all around him, and suddenly everyone parts “like the red sea” and there he was: Mick Jagger, looking directly at Crawley, had his hands behind his head, tongue draping out of his mouth.

Crawley snapped the photo, and—wouldn’t you know it?—it was the last frame on the reel. He was out of bait but no matter, because Crawley had the catch of a lifetime. The photo became famous, with the mouth and tongue image going on to become the official logo of the Rolling Stones. Great story, right?

rock photography rolling stones richard crawley

Graphic designer John Pasche might take issue with some part of it, since he actually designed the logo Crawley’s taking indirect credit for. It first appeared on the Stones’ album Sticky Fingers in 1971, two years before the photo was even taken, after Jagger commissioned him to create different images for the band. It’s more likely that Jagger struck that pose precisely because they’d already been marketing themselves with that logo. But maybe I’m just nitpicking

There’s a reason this shot became so famous in the first place, and that we’re still talking about it 40 years later. Who am I to challenge a good story? Either way, Crawley caught himself one big fish.

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