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4labs

Well my wife had been in the hopsital for the past seven weeks and luckily thing s took a turn fo rteh better and I was able to bring her home yesterday.
While she is still limited in her activity until she gives birth, she is much more comfortable at home.. I realized I had no pictures of her being pregnant so
I pleaded with her to let me try. Well it sure isn't easy but I am not going to give up. These are a coupel from my first try. Comments ,critiques woudl be apreciated..

lynnma

4labs wrote:

Well my wife had been in the hopsital for the past seven weeks and luckily thing s took a turn fo rteh better and I was able to bring her home yesterday.
While she is still limited in her activity until she gives birth, she is much more comfortable at home.. I realized I had no pictures of her being pregnant so
I pleaded with her to let me try. Well it sure isn't easy but I am not going to give up. These are a coupel from my first try. Comments ,critiques woudl be apreciated..

I think you did good.. but... and I know she's gonna hate this.. it would be nice to see her face if only in shadow. Maybe a pose half hiding her shadowed face .. standing in front of a window looking out maybe or sitting in shadow with her face visible but shadowed and soft.
Just my two cents.. to me, although her baby belly is lovely I can't connect it to a woman or a prospective mother. feels like you are hiding something...
good luck.. this is a toughie.. but sooooo worth it for the memories..

rahmonster

lynnma wrote:

I think you did good.. but... and I know she's gonna hate this.. it would be nice to see her face if only in shadow. Maybe a pose half hiding her shadowed face .. standing in front of a window looking out maybe or sitting in shadow with her face visible but shadowed and soft.
Just my two cents.. to me, although her baby belly is lovely I can't connect it to a woman or a prospective mother. feels like you are hiding something...
good luck.. this is a toughie.. but sooooo worth it for the memories..

I know a stack of pregnant ladies and they are all asking me for photos and I'm petrified...But one thing I know i want to try with all of them is a full body side-on silhouette...

Glad to here mum and baby are home again. Good luck with everything I know how nervous you both must be. Just sit back and enjoy the experience, it will soon be rushing by much too quickly.

4labs

lynnma wrote:

I think you did good.. but... and I know she's gonna hate this.. it would be nice to see her face if only in shadow. Maybe a pose half hiding her shadowed face .. standing in front of a window looking out maybe or sitting in shadow with her face visible but shadowed and soft.
Just my two cents.. to me, although her baby belly is lovely I can't connect it to a woman or a prospective mother. feels like you are hiding something...
good luck.. this is a toughie.. but sooooo worth it for the memories..

Thnxs Lynn, .
I agree that to show her face would be nice.. She is really camera shy but I will work on her..

4labs

rahmonster wrote:

I know a stack of pregnant ladies and they are all asking me for photos and I'm petrified...But one thing I know i want to try with all of them is a full body side-on silhouette...

Glad to here mum and baby are home again. Good luck with everything I know how nervous you both must be. Just sit back and enjoy the experience, it will soon be rushing by much too quickly.

Thnxs Monster! The whole process was more difficult than I imagined. I am usually taking candids its much easier. I think the silhoutte will be a good idea..

bfjr

If I was in your shoes I'd be getting pretty nervous at this point, on several fronts....taking pictures...being a new Dad......oh boy oh boy

DavidTO

I really like the second one. So much of pregnancy is just...waiting. That picture conveys that to me. I like it.

DavidTO

rahmonster wrote:

I know a stack of pregnant ladies

Ouch.

Michiel de Brieder

excellent belly shots and the B/W is great

I agree on the full body pose though

lynnma

Hey doggie.. I went looking and I didn't like a lot of pregnancy photos but I did like these.. take a look and see what you think..

http://www.focuspocusphoto.com/pregnancy/pregnancy1.html


Lynn

p.s. specially him and her dancing together..

4labs

Thnxs again everyone.. Lynn I looked at several websites myself and the problem is getting my wife to pose. I'll have to buy her off I am sure ..:-)

lynnma

I was gonna say a couple o' gins would do it but I forgot.. she can't maybe sparkley things..

rutt

I love the second shot. Really love it. I'm not a huge fan of digital conversions to B&W, but it works in that case.

4labs

Thnxs Rutt,
Knowing how you feel about BW conversions , I take that as the highest compliment.

Trish323

I really like the focus on her fingers and the story they tell. Nice. My daughter is pregnant with her first and I have been looking at many examples online for her maternity shots ..plenty to look at...Tell your wife that she may not think she looks beautiful now...years from now she will be happy she has them, because it is almost impossible to remember without a photo.