In September last year, my wife and I were thrilled to learn that we’d be welcoming our first child into the world in June of 2009.
Fast forward to now….June of 2009!
Tomorrow, our little boy or girl is due. We decided not to find out the sex…my wife describes it as the “last surprise on earth”. She thought it would be fun to do weekly shots of her growing belly, and of course I was happy to get the project underway!
We started off by just doing very simple photos, but that proved to be too mundane for my liking. I went into full creative mode and drew up tons of concepts for maternity photos for her. She isn’t into showing much skin, so the classic and quintessential maternity shots would have to give way to something different. The result is a full 25 week long photojournal that brings to life the excitement and growth that she (and I, to an extent) have felt throughout this pregnancy.
Joe McNally mentioned in one of my favorite books “The Moment It Clicks” that you can’t forget to shoot what you love. I followed that advice, and the result is a collection of photos that we’re excited to share with folks…I’d say it’s a good start to documenting our little baby…sort of a jump start!
Fast forward to now….June of 2009!
Tomorrow, our little boy or girl is due. We decided not to find out the sex…my wife describes it as the “last surprise on earth”. She thought it would be fun to do weekly shots of her growing belly, and of course I was happy to get the project underway!
We started off by just doing very simple photos, but that proved to be too mundane for my liking. I went into full creative mode and drew up tons of concepts for maternity photos for her. She isn’t into showing much skin, so the classic and quintessential maternity shots would have to give way to something different. The result is a full 25 week long photojournal that brings to life the excitement and growth that she (and I, to an extent) have felt throughout this pregnancy.
Joe McNally mentioned in one of my favorite books “The Moment It Clicks” that you can’t forget to shoot what you love. I followed that advice, and the result is a collection of photos that we’re excited to share with folks…I’d say it’s a good start to documenting our little baby…sort of a jump start!
All of these photos can be viewed with captions at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010659&id=1540188417&l=0921d6ef06
Enjoy!! I'll be sure to BLOG about the baby upon arrival!
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