There are a lot of things you have to do to prepare for a new baby when you discover you're going to have one. Once you get over the initial scary period of holding your breath and hoping it sticks, there's a laundry list of things you have to (and "have to") do to get ready. The order in which you do those things probably says something about who you are as a person. It would be interesting to do a study on that. What was the first thing you started looking for? For me, it wasn't a pediatrician, day care, or even a hospital. The first thing I Googled when I felt like it was “safe” was a photographer. I wanted a newborn photographer whose style meshed with mine and whose personality shone through the writing on their site. I also wanted a maternity photographer who wasn't going to pose me half-naked or in gobs of makeup. So I Googled "lifestyle maternity photographer." The good news: I loved the first photographer that came up in Google. The bad news: it was me. Not helpful. I kept searching.

I found a lifestyle newborn photographer, but kept looking for a maternity photographer and got frustrated by what I found (or the lack thereof). I wanted a short maternity session, in Richmond, and for a shorter amount of money, since I was investing in my newborn session and didn't want to lay down as much for pictures of my temporary state.

I never found what I was looking for. I wondered how many other mothers-to-be were frustrated in the same way, and decided I could help those other mothers who want a full 1.5 hour newborn lifestyle photography session at home with their new baby, and also want a short maternity session.

If you want to document your pregnancy with maternity photos, and also want to book a newborn session, I offer an add-on 30 minute maternity session, so you can get all the photography. You can read more about how to do that here.

Just do yourself a favor and get some photos of your pregnancy. If you don’t trust me, trust these two people.