why i’m happy we took professional maternity photos

I knew from the beginning I was not going to be one of those pregnant women who wrapped her boobs up in a bandeau and exposed the silhouette of her bare belly in front of a light-filled window for the camera. I didn’t want any photographs with my hands or JB’s forming a heart over my belly button, and there certainly would NOT be ANY pictures of ANYONE kissing my stomach. (I just barfed a little in my mouth while writing that sentence.)

Still, the photographer and sentimentalist in me wanted to document this milestone somehow. True, I’ve been taken weekly belly shots and posting (most of) them here on the blog, but I can only get so many different types of images from that perspective. So JB and I decided to hire a professional photographer to take engagement-style pictures of the two of us. We took these types of playful pictures before our wedding three years ago and figured it was time for some updated ones. Unrelated to my pregnancy, I was especially interested in having some professional shots taken of myself because, as the designated photographer among my friends, I’m never in any of the pictures!

At first I was disappointed that we weren’t able to schedule our “maternity” session when I was 7 or 8 months pregnant (when many women have theirs) because JB was deployed. Instead, we had our session last night, and now I’m happy we waited until I was 36.5 weeks pregnant (although I couldn’t stop yawning by the end!) to have them taken. Chances are I’m not going to get that much bigger before the baby comes, and I think it’s kind of neat to have photographic proof of just how big my belly actually got. (Tastefully concealed under clothing, of course.)

When we knew wanted maternity photos, we contacted Kameron Bayne Images, the only studio I know of in Omaha that shoots in same sophisticated and non-cheesy editorial style as our beloved wedding photographer, Heather Waraksa. Corrie Suhr took our maternity photos, and we’ll be working with her over the course of the year to capture the development of our little guy. She met us in downtown Omaha and led us through alleys to capture JB and I against visually intriguing backgrounds full of texture, color and dimension. We even got to change our outfits a couple of times to best complement each scene!

Thank you, Corrie, for such a fun session. We can’t wait to see your finished work!

{that’s a wrap! photo taken by corrie suhr at the end of our session.}