Nowadays most expectant mothers like to become maternity model. The growing social acceptance for maternity photography supports this wish. But the major barrier that refrain them from the lifelong pleasure of maternity photography is the high quotes of professional maternity photographers. Smart couples opt to do it by self, which is certainly a good decision to avoid unnecessary pinch over the pocket.
After deciding on this front, next task for such creative couples is to make themselves oriented with maternity photography tricks. There is no shortage of sources but most suggestions mentioned there are good only for standard conditions. The best way is to get the basic idea from these sources and to customize comprehensive plan as per personal liking and preferences. Locations, time, preparation and poses are the general aspects and you may get the much information from your community friends too. But lighting, an important aspect, is generally ignored because of being of technical nature. By using appropriate lighting effects, you can make the maternity photographs more meaningful and impressive.
Backlight comes from behind the model and makes the model more beautiful. It is used to purposely underexpose the model. A fill-flash can be used to null the negative impacts of backlight. Side lighting is used to expose one side of model hiding the other. Any light reflecting board can be used to drift and focus the light on a particular area of body. Bright sunlight at noon is the worst light for photography, avoid taking photographs this time. To take the photographs with desired effects, you can use artificial lights also. Sometimes, artificial lights may give a yellow touch to the photographs; so, be alert.
The best time for outdoor maternity photography session is the morning or the evening when the light is adequate. If the camera flashlight is strong enough, it will null the shadow effects easily. If your camera doesn't has good flash, prefer to arrange the light in such a position that it should fall upon the targeted body part from the camera direction. Generally indoor photographs remain unaffected from lighting effects because the existing light level is easily adjusted by camera flash.
Every pregnancy is equally important; so, it is not wise to take chances while doing maternity photography. There are various institutes that conduct short period online photography courses at very nominal cost. These courses help to understand many technical aspects like lighting and angles etc that your friends tell you hardly. I think doing little investment to save big and also for personal convenience is a good idea.
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