Maternity

Big Sister
Photograph by Tom Atwood

Last weekend I did something I have never done before. I took "maternity portraits" for a friend of mine, Jamie Brown, who is expecting. This type of photography, which focuses on the "bump," is becoming more popular. Sounds easy but it's not. Shooting maternity photos presents some unusual challenges. Technical, artistic, hormonal. But I'm sure photographing a pregnant woman is much easier than it is being pregnant.

Shutter: 1/30; Aperture: f/3.5; ISO: 400; Focal length: 18 mm