This is a first for me. I had never done a maternity session before and I was extremely nervous as I was getting ready to do this. After viewing what seemed like hundreds of other photographers’ maternity photos, I was ready to sink or swim. We ended up not having a great setting outside and the time of day put the sun high in the sky. The deck was stacked against us. But, the show must go on.

We took a quite a few outside and then went in for a few low-key shots. The low-key photos (black background) were done with only one off-camera light. The light was provided by a Canon 580 EX Speedlight with a 15″ softbox on a stand. Here are a few pictures from Hollie and Stephen’s session.