| | I supposedly have a week, two at the most, left in my pregnancy ~ I was thinking I'd take one last set of maternity shots before baby GIRL comes. For myself, I'm not much for the naked belly shots and not much of maternity photography has really appealed to me - but I still like to capture each stage, and especially last few months of my pregnancy...
The portraits I always have in my mind I'd like to do, or have while pregnant, I just can't seem to pull off on my own~ Wave type dress in a field of tall grass or lounging on some cool couch in the inner city... 
Doing it self-portrait style, my creativity seems limited to what I can ideally set up and still keep the portraits in focus. (Chels, I needed you!) I was organizing the outdoor shed this past week with the kiddos and after we finished there was so much more space than I had thought we'd have!
This was good! Because the wall that remained had nice side light and I suddenly got motivated to make a "studio" of sorts in the shed. There is a door that allows light from one side, and then about six feet from the wall there is a large window that brings in light for natural front lighting. I'd love to punch out one more window on the other side of the door to give lighting on both sides of the subject. 
I recovered the box that had black felt I had packed away, in the midst of organizing, and so we tacked the felt up on the wall, which covered down to the floor too - and then one of the boys vacuumed it for me. I set up a tri-pod outside the open window of the shed and simple used my action mode on automatic timer and also my (M) on a medium ISO.
So here's to my last pics pregnant (documenting swollen hands and face one last time ) - me and a few odd items sitting around my shed ~ 
  
  
  
  
(Thanks, Kel, for the so fun dress/shirt! It has worked nice for some color this last bit of my pregnancy!)
(Thanks to thrift-store shopping, maternity wear didn't have to be boring this spring... oh, and I pulled out my soft focus filter for this one - something I haven't used in a long time!)
(My every Sunday dress for the last month! Since it's the only one left that fits. I honestly won't miss it after the baby is born, but sure grateful for a comfy item to wear here at the end.)
a. ann~
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| | Posted 5/23/2009 3:43 PM - 611 Views - 38 eProps - 21 comments
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