This is one of the questions I get asked most often, and it’s worth answering properly.
The short version: stretchmarks will only appear in your photos if you want them to. Through posing, lighting, and clothing choices, I can work with you to minimise their visibility if that’s what you’d prefer. If you’d like to reduce them further in editing, that’s also available. And if you’d like to embrace them completely, we can do that too. It’s entirely your call and we’ll talk it through before we start.
Most women have some concerns about how their body will look in maternity photos, and that’s completely understandable. My job is to make sure you feel at ease in the studio and come away with photos you’re genuinely pleased with. Before your session I’ll ask what you’d like to highlight and what you’d rather play down, and I’ll work around that throughout.
What I’d say to anyone who’s hesitating about maternity photos because of stretchmarks is this: in 20 years of working with women at all different stages of pregnancy, I’ve never had anyone leave disappointed. The right posing and lighting make an enormous difference, and there are very few things we can’t work around if we approach it thoughtfully.
