Pregnancy & Maternity

Pregnancy & Maternity Photography Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ever since Demi Moore was photographed for the front cover of Vanity Fair, more and more women have chosen to be captured for posterity in the prime of their pregnancy.

Pregnancy is one great time in your life when your partner, you and your closest are looking forward to welcoming a new life into your family.

A pregnancy photography session is a stunning way to capture this momentous life-changing event. Your pregnancy photographs will be sensual, graceful and intimate. 

You are welcome to have your session taken in my studio or choose your favourite park, beach, any place you like. It maybe a place that has meaning to you. Your family home is an excellent option; it's comfortable, personal, and accommodating for changing wardrobes if need be. I can come and set my portable studio up in a jiffy, and or use your natural home surroundings.

I want to make sure your pregnancy photo shoot is a relaxing, stress- free and memorable experience. And if you’d like to have the full magazine front cover experience I’m happy to arrange a makeup artist or hair stylist for you.

The optimum time to take these priceless photos is 34-35 weeks or around 28 weeks if you are expecting two bundles of joy.

To avoid missing this chance just remember to book in as soon as you are ready – your baby might arrive a bit earlier than expected!

I am here to make your experience showcase who you are and your story, so do not worry if recent trends of going semi-nude is not for you. I am very happy to do any type of portrait in which you feel most comfortable.

After your portrait session, we arrange a viewing session to show you the best of the bunch for you to pick your favourites.

My focus is on beautifully presented high resolution digital images for you to get any prints of any size on any medium you choose to have anytime in the future, or share on social media. I also offer high end pieces of artwork for your walls, mantle piece or bedside cabinets. 

Portrait Price List:

The session usually lasts up to an hour (but seems very quick). Then I spend a few hours editing / culling down providing you with an amazing bunch of images. You can choose to help select the finals or leave it up to my well trained eye. 

You may just be after one awesome image or many different images. Just yourself or with your family. You can get easy up to 15 completely different amazing digital images. It all depends on what Im shooting for how many images you get, but no good images are left out and no two images are the same. Its definitely quality here and not quantity. I also provide you a 6x4 inch (postcard size) print of every digital image you receive. 

There is no extra fee for location portraits within Christchurch as I love to get out of the studio and I think some folk are more relaxed and happy at a spot they like or that has meaning.

Providing you with a 6x4 inch print is so you get a hard copy to know (by not just looking at the screen) what you may want more reprints of, or to enlarge for the wall in the future. The 6x4 inch prints are also great for most small frames you have lying around and are easy to buy everywhere.

My fee is really good with this flat rate = no hidden costs like many other portrait photographers who charge you a small or free sitting fee then push you to spend up to even thousands for the pictures and that's maybe not even including the digital images. 

Fee for just yourself and your bump = $395, With your partner = $495. With your whole family = $545

Extra Info:

Booking - You're very much welcome and I think it's a great idea to make a time to meet up in advance under no obligation so I can help you plan your session in person. If time or distance is not easy than we can chat via phone / email. Upon booking you will be required to pay the full amount anytime up to 24 hrs prior via internet banking or at the start of our session in cash. I provide a 100% money back cancellation fee. So do not worry if someone not feeling well or the weather is terrible and you need to postpone or cancel. On the day of the photo session we will meet at the location you have chosen and the creative fun will begin.

What to wear - Wear what you, your partner and friends think you look best in. If you're not quite sure bring 2 or 3 tops, extra bling. Go with your vibe. My only thing is no creases in the tops. Tough to photoshop out. Best to check prior and iron if need be. If a crease does appear we can easily iron it here.

Hair and Makeup - Totally up to you. How you like. If you are not sure I can recommend and organise the best makeup artist & hairstylists I know in this town. $150 for makeup or $190 for hair and makeup. You may want to visit your hairdresser / makeup store just prior the shoot for a quick style or feel confident getting a friend or just doing it all yourself. 

The session - Expect the entire session to be an hour but it's so much fun it seems very quick. We shoot as much as we can as many ideas we can to get our awesome bunch of images.

After the shoot - I will spend a couple of hours reducing the hundreds of photos we took down to a nice manageable number for you to view. We then make a time to come on in to pick your favourites. You are also welcome to leave it up to me and my well trained eye. I then spend a couple of hours ever so slightly improving the image quality. That is exposure, colours, framing, taking out anything distracting, photoshopping your requests of the images.. Then email you the high / full resolution images for you to download on your computer to have forever. I suggest you share the images to other computers and stick on an external hard drive i.e. create multiple backups. We do keep back ups here in case you ever lose the images.

Reprints & Enlargements:

You can order reprints and enlargements easily through me for no fee (only what the lab charges for the cost of printing). This is excellent after sales service. So a 6x4 inch reprint = $1, 5x7 inch = $3, A4 (8x12 or 8x10 inch) size print = $10.

If you're after getting great quality photo prints yourself up to 16x12 inch in size then I fully recommend going to Photo & Digital in Addington. You can go in with your digital images on USB or order online. 

If you are after really big prints for the walls now or anytime in the future there is Kens Cameras on Victoria street. If you do choose to order at Kens I can meet you there for no fee to see what images you would like printed to what size and what medium as in prints that you can frame, canvas, metal, acrylic etc. Or just pop in yourself as they are very helpful and have samples and sizes and no obligation to get any printing done if your still deciding. 

I always work with maximum passion and professionalism to capture the emotion, the details, and the love in photos that will make your memories last forever. You are guaranteed custom-made work of the highest quality. I would love to hear from you; please feel free to get in touch for more information.