Jen had her work cut out for her. Within an hour, she photographed Olive’s nursery, a maternity session with me, and a family session with Mr. Bee and Charlie. I hate posing for pictures but I force myself to do it once a year, otherwise I’d have no pictures of me with Charlie since I’m always the one behind the camera. I’ve admired Jen’s work for some time, and she was an absolute pleasure to work with. She’s a film photographer, and you get a certain quality with film that I just don’t think you can get with digital. Even though you don’t see me smiling that much (my front tooth recently chipped!), I love how these images turned out!
Stylist extraordinaire Summer Watkins of Grey Likes Weddings/Baby chose my outfits for this shoot. I love the rainbow colored Rosie Pope dress paired with the pink cardigan because I’m a color kind of girl. And the maxi dress from Motherhood Maternity (it’s still available in L and XL) is just so comfortable and easy.
Photographer: Jen Huang
Stylist (my outfits): Summer Watkins of Grey Likes Baby
Hair & Makeup: Ai Sakai
Rainbow Dress: Rosie Pope Maternity
Pink Cardigan: J Crew
Earrings: Anthropologie
Ballet Flats: J Crew
Maxi Dress: Motherhood Maternity
Maternity Shoots part 2 of 9
1. Maternity Pictures with Punam Bean by Mrs. Bee2. Maternity Pictures with Jen Huang by Mrs. Bee
3. Capturing this Moment: Maternity Shots, for Better or Worse by Mrs. Blue
4. 25-Week Maternity Photo Shoot by Mrs. Hopscotch
5. 37-Week Maternity Photo Shoot by Mrs. Hopscotch
6. Maternity Shoot by Mrs. Sunglasses
7. Maternity Style by Photoshoots
8. Non-Maternity Maternity Photos by Mrs. Markers
9. Family Photos by Mrs. Chocolate
honeydew / 7968 posts
wow! i absolutely LOVE the pictures! you look gorgeous, love the belly shots, and love all of charlie’s pics!
persimmon / 1135 posts
Great pictures. I love how serene you look! I’d really like to have maternity pics done, but they don’t seem to be a big deal here and I’m having a hard time finding any photographers that do non-cheesy looking ones…
pear / 1769 posts
You look lovely as always! Charlie looks so adorable! Amazing pictures.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
what great keepsakes these will be.. beautiful! the B&W ones evoke a sense of old-time nostalgia… i love the grainy look to them. i bet they’d be amazing in sepia too!
blogger / apricot / 335 posts
beautiful pictures Bee!! love love the bright colors!
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
These all look so great! I especially love the last one, with Charlie looking up. Lovely!!!
pea / 11 posts
lovely!! Charlie is such a cutie pie! And you look amazing, too!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Gorgeous pics as usual! Can you share how much your photo shoots + packages generally cost? It would be great for everyone to have photos as gorgeous as yours but is it really expensive?
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@andreaon – sure thing i don’t mind sharing.. i hope the photographers don’t mind! my shoot with punam was $500, and my shoot with jen was $800. they are definitely on the pricier side since this is new york and they’re both so talented/in demand. i also work with wedding photographers since i know so many from my time in the wedding world. photographers who specialize in maternity/newborn tend to charge less than wedding photographers.
pomegranate / 3716 posts
Bee, these are gorgeous!!
pea / 17 posts
Gorgeous!! I love your outfits – the bright dress with the pink cardigan, and then the more muted maxi dress. Love the contrast.
Did you get your hair and makeup professionally done? I was always curious how people get their hair so “high” in the back / top – did you use a bump it? I have such thin hair I don’t think I could ever pull that off! You look amazing! =)
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@bee and do you also pay to get the digital photos? I was looking into some photogs and some won’t give you the digitals or make you pay a ton of money for them. Thanks for the info!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@mizuo6 – yes i get my hair and makeup done because i’m too vain!
@andreaon – i’ve never paid extra for the digital files, but yes there are tons of photographers that charge you for them.
coffee bean / 41 posts
I love both of your looks! You looked beautiful! The photos are amazing
pomegranate / 3045 posts
These are beautiful! Those dresses are fab, you are ridiculously beautiful, and Charlie is just such a cutie. Love them!
nectarine / 2180 posts
Absolutely stunning! These photos are a wonderful keepsake. I’m looking forward to having a family shoot soon!
kiwi / 718 posts
beautiful photos! I don’t think that I’m going to be taking maternity photos, but I’m researching for newborn ones right now. I hope mine turn out half as good as yours always do!
coconut / 8681 posts
Gorgeous!!!
cherry / 207 posts
Your maternity shots are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!
blogger / apricot / 349 posts
gorgeous photos!!! you have such pretty eyes!! love it!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Bee, these are amazing!!!! You look absolutely beautiful! And I love the pictures with Charlie! Totally cute! I never thought I’d want to do a maternity shoot, but now… haha
grape / 95 posts
you look radiant! these are some great photos.
cherry / 174 posts
Bee – these pictures are beautiful and you look amazing!
apple seed / 4 posts
… i loveee these!! every single one<3 Charlie is ridiculously adorable!!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
you make pregnancy look ridiculously good! I know this was awhile ago – but you look so gorgeous! I hope I’m not a creep if I tell you I love to look at them! And of course Charlie – too adorable. Are his pants from H&M?
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
@Mrs. Pen: ah wow charlie was so little! he was such a good little boy then sigh….
his jeans are from gap. i just put suspenders on him that i bought at a local store! if you want to get jeans with suspenders on them, i recently bought some from zara. they are pricey but just so cute!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Mrs. Bee: H&M sells some jeans like that too – I think they retail about $17? I saw some last time I was there but wanted to wait until he was a little older to buy some.
They also sell suspenders – I found some white and grey pinstripe ones for only $5 last time I was there.