Maternity Sessions are about more than just photos | Nashville Maternity Photographer

I see posts online all the time….

“Where can I get a quick mini session for maternity photos that don’t cost an arm and a leg? I just need a few images of this and that”

“Where can I go that’s like portrait Innovations for maternity photos? I don’t want to pay a photographer $500”

mother to be embracing her bump and dreaming of her future baby.

Somewhere over the past decade or so of modern photography, we have completely lost touch with why we capture life. It went from recording history, telling a story, leaving behind heirlooms for future generations to… box checked, got the photos, appeasement.

We never stop and ask what we actually do this for… WHY are we wanting photos? It is so much deeper than a few images. and I’m not saying every single time we want something taken photos of, we have to hire a professional photographer, but I do think the conversation means something and I do think we need to prioritize it where we can.

pregnant mother enjoys her favorite treat from pregnancy - a muffin.

What story is worth telling during our pregnancy?

As cameras have become more common … both DSLR’s and phones… We have lost our comprehension for the worth of photography. We think it’s so easy to take photos and we undervalue the industry and the value we get from hiring a professional photographer.

Pregnant couple embracing - feeling grateful for their child.

In reality, there are creative storytelling photographers that pour a lot of energy into training their eyes to see the story. To see the minute details in the moment. The know exactly how to tell the story back to their client so that they can have emotional connections to the images.

During pregnancy, for example, there are so many stories that lie there. What you loved eating during pregnancy, how affectionate your husband was and how he catered to you while you carried his child. How you prepared the home for baby, how you prepared for birth and motherhood.

Pregnancy is this short short period of time that hovers between the time before you were a mother and the moment you become a mother. When you are pregnant, you’re a mother but you haven’t fully transformed into full motherhood, so it’s this space of time that feels like hovering. It’s an incredible time in life that we truly take for granted. We have lost the ability to zoom out on life and see where we are at in the bigger image of our life span.

We never never everrrr get to go back to the time we were pregnant with baby #…. and each pregnancy is different. Life is different. and remembering each pregnancy is going to be challenging years later, because you were busier and busier with each baby. Life with 3 babies and pregnant with the 4th… There is so much LIFE and story to tell. What you ate, what you hated, but also how much you had to do while pregnant and how the older 2 helped.

I want families to stop under estimating what they get from sessions. I think cheap photographers and our societal move towards mini sessions and quick get it done photography culture has lead to this.

It’s time we remember why we capture photos in the first place.

If you want to have your family’s story told. Find me here.