My Maternity Shoot

My Maternity Shoot

As with everything else in my life I was late doing my maternity shoot. Because it had been over 11 years since I had a baby this was my first maternity shoot. I was excited to do one and I knew exactly what theme I wanted to do. I've always loved the African look. 

 I was so excited about how everything just came together at the last minute. My make-up was done by my best-friend Tranese who also has a make up YouTube page. You should definitely check out her page "MissCutie2224". 

 She also designed my outfit.  She went on YouTube and looked at a few tutorials the night before on how to arrange the fabric.  With the help of a few pins we were in business. I bought this particular pattern from Wal-Mart.  I was stuck between two patterns and I ended up letting my eldest son make the final decision.  I was very pleased with how it looked on my skin and how it popped with the scenery. 

 My pictures were taken by a member of my church  who scouted the beautiful locations in St. Pete Florida.  We went to at least 3 locations.  I loved the shots in front of the water because the sun glistened off of the water and the blue in contrast with my skin color and the colors in my outfit.  This was the first location.  I am still so in love with my pictures.

 The second location were the pictures taken at a park in front of a very large tree.  I thought it was such a unique touch knowing that I was having a boy and boys love climbing trees.  In fact there was a little boy there climbing the tree while we were trying to shoot.  We had to shoot around him as well as other people.  The photographer had a lot of cute ideas that came out really well.

 The last locations were just random places that we thought had a lot of pretty green colors or colors that made my outfit pop.  I felt like a true queen this day.  I will always remember it and I'm so happy that I was able to capture this moment.

Special thanks again to my best friend Tranese Brookins and photographer Monique Whitaker for making this day very special for me.

Candace L. Smith