Funny thing, I did a previous photo shoot with Jenn on 8/28/22 of last year. It was a creative photo shoot, but little did she know that she was hapai (pregnant)!?! I found out a few weeks later when I sent her the final edits from that photo shoot. I’ve never done a maternity shoot before but ask if she was game for me to try & she said yes!
I wanted to wait until she was showing & we waited to do the shoot in her 2nd trimester in January. I also needed her husband, Edric, to be part of this photoshoot. With my assistant Brandon, we went over to their home & I set up my portable WESCOTT X DROP PRO backdrop, love this, it’s so easy to set up & portable that I can take it anywhere. It took us about 5 minutes to have it up & ready to go. A word of warning, the Wescott X Drop Pro is for indoor use only. You can use it outdoors, but if the wind catches it, it’ll become a huge sail! Very basic 2-light setup 42” umbrella as my key & a 24” octa as a rim. I would LOVE to use my 42” & 65” umbrellas more often when shooting my environmental portraiture, but outdoors the wind in Hawaii is always an issue! The light coming out of these is so soft & beautiful, it literally takes my breath away! I’ve come to love using my Flashpoint/Godox AD100 Pro lights on all my creative shoots. I have 4 of them & have stopped bringing my AD200 & AD300 Pro strobes to location shoots unless it’s in the afternoon.
Jenn is a pro at modeling with her facial expressions & posing, which makes things so much easier for the photo shoot to flow smoothly. Even with all of her experience as a model, I always create a mood board as a reference for posing & as well as lighting. I do this will all of my creative shoots & creating a mood board can make or break a shoot. I’ll also send the mood board to the model to give her an idea of the type of vibe I’m looking for.
Jenn & Edric are a beautiful couple, I enjoyed the shoot & made some amazing images! I can’t wait until Part II of their maternity shoot!!!
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