the importance of maternity photos. even when you don't feel beautiful.

This is Emalee. And just anytime now, she will be welcoming twin baby girls into the world. When I was first contacted about shooting a maternity session for Emalee, I was told that she wasn't wanting to have a maternity session, but that her family had talked her into it.

I get it. At a certain stage of your pregnancy, you may not feel like stepping in front of the camera. But here's why maternity photos are so important...even if you don't feel beautiful.

And it's a quite simple answer. It's the memories.

When you see your maternity photos years from now, you won't remember the swelling, the tiredness, or the way nothing fit right. You'll remember the love, the excitement, and the quiet strength you carried.

It's about the way you carried your baby before you carried them in your arms.

It's about your body creating life and how fleeting these months are.

It's about remembering how you cradled or gently rubbed your bump without even knowing.

It’s about the quiet moments of connection between you and the little one you haven’t even met yet.

Don't think maternity photos are just how you look in a dress.

The truth is, these images aren’t just for you in the present moment...they’re a gift to your future self, and to the little lives you’re carrying.

One day, Emalee will show her twins these photographs and tell them about the time she carried them both close to her heart. They’ll see her strength, her love, and her beauty, even if she couldn’t see it herself at the time. And she’ll be grateful her family talked her into saying “yes” to capturing this chapter.

If you’re expecting and feel like skipping maternity photos because you don’t feel like yourself right now, remember Emalee’s story. The way you feel today is temporary, but the moments you’re living through are once in a lifetime.

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