melissa_w.___arizona_calif Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I have a wedding coming up in March and the bride is pregnant. She will be about 18 weeks along by that time. She wants photos that don't make her look pregnant. I was wondering if you guys have any posing tips or any photos that you could show me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 At 18 weeks it could go either way. She could not hardly be showing, or she could have "popped". (I was a bridesmaid in a wedding when I was 6 months pregnent, and only the people who knew me well knew I was pregnant.) I would concentrate on mostly close up shots that don't show her belly if she is showing. Take a few full length, so she has a choice, but do a lot more up close. That way if she think it shows too much full length, she will still have a lot to choose from. I don't know how this would work, it is against everything I've ever learned about posing. I had a friend who did some pregnant portraits of a lady who was 8 months pregnant. She wasn't very big. She looked more like 5-6 months pregnant. Anyway, the shots that were straight on to the belly, you could hardly see that she was pregnant. Maybe if you posed her more square to the camera, you wouldn't be able to see her protruding belly. Like I said, it is against everything I've learned about posing, but maybe it would work. Good luck! (Aren't you glad you get challenges like this to make you better?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_ogara1 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 This is probably obvious, but erring on the side of shooting from farther back will help, say using an 85 instead of a 50 for couples shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael mccarley Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Capture digital and learn to use the liquify tool. There was a recent thread where a couple of regulars offered their very pregnant profiles to the masters of the digital darkroom on this forum. As I recall, there were some "desireable" side effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd frederick Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I have photographed many pregnant brides and they all wanted me to take photos that made them look pregnant! They were proud of it! I think her choice of wedding dress is the key to making her NOT look pregnant. It has nothing to do with your photographic magic! Talk to her about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 If she has the dress already you should talk to her about shooting some photos as soon as possible. There's no reason that all the formal shots have to be made on the wedding day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Oooh, this is a fun challenge. Apart from the obvious 'hide it with the groom' posing theres PS liquify. Other methods may include using the shape to your advantage when creating the female "S" curve. Heres how I did the last one the was pregnant...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagesrw Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Also depending on the size of the brides flowers they can be used as a screen. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Do what she asks. She was specific in this request, so advice to not do it is less than helpful. Shoot a lot, edit with the objective in mind. Concentrate on angles that diminish the mid- drift. Avoid side shots. Shoot from a higher perspective. Shoot or crop tighter. Use the flowers and a frontal perspective to disguise it. Shoot from the back of the church with a wider lens ... etc., etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissa_w.___arizona_calif Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 Thanks for the responses. I had already thought of a few ideas, but its always good to get some advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_cofran Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Head and shoulder shots, they'll never know, even if she was going to deliver the next day. Hire a body double to stand in for full length shots? Sounds like a photochop job. just kidding ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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