Big Sur River Gorge Maternity Photos
River Gorge @ Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
I’ve been sooooo so excited for this photoshoot at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park for months! So if you haven’t heard, I’m pregnant as well and when planning this maternity photoshoot with Audrianna, I was a little worried about being able to take her photos. When planning I was only 5 months pregnant or so and concerned by 36 weeks pregnant I’d be too heavy to move around, tired or may go into labor by that point. Well, that was one week ago and I haven’t had my baby yet! This will be my 3rd baby. I’m so excited to meet our baby boy.
Audrianna will be having a baby boy as well with her partner Miguel! I met Audrianna about 3 years ago at her father’s beach wedding. I took his and his wife’s photos at their ceremony, and then family portraits and couple portraits. I absolutely loved their wedding day at Carmel-by-the Sea.
The vision for this maternity session at Big Sur River Gorge was to play in the water and have a variety of candid and posed photos showcasing Audrianna’s cute baby bump. She was 31 weeks pregnant at the time, which is perfect timing when taking maternity photos. Check out my blog post to read more about preparing for a maternity session here!
We took photos by the shore first and afterward Audrianna changed her top for a more intimate look in the river. I’m personally a huge fan of bralettes when taking maternity photos. The human body is so amazing and the fact that a woman can grow a little person is something incredible to me. Showing as much of that bump and the reality of what women carry while laboring through pregnancy becomes more of a reality when that bump is exposed.
The session was a ton of fun. We tried out a variety of looks with my direction and safely traveled in and out of the river at Big Sur with the both of us pregnant ladies getting out safely! ;) I highly recommend taking maternity photos at a special location for you and I would love to return to Big Sur for a maternity photoshoot session if you are interested!
