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When you become a baby and pregnancy photographer, as well has having ideas and knowing how to deal with people you need to know the best way to promote your services.

Babies are being born all the time and these days many women want to document their pregnancy and child in a set of beautiful photographs.  In order for people to know that you exist and that you can do this work for them you need to advertise effectively and have lots of examples to show.  Here are some ideas on how to sell yourself.

1.    Use the internet

You must use the internet if you don’t already to show off your work.  A website showing you best photographs is the easiest way to deal with enquiries as you can direct anyone, anywhere to your work instantly.
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Photographing an expectant woman is not without its challenges.  The truth is pregnant women can be emotional or feel discomfort during a photo-shoot and being kind and understanding will help your cause much more than being abrupt.  Here are some more tips on how to get some great shots of a pregnant woman.

1.    Being patient

Working with a pregnant woman may sometimes be harder than working with a seasoned model.  For one thing, women that hire you to take pregnancy shots of them are not professionals so will need direction from you constantly.  Secondly, depending on the person’s temperament they may be emotional or difficult on the day.

Although something like a photo-shoot is supposed to be fun, some women get very stressed out easily and may find the whole experience more uncomfortable than fun.  If you are dealing with someone nervous, it’s a good idea to prepare a factsheet for them – a guide they don’t have to follow but they can use if they wish.
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Sooner or later, you may find yourself with an unexpected challenge that you have never thought about before, like photographing a pregnant woman.  If you work in portraiture or in any type of photography that involves people, you will have to know what to do when dealing with a bump.

When a woman wants to have her bump photographed it’s usually because she wants to treasure those few months where she is carrying her child.  It’s important to talk to your potential model and make sure that they get what they want from the entire experience.  Here are some tips to help you out:

1.    Practice!

If you have a pregnant friend then you can practice but you can practice just as well with a model with some padding around the stomach.   The reason it is worth practicing is because you can learn to see what kind of shapes and shadows you can end up with.  Particularly in studio photography you need to know how to light a bump effectively and it’s best to figure this out when practicing with a model.
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