I always have such a great time photographing maternity shoots, because it’s a chance for us to use the magic that light gives us, to create amazing images, and give people a product that will have them remember their relatively short time being pregnant, in a special way. We feel we are artists in our own right because we get to play around with our abilities and different lighting set-ups, for different effects, and even though it comes through a machine – if you know what your camera can offer you, you can use it to its ultimate effect.

A maternity shoot is quite symbolic, we use both parent’s sets of hands in some of the photos, showing that all of these will carry baby, will take care of baby, and help it through its life. We use just the right amount of shadows, to show mommy’s tummy’s beautiful shape, and we have dad play a role in a loving way, holding mommy tight, showing their love and the bond they share, and the feeling of now going to be parents together of baby on its way, comes through in such a proud way.

Our maternity shoots is of such high quality, giving you great pictures of this memorable phase, and we have our parents come back after the little one is born, for their own first, special photoshoot.

Yolandi Jacobsz & Riani Labuschagne

Arty pregnancy photography