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Baby’s Nursery Mini Session
This would be set up in their home before baby is actually born. Take pictures of the parents in the nursery after it’s completely done. You can have them stand in the middle of the room and at various locations (such as near the crib or a rocker or similar), and do your best to get a wide shot of the whole room, as well.
Ultrasound Mini Session
For this, you’ll take a picture of the ultrasound in a creative way. For example, next to Mom’s belly, or her holding it outstretched in front of her with a focus on the ultrasound. Another idea for this is go to the ultrasound office with them and take pictures of them actually getting their ultrasound.
Sunset Mini Session
This should be held at an outside location during sunset. You will need to find a perfect location where you can see the sun as it’s going down. Also make sure it’s ideal for silhouettes (you want to be able to see them clearing without them blending into things in the background).
Gender Reveal Mini Session
You can set this up in your studio or at an outside location, and it can be done a few different ways. For example, you can set it up to surprise both mom and dad. If you set it up this way, you would need them to get the ultrasound in an envelope so they don’t see the gender. They’ll either give it to you before the session so you can get this setup without them knowing the color of the item you choose to do the reveal, or they would need a relative or friend to set the items up to surprise them. If only Mom or Dad knows the gender, you can set it up to surprise the person who doesn’t know. Finally, if both mom and dad know the gender, they can reveal the surprise to their existing children, or they can surprise family members. Even if both parents know and do not have anyone to surprise, they can still do this type of session to show the gender to their online friends.
Things you can use to reveal the gender include blue and pink gum, ice cream, balloons, confetti, cake, smoke bombs, and more.
Monthly Pregnancy Progression Mini Sessions
This can be set up in the studio, outside or in their home. Hold a maternity mini session each month to capture the progression of their pregnancy. You could offer the option of them doing all nine months, or every other month. At the end, consider creating a picture collage to see the side‐by‐side of each picture to really showcase the changes.
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