{"id":4562,"date":"2025-11-22T19:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:03:13","slug":"julias-maternity-photoshoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/22\/julias-maternity-photoshoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia’s Maternity Photoshoot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been a long long time since I’ve done a photoshoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Julia asked me if I would do her maternity photoshoot, I was thrilled to say yes!
How could I pass up the opportunity to spend a few hours on a beautiful day, in a beautiful setting, with my pregnant daughter?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hadn’t done a photoshoot in so long because my original camera has been throwing fits for a number of years now. I tend to get stuck on my favourite things, I’m not one to upgrade just to upgrade. I like what I like, I usually research before I buy anything of any great value, and once I have that thing I tend to have it until it’s just not worth having anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it was with my first ever professional Nikon camera.
I’ve had it for about 16 years. I had grown rather fond of it but the shutter or mirror or some such thing stuck more times than not, and for every 3 photos I would take, only 1 would not be blurry. I learned to work with that for quite a few years. I’d just take three times as many shots! Ha! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anywho, a while back I purchased a used Nikon body identical to my original camera body.
However, in my hands, it just didn’t feel the EXACT same. So I still didn’t do any photoshoots…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I was not going to pass up this <\/strong>opportunity!

We ended up doing the photoshoot much later in the pregnancy than Julia originally hoped for.
Her and her husband are farmers and their time during seeding\/planting, growing and harvesting is very limited, so the timing just never seemed to work out during the warmer months. We were starting think we may be doing a photoshoot in snow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, on a beautiful autumn day a couple of weeks ago, we finally headed out to a local lake & park, and timed it so we would be there before sunset. As much as I don’t love my second camera body, and as much as it was slower than I would have liked for the darker shots, and as much as I wish some of the photos had turned out just a little bit brighter, I did manage to get some shots that her and I were both happy with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s some of my favourites.
I can not wait to meet my second grandson, VERY soon! She’s due in just TWO days!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Julia asked me if I would do her maternity photoshoot, I was thrilled to say yes!
\nHow could I pass up the opportunity to spend a few hours on a beautiful day, in a beautiful setting, with my pregnant daughter?!?<\/p>\n

I hadn’t done a photoshoot in a long time…<\/p>\n

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