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Post by gillyp on May 11, 2015 12:55:42 GMT
How do you feel about them? Do you think they are artistic and should be flaunted or are absolutely only for spousal viewing? Did you have any taken yourself? I'm sort of on the fence about them and the trend started WAAAAY after I had my kids. I appreciate some can look very nicely done but what about these? You need to click the red next page button to see each page, not the blue button. A couple of them at least seem to have one set of hands too many touching the mom.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 13:05:57 GMT
Some are great ideas that were poorly executed. Others were just WTF? When I see pictures like that, I have to wonder whose idea was it. Was it the photographer's or the parents'? I've seen some well-done nude/partially nude pregnant photos as well as "arty" ones. I knew a photographer that did excellent portraits where the expectant mom wore barely anything while there was another one that made them look like well, the pictures you shared.
If I were to get pregnant again, I'd be up for a partially nude shot. I wish I had gotten one with one or the other boy but didn't. I have maybe a total of 5 pictures of me pregnant.
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Post by apeacalledliz on May 11, 2015 13:07:01 GMT
Well those are all examples of maternity photos done poorly so, no I don't think those are nice or artsy. In general I think maternity photos are really nice and a wonderful way to document such a short but important period in your life. Whether you share them with the general public or not I think is entirely up to you and your comfort level with that kind of exposure, personally I would share them with the world.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 13:07:55 GMT
I think they are icky. If you wanna take them, fine. I don't wanna see them. A belly is a belly.
Nothing special.
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Post by mallie on May 11, 2015 13:15:26 GMT
I really don't find pregnancy pictures remotely appealing in any way.
Have at it if you want to, but don't ask me to gush over it.
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Post by melanell on May 11, 2015 13:34:22 GMT
I only really saw one that had anyone other than the presumed father touching the mother, and in that it it was the presumed maternal grandmother, so I'm not exactly sure what you saw differently in that regard, but overall they are not photos I would have wanted to take nor are they photos I would want to share with the internet in general.
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 11, 2015 13:34:57 GMT
I don't have a problem with maternity photos but these particular photos are pretty bad. What is up with the photo that has four naked adults and one child? Do you think they are in a polyamorous relationship?
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Post by BarbaraUK on May 11, 2015 13:37:46 GMT
In my opinion there are no good pictures there....and some are positively awful! I don't really find pregnancy pics appealing and find it difficult to find something to say about them when shown them. I appreciate that they obviously mean something to the parents involved but it's a very personal thing and photos like that mean absolutely nothing to me! I'm not even certain that teenagers coming across them in family albums later would be all that thrilled with them either!
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Post by MaryMary on May 11, 2015 13:44:08 GMT
Those were all horrendous.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 13:49:26 GMT
The guy with the gun? Yeah that was scary sh!t. They weren't remotely nice and I would not have paid good money for that. Tastefully done maternity photos are great. Those are not.
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Post by peasapie on May 11, 2015 14:01:42 GMT
My children's friends seem to like to show selfies of their baby bumps online. Nothing outrageous - just them with their bellies on display, maybe with pants and a bathing suit top. I guess it's the new thing.
In the 80's I was wearing these mumu tops that covered everything up. I'm glad girls are feeling more comfortable about showing their pregnant bodies.
The pics in that link are kinda odd looking to me.
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Post by apeacalledliz on May 11, 2015 14:11:42 GMT
beautiful maternity photos *warning some female nudity* This is more what I imagine when I think of having maternity photos done(not that that would ever happen as I am well past that stage in my life!). Tasteful, beautiful, not cliche and simply celebrating the creation of a new little person. Also I think Julie used to be a pea back in the heyday of scrapbooking.
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Post by disneypal on May 11, 2015 14:17:48 GMT
I haven't looked at the photos in the link (not sure if SFW) but...my opinion on pregnancy photos is that I think they can be tasteful and cute without nudity. I think it is okay to show the belly but just push the top of the pants down and raise the shirt up just enough to show it. But I think the best pregnancy photos are the ones where the mom has on a billowy top and is holding it tight over her belly to show the bump - no nudity needed
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 11, 2015 14:26:31 GMT
No. Just no. Even the tastefully done ones make me cringe. I don't have a single pic of me when I was pregnant, and for the only time in my life it was on purpose. I felt gross that whole time and I don't like remembering feeling that way, so no pics for me, thanks! Ha ha, it's pretty safe to say I wasn't one of those women who just gushes about loving being pregnant because I sure didn't. Loved the result, but the process to get there? Not so much.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 15:13:51 GMT
The one hanging from a tree...WTACTUALF? All of them are pretty bad really and weird and creepy and surely something to be hidden in a drawer for eternity
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Post by anxiousmom on May 11, 2015 15:23:38 GMT
I have two thoughts:
1) the picture of the lady wrapped up in the spanish moss. Has she never had chiggers before??? All I can think about is getting chiggers while pregnant. *scratch*
2) I wish that I had of taken an approach somewhere in the middle of naked belly and any pictures at all. I have exactly one picture of me pregnant with each kid and as someone else said, maternity clothes back then were designed more to hide your pregnancy than anything else. I wish that I had of allowed a few more pictures than what I have. It is almost like I didn't exist during that time.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 15:49:49 GMT
I think they are icky. If you wanna take them, fine. I don't wanna see them. A belly is a belly. Nothing special. Yep!
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Post by metaldancer on May 11, 2015 15:51:44 GMT
I didn't like any of them - they were all pretty gross. But I don't like pregnancy belly photos in general. I didn't want my picture taken while I was pregnant fully clothed, much less naked. LOL
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Post by Nink on May 11, 2015 17:04:57 GMT
Those were pretty bad. To each their own on the pregnancy photos, but I did not have them done and have no regrets.
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Post by bc2ca on May 11, 2015 17:30:02 GMT
I didn't have a pregnancy photo shoot but wished I'd taken a monthly or weekly series of photos to document the growing baby (fully clothed and strictly for my own enjoyment).
If you regularly have a family/lifestyle photo session I can understand why you'd want to do one while pregnant but not everything is meant for sharing. There is something about looking at another person's intimate and/or sexy photos that crosses over into voyeurism.
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Post by gar on May 11, 2015 17:38:47 GMT
Dear god, those are hideous, really..... In general I kind of get it but then again....I don't know. If you want to get them done, to look at together, great but I don't particularly want to see them hanging on your bathroom wall.
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Post by lumo on May 11, 2015 17:54:47 GMT
I guess I'm not a particular fan...I didn't sit around with my shirt open/pulled up and my belly hanging out when I was pregnant, so I don't really get the inclination to be photographed like that.
Some of the clothed ones are fine, but to me, no different than a regular photo.
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Post by greenlegume on May 11, 2015 21:54:56 GMT
Great googly moogly. Someone please pass the eye bleach. That last one has traumatized me. I know that everyone has their quirks, but there are some seriously strange people out there.
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Post by greenlegume on May 11, 2015 22:07:52 GMT
Julie has done some beautiful pictures. I have to say, that for me personally, I really only like the fully clothed ones. I think about my son seeing some of the nude ones at say, age 13 or so, and I just feel uncomfortable. I can't think of a single person besides my husband that I would want looking at photos that are that personal and intimate. And looking at the other nude/partial nude shots just feels kind of voyeuristic, for me personally, anyway. All that to say, I'm not just a fan of the overdone (tree moss, guns, billowing plastic pallet shrink wrap, weird body paint, or 6 other nude people and hands everywhere) or nude kind of kind of shots. I'm just not interested in the exposed belly ones unless it's my sister or daughter or something. A fully clothed shot to me feels like a nice photo done during pregnancy. Really like those. They document a very happy, special time without going overboard. The OTT stuff just makes me wonder what people DO with those things. Especially years later.
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Post by M in Carolina on May 11, 2015 22:20:47 GMT
The one with the dude up the woman's shirt looked like it was unplanned and she was considering whacking him with the nearest log she could get her hands on.
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Post by gina on May 11, 2015 22:24:49 GMT
I am NOT a fan of pregnancy photos and being a newborn photographer, I frequently get asked about maternity/newborn combo packages (which I do not offer). I just A- don't care for those photos myself and B- have absolutely no desire to photograph a half-naked woman, especially when the man is also involved. Now a little 5-day old baby or a 1 year old covered in cake? Give me them!
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2015 22:35:12 GMT
Those pictures are just BAD photos, poorly done. I had maternity pictures done with our first daughter. No one else has ever seen them, other than DH and I. Oh, I did use one in a layout I had published once, but I was fully clothed in that picture.
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Post by eastcoastpea on May 12, 2015 11:22:59 GMT
I've seen a few pretty ones. They are not my thing.
The photos you linked were pretty bad. You've got to wonder what they were thinking.
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Post by Grom Pea on May 12, 2015 11:59:39 GMT
I took photos while pregnant for myself. I did share one of my belly on my blog at the time but it was literally the curve of my belly with the word boy spelled in blocks. It's funny how people almost sound embarrassed about how they looked while pregnant, that's the only time I really felt comfortable doing a photoshoot because I didn't care that my stomach was not perfectly flat, in fact I wanted to show I was pregnant. But I took those photos for myself and did not share those. I've never done a similar photoshoot while not pregnant. I did that with baby 1. With baby 2 we were so busy that I literally waited until I was in labor to get belly shots, lol! I also took weekly progress photos. Those were for my own personal memories too.
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Post by gillyp on May 12, 2015 12:34:16 GMT
I've seen progress shots that were really nicely done. I quite like the subdued lighting, gauzy fabric individual ones when they are done well too. I thought this was sweet when it first went to YouTube. Tom Fletcher is the singer in a British band, McFly (now McBusted) and he and his wife vlog a lot about their day to day lives.
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