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3 Tips for Personalizing your Maternity Session – Metro Detroit Maternity Photographer

If you have a maternity session booked or are contemplating whether or not to do one and don’t know what to bring, we are here to help! We are Michigan Newborn and family photographers in Rochester, Michigan who love capturing motherhood in every stage. With over a decade of experience in newborn and family photography, we have a few tips on how to help you personalize your maternity session.

Cozy couples maternity session. Michigan Maternity Photographer

Here are Three Tips on How to Personalize Your Pregnancy Photoshoot

  1. Bring in an ultrasound picture or photo strip – This is one of the safest ways to make sure you never lose or damage your ultrasound pictures. Plus it makes the sweetest prop for you to hold, second to holding your baby bump
Maternity session with ultrasound picture. Metro Detroit maternity photographer

2. Bring cute baby clothes and/or shoes – This can be a simple onesie or something more personalized with a nickname or even baby’s name if you can commit to that before baby is born!

3. If you’re married, incorporate something from the wedding or from dating – Afterall, its because two people fell in love that the little one is on their way so paying homage to the relationship will be something sweet that your child will appreciate more. This mama brought her robe that she got ready in on her wedding day. See pictures below!

Maternity session with bridal robe Michigan Maternity photographer
Bridal robe on bride during getting ready photos. Michigan Wedding photographer


For your maternity session, you have the freedom to bring anything that reflects your personal style and makes the session uniquely yours. From the initial scheduling inquiry, we’ll collaborate closely to determine the ideal location (our Rochester, MI studio, your home, an outdoor location that reflects your style etc.), atmosphere, and outfit selection that you feel beautiful and confident in. Additionally, we offer access to our client closet, providing you with a variety of dresses and bodysuits options to help make the planning process simple. We also offer professional hair/makeup and prenatal massage options after you finish your shoot. Your session is all about capturing the essence of this special moment in your life, but more importantly, it’s about celebrating you because, well, you are growing a human and that’s pretty amazing! Also, we have milestone collections to cover your baby’s first year to help you rest assured that all those sweet details will be captured.

For more information about maternity or newborn photography or to schedule a session, visit our website

Pregnancy photo cozy boho vibe. Metro detroit newborn photographer

Wilson Maternity

Wilson Family – Baby #2 Maternity

I am SO EXCITED for this sweet family and their new baby coming soon. Logan is going to be the best big brother and I can’t wait to find out if they are having a baby boy or girl. Either way, that is one lucky little baby to have a family like theirs. Laura got to model our new couch and chaise chair coming to the studio for spring. And she is wearing two of my favorite maternity dresses (more colors and styles coming to the client closet soon!) Thanks for another wonderful maternity session and we can’t wait to watch your new baby grow! xoxo – Jenay

Morgan Maternity

I could write a big sappy blog post about how Katie and I both had a vision for this shoot and it came together flawlessly. Or about how we got rained out of the session twice and it ended up happening on the perfect day. Or about how this is a new location for me and I’m obsessed. Or about how Katie is obsessed with Led Zeppelin and this location is right out of a cover of one of their albums. But I’ll just leave you with this… Katie, you are a boho/glam goddess and I am obsessed with this session and with your family. Can’t wait to meet your newest little dude! – Jenay

Also, Katie is a published author of a Children’s book called Never The Lot. How cool is that? Grab your copy today!

We are Moving to Downtown Rochester!

If you follow us on Facebook or receive our newsletters, you may have already heard the exciting news that we are moving to Downtown Rochester on April 1st!  The new studio space is amazing and will allow us more convenient hours, awesome new shooting locations and better service.  Construction has begun on building our dream space and we can’t wait to share it with you!

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New address is:

117 W University Rochester, MI 48307 (Near the corner of University and Main)

Join us on April 17th at 4pm for a Ribbon Cutting ceremony to celebrate!  We will have snacks, drinks and will be raffling off some goodies! Can’t wait to see you there!