If ever there is a time to entrust your photos to a professional photographer, it’s this fleeting time. A maternity session is so much more than a snap for Instagram, or a few shots your partner takes in your kitchen. Professional maternity photography means working with someone who understands flattering posing, and the importance of lighting. You want keepsakes, and that’s exactly what you’ll get.
Empowering Motherhood
Whether you’re unsure about the Baby Plan or you’d like to get to know me, a maternity session is ideal for documenting the beauty of your pregnancy.
Maternity photography
services by award-winning Milwaukee maternity photographer
FEATURED MATERNITY SESSIONS
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Before your portrait session, we’ll have a short phone call to discuss an in-person consultation. We’ll chat about your goals for your session, and how you envision using and displaying your images.
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First Consultation
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Next, we’ll meet, and design your session. If you are a maternity and newborn client, this is when you’ll try on the beautiful gowns available to you to wear during your session. We’ll browse my newborn prop library, including fabrics, outfits, hair pretties, knits, and wraps. We’ll also review color preferences and selections.
If your portrait session will be outdoors, we’ll choose a location for your session. I have a list of suggested locations, or, if you have a specific location in mind, I’d love to see if it will be a good fit for your portraits.
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Design Session
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Session day will be free from stress, and filled with light and love!
If you are a maternity client, makeup is included in your maternity session, with my compliments. My professional partners will give you a flawless, fully customized look.
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Session Day
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Shortly after our session, we’ll see each other again for your gallery reveal. Together we’ll design your walls, order your breathtaking new products, and place your orders for print and production.
When your orders arrive, I’ll personally inspect each product to ensure it meets my standards before you receive your fine art creations handmade just for you.
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Gallery Reveal & Design
Empowering Motherhood Portfolio
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Your maternity session may take place at a private location, such as your home or my studio. During your session you can bare as little or as much of your belly and body as you wish. If you prefer a location outdoors, we will select wardrobe options and a location that are meaningful to you; these images will provide wonderful imagery for the ‘before’ pages in your Baby Book!
Where will my maternity session take place?
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Siblings - both two and four-legged - are more than welcome as well as your spouse or partner. This is an important time for your family! We’ll work together to capture individual and family images that tell your story. Someday, when these images belong to your children and the moments captured have long since passed, it will be important that those you love most were present.
Can I include my children and spouse/partner in my maternity session?
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I encourage you to book your maternity session as soon as possible, once your due date is established. Maternity sessions are ideally completed between 28 and 36 weeks of pregnancy. If you are carrying multiples, the 6 to 7 month mark is best. You want to have a fabulous, fully developed bump, and don’t want to run the risk of delivering your new addition during our time together. You’ll also have more mobility for poses.
When should you book your maternity session?
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One of the benefits of a custom studio maternity session is that you will have access to my studio wardrobe. We’ll work together to personalize your style for your studio maternity session. This takes the guesswork out of your wardrobe questions and makes our time together fun and relaxed! Complimentary makeup is also included with your investment.
What does a studio maternity session look like?
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A custom maternity session with Megan Papachristou Photography is for you if you:
— Want family heirlooms to pass on to your children
— Understand the importance of existing in photos
— Prefer to relax and leave documenting this important time to a professional
— Place value in this creative, boutique experience
Is this for you?
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“I’m so happy we went with Megan for our newborn photos! She is so patient, kind and helpful during the entire process. She has amazing attention to detail & always has the safety of your baby in the forefront of her mind during your session. We just got our photos back and I’m absolutely obsessed with them. I would highly recommend her to anyone!”
"...amazing attention to detail!"
— MEGAN
“Our experience with Megan was above and beyond anything we had expected or hoped for. We started with a lifestyle maternity shoot at our home, and the pictures truly captured the love my husband and I felt for each other and this beautiful bump in my belly. When Ethan was born, Megan came to the hospital and again captured some of the first beautiful moments of our family’s life together. During our newborn session in her studio, we were in awe of her patience with our son and getting the perfect shot. We teared up multiple times. These were beyond anything we envisioned. We're grateful to have found such a wonderful artist who not only loves what she does, but also truly loves and appreciates the little beings she works with.”
“Our experience with Megan was above and beyond anything we had expected or hoped for. The lifestyle pictures truly captured the love my husband and I felt for each other and this beautiful bump in my belly. When Ethan was born, Megan came to the hospital and again captured some of the first beautiful moments of our family’s life together. During our newborn session in her studio, we were in awe of her patience with our son and getting the perfect shot. We teared up multiple times. These were beyond anything we envisioned!"
"When we finally saw the photos, words cannot describe how overjoyed we were."
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“Megan has an eye that creates beauty in every photo she takes. An obvious talent and a true gift!”
"Highly Recommend!"
— lynette
"Megan took the necessary amount of time to capture beautiful photos; I did not feel rushed and was given time to take breaks when needed. I also liked that Megan throughout the shoot showed me some of the pictures. Overall Megan is very professional, accommodating and nice to work with."
"...so nice to work with!
