I don’t know about others out there, but for each of my pregnancy’s I wish I had more photos of my belly growing over those long months of waiting for the big day. With Eli (my last bubba), I was lucky enough to have the lovely Clair Bremner from See Be Art do my maternity shoot at the end of the pregnancy, such special memories. But even though I have these amazing photos of my HUGE belly, I still don’t have much of the progression, of the belly growing bigger and bigger each month.

This got my mind ticking over, and I decided that I wanted to do a progression maternity session with someone else, even if I didn’t get those shots, I can at least help someone else have them! Kinda live through them I guess.

So when my good mate Megan told me she was pregnant, I was thrilled! Of course I was thrilled to hear that my mate would be welcoming a new bundle of joy, but I was also over the moon that I now had someone to do this special project with!

So yesterday, Megan and I got together for the first of the shoots, her 12 week one. Here are the shots!

It’s going to be so awesome watching the belly grow over the coming months!

Keep an eye out for the Kipindi newsletter too! Each month, Megan will be writing a little editorial, updating us all with how her pregnancy is going. So not only can we all watch the belly grow, but we can follow her journey through the editorial too! The August newsletter will be sent out this evening, so keep a watch on your inbox. If you are not on the mailing list and would like to be, then please send us an email at dannii@kipindiphotography.com and we will add you to the list!

Here is the beautiful Clair! She has been a great mate of mine for the last 5.5 years, but we have known each other for about 15ish years. We went to school together, but our friendship really developed when we had our girls Chloe and Charlee only 2 months apart.

Clair also runs her own photography business (See Be Art - http://clairbremner.com/ ), and she is absolutely amazing! I really love her work, and she has been a fantastic mentor to me in my first 2 years of business.

Clair is due to have her 3rd little bundle of joy in just a few short weeks, a little boy! When Clair asked me if I could do her maternity pics for her, I was gobsmacked, and honoured all at the same time. Here is Clair, a very successful photographer, asking little ol’ me to do her maternity pics!

Thanks so much Clair for letting me join in with you in celebrating your pregnancy. You look absolutely amazing, and I hope you like the images! I wish you all the best for your last few weeks as a mother of two. I never got to experience having 2 kiddies (had twins second), but I can say that having 3 kidlets is pretty awesome (and busy)!

These are just some of my edits. Clair, will be editing them in her way too, so make sure you keep an eye on her blog here for when she posts her beautiful edits.

Here is a mate of mine Malinda, about to welcome her second little bundle into the world sometime in March. I met Malinda through an online scrapbooking forum, and we clicked straight away. She is a gorgeous gal and I am proud to call her my friend.

When she asked me to photograph her maternity and newborn sessions, I jumped at the chance. It’s lovely to photograph these special memories for anyone (hence why I started this business), I simply love love love it! But when it’s friends, and I get to share in my friends joy in such a memorable way, it means a lot!

So Mal, Nath and Isy, thanks for inviting me in on this special moment for you all. I hope you enjoy your little sneak peak as much as I do. I had a fantastic time photographing you all, and I am really looking forward to coming back in the not too distant future to photograph you with your newest family member.

The full gallery will be up for you very soon too, so stay tuned for that!

In other pregancy news, please stay tuned as I have a fun new project coming up soon. No, don’t worry, it’s not me that’s preggas! But stay tuned cos it’s very exciting!