Maternity
A pregnancy passes quickly. The weight of a hand resting on your belly, the way your partner looks at you, the quiet of the last weeks before everything changes. We photograph these moments slowly and gently, so you can return to them for the rest of your life.
Like every shoot at the studio, it begins with time to arrive. There is no posing at first. We walk, talk and breathe together until you feel at home in your body and close to each other. Then the images come on their own: tender, honest, and full of what you are feeling in that moment.
Mothers-to-be on their own, couples, and families welcoming a new child. Partners and older siblings are always welcome in the frame.
Most families come between the 28th and 36th week, when the belly is round and you still feel light enough to move freely.
Many of our most transformational shoots happen at golden hour, when the light turns warm and soft and everything slows down. There is a special energy in that last hour before sunset, and it is the most beautiful thing to capture. Early mornings are beautiful too, and outside the summer months the beach and the forest are quiet, with hardly anyone around.
Between 20 and 75 edited images in a private online gallery within ten working days, ready to print and to share.
Most of our shoots take place in the Sintra forest and at Praia da Adraga, less than an hour from Lisbon. The forest is green and soft, full of moss, ferns and old trees. Praia da Adraga is a small bay held by high cliffs and sea caves on the wild Atlantic coast. For us it is the womb of the mother here in Portugal: a place that holds you, and a natural place to celebrate a new life.
We often begin in the forest and end on the beach as the sun goes down. We are based in Lisbon and Sintra, Portugal, and also travel worldwide.
Write to us with your dates. We reply within two days.