Had the opportunity (barely) to do my first official maternity shoot this weekend. The lovely Mother to be is Andrea and she is due on Halloween. We have been trying to schedule this shoot for a while and finally came to the realization that if we waited another week it would be a newborn session. We were scheduled to meet up at Starbucks in Kihei at 08:00 so we could shoot at the beautiful Makena Cove at early light when there are usually few people around.
Andrea came with her birth coach Wendy and mom Sherry and we had coffee (Andrea had a Jamba Juice) and set off for Makena cove. There was a large cane burn that morning and while the wind would have usually carried the smoke right to our location we were blessed with Kona winds that carried it to the other side of the island. The morning was beautiful and clear with a slight overcast to diffuse the morning light.
We had the place to ourselves until a small wedding party arrived and they set up on the other side of the cove to give us room and clear background. The wedding professionals on Maui are a thoughtful and considerate group and I've seen as many as five sunset weddings sharing this little cove. The morning light was really good and Andrea's skin was almost flawless which I really appreciated at editing time; do all pregnant women have skin like this? I really appreciate the help they gave me on this first shoot and the ideas I got from a few maternity photog sites I visited.
A big mahalo nui loa to Andrea, Wendy and Sherry.
