Susan,
You just confirmed what I was afraid of all along! Sean asked me: what do I want to do while I am pregnant and when the baby is born? Right now, I think - nothing. Just play with the baby. All of our friends are 24-7 tied up with their new borns and all of them stopped working, at least for the first year.
I am taking off my hat before working mothers!
Shooting tomorrow an over 30s woman again. First time with her. Going to make some magic - briefed the make-up artist for funky make-up. Glam-glam. I like shooting ordinary women with just a bit of different make-up and then showing it to them and watch their reaction. Very rewarding.
One hubby told me that the pic I took of his wife is going to the grave with him. And the best part of it is that I leave most of the skin texture and fine lines, so I can tell the woman: its you, just with a bit better skin care routine, a bit more sleep and less kids.
And another hubby said: I can't believe her lips! And I did not touch the lips - its her natural form, just a good application of red lipstick.
Some women so shy, they don't even want to print photos of them alone, only if its with a hubby or a kid. Can you believe it? Sean spoiled me with my images, we had walls covered with my portraits, and one of them was my face, 1.5 meters high. People asked me how I feel about my own pic so big. Why should anything else be hanging on that wall?
My dream: every bedroom of every woman I shoot, has a life size shot of her, in the nuddies, for her hubby to see. And kids, and everybody that walks in. I am actually amazed, how many women actually long to be in front of the camera and never get a chance to show that side of them. And too shy to go to a photographer and ask for a glam shoot.
