FORT NIAGARA MATERNITY

We are back with Hayley for her maternity session at Fort Niagara State Park. The weather was perfect. Finally, no humidity!

Hayley recently got married and moved to Canada. When we pulled into Fort Niagara, Toronto was clear as day in the distance. This does not happen too often either. It is usually very hazy. Since, Toronto is home to Hayley, Wes, doggy Byna, and soon to be baby, we had to get the skyline!

Hayley is a stunning mama to be! She looked gorgeous! She was glowing! And what a gorgeous smile! I love it!

-Danielle

Neal here, I was Danielle's assistant on this shoot. Danielle told me the shot she wanted to get but it required some heavy duty lighting. Since Toronto is so far away, if she shot anywhere between f/2.8-f/8 the skyline would be a big blur. To get a larger depth of field Danielle had to bump her F stop all the way up to f/20! It's a good thing she did it because the sun was quite bright and that exposed for the highlights perfectly and now Toronto is clear as day! Now I had to bring in some lighting to light hayley because shooting at f/20 she was a dark silhouette. We had a few speedlights with us. We needed a lot of power so we used two speedlights at max power and that gave us the perfect amount of light for Hayley.

I even included a lighting diagram... Like this feature? Let us know in the comments below and we'll include more in future blog posts.

-Neal

Buffalo Maternity Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Maternity Photo Session: Fort Niagara State Park

SUNSET MATERNITY AT FORT NIAGARA STATE PARK

We had an amazing maternity session with Hayley (we missed your hubby Wes) at Fort Niagara State Park. Wes had to work, so Hayley was flying solo. She is due in October, so rescheduling wasn't really an option since she could go anytime soon.

We had so much fun with Hayley. She looked gorgeous! We had a beautiful sunset. We decided to take a walk down the beach. We do not get to shoot at this pier often due to the tide being high. The beach is usually covered with water in that area. Well, today was perfect! Neal took a walk to make sure it was safe for Hayley to get there. We got the "OK" and headed over.

For this shoot, Neal was assisting me. He was on lighting duty. I must say he did a fantastic job! I had Neal escort Hayley to the end of the pier. I shot from the beach with the sun setting behind Hayley. The colors were so pretty but fading fast. We had her change up her pose a few times for some contrast, and this was my favorite. 

What a perfect image to end the shoot! Wes is going to love these!

-Danielle

Buffalo Maternity Photography: Neal Urban Studio

Buffalo Maternity Photo Location: Fort Niagara State Park