Disneyland Maternity Photography

It happened to be that time of the year, and who can’t resist taking photos in front of a huge Christmas tree!

Starting on Main Street

And gotta love that iconic statue of the man himself, Walt Disney.

Here is the Disneyland castle in the background. We love getting the angles where we aren’t competing with a huge crowd of tourists.

Making a Wish in a Well

There is a wishing well on the right side of the Disneyland castle, specifically Snow White’s wishing well.

And when there is a lot of people, sometimes it’s nice to use them in the maternity photo!

Then we hopped over to the nearby carousel for more photos with what is practically a historic landmark.

Then we walked over to Frontierland, where they have red rock formations for our session.

And no pregnant woman should ever go onto Thunder Mountain, so this is the next best thing!

For the sunset, we hopped over to Rivers of America to use the large mass of water as a backdrop.

Then we finished in New Orleans Square with walking around pics and finishing with a Mickey Beignet.

Mickey shaped Beignets are a must for almost any Disneyland visit.

Disneyland Pregnancy Photography

Disneyland is the world’s most recognizable theme park, located in Anaheim in Orange County, California. It’s a place that we have been to at least 100 times due to season passes. We’ve seen so many small, hidden spots that we use for each session, moving based on them and how crowded that day happens to be. We know how to work around the many tourists and crowds to get images that look clean and iconic.

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Maternity Photos at Mission San Juan Capistrano

These are the iconic and historic bells of Mission San Juan Capistrano. They make the perfect background for our loving couple and parents-to-be.

These large, brick arches are beautiful and iconic.

We love to use foreground objects to frame our subjects, so what better than colorful flowers!

Love, love, love the cascading arches that disappear into the background.

And this hallway really reminds me of Italy

And here are some more pink flowers that perfectly frame our pregnant couple.

Gotta love the beautiful light of the setting sun creating solar flares.

These backgrounds are so unique and classic.

I’m trying to imagine what this church looked like 200 years ago. The Mission was founded in 1776 by Spanish missionaries.

Maternity Photography in Orange County

Here is a great example of maternity photography at an extraordinary location. The Mission San Juan Capistrano is one of the oldest historic buildings in California. Make sure to look around our website for many more examples of maternity photos in Orange County.

It’s important to choose a maternity photographer that knows what it means to be pregnant, twice. Judy will help you feel at ease with your beautiful, pregnant self and really bring out the “glow” in you. With over a decade of experience and a kind, warm smile, Judy will help you capture you and your growing families with comfort and ease. And the images speak for themselves; we capture our couples in many beautiful ways. Make sure to give Judy a call to schedule a maternity photography session today.

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Starting the Session at Becker Amphitheater

Starting at the center of the Cal State Fullerton campus makes it an easy spot to hop to the other parts of campus, plus that huge Titans logo looks really awesome in grad photos!

Love having a grad photo with the cap tossed high in the air.

And it’s always a fun tradition to pop some bubbly champagne to celebrate!

And here’s the graduation tassel

The huge seal make for a distinguished backdrop for our CSU Fullerton graduation photos.

Finishing the Graduation Photography at Pollak Library

Considering how much time one spends in the university library, it’s only fitting to take some grad photos in the rows of books.

Gotta love the perspective and disappearing lines in the many stacks and rows of library books!

Grad Photos at Cal State Fullerton

This is a great example of how we cover graduation photography on the beautiful campus of Cal State Fullerton. We love using the huge library as a backdrop, along with the CSUF seal in our photos. You should check out the rest of website for many more examples of photo sessions at CSU Fullerton. We also capture wedding photography here in Orange County and Los Angeles County. It’s important to choose a family or graduation photographer that has experience and an artistic eye. We strive our best to capture the style and energy of our clients, letting their personalities show in the images that we take. We watch families grow and students graduate, and we love capturing it at each step.

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Fullerton Arboretum Maternity Photography

Since it was fall, the tree leaves were a golden shade of yellow, creating a lovely blanket of leaves on the ground. We definitely had to take advantage of that. We started with a focus on her pregnant belly.

The Bamboo at the Fullerton Arboretum

The bamboo forest at the CSU Fullerton Arboretum is an awesome and exotic backdrop, unusual for southern California. It’s just one of the many small ecosystems at this amazing gem in Orange County. And such a perfect setting for pregnancy photos.

The Historic Heritage House

Here is our growing family in front of the historic Heritage House.

More Fall Leaves

Here’s more maternity photos with fall leaves, but this time a rusty orange-red.

And how beautiful is this maternity photo across the lake with the Heritage House in the background?

Orange County Maternity Photography at CSUF

This an example of Orange County maternity photography that we did at CSU Fullerton, home of the Fullerton Arboretum. The gardens at the Arboretum are the perfect background for family photos and maternity photos. The different series of ecosystems make for multiple settings that we can access quickly and easily, even if you are a pregnant mother to be. Pregnancy photos are a specialty of Judy, who also know personally what it’s like to be pregnant (twice).

Judy knows how to help a mother-to-be feel more comfortable in front of the camera. It’s an odd thing, wanting to share the glow of pregnancy through maternity photos, but being shy of a changing body and an ever-growing pregnant belly. Let Judy guide you through this, with her gentle hand and friendly voice. And from there we can capture your growing family in the best way that we know how.

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Starting Maternity Photography at Victoria Beach

We started with some maternity photos in the “swash zone,” or where the water comes in and out of the beach.

Because of how beautiful the clouds already looked before the sunset even started, we busted out our remote lighting early in the pregnancy photos to get that dramatic and unique look.

Maternity Photos in Laguna Beach Tidepools

We then captured them standing in tide pools at Victoria Beach, getting the light reflection in the still water along with the green from the algae. We advise each person to be careful to not disturb the wildlife, while also pointing out the sea animals in the tide pools. We find that with an understanding and love of a natural environment comes a respect for it.

Beach Sunset Maternity Photos

And the sun started to set with a strong yellow hue…

…that was surrounded by dramatic clouds and a blue sky.

And here is where the sunset really starts to come in, where the horizon and the layers of atmosphere soften the intensity of the sun.

Here is the half-disk sunset as it finally dips below the horizon.

They brought one of the baby toys to pose with it.

Along with other props like letters and the name of their baby, Penelope.

We ended the maternity photos with a blue hour (after the sunset) photo with a backlight.

Laguna Beach Maternity Photography

This is a great example of how we handle a beautiful Orange County sunset during a Laguna Beach maternity photography portrait session. Victoria Beach is one of the best beaches for pregnancy photos and is also the most common one that they issue photography permits for. Our expecting mother wore a light green or turquoise maternity dress, which was light and airy along with comfortable (very important for our pregnant mothers). Make sure to look around our blog for more examples of maternity photos with pregnant mothers.

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Starting Family Photos at Toontown in Disneyland

We started the Disneyland family photography portrait session at Mickey’s Toontown, on the north side of Disneyland Park in Anaheim, Orange County. This is always a fun way to break into the family pictures, especially for the little kids.

We moved around to get maternity photos at Mickey’s house.

And then got family photos at Minnie’s house!

And we LOVE this family photo with the heart cut out of the fence at Minnie’s house in Toontown.

Walking Through Fantasyland to California Adventures

We then started walking south through Disneyland and Fantasyland, stopping to take photos at different spots.

We did some maternity photos on the carousel (King Arthur’s Carrousel).

And we love this photo on Main Street, where the trees were in full blossom.

California Adventures Maternity Photography

We made it to California Adventures to do the second half of the family and maternity photography session.

And we finished the maternity photos at the waterfront with the ferris wheel in the background (also known as the Pixar Pal-A-Round).

Family Photos California Adventures and Disneyland

This is a great example of how Judy can do both family photography and maternity photography during the same portrait session, in a crowded and very public location. Disneyland and California Adventures are beautiful locations, but are actually very difficult to do family photos with the many tourists and crowded nature of the parks. But Judy is an expert at creating amazing family and maternity photos even in such conditions. Make sure to check out the other family photography sessions we have done at Disneyland.

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