Category Archives: Maternity

Upcoming changes | Champaign-Urbana maternity photographer

I’m excited to announce a few minor changes at Holly Birch Photography beginning on or around May 1.

1) Rather than DVDs for wedding images, I will now be putting images onto either a 4- or 8GB USB thumb drive. I believe this will be better and easier for everyone in the long run — especially me who often forgets to burn the print release onto the disc!

2) Beginning May 1, online proofing for portrait sessions will not be available until after you complete an in-studio (or in-home) ordering session. Also, rather than offering print credits with portrait sessions, you will instead get 10% off anything you order during the ordering session.

3) The pricing structure for prints and canvases will be changing slightly as well. Actual prices are staying the same, but I have simplified everything by removing some less popular items, and changing to non-crop photo ratios (this will make more sense at your ordering session, but basically means you will get an 8×12” print rather than an 8×10” print, for example).

And, since every post is better with an image, here is a sneak peek at Catherine & Brian’s maternity session from yesterday. Best of luck to the parents-to-be as they near their due date!

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Toni | Decatur Maternity Session

My niece is in there!! Beautiful Toni is carrying sweet baby girl Joslyn (Joey for short), and we are all expectantly awaiting her arrival soon! These were taken at about 34 weeks and she is due at the end of September. My brother-in-law Brandon is the daddy-to-be, and you’ll see him in a couple of the photos below. We’re so excited to meet you, baby girl!


We had some great light to start out the session!



Toni & Brandon are Reds fans.

I love these next two!


They’re also Buckeye fans. I know, I know!! :)


Joey’s room is pink and green with lots of frogs!



I’d been wanting to do this one for a while!


Mommy, Daddy & Joey all have Jordans. :)

Thanks for a great session, you guys! See you at the hospital!

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Elizabeth | Decatur maternity photography session


Elizabeth is a family friend of ours, and when we found out she was pregnant, I wanted to offer her the chance to have some maternity pictures taken. We met for the session on an overcast afternoon in Decatur at Fairview Park and not a moment too soon! She was 36+ weeks at the time of these photos. We’re still waiting for baby girl to arrive, but it could be any day now!

This is the same photo as above, but I can’t decide if I like the color or black-and-white version better. What do you think?

Elizabeth + Trent (I’m not sure if he wanted to be in the photos, but he was along, so I coaxed him into it!) :)


One of my faves!

Holly Birch Photography is available for maternity sessions in Champaign-Urbana and surrounding areas, including Monticello & Decatur. The best time to do a maternity session is between 32-37 weeks. Call me if you’d like to discuss any details! 217-737-0971

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The R Family | St. Joseph Maternity Session

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I have so much great stuff to blog this week!! I’ll start with last week’s maternity session with these anxious/excited/expectant the parents, the R family. I headed over to their home in St. Joe for these shots. Baby C is supposed to make his appearance around mid-November!
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It is such an honor to be invited into people’s home to get a glimpse of their life for an hour or so. Thanks for having me!
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My maternity shoot

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My friend Stacey (Stacey Rainer Photography) did my maternity photos this weekend, and we had a great time! I’m going to return the favor for Stacey in a few months. I also have to thank her daughter Emily for coming along and helping us out. She’s a great assistant!

We started out at the iHotel, where they graciously allowed us to shoot for almost two hours. I love the decor there so much and I’d love to do a boudoir session there sometime (hint, hint to my current and future clients!). :)

This one is my absolute favorite from the session:
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Smitty baby!
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I can’t believe I’m posting this one:
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Go BEARS! (This one’s for the husband.)
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I also have a couple of bare-belly shots that I decided not to post here, but if anyone’s interested in seeing, you can email me and I will link you to them!

Also, this post will serve as the official update that I am now on photography maternity leave! I am still working some, but trying to take it easy until Baby Smitty makes his appearance. If you call or email, I will try to get back to you as soon as possible, but please keep in mind that it might take me a few days to get back to you. I will be back to work again officially on June 1 (though I have two weddings in May!). Thanks so much for your understanding!

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