As the sun dips low over the horizon, casting golden light across the landscape, there’s a calming atmosphere that unfolds on the beaches of Torquay.
At the gateway to the Great Ocean Road, Torquay offers a stunning backdrop for photoshoot. With its rugged coastal beauty and pristine waters, the compositional opportunities were endless for Gretel and Mitch’s maternity photoshoot. On this particular day, we were lucky to have a salty sea breeze creating a beautiful, hazy sea fog over the beach. We opted for a photoshoot at Jan Juc, utilising the beautiful west-facing cliffs as our backdrop that were softly diffused with backlighting.
For the outfit, Gretel opted for simple, yet elegant dresses of white and green, that complemented perfectly with the palette of the surrounds. An oversized beach hat elevated the style ever so slightly, to create a more candid and authentic atmosphere to the beach maternity photoshoot.
I aim for minimal direction for posing couples, with my main aim to capture the chemistry and raw emotion between the two. I always ensure I set the couple up in the correct orientation to the light and background, ensuring that they have enough direction to guide them between poses, but apart from that- I leave the smaller interactions up to them. Whether it’s a stolen glance or a playful laugh, every moment is captured and preserved for many years to come.
We alternated between a few different scenic backgrounds. From the vast coastline, to the secluded alcoves and beach shrub- Jan Juc beach offered a plethora of photographic opportunities. These memories captured during the beachside maternity photoshoot serve and a reminder of the love they shared during this special journey they embarked upon forever.
