Outdoor Maternity Photos

Colorado is the backdrop. Foothills, alpine lakes, golden aspen, and high plains, shot on location across the front range.

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Partner kisses her forehead at golden hour, her shimmering gown catching the last mountain light.

White cowboy hat, lace pants, and boots, leaning on a rustic fence in golden grassland.

Expecting parents cradle the bump in a wildflower meadow, spring maternity photos with a flower crown.

Low angle beneath a bright sky, white crop top and denim shorts framing her bare bump.

Tender maternity moment with daughter holding baby bump by a pine tree near the mountains.

Couple touches foreheads in a high alpine basin, her deep red dress bright against the peaks.

Blush tiered gown slipping off one shoulder, a tiny wildflower bouquet held at the bump.

Family plays in a mountain meadow at sunset, dad tossing their giggling toddler skyward.

Couple kisses among white aspen trunks during their outdoor maternity session in Colorado.

Black wide-brim hat and a trailing veil in a green forest clearing, arm raised overhead.

Outdoor Maternity Photography:

Pregnancy Framed in Colorado’s Beauty

These sessions happen anywhere in Colorado, from the foothills above Denver to alpine lakes at 10,000 feet, the gold of mid-September aspen, and the snowy mountains. I scout for light and timing, not just scenery, because outdoor portraits vary by season. The goal is never a pretty background with a person in front of it. It’s you, honored and at the center, with the landscape doing the supporting work.

Outdoor sessions are built around when to shoot and where. Fall is a brief 2 weeks here, then we jump straight to winter. Spring also is a short month, at most. Summer we get long days and golden light. Easiest way to envision your shoot is to look through the seasonal sections below. Not sure where to start? Email me your due date and I’ll plan everything around you!

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Golden light on an expecting couple in the foothills near Denver, Colorado, photographed by Ethan Herrold.

Fall in the Aspen

Gold canopies and foothills at golden hour. The shortest, most-booked window of the year. In my experience, the last weeks of September and first week of October have the best color up high. The front range has golden grass and the last few sunflowers in bloom. Fall maternity photos are for the mamas due in November and December. If you’re lucky enough to be in this window, get in touch.

White lace gown among golden aspens, fall maternity photos in the Colorado high country.

Hand in hand through a golden aspen grove, autumn leaves carpeting the trail.

Straw hat and a blush sheer duster in tall amber grass, gold aspens glowing behind.

Couple strolls under a bright yellow aspen canopy, her teal dress deep against the gold.

Cream cowboy hat and a fitted brown dress, fall maternity photos at peak aspen gold.

Laughing together in dry autumn grassland, her cream gown slit to the knee.

Textured cream robe mid-stride on a golden hillside during her outdoor maternity photoshoot.

Green plaid and cozy sweaters on a boulder, tiny baby shoes set between them.

Red gown with a long train trailing over creek stones in fall color.

Glancing over her shoulder in a white bralette and jeans, aspens dropping gold around her.

A kiss on the forehead in a golden valley meadow, evening alpenglow on the ridgeline.

He kisses her hair among pale aspen trunks, her navy floral gown against his camel jacket.

Wrapped from behind in a high mountain meadow, plaid flannel and a quiet evergreen backdrop.

Black gown in a hillside of golden rabbitbrush, playfully shielding her eyes from the sun.

Couple high on a ridgeline overlook, valleys and peaks rolling out behind the bump.

Powder blue gown, his sage polo, and their curly golden dog in a sagebrush meadow.

Bare baby bump in a golden aspen grove, hands held to her chest in soft autumn light.

Winter & Snow Sessions

Snow, evergreens, and moody peaks. This is Colorado’s longest season. It’s hit or miss on whether you get snow on the front range. If you want a winter wonderland, head into the mountains. The front range shines with long shadows and weather warm enough for bare bump shots. If you’re trying to time your shoot to snow, send me your due date and we can plan around the snow calendar.

Mom bundles her toddler in a red plaid blanket on a snowy evergreen hillside.

Cream faux fur slips from her shoulders, bare bump warm against a snowy pine forest.

Black and white frame of tattooed hands meeting on the bump, snowy hills behind.

Long pink faux fur coat open over her bump, fresh snow deep beneath the evergreens.

Her toddler leans in for a bump kiss on a rocky overlook, denim on denim.

Rust suede coat with shearling trim, hair wild in the wind below a dark peak.

Teal dress and his green flannel high above a snowy valley, hands joined on the bump.

Seated in winter prairie grass, arms crossed softly, curls catching the cold sunlight.

Laughing beneath the snow-dusted Flatirons, her magenta dress vivid against winter pines.

Cobalt blue gown and buffalo plaid, hands clasped across a snowy mountain meadow.

He kisses her temple beside an icy alpine creek, open flannel framing her bump.

Black fitted gown mid-stride across a frozen basin, peaks glowing in first light.

Family of three on a snowy lakeshore, their son bundled in a tan snowsuit.

Sunburst over the ridge as she stands in deep snow wrapped in a plaid shawl.

Emerald gown with a sweeping train, a kiss in the snowy pines of the high country.

Pearl-beaded gown before a craggy snowbound ridge, one hand resting on her bump.

White fur jacket open over black, bare bump bright against snow-dusted peaks and pines.

Spring Wildflowers

Green valleys and wildflower meadows, April and May are the greenest months of the year. If we get a lot of rain, flowers come out by Memorial Day. There’s always a chance of a late season snow. Spring light creates dramatic shadows behind Colorado’s front range. Check out a spring session with misty light and bright wildflowers.

Sheer white robe in a misty wildflower meadow, scarlet paintbrush blooming at her feet.

Boots up on a weathered fence rail, white lace and a cowboy hat at golden hour.

A slow dance in amber evening hills, her sequin gown glinting in the low sun.

Dad tosses the little one skyward while mom and big sister laugh in the sunset field.

Foreheads together in a haze of golden light during their outdoor maternity session in Colorado.

Black dress with the bump bared, storm light brewing over the green valley.

Embroidered denim and fresh-picked wildflowers, tucked under his arm in tall grass.

Feathered hat and an ivory fur shrug under moody storm clouds, hands on her bare bump.

Two little ones in white bring mama wildflowers in a green mountain valley.

White sheer robe over lace with a long train, dark evergreens rising behind.

Son on dad's shoulders, mom in rust ruffles and a sun hat in the golden meadow.

Tattooed arm cradling the bare bump, tiny wildflowers pinched at her hip in the mist.

A kiss on the trail in a pink off-shoulder dress, green ridge climbing behind.

He hugs her from behind under a brooding sky, open white shirt framing the bump.

White sundress with navy ties in a deep green mountain bowl, hand at her collar.

Silver gown with a high slit in a dusky field, the last light burning behind the ridge, by Ethan Herrold.

Summer Glow

Summer light is golden and full of life. Outdoor maternity photos shine through the long evenings, greenery, and forgiving weather. Our second longest season, summer gives you the freedom for bare bump looks and access to all the Colorado locations that are snowed in till June. Want to see a full list? Download my Location Guide to see what’s possible.