glenn usdin wrote:
you got bigger problems than these pics.

Glenn hit the nail on the head, because you have already admitted there are issues and if you think it is going to get better just because you're having a baby...your in big trouble.

Doctor E wrote:
The short answer is...  He's an idiot.

The long answer begins with...

He should be celebrating this time with you.  Your body will experience some incredible changes and that SHOULD be recorded.  Do you want your child seeing you like this?  Absolutely!  If his definitive answer to that question is 'no'...  What is his glitch with the pregnant form?

If you weren't so far away - I'd do a bondage shoot with you in a second!  And for the record - I'd show my Mom the results... 

Take EVERY opportunity to revel in your pregancy.  Enjoy it.  Enjoy the art that comes of it.  And then enjoy your child even more.

If your boyfriend has an issue with you taking a bit of time to memorialize and enjoy your pregancy now...

What kind of bitch is he going to be when the child is born and he CAN'T be the center of attention.

He needs to realize that this pregnancy is NOT about him. 

There are books.  And pharmaceuticals.  And support groups.  And, quite honestly, people that think his opinion is full of shit - but wish him well anyway.

He needs to get a grip.

You need to get naked.  Regularly.  As in - on a schedule.

Find a photographer and make it a point to shoot on specific dates.  Document this for your child.

This isn't about him...

E.


BTW:  If you decide to thaw out for part of the winter in this part of Florida...  I'll clear my schedule.

Well said, thanks! As fo rthe comment about if i think it will get better, no i dont...but right now its not getting worst. He is seeking help and on pills, hopefully we can get around this. I cant say fix cause u cant fix what his mother brain washed him into thinking.

Tom Kendall wrote:
The pictures are beautiful. Send your BF down here. I will have an attitude adjustment seminar for him and send him back retrained.

lol paid for, lol sure!

Erin-Lynn wrote:
Well thanks Cameron, alot of people seem to think your work was not"prof" lol. Yes it was a spur of the moment thing, very last minute. Thanks again everyone.

Erin...

As long as you are happy with our work and yourself in our work that is truly what matters. I provided you unedited work for you to look through, I never thought you would immediately post so much of it, my bad. :-)) (and they maybe referring to some of the candids I didnt take that you have posted or at least I hope...)

As you progress along, we will create some images to wow the masses!!! Most photographers would not shoot in many of the locations I find myself in or the conditons I shoot under. Come to the studio, we'll knock their socks off!!! (I will make  sure only edited images make it to the public LOL)

Melvin Moten Jr wrote:

No...He's just lying.

Roflmao... Reminds me of Futurama: " Their lesbians their not doing it for you!". The reply: "That's what they think!"

x-leila-x wrote:
my bloke called me a cheap hoe for doing bikini?!?!...boyfriends should support you with whatever you want to do

I trust you sent him packing?

x-leila-x wrote:
my bloke called me a cheap hoe for doing bikini?!?!...boyfriends should support you with whatever you want to do

what the hell, in a swim suit? Damn i got called a hoe form teh bf's mother and i was dressed but thats his mom...i cant belive he called you a hoe in a swimsuit!!!???

Cameron sounds good...im getting big, button gonna pop in a few weeks, i wanna lay in the snow, on a blanket and have the picture done...but i dont think we ever gonna get snow again

Sleepy Weasel wrote:
Porn involves sex or sexually suggestive poses. Your shots have none of that. Yours appear to highlight your pregnancy and female form.

Your boyfriend is either some religious nut or a closet porn whacker.

I think you should do more shots, in a more professional setting/backdrop. You have a great figure for these. None that I did with my wife turned out well and I wish I had another shot at it. Take advantage of this time while you can. Regardless of what the closet-whacker thinks, there's nothing wrong with it.

LMFAO that just made my day thanks:)

Erin-Lynn wrote:
Cameron sounds good...im getting big, button gonna pop in a few weeks, i wanna lay in the snow, on a blanket and have the picture done...but i dont think we ever gonna get snow again

Lets get you in the studio... and its supposed to snow sunday... be ready !!!

Merlinpix wrote:
I trust you sent him packing?

you think thats bad? oh no..lol thats just average everyday conversation for him

Erin-Lynn wrote:
what the hell, in a swim suit? Damn i got called a hoe form teh bf's mother and i was dressed but thats his mom...i cant belive he called you a hoe in a swimsuit!!!???

yes..welcome to the world of english men!!

x-leila-x wrote:
my bloke called me a cheap hoe for doing bikini?!?!...boyfriends should support you with whatever you want to do

Unfreakinbelievable! MEN !!! Sometimes I'm sooo embarrassed to be one myself!

First of all .. in response to the OP and her b/f or fiance, or whatever he is .. oyy vayyy .. I really didnt think there were red necks in Canada !!! Mannn .. and to whoever it was that stated (I think it was a couple a folks) that .. you're in for a big surprise if you think that this guy is gonna raise yr children the *correct* way .. oy .. it simply makes me wanna get sick at WHY some women will date, let alone marry someone with these kinds of philosophies .. or .. even wanna GET pregnant by some guy that even remotely thinks the way he does????

Leila? That woulda been all it took for me .. to say .. seeeya .. "cheap hoe" .. wow.. What makes women hang around and better yet, marry men with attitudes like this? Isn't that sorta like *perpetuating* the .. ignorant?

Pardon me if I seem a bit harsh .. but, I've had to deal with this my whole life .. as a *modeling photographer* .. and thank GOD that my first g/f was (as she called it back then) well, for the lack of a better word .. a womens activist .. and was all for womens equality ...
When I arrived home (we lived together in Germany at the time) one nite and said .. "Hi Honeyyy .. I'm hooome, whats for dinner"? .. (I always wanted to say that :p) to which she replied .. "I dunno .. I've already eaten .." Doh! Tell ya what .. it turned *me* .. into a great cook .. because I, myself, and me, learned and studied to cook better then some women I know today .. besides .. it flips my mom out to this day .. with the things that I can come up with .. and it really impresses a woman when a man puts that kina efort into *her* ..

I lived in Germany (while serving in the Army) and nudity was nothing to anyone there .. it simply shows where our values lay .. and what our churches have to say about it here in America ..
The very same people who rule simple nudity as .. *porn* .. are the very ones that I believe we should be afraid of .. as they're the ones who are doing nawty things behind closed doors, with people they should'nt be .. Like father Tony and the lil boy? This Country needs a serious wake up call .. and men need to be a lil more compassionate and *involved* with who they want to spend the rest of their entire life with .. men like Leila's and the OP's b/f .. are living in the dark ages, and need to get out from under the rock they crawled under  .. nuff said ..

Erin, your pictures of you pregnant are wonderful .. make your b/f read this thread .. and if he has any problems with it after that .. can you say *Aloha*?

Tomi

Todd Taulman wrote:
Maternity photos are probably my favorite type of images to take, then newborns. So much emotion in those two subjects, if photographed properly.

http://www.toddtaulman.com/maternity.htm

Yes Todd and you took one of the best images of me pregnant

pw-gii photographics wrote:
I only just came into this, and haven't read all the pros and cons, but it seems to me that photographing the progression of a pregnancy could be a wonderful thing, but I do wonder why post the images on the internet?

Why not?

Sleepy Weasel wrote:
Porn involves sex or sexually suggestive poses. Your shots have none of that. Yours appear to highlight your pregnancy and female form.

I hate to be the one to say this [but nobody else has the nerve]:  Is there anything that's more rooted in sexuality than pregnancy?  It's the very proof that something sexual has happened!  The whole "pregnancy has nothing to do with sexuality" idea just sounds really, really wierd to me...but then, photographers and models tend to indulge in a lot of denial to feel okay about what they do everyday.

That said, your bf is still being an idiot.  Get a new one.

Morphine Dream wrote:
Ha, i find this funny.. if the op is reading this i remember a profile you had on b.com, maybe he read that and is starting to have some doubts.. anyways the OP may know what i'm talking about.

dunno if your talking about me or not...

Porchia William wrote:
I really dont think that your images are porn...maybe if you took some with a professional photographer or one with better quality images they would have a better look, but I really think that they are nice

Maybe your bf needs to take a chill pill and relax!

it was a spur of the moment photo shoot with a professonal...lol

Erin-Lynn wrote:
Yeah i guess your right, thanks again everyone. If you knew what kind of man he was you would know there is no talking to him...hes a stubbron guy and old fashioned, so to him this is porn.

I know this was much earlier in the thread, but it caught my eye. If he is such a stubborn guy and such, why are you with him? My opinion? This man is having a child with you and is a big part of your life, I assume, so you should have respected him enough to tell him what types of photos you were taking. He might feel that what he saw as his (your nude form) has been put out there for the world to see and probably makes him uncomfortable.

When I documented my friend's pregnancy, I made sure it was ohk with her fiancee.

I don't see it as "porn", but some of the photos do look "snapshot-ish". Maybe talk to him about compromising, maybe even him being the person behind the camera. Explain to him that this is important to you, so that you can have something to hold on from the pregnancy that is nice, not just memories of morning sickness, LoL.

Djinn Photographic wrote:

I know this was much earlier in the thread, but it caught my eye. If he is such a stubborn guy and such, why are you with him? My opinion? This man is having a child with you and is a big part of your life, I assume, so you should have respected him enough to tell him what types of photos you were taking. He might feel that what he saw as his (your nude form) has been put out there for the world to see and probably makes him uncomfortable.

When I documented my friend's pregnancy, I made sure it was ohk with her fiancee.

I don't see it as "porn", but some of the photos do look "snapshot-ish". Maybe talk to him about compromising, maybe even him being the person behind the camera. Explain to him that this is important to you, so that you can have something to hold on from the pregnancy that is nice, not just memories of morning sickness, LoL.

He knew i was taking semi nudes...I guess he just didnt expect them like this..i dunno