Melody - Lake Illawarra maternity photography

Usually I try to organise maternity sessions for around 36 weeks, when there's a significant basketball happening, but mama doesn't quite feel like a beached whale yet (who am I kidding?  I definitely feel like a beached whale at 36 weeks!).  Melody is a good friend of mine and so at the very last minute we decided to go for it and capture her belly the day before her due date!  She had the most beautiful Henna drawn on her belly and we met up at the lake on sunset to steal some of those gorgeous evening golden rays.