Maternity Digital Backdrops

What is in this collection

Fabric and studio sets include draped champagne silk, sheer panels graded from peach to blush to lilac, a dusty mauve velvet drape on a charcoal wall, a dusty rose painted canvas, a wild white flower bank, a magnolia branch arch in an ivory studio and a boho macrame wall. Rooms include sheer voile curtains at an arched window, French doors onto a spring garden, a powder blue salon with a chaise, a limestone arched alcove, an ochre plaster wall with an olive tree, a vintage brass bed and a breakfast-in-bed scene with peonies. Outdoor scenes include a Tuscan cypress avenue at sunset, a rock shelf by the sea at dusk, a white colonnade in an oleander courtyard, red desert dunes with burgundy chiffon, a pampas field at dusk, a flowering cherry tree and a pampas timber arch. Softer, shower-style sets add a peacock chair under a sage balloon arch, a champagne balloon cloud over a daybed, an oatmeal arch with a boucle armchair and a pink and blue dried flower arch.

Gowns, fabric and floor lines

Good maternity photography backgrounds give a long gown somewhere to go. The draped silk, sheer panels and mauve velvet all pool on the floor, which hides the join where a train meets the set, and the desert dunes and rock shelf come with chiffon already draped across them. For a quieter fine-art look, try the arched window, limestone alcove or ochre plaster wall. These maternity digital backgrounds also work for partners and children: the cherry tree, the cypress avenue and the breakfast-in-bed scene fit four to six people. For more painted canvases and plain studio walls, see the portrait collection; when the baby arrives, the newborn collection continues the same soft palette, and the gender reveal sets suit the earlier announcement.

Tips for using these scenes

• Light the bump from the scene's side. Most of these sets have gentle side light, from the left or the right. Light your subject from the same side so the shape of the bump reads.
• Leave room for the gown. Shoot full length on a plain floor with the train spread out, then blend the hem softly into the pooled silk, sand or grass rather than cutting a hard edge.
• Use portrait for gowns and landscape for couples. Portrait keeps a flowing dress and the setting in one tall frame; landscape gives the cypress avenue, cherry tree and colonnade room for a partner and children.

The outdoor scenes are AI-generated, not photographs of real places. For more on maternity sessions, see digital backgrounds for photography.