Maternity Floral Backdrop

A gown portrait that needs a designed backdrop

This studio portrait shows a mother in a full purple tulle gown against gray-purple backdrop paper. The paper does not fill the frame, so a softbox, cardboard boxes and other studio clutter show at the edges. Even without them, a plain backdrop leaves the dramatic gown without a setting.

Where it helps

• Maternity gown sessions shot in a small studio
• Fine-art and editorial maternity work that uses digital backdrops and props
• Prints and canvases where the background should read as one finished scene

What the edit covers

• Backdrop: the paper is continued to every edge in a deep, moody purple with a soft vignette, so the softbox and the boxes are gone.
• Floral hoop: a ring of dark purple flowers and leaves is added behind her, sized to frame her and colored to match the gown.
• Light and skin: the light is shaped into a cinematic look, and the face and skin are cleaned up with more definition.

A human editor does the work. The gown, her pose, her hands on the belly and her bare foot are kept. The backdrop beyond the original paper and the flower hoop are created rather than photographed, and the face ends up more defined than in the original.

What to upload

Send the full original, not a crop, so there is real backdrop to match at the edges. Tell us the colors and flowers you want, or whether you would rather keep a plain backdrop. For a couple on a paper backdrop, see studio maternity photo retouching. For fabric or tulle laid out around the mother, see maternity tulle photo retouching.

Private: recreated on our own images, not customer photos

The before/after shown here is recreated on images created or licensed for this site — never a real customer's photo. Your upload is seen only by the editor working on it, and the edit comes with free revisions within 14 days of delivery if anything needs adjusting.