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Bump to baby

With the rise of Instagram and mass photo sharing by celebrities and influencers alike, the popularity of once-niche portrait genres such as maternity and newborn photography is rapidly becoming one of the must-haves for many mothers-to-be. An increasing number of women all over the world are now embracing their pregnancy curves and celebrating their bumps and bundles of joy publicly with the help of professional family portrait photographers.

We teamed up with leading London-based portrait photographer, Susan Porter-Thomas, who has been shooting family portraiture for some 15 years. Having recently switched from DSLR to mirrorless to reduce the weight and size of her go-to set-up, Susan was intrigued to see what the portable but

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