Young woman in a strapless green gown and sunflower crown cradles her baby bump behind the leaves of a tall sunflower.

Photo Diary: Maternity Shoot at The Taupiri Sunflower Farm

Captured: January 2024

As my third trimester of my first pregnancy approached, I was actually grateful it would be over summer (despite what everyone kept warning me about in regards to the heat!) because it meant that we had this opportunity to do a maternity shoot in a sunflower field, with the sunflowers in peak bloom.

I had also been wanting to visit this newly-established sunflower farm for the previous few summers, so it was a good excuse to go. It is located in Taupiri, which is just north of Hamilton City, in the Waikato Region of the North Island. (It’s a half hour drive south of the southern Auckland boundary.)

I reached out to some photographers and ended up collaborating with Marty of Marty Brown Portraiture. He secured us the sunflower farm to ourselves at golden hour and he outdid himself with these beautiful edits you see below.

More of Marty’s work can be seen on his website.

May you be inspired to pay this dreamy little sunflower farm a visit!

Young woman in a strapless green gown and sunflower crown cradles her baby bump behind the leaves of a tall sunflower.
Young woman in a strapless green gown and sunflower crown cradles her baby bump behind the leaves of a tall sunflower.
Young woman in a strapless green gown and sunflower crown cradles her baby bump behind the leaves of a tall sunflower.
Young woman in a strapless green gown and sunflower crown cradles her baby bump behind the leaves of a tall sunflower.
Young couple pose together amidst the sunflowers in a sunflower field.
Young couple pose together amidst the sunflowers in a sunflower field.
Young couple pose together amidst the sunflowers in a sunflower field.
Young pregnant couple pose together amidst the sunflowers in a sunflower field.
Young pregnant couple pose together amidst the sunflowers in a sunflower field.
Young woman in white gown shows off her baby bump in front of a sunflower field.
Young woman in white gown shows off her baby bump in front of a sunflower field.
Young woman in white gown gazes into the face of a large sunflower.

Didn’t Marty (https://www.martybrown.co.nz/) do a phenomenal job? If you want to see some more of his work, here are his Facebook and Instagram.