Amanda Dams Photography · Calgary, Alberta
Pregnancy portraits by photographer Amanda Dams, made in a private Calgary studio and at golden hour across Alberta, from Airdrie to Okotoks.
The experience
For a few short weeks you carry a shape the world will never see again. Amanda Dams photographs it with the patience it deserves. From the first planning call to the day your gallery arrives, every detail of your Calgary maternity photoshoot is handled: gowns, light, hair, makeup, direction. You only have to arrive.
The studio specializes exclusively in maternity, and that single focus shows: posing that flatters every body, a wardrobe that actually fits, and lighting built for the curve and contour of late pregnancy.
Explore the sessions
A consult on gowns, palette and location before anything is booked.
Hair and soft-glam makeup with licensed artists, right in the studio.
Two guided hours. Every hand and shoulder is directed, so you simply arrive.
A hand-edited gallery, print-ready, delivered in a private online collection.
The portfolio
Every session tells the same story differently: studio light, Alberta golden hour, and the details worth keeping. One archive, made in Calgary and the foothills beyond.
Window light, plaster walls and a wall of gowns chosen just for you. Calgary winters can’t touch a studio built for editorial maternity portraits: this is where fine-art pregnancy photography happens, at any temperature.
The last hour of the day is worth planning around. Sessions at Confederation Park, the Bow River, Fish Creek Park and the fields west of the city, with wind in the dress and horizon behind you.
Hands, shadows, the line of a shoulder. The small frames you’ll print smallest and love longest, the reason mothers book a maternity session at all.
We had a very good experience choosing Amanda to do our maternity and newborn photoshoots. She is an incredible professional and will offer you the best service for sure. For our maternity shoot she offered beautiful gowns for me to choose from and the pictures turned out perfect.A Calgary maternity session with Carla M, outdoor location
The studio
A private, light-filled maternity studio in Calgary, with the gown wall, a change room, and room to breathe. Press play for the tour.
822 11 Ave SW #203, Calgary AB T2R 0E5 Get directions Book a studio visitSessions
Every session includes a planning consult, styling from the client gown wall, professional hair and makeup, hand-edited images and a private online gallery. Two ways to be photographed:
Two hours in a private Calgary studio built for maternity photography: generous window light, drapery, and full access to the client gown wall. The choice for editorial, fine-art maternity portraits, in January as much as June.
Golden hour on location: Confederation Park at sunset, the Bow River banks, Fish Creek Park, or a field west of the city. Relaxed, wind-in-the-dress maternity photography that feels like the end of a perfect summer evening.
About Amanda
Amanda Dams photographs expectant mothers across Calgary and southern Alberta with a single belief: that the months of waiting deserve portraits as beautiful as the people in them. Her studio on 11th Avenue was built for exactly that: soft window light, drapery, and a wall of gowns waiting to be borrowed.
Sessions are relaxed and fully guided. Amanda directs every hand, shoulder and breath, so you never have to wonder what to do. You simply get to feel like yourself while the camera does the work.
The result is maternity photography that looks less like a pose and more like a portrait you’d hang for generations, which is precisely why families from Airdrie to Okotoks book months in advance.
“I want every mother to leave her session feeling more like herself than when she arrived.”
Amanda Dams Founder & photographer
Service area
Studio sessions draw mothers from every corner of the city; outdoor sessions follow the golden light wherever it lives.
Travelling from Red Deer, Lethbridge or Medicine Hat? Enquire, studio sessions welcome you.
Questions
The questions Calgary mothers ask most, answered plainly. Anything else, call (587) 327-9995.
Two to three months ahead is ideal. Weekends and golden-hour dates between May and October go first. The best window to be photographed is 28 to 34 weeks of pregnancy: enough of a bump for beautiful portraits, and enough energy to enjoy the session.
The studio gives you controlled light, complete privacy and the client gown wall, any month of the year, whatever Alberta weather decides. Outdoor sessions chase golden-hour light at Confederation Park, the Bow River and Fish Creek Park. Not sure yet? Choose "Not sure yet" on the booking form and Amanda will help you decide.
At 822 11 Ave SW #203 in Calgary, minutes from downtown, with easy access from Crowchild Trail and Macleod Trail. Free parking during sessions.
Yes. The studio carries a wall of client gowns and drapery in a full range of sizes, from fitted to flowing. We style your looks together during your planning consult, so you only need to bring yourself and something comfortable to travel in.
Yes, every session includes professional hair and makeup by licensed artists, done in the studio before we photograph. The styling is soft-glam: it photographs beautifully and still looks like you.
Every maternity session returns a gallery of hand-edited portraits, starting from 10 images or more, delivered within about three weeks after the view & order appointment, with print and sharing rights included.
Regularly. Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks and Chestermere are part of our regular service area, and Canmore and Banff sessions can be arranged. Studio sessions also welcome mothers travelling from Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
Book
Tell me about your pregnancy, your ideas and your due date. I’ll reply within one business day with collections and availability.
By appointment, Monday to Saturday, evenings available.
