(December 5, 2018, 12:36 am)AndreSerizawa

(December 4, 2018, 5:05 pm)Bellyfan27 I like how someone can make up an idea and you get pounced on like a raw steak in a lion's den on this site.

Or an old idea others were already thinking. 

Why bother?

I understand where Bellyfan is coming from cause he feels like we are all in a rut based on our current method of just doing candids. I also think that he at least wants us to think of a way of how to come in contact with them. With yours Andre some of us are there other are like okay how do we put our idea into action. We also want to try new things than staying status quo.

(December 5, 2018, 9:56 am)TommyDe I understand where Bellyfan is coming from cause he feels like we are all in a rut based on our current method of just doing candids. I also think that he at least wants us to think of a way of how to come in contact with them. With yours Andre some of us are there other are like okay how do we put our idea into action. We also want to try new things than staying status quo.

Here's the thing, though. Let's deconstruct the idea in the OP:

1. "Real" photographers have "real" photography equipment... namely, at minimum, a DSLR camera. No real photographer is going to approach a complete stranger and say, "I'm a photographer, I'd like to take your picture" and pull out a fucking smartphone. So already the cost of a shred of credibility is several hundred dollars.
2. "Real" photographers don't lug around their DSLR everywhere they go in public. You see people taking photos at events and stuff, but just on the street or in the Target parking lot or some shit, it's pretty rare.
3. If your angle is maternity photography, no "real" maternity photographer is going to just take one pic right then and there and cut bait. That's total bush league.
4. The woman is going to wonder why you're taking a photo of her belly and not her face. The potential excuses I can think of range from the barely plausible to the ridiculous.

That's not to say that it won't work for some women, but for most it will just raise a bunch of red flags. If you are not a real photographer, it will be painfully obvious.

And all of this takes us back to what many others have said: if you want to approach a pregnant woman just for the sake of approaching a pregnant woman, you really probably shouldn't be approaching her. Look but don't touch. How fucking hard can it be?

(December 5, 2018, 9:56 am)TommyDe

(December 5, 2018, 12:36 am)AndreSerizawa

(December 4, 2018, 5:05 pm)Bellyfan27 I like how someone can make up an idea and you get pounced on like a raw steak in a lion's den on this site.

Or an old idea others were already thinking. 

Why bother?

I understand where Bellyfan is coming from cause he feels like we are all in a rut based on our current method of just doing candids. I also think that he at least wants us to think of a way of how to come in contact with them. With yours Andre some of us are there other are like okay how do we put our idea into action. We also want to try new things than staying status quo.

...Then make your own website that focuses on that.

I'll say what you left out but alot of folks were thinking: The Candids Section hurts the site's cred outside those who use to share or enjoy what's posted there. Almost daily, I've seen regs post something to the effect of "This is a porn site, morals mean nothing here" (I'm paraphrasing) whenever someone voices concern over something shared. I have to agree with that assessment as much as I don't want to. That's what the members of this community want things to be so...yeah. I won't waste any more of my time on that and more so since the admin feels the same way.

So Bellyfan I willk say again: Make your own website for that purpose. If you don't want to do it alone, find folks willing to help you.

I did say that you are free to bash my face in right? I made a miscalculation and I apologize for that random comment on post #17.

(December 5, 2018, 4:08 pm)Bellyfan27 I did say that you are free to bash my face in right? I made a miscalculation and I apologize for that random comment on post #17.

I don't really care that much Bellyfan. There are just some people who think we are just over reaching with out boundaries

(December 5, 2018, 4:08 pm)Bellyfan27 I did say that you are free to bash my face in right? I made a miscalculation and I apologize for that random comment on post #17.

Clearly we were both being sarcastic. No offense taken or intended.

(December 5, 2018, 7:34 am)donezo

(December 3, 2018, 8:40 pm)orta03 If a man approaches a woman in a respectful way and accepts her rejection calmly, what's the problem?

how about this? if a woman is pregnant, just assume she's taken. how else do you think she got that way in the first place?

try using some sense, and not thinking with your pud.

The person I posed my question was discouraging approaching even non pregnant women.  I understand in this hyper hysteria, #metoo driven era we're living in the west, that a man must take great care when approaching women.  Honestly, it's not worth the trouble.  Dating is not fun anymore.  Man, I miss the 90's and early 2000's when we didn't have a stick up our ass and understood the difference between flirty banter and actual sexual harassment.

i'm sorry, since i'm actually a freelance photographer,
it's really not that easy though.
From 10 of approaches, maybe just 1 or even zero result.
From my about 30 approaches, just 3 of them were done, 1 with her husband for couples shots, 1 by accompanied of her cousin, 1 just alone.
Don't even think for some lingerie or sexy session, if you're not a popular studio.
They're super cautious, to much scams nowdays, an the hormone issue.
Most of them (from a decent background) would be asking for couples, not a single subject portrait.
It would be lot more easier if you asked a pregnant escort, but most of their time schedules are so messy & priority for money (maybe if you pay model fee)