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<p>Who says you need to hire a professional photographer for your maternity shoot?</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/_alexelle">Alexandra Elle</a>, an author and poet, went in an entirely different direction for her recent maternity shoot: she had her 9-year-old daughter take the shots.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my 9-year-old was my art director + maternity photographer today. she told me i look like a butterfly goddess. <a href="https://t.co/FWnl03UY4j">pic.twitter.com/FWnl03UY4j</a></p>&mdash; alexandra elle (@_alexelle) <a href="https://twitter.com/_alexelle/status/919285838781050881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><p>&quot;My 9-year-old was my art director + maternity photographer today,&quot; Elle wrote on Twitter. &quot;She told me I look like a butterfly goddess.&quot;</p><p>The photos, as you can see, turned out gorgeous. Not only is Elle a natural model, but the photos truly look like they were taken by a professional. The lighting! The angles! The composition! Can we see more of this child&#39;s photography, please?</p><oembed>https://www.instagram.com/p/BaPaSrpnY2c/?taken-by=alex_elle</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>As the photos started to go viral, many responded to Elle&#39;s tweets, praising both her and her daughter for the awesome shots.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YOUR 9 YEAR OLD DID AMAZING. These are beautiful!!</p>&mdash; David (@Dreams_on_Paper) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dreams_on_Paper/status/919446512630824961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She’s so bomb 😭😭</p>&mdash; Torie. (@_noTORIEty) <a href="https://twitter.com/_noTORIEty/status/919290683730612225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She has a great eye.</p>&mdash; Mallory Morris (@NEWmrsmorris) <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWmrsmorris/status/919392147488505858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/buterduh/status/920095070908502016</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Looks like this 9-year-old has a future in photography.</h2><p>Can she take my pic next?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYUhOswF_lT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; 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A 9-year-old took her mom's gorgeous maternity photos. The internet is obsessed.

Sophie Hirsh

Who says you need to hire a professional photographer for your maternity shoot?Alexandra Elle, an author and poet, went in an entirely different direction for her recent maternity shoot: she had her 9-year-old daughter take the shots.my 9-year-old was my art director + maternity photographer today. she told me i look like a butterfly goddess. pic.twitter.com/FWnl03UY4j&mdash; alexandra elle (@_alexelle) October 14, 2017  &quot;My 9-year-old was my art director + maternity photographer today,&quot; Elle wrote on Twitter. &quot;She told me I look like a butterfly goddess.&quot;The photos, as you can see, turned out gorgeous. Not only is Elle a natural model, but the photos truly look like they were taken by a professional. The lighting! The angles! The composition! Can we see more of this child&#39;s photography, please?https://www.instagram.com/p/BaPaSrpnY2c/?taken-by=alex_elleAs the photos started to go viral, many responded to Elle&#39;s tweets, praising both her and her daughter for the awesome shots.YOUR 9 YEAR OLD DID AMAZING. These are beautiful!!&mdash; David (@Dreams_on_Paper) October 15, 2017 She’s so bomb 😭😭&mdash; Torie. (@_noTORIEty) October 14, 2017 She has a great eye.&mdash; Mallory Morris (@NEWmrsmorris) October 15, 2017 https://twitter.com/buterduh/status/920095070908502016Looks like this 9-year-old has a future in photography.Can she take my pic next?         View this post on Instagram           my tribe. when i see photos of us it reminds me of how far i have come. it makes me appreciate my journey even more. my healing happened in my own time, and because of my practice of self-patience, i can now stand fully present in our bound in ways i couldn&#39;t have imagined. blessed beyond measure. // 📷: sister-in-law @sadakmusic A post shared by  alexandra elle (@alex_elle) on Aug 27, 2017 at 7:24pm PDT

This 9-year-old clearly has a future in photography.