I get so excited when c-section moms want their births photographed. For some reason, in birth photography we often see natural birth, but not a lot of cesareans. Let me tell you, cesarean births are beautiful and absolutely worth photographing! In fact, I recording a whole periscope about this topic (if you’re not following me on periscope, […]

Society has this silly idea of how birth happens. A mom that’s screaming & sweaty, yelling at everyone… a terrified new dad… (ok, that might be partially true) nurses and doctors rushing around the room in a panic. I think we can thank Hollywood for that visual.   In reality, people are laughing and happy (even mom). […]

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say something that might be unpopular…..   I feel like most birth photographers (myself included) are perpetuating this idea of the “perfect birth” in new moms’ minds.   Let me explain: with more and more people choosing to hire a birth photographer, pregnant moms are noticing […]

Birth photography is a specialization that is taking the country by storm. More and more moms are choosing to hire a birth photographer. Some people are obsessed with birth photography, and some don’t understand the hype at all. When I first became a birth photographer almost 5 years ago, 99% of people would ask me:   […]

Labor is such a blur. It feels like it will never end, while simultaneously going by quickly. Labor is a huge part of a mom’s complete birth story. The connections, the struggles, the intensity, the in between moments. Here are my top 5 favorite labor photos I was honored to capture this year.   Support is […]

I joked with my husband that if a mom texts me in the middle of the night saying she thinks she’s in (early) labor, I try hard to go to sleep to conserve energy for later…   But, honestly, I always just lay there like …. So, I never actually went back to sleep. That’s […]