Birth photography is growing in popularity in Austin and in my opinion, it’s the most important photo session you could *ever* experience. Of all the sessions that I do, births are by far the most powerful, the most emotional, the most real, and my most favorite.  I’ve been on both sides of the camera when it comes to birth photography, so I understand my role to document quietly and unobtrusively. Allow yourself (and anyone else attending the birth) the opportunity to relish every moment of that amazing journey and let a professional birth photographer capture every detail you want to remember.  Most importantly, let me capture all those things you might miss through the fog of labor and emotion.

A birth in a hospital, at a birthing center, a homebirth, a c-section–no matter where or how you give birth, when you have a baby, the memories of that day will be the most compelling and precious memories you’ll ever have. It would be an honor to attend and create a photo documentary of the birth of your child.  Please contact me for details on birth photography coverage.  [Note: I can only accept a limited number of birth photography sessions during the year, so please contact me as soon as you can if birth photography is something you've got your heart set on.]

Featured Birth Experiences

(all images and slideshows shared with express permission of the client)

Emmeline (the full birth story)

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August (the full birth story) 

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Jack

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Brandon (full story)

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Cohen (a homebirth, documenting the time immediately after the delivery)

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A personal note on the importance of birth photography…

All I have from the births of my first two children are a few blurry snaps of my babies right after they were born.  My husband was busy tending to me and my mom was overcome with emotion, and so photographs of the events simply weren’t a priority. I have nothing to document that incredible labor process…nothing that shows the connection made between my husband and I.  As any woman who has given birth can tell you, nature has a way of making you forget the pain of labor, and so in the years following the births of my first two, I struggled to remember what actually happened. How big did I get? How did I look? What did I do? What did we look like as we saw our newborn for the first time? How did our babies look in the instant they were born? What did the room look like? Who was in the room? Who smiled? Who cried? When I got pregnant with my third child, there was no question that I would have a professional birth photographer there.  I’m so thankful I did because I positively treasure the images from that day!