Do you ever wonder “do I really need a birth photographer? I have a phone”. The sweet and simple is no, you don’t! I get it, a birth tog is not in everyone’s budget, but would you trust your wedding to be captured with a cell phone?
Probably not! It’s a momentous moment in your life, and so is birth! Can you capture your birth without a professional, of course, but why would you want to?

In hospital or at home, a planned c-section or unmedicated water birth - however it happens, birth is remarkable! The day your child comes into the world. It changes everything. You feel the weight of their warm body against yours and kiss that damp, fuzzy head. Where words fail to capture the depth of this moment, an artful photograph preserves all the emotion of your first minutes together. Birth photography provides evidence of your incredible strength - and you may need that reminder during those fresh newborn days.

Some people fear that having a birth photographer in your birth space will disrupt the intimate connection between a birthing couple and their new baby. I find quite the opposite to be true. Hiring a birth photographer allows your partner to be completely present with you throughout labour and birth. And especially in those precious bonding moments after birth. Give your partner the gift of experiencing this day fully, without worrying about getting a good picture. Let a professional capture your first sacred minutes as a family so you can just live them together.

A birthing mother deserves to be surrounded by people who know her, believe in her and support her in this vulnerable time. I am intimately acquainted both with the families I serve and also the birthing process itself. People hire me not just for photographs, but also for the calmness I bring to their birth experience. A good birth photographer knows when to offer words of reassurance, when to quietly hold space, and how to artfully tell the story of your birth as is unfolds.

When you are in labour we naturally go into what is called labour land. This is a place where all of your hormones are making a concoction potion, so to speak. Oxytocin, testosterone, adrenaline, progesterone, endorphins… and heaps more to get you out of your logical brain. So you don’t have to think...you just do what feels good in that moment. This enables you to go deep inside of yourself and focus on your body and your baby. Making you less aware of the things that are going on around you. This is why we forget. We are biologically programmed to not remember, not to protect us from the physical pain as mainstream society would say, but to help you birth your baby. Your birth story deserves to be remembered!