I was born at home in an era of home birth resurgence and I have long held a purely anecdotal and unscientific observation about the ways that our personalities are present at birth, that the story of our birth is the first story of our self (for example, my first child was content to hang out in the birth canal for hours, and she is a watchful observer; my second child was born in a fierce flurry and she is a fierce and energetic study in second-childness). It feels like an inevitable reckoning, then, to find myself deeply interested in birth photography, in telling the story, in honoring the empowering work that photographs can do.

I also desperately wanted to be a mother, and spent years trying to make that happen, so I know that every baby is a profound gift and the honor of being there to meet them is something I take very seriously. The work of labor, in whatever shape it takes, deserves to be celebrated and documented.

I also do all different kinds of photography (especially maternity and newborn - and you can see that on my other site), but my interest in birth photography started with the birth of my first daughter and the blurry photos of the occasion that one of my doulas took when I handed my camera over. When I had my second daughter 5 years later and I vowed to get better photos, but didn’t have the presence of mind to deal with it in the moment and so I have mostly cell phone photos, my passion was stoked. I treasure all of those images, but I wish I had done a better job of being both the birthing mom and the photographer, paying attention to the rapidly changing light situations to change my settings and direct better angles of myself, etc. That's partly a joke, but it speaks to my desire even in the age of cell phone snaps to show the value of a careful eye and to provide lasting and quality work to other moms (and to let the spouse or doula or nurse focus on their one main job, while I handle the photos). The work of birth is a labor our bodies store in cell memory and that’s why photos are so important (if not for you, for the kiddo - there are photos of my birth and I think getting to see myself in the moment of my emergence in to the world is so incredibly surreal and marvelous that I'm really grateful to my mom for documenting it).

As a birth photographer, I can be as pulled-back or as nitty-gritty as you want. I have a calm and unobtrusive nature that adapts to your birth space. As a queer mom myself, I am LGBTQ+ positive and welcome inquiries from families of all shapes. I am also vaxxed/boosted, and happy to tell you why if you need to know.

I always respect client wishes for privacy, so you won’t see their full galleries here, but you can see a selection from some of the births I’ve photographed.

If you’re interested in knowing more about how I can help support you in your labor through photography or through doulaing, please get in touch!