People often ask me about my favorite subject to photograph. Generally, I answer the same way. “All of it. When I’m shooting weddings, I love couples in love. When I’m photographing seniors, I love hearing about their future plans and capturing the now. When I get to photograph families, I love crawling around with the kiddos and playing and running…
It was already six weeks ago. While we knew that day was going to be ‘the day’ {induction is a funny thing like that}, you seemed shy and far too comfortable to make your appearance a quick one. The sun shone brightly overhead as your momma tried one technique after another to ease the pain and coax you gently into…
Seamus Arthur :: a birth story
bigger little ones, Birth Stories, family love, little ones, preggersShe called me on a Wednesday afternoon to update me with plans for her scheduled induction on Friday. She was past her due date, she was feeling uncomfortable, she was ready to hold the babe she had been watching grow in her belly for months. The baby wasn’t progressing and, as much as she wanted everything to move on its…
Dear Gavinn, I was standing in the kitchen of this house, on Memorial Day, when your mommy told me she was pregnant with you. I remember that day so very clearly; we had a fire in the side yard and your mommy and daddy had come out to Uncle Nick’s house to hang out with us for the day {though,…
Photographing a birth…is there anything more real? The birth photography industry is positively exploding right now and I, for one, am very grateful to be even a tiny part of it. I have witnessed seven births and would love to be a part of so many more. Midnight phone calls, long {sometimes short!} hours, waiting, shooting, pacing, shooting, laughing, experiencing…shooting….