In a world where taking an image is right at everyone’s fingertips, why should you invest in professional photos, especially birth photos in Fraser Valley, British Columbia?

Because beautiful photos that tell a family’s story — and particularly a mother’s story — are important.

Mothers are often the documenters of their family story. But as they document and preserve family memories, they are often absent from the photographs. Birth and motherhood photography allows your family story to be preserved with your essential place within it. And beautiful images that highlight the relationality and connection between those you love tell that story in a unique way.

Telling your story is equally important for your children and for you. Artistic, thoughtful images that tell your family story help your child understand their origins and help you see with new eyes your unique journey in motherhood.

Specifically, many people ask why birth photography. Isn’t birth too raw and messy, or on the other side, too sacred to photograph? I would answer, birth is extremely important and there is a place for documenting it. People seek out birth photography for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you’ve had a previous birth that was difficult or traumatic, and you want this next birth to be different and documented. Perhaps you’re carrying a baby long desired and want to savor the experience. Perhaps you’ve experienced a loss and don’t want to miss a moment. Or perhaps you’re just passionate about birth and the journey of motherhood and want the all the photos!

Photographs are powerful. And photographs skillfully and artfully taken can impact your own sense of yourself, your journey, and your family’s story. 

It’s always my goal as a photographer to capture images that are not only beautiful, but meaningful, that will allow you to see with new eyes how mysterious and beautiful your journey is, to help you appreciate it in a new way, and remember it in the years ahead.