Can’t believe this was a mini session in his home in Redwood Shores! He was sooooo sleepy, so we were able to do quite a bit! They wanted to use a few personal items like this rug, which I am always happy to do for clients 🙂
The smiliest newborn ever! He smiled almost the entire time we were doing parent shots at the end!
Had this little one into my studio, she was actually the last baby in my studio before I moved out and into my new studio just across the road!
This was an extra special newborn session for me. For starters, I left my home of the San Francisco Bay Area to travel up to the Seattle area for this session! And secondly, this is my cousin’s first baby! It was also pretty special because Maya was born prematurely, and had to spend quite a few weeks in the NICU, so by the time she got to go home she was already 6 weeks old for her session. She still has a few challenges ahead, as she was diagnosed with Beckwith-Weidemann Syndrome, but she is doing very well at home and her parents are total rockstars! So glad I was able to get up to see her and photograph her and her parents 🙂
To be able to be a part of another family’s birth story is such an incredible privilege. People often ask why I want to photograph births. If you have never been to a birth (aside from your own) or if you have never experienced what it’s like to witness a baby being born, then I am sure it would be hard to understand why I do what I do. But it is such an amazing thing to witness, to record, and such an incredible time in your life that can now be preserved forever.
My oldest child is almost 6. It has been almost 6 years since she was born! And sadly, her birth is all a bit of a blur to me. I remember the basics, and I wrote down as many details as I could after she was born, but it’s so hard for me to think back and really visualize what it was like! Even with my 4 year old, the details are a little fuzzy. With my third child though, I knew having a birth photographer was a must. And I can’t tell you how much those images bring me right back to that moment. Remembering all the little details. Capturing how I first looked at him, what his brand new baby face looked like, how tiny he was when his daddy held him for the first time. Every little detail brings me right back.
When I am at your birth, my goal is to preserve this moment in time for you. In a tasteful, beautiful, magical way so that you can always look back and remember this day, this moment, when you brought your baby into the world. With both pictures and short videos set to music, I capture your baby’s birth story for you so that you will remember these moments forever. Because the day that your baby is born, the day that you fell in love with somebody for the first time, is a day that you should be able to remember clearly for the rest of your life.
This family’s San Francisco Bay Area home birth story can be seen HERE if you are interested! (password is BabyVince)
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I had two in home newborn sessions in a row, and this one happened to be in San Francisco! While not the easiest place to get to in terms of traffic and parking (and interesting characters you might meet on the street while lugging a suitcase and handfuls of newborn props), I always love the change of scene of going into the city. Their home had such beautiful light, and baby girl was so sleepy and quite possibly one of the most beautiful baby girls I’ve seen! She started off the session wide awake and hungry, but never really unhappy! But she was soon fast asleep and stayed that way right until the end of the session. And the best part is, I get to follow her as she grows through her first year! I love getting to see these babies grow and change so much in their first year!
These were the original wood floors in their home. I like when I can use elements from clients’ homes in their newborn shoots!
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