March 9 Rally For Better Birth

(Photo of Me and Truman taken by Sarah F.)


Yesterday I marched with my good friend Sarah and many mothers, fathers, doulas, midwives and even grandmothers through downtown St. Paul to the capital to bring attention to the cause of helping women and their children have better births.

A haunting fog permeated the air as babies bobbled in wraps along the 1/2 mile path. See more photographs on smugmug.

Photographing pregnant women, laboring mothers and new babies is an incredible experience that always makes me feel as if I've witnessed something otherworldly and blessed.

I am currently working on a birth photography project. Please contact me for more information, or for samples of my birth photography.

Birth

I was honored to photograph the birth of Sarah and Dean's baby boy, Khai Liam June 20 and 21. The images made during the intensity of labor encapsulate such pure emotions. In the above photography I cannot avoid seeing the most intense expression of love I've ever seen. Not only the love between husband and wife as he supports her in a time when she needs support more than ever, but the love of a mother bringing her child into the world. In that photograph there is anticipation and pain — not the kind of pain to be feared, but the kind to be revered. It was one of those images that I knew was remarkable the moment I took it.

Toward the end of labor she asked me why it had to be so painful. I told her it was to teach us how much we can love someone.