a wee newborn session

rebecca April 7, 2014

a wee lad. so so so sweet. his parents are so very in love.

welcome

"How we spend out days, of course, is how we spend out lives." -Annie Dilliard

photographer heart, midwife of memories, mama of boys, doula of birth.

these are the tales of days, of memories, of notebooks of dreams.

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This. Goddess. .
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@auriellewhitmore .
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All love....
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One of my most favorite things? Is photographing siblings meeting each other for the first time....true love. .
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I was painfully aware from a very young age that My Body did not conform to the beauty standards of society. It riddled me with anxiety to think I would never be accepted or loved unless I looked a certain way. It took me years and years past my 13yo self to understand that my body was just as valuable and just as beautiful as what was pandered on the pages of magazines and billboards. I didn't have to be a "beautiful person" to be a beautiful person. And all the scratches and dents that I saw as imperfections on my body were actual testaments to the life I was actually living. Life loves irony. And I now photograph people for a living, but not to reinforce the societal norms pushed by magazine executives in gilded towers, but to celebrate the very nature of who that person is. Where ever they are in that moment. Most often it is a celebration of life being born....but I think of my work as a testament to being seen, no matter how ugly or beautiful things can be... I want you to know that I see you. You are valuable and beautiful, no matter where you are on your path of life. .
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Where ever you are, may your next breath be filled with love....
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. .with the ever wonderful @maylindstromskin ...
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Joyful spring. Joyeuses Pâques. Felices Pascuas. god påske. Bloom bright, friends. .
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This. Exploring tiny hands and tiny feet...
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Light. Love. And a. Baby. This mama. This birth. All the feels. .
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Ferocity. Strength. Power. Love. This is birth!.... It is no wonder that her man was reduced to tears as he watched her push their baby earth side....
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