Holy Ground: The Privilege of Witnessing Birth There are moments in my work that leave me completely speechless. Not because I don't know what to say, but because words simply aren't enough. As a doula and birth photographer, I have been welcomed into some of the most sacred moments a family will ever experience. I am invited into spaces where fear and faith meet. Where prayers are whispered between contractions. Where tears of exhaustion become tears of overwhelming joy. Where a mother's...

Our sweet friend announced she is adding a new little one to the family and I was so eager to capture this time with just her two boys at home before their little GIRL arrives this fall. And to make it more special this is how she announced it to all of their friends near and far after telling their families!!! How special! Thank you Julia and Andrew for letting me document this sweet time for you all!!! Henry and Levi will be amazing brothers!

There’s a quiet kind of magic that lives in the early hours of a Fresh48 session. In those first moments after birth, time feels different—slower, softer, almost suspended. Outside, the morning was dreary and gray, the kind of light that usually feels heavy. But inside the hospital room, something entirely different was unfolding. A new life had just arrived. Fresh48 sessions are about honesty in its purest form. No posing that feels forced, no polished perfection—just the real beginning of a...