About Emily

I photograph birth because it's the most honest thing I know.

For six years, I've been invited into rooms where everything changes. Over a hundred births across three states. Each one different. Each one sacred.

My husband and I live on a small homestead in Central Florida, surrounded by our vegetable garden and a little flock of chickens who remind us daily that life is both ordinary and miraculous. We moved here from Oregon in 2023 to be closer to family, and we're dreaming of our own little one joining us soon.

I'm award-winning, published, certified in all the ways that matter professionally. But here's what really matters: I believe birth is art. Raw, unfiltered, breathtaking art.

I don't clean up your story. I honor it exactly as it unfolds. The way you breathe through contractions. How your partner's hands shake when they first hold your baby. The golden hour light streaming through hospital blinds. The tears that come from somewhere deeper than you knew existed.

Every birth teaches me something new about strength, about love, about what it means to be human. I've seen quiet births and wild births, planned births and surprise births. I've watched first-time parents become a family and seen seasoned mothers meet their newest love.

Your story matters. Not the version you think it should be, but the version it actually is. Beautiful in its imperfection. Powerful in its truth.

I'm here to witness it. To capture it. To give you something to hold onto when the sleepless nights make everything feel like a blur.

Because birth changes everything. And that deserves to be remembered.

  • “Emily is wonderful. If you want to have birth photos you cannot go wrong with hiring Emily! She is the absolute best to have in the room with you while you labor. She is kind, loving, gentle, and captures moments you are going to want to relive. She does so quietly too as if she is not there. BUT if you want her to be vocal and cheer you on, there is no one better for that either! You won't regret hiring Emily for your birth photos. She's the absolute best. We are so incredibly thankful to have had Emily capture the moments of our son's birth. Seriously so blessed to have these photos forever. She goes above and beyond. She is the best."

    MARIAH, BIRTH PHOTO CLIENT

  • “I really can't say enough good stuff about Emily. She is friendly and empowering, talented, well prepared, present and dedicated. If you are wondering what happens and if it is worth it to have a doula even if you end up having a csection birth, that happened to me because my baby was breech despite all our plans for a home birth, and Emily's help and support was still so crucial along the way. In particular, having the beautiful and unique photos that we now have from our maternity shoot, the birth, the hospital, and of the baby afterward, is worth every penny all by itself. Through her photography I got to watch my baby come into this world and my husband become a father in ways I never would have seen otherwise. Do something that your postpartum self will love you for and hire Emily for your birth journey."

    KRISTINA, BIRTH PHOTO, VIDEO + DOULA CLIENT

  • “We were very lucky to have Emily as our doula and birth photographer. We kept joking she must be magic because of how effortlessly she works the two together! I still cry when I look at the pictures and videos she took of the birth of our daughter - she captured the most real, raw, and beautiful moments for us. I cannot recommend Emily enough!”

    SHELBY, BIRTH PHOTO, VIDEO + DOULA CLIENT

  • "Words really cannot express how amazed and grateful I am for Emily's talent, artistry and ability to capture such an important time in our lives. Emily is a true artist and I was lucky enough to have her photograph my maternity shoot, labor and birth, newborn photos, as well as a special postpartum photoshoot. In such an intimate experience that is birth, she made my husband and I feel so comfortable and was able to capture the realness and raw emotions. Through Emily's photographs she was able to tell our story with accuracy and grace and it was absolutley magical. She always took extreme care when considering each step during our journey to meet our beautiful baby girl"

    ELISA, BIRTH PHOTO, VIDEO + DOULA CLIENT

  • "Emily's photography is amazing. She did my maternity shoot and attended my home birth- she made me feel confident, calm, and beautiful. The pictures are so powerful and meaningful. I'm still in awe every time I look at them. If you're debating a birth photographer, do it... you won't regret it! I'll cherish these pictures for my entire life.”

    DANIELLE, BIRTH PHOTO CLIENT

  • “You'd be hard-pressed to find another doula like Emily. She is truly there for YOU, without dogma. I was scared to birth alone and wanted to be intellectually, emotionally and spiritually prepared. Emily supported me from start to finish, throughout the entire perinatal experience. She listened to my wants, needs and fears. Labor is WORK and she was at my side every step of the way. Emily works from the heart with wisdom I've seen in a rare few. You can feel it."

    LINDSAY, BIRTH PHOTO + DOULA CLIENT

  • "Emily stayed by me and my husband’s side even after birth. She helped my son latch for the first time and helped us still have skin-to-skin. Even postpartum and beyond, Emily has continually loved on us, and I’m eternally grateful for her. The photography and videography she captured for us are ethereal. I know for sure I’d want Emily at any of my future births and deliveries."

    ALEXANDRA, BIRTH PHOTO, VIDEO + DOULA CLIENT

  • A.S. IN HUMAN SERVICES— CABRILLO COLLEGE, 2019

    A.S. IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES— CABRILLO COLLEGE, 2019

    CERTIFIED POSTPARTUM DOULA— TINYLOVE DOULA, 2019

    CERTIFIED BIRTH DOULA— TINYLOVE DOULA, 2020

    TRAINED BREASTFEEDING COUNSELOR— INTERNATIONAL DOULA INSTITUTE, 2020

    NATIONAL MIDWIFERY INSTITUTE, MIDWIFERY INTENSIVES WITH ELIZABETH DAVIS, 2020

    LABOR AND BIRTH DOULA TRAINING— PRODOULA, 2021

    POSTPARTUM AND INFANT CARE DOULA TRAINING — PRODOULA, 2021

    DONA LABOR AND BIRTH DOULA TRAINING— MOTHERTREE DOULA TRAINING, 2021

    TRAUMA INFORMED CARE FOR BIRTHWORKERS— DONA, 2021

    CERTIFIED BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER — BIRTH BECOMES YOU, 2022