BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM
This is how your birth gets remembered.
Working together usually starts months before your due date, sometimes as early as your second trimester. We talk on the phone or meet for coffee, and I ask questions most people don't expect: what your last birth was like, if you've had one, who you want in the room, what you're worried about, what kind of light you like. By the time your due date arrives, I'm not a stranger walking into the most vulnerable day of your life. I'm someone you've talked to enough times that having me there feels unremarkable.
From there, I'm on call. That means my phone stays on, my bags stay packed, and I don't book anything else during your window that would keep me from getting to you. When labor starts, you or your partner call me, and I start paying attention to timing the same way you are. I come when it makes sense to come, not too early, not too late. Most of the time, I'm there for active labor (5-1-1*) through the first couple hours after your baby arrives.
Once your baby is here, I go home and start going through everything. You'll get a small preview within 24-48 hours. The rest, the full gallery and film, will be delivered within 4 weeks. I carefully hand-edited each one of your images.
Below is the process broken down step by step, from our first conversation to the day everything lands in your inbox.
*depending on client birth history
Whenever you're ready
Consultation
The same week
Booking
Week 35
In-person meeting
Day-of
The birth
+24-48 hrs
Sneak peaks
+4 weeks
Gallery delivery
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY— CONSULTATION
We start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes, by phone, at no cost. We get to know each other; we talk about your birth; you can ask me anything; and we figure out together whether we are a great fit.
THE SAME WEEK— BOOKING
Your due date is reserved.
If it's a fit, I send a proposal within a day, built around the collection(s) that actually make sense for your needs. A signed agreement and a retainer hold your window on my calendar, and payment plans run across whatever months of pregnancy are left.
From this point on, from thirty-seven weeks, I don't travel, don't schedule anything I can't leave, and sleep with my phone close. Your date is held whether labor comes early, late, or exactly on time.
WEEK 35— THE MEETING
In-person Meeting
Around thirty-five weeks, we meet in person. We talk through your birth plan, who else will be in the room, what to expect from me, and exactly how to reach me when it’s baby time.
DAY OF— THE BIRTH
Your birth story begins.
I don't ask anyone to stop and do something again. Birth doesn't wait for the camera, and I don't expect it to.
I work in the background, photographing what's already unfolding with the light that's there, whether it's a hospital room before sunrise, a single lamp in your bedroom, or the kitchen light during a long night of labor.
I photograph births at home, in hospitals, and in birth centers. Every birth has its own pace, and my job is to meet it where it is.
WHERE I ATTEND BIRTHS
Home births, all around Central Florida, alongside your midwife or birth team.
Hospitals, including Winnie Palmer, AdventHealth, and Orlando Health. Policies vary, so I confirm photography policy with your facility during pregnancy, not at the door.
Birth centers, including but not limited to Tree of Life Birth Center, Heart 2 Heart Birth Center, and The Birth Place.
DOULA AND PHOTOGRAPHER, TOGETHER
Being a trained doula changes how I read a room. I know when to lift the camera and when to set it down and hold a cup of water to someone's mouth. When I'm both for you, you get one familiar person instead of two. If you'd rather have a separate doula, I keep working relationships with several across Central Florida and I'm happy to send referrals.
IF PLANS CHANGE
An induction, an epidural, a transfer, a cesarean- none of these end my job. Physical and emotional support, advocacy, and information stay constant through all of it, helping you ask questions and hear answers when you're exhausted, and staying with you through whatever the night actually needs.
+24–48 HRS— THE SNEAK PEEK
Within a day or two
Within twenty-four to forty-eight hours of the birth, you get a small set of early images, enough to see your baby's first hours again before the exhaustion turns them hazy. Everything else is still being worked on, but you're not waiting weeks to see anything at all.
+4 WEEKS— YOUR GALLERY
Full gallery delivered within four weeks
The rest comes within four weeks, delivered through a private online gallery, yours to keep, download, and print. Every frame is edited one at a time, not run through a batch filter, which is part of why it takes real weeks and not a couple of days.
Some of what I capture along the way is film, not just stills, the sound of the room, the pace of it, the way a voice changes in the last minutes. It's shot alongside photography, using the same light and the same rule: nothing staged, nothing asked to happen again. Film starts at $600, added to any collection.
You decide what's shared beyond your gallery. Every family signs an agreement about use, and no image goes anywhere public without a specific yes.
WHERE YOUR STORY STARTS
Let's talk about your birth.
A thirty-minute consultation by phone, at no cost.
2025
the details—
Starting at $1800
Unlimited on-call availability from thirty-seven weeks through birth, day or night, holidays included.
Continuous documentary coverage from active labor through roughly two hours after birth.
A curated, individually edited gallery, typically between 150 and 400 photographs, depending on the length of labor.
Short-form documentary film, three to five minutes. Available as an addition.
A private, downloadable gallery with a print release for your personal use, held for three years.
A backup photographer in case of illness or attendance at another birth.