One of the greatest joys of being a doula and family photographer is that it gives me the opportunity to see the families I have served grow! There is something stunning about watching a child be birthed into the world, witnessing their first breath and then seeing them at the time of their first birthday- stepping out (often literally) into the world, personality blooming.
Often, this results in a set of images, my gift to the family. I make pictures, I bear witness to the great work of love that is parenthood. I see the love of the family grow with the child. Sleepless nights written into parents... wisdom, sometimes new laugh lines- a metamorphosis of parent and child.
Aaron Siskind says,
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
These are the small details of what we love, our child's hands, the size of their feet, the texture of their baby cheeks. The images take us back when are children are grown, to times when we knew each mark on their bodies. When we were their simple source of joy and comfort.
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