The story of a photographer

In August 2020, I purchased a Canon Rebel T7 kit from Amazon after a local photographer told me I could do this. He was right.

I started taking online courses before the camera even arrived. Watched hours of YouTube. I knew early on that birth photography was where I wanted to be, so I enrolled in Birth Becomes You’s birth photography course. But getting to a birth wasn’t possible; we were in lockdown, my baby wasn’t even one yet, and I hadn’t shot enough to really know my camera. Editing was still foreign to me. So I kept practicing. Family sessions. A few low-cost shoots. They weren’t my best work, and I knew it.

My mentor, the same photographer who believed in me first, critiqued me exactly the way I needed. Honest. Direct. Guiding. In June 2021, I photographed my first birth with a 50mm f/1.8, and to this day, I think it’s the most beautiful birth I’ve ever captured.

Over the years I found my way into maternity, and now boudoir has claimed a piece of my heart too. What drew me to all three is the same thing, they’re not just photographs. They’re documentation. They tell the story of womanhood, of self-love, of the love we carry for those who are a part of us. They let the female body speak for itself, its capability, its resilience, its hard work. I just show up and capture it.

My love for the female body, the pregnant body, the birthing body with its miraculous abilities keeps me enjoying this type of lifestyle photography. I plan to keep going for as long as I can.