WHY SHOULD YOU HIRE A BIRTH VIDEOGRAPHER + PHOTOGRAPHER…

…INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING YOUR PARTNER/MOM/DOULA/FRIEND-WITH-A-GOOD-CAMERA TAKE PICTURES FOR YOU?

A birth film is an amazing cinematic film telling the story of the day you gave birth. My goal is to tell THE WHOLE story. The story of who was there for you, how they supported you. How emotional your journey was bringing your baby into the world and how meeting your precious baby was a huge emotional experience. 

Here are some of the reasons you should hire a birth videographer and photographer.

1. To help you remember. The moments you are in labor and delivering your baby, make it impossible to be present AT your own birth. Many times, your eyes are close. You are focusing on getting through each contraction and pushing a baby out. So while, there is an amazing experience, you don’t get to also have the bird’s eye view of what happened. Even for Dad, depending on how delivery goes, he might want to remember as well.

   Given that your birth experience is an intense journey, your memory will be lacking. Having a film to retell the story of your birth team and how they supported you as well as your bond with your husband and how impactful he was in your birth is such a treasure.

   Being able to relive your baby’s first cry and your first moments together. There is nothing more valuable.

   For one, you cannot really comprehend the experience you are about to have. Its beyond anything you can ever prepare for.

   You can’t really grasp how important these moments…until AFTER baby is here .

   As much as you believe your memory will not fade, it will. Between sleepless nights and nursing and diapers, the memories will fade as new seasons in your life come.

2. Being able to revisit the most important seasons of your life, through video and photos, will be a cherished treasure.

   Capturing the love that poured into your birth, how connected you were to your spouse. The first words spoken to your baby.

   It’s beyond words to have these captured on video.

   Many mothers get these done in subsequent pregnancies. Why? Because they come to understand. They usually wish they had done a video and photos with their first baby.

3. With modern technology, we are able to capture a lot on phones. But giving a husband or family member a phone to capture some video and photos, keeps them from experiencing the birth themselves.

   They cannot be fully present for you.

   It is also a lot of pressure to be responsible for capturing video of the birth, while simultaneously experiencing emotions themselves.

   When you hire a birth photographer, you delegate the photos to a professional and let your partner do what they are best at, which is support you.

   Wouldn’t I be better off with a photographer who is also a doula?

   This is a question I see often.

   I fully believe in your ability to make that decision for yourself and fully respect it.

   However, I have often wondered how anyone can do both effectively.

   Especially with videography, I cannot possibly be in a deep focus on the story of your birth while managing to effectively support you through doula services.

   In my professional opinion AND as a mother who had a doula…. I do not know how anyone can do both job simultaneously and truly show up in that role. Each one requires full focus and ability to adapt and be fully in that head space.

   If one is doing both, they are not doing each job to the best of their ability.

   I could go get trained as a doula, so I could offer it and compete. But at the end of the day, my #1 job is not being competitive. It’s showing up for my client in the best way possible. I know my job is to tell your birth story and I know I need to be fully present in that role to do that WELL.

   I work with so many second and third time moms who tell me that their number one regret from their first birth was that they didn’t hire a birth videographer + photographer. It’s normal to feel uncertain about the birth process when you haven’t gone through it, but one thing that seems consistent is that most moms say that their birth was one of the most powerful days of their life…and that it was also a blur.

   There is so much happening physically and emotionally when you give birth, and there are so many little and big moments that you, your partner, and your children will want to look back on in the years to come. Much like your wedding day! As a professional birth photographer, I’m highly trained to read your non-verbal cues and to recognize the different stages of the birth process. My presence is often incredibly calming and reassuring to the families I work with. But most importantly, I provide my families with timeless images and sacred video of some of the best moments of their life.

If you are thinking about having a birth film done for your birth (with photos!), please reach out, I love doing a few births a year and would love to chat with you! 

You can also learn more about Birth Videography and Photography here!

Below are some of my birth testomonials from past birth clients!