With my pregnancy yoga teacher training coming up next week, I’m filled with trepidation. The excitement with which I booked the course is now gone. Lingering in its place is an empty womb and anxious heart resulting from a miscarriage. I booked this course over 2 months ago when I was pregnant. Almost as soon…
I wrote about some of the self deprecating thoughts I experienced the first time I shaved my hair off in my post explaining why I shave my head. I had tentatively decided all of those years ago that I would shave my head every five years to challenge my sense of self. Since my first…
Having a baby changes your life. Seemingly from one moment you go from, “oh hey, I have a large tummy and a vague sense that our lives will change soon” to “oh my god, there’s an actual baby in our lives now.” I photographed A’s maternity session back in May and we tried to imagine…
You know that new mother glow? The glow that shines in spite of sleep deprivation and the feelings of confusion and the doubtful thoughts that slip into the head: “can I even do this?” The glow of life and happiness and wonder at the tiny human you and your partner created that peeks through the…
*2024 Update* I first shared these image and the below words back in 2017. Since then, I have had the immense privilege to not only document A & J’s two other pregnancy’s (newborn and family sessions) but also other couples (usually on a babymoon from the US) who travel to London looking for something similar….
Five years ago, on a random Sunday morning in October 2012, I woke up and decided to shave my head. Just like that. I spent five minutes in the morning looking at photos of Natalie Portman and Sinead O’Connor and then walked over to my roommates room. “Hey, do you want to go with me…
