He was born on the stairs right into Dad’s hands!

A birth photographer will take care of that photo.

When you have a birth photographer at your birth you can be fully present in your experience - you can catch your baby…and I’ll take care of the photos.

...she continued to rest on the bed in the breeze of the fan. The shadows were in beautiful contrast to the slits of light coming in through the curtains. So I turned up my ISO (how sensitive the camera is to light) way up and began.

She rocked and swayed and danced as baby made her way down - and when the pool was filled she settled in to the pool. She trusted her body and moved in ways that her body and baby called for. The room was very dark but a few dim lamps and the light from the hallway.

What it’s like to give birth at the Civic hospital from a mom’s perspective, complemented with the perspective of birth photography.

This post is inspired by a comment I saw online, “I’m not hiring a birth photographer because I’m having a hospital birth and it won’t be beautiful”. I felt my heart jump forward to the commenter and I wanted to message them and say “Wait Wait!!!

The Ottawa Birth and Wellness Centre offers families a place to birth in Ottawa where they can enjoy many comforts of home, large showers, a beautiful birthing tub and lots of space to move around in their own private room.

Supported by her midwife, doula and partner - these birth photos from the OBWC offer a window into what it’s like to birth at the centre.

There are little details that I see as the photographer that I knew at that moment mattered. The way Dad’s huge hands looked holding such a tiny soft-skinned newborn was heart-melting and powerful.

The reactions on people's faces when I tell them I'm a birth photographer can be...interesting. Learn why so many of us choose this work and what it means to professional birth photographers from around the world.

Transition is a time in labour when things are moving towards pushing.  It can be fast, it can be intense...this video shows the power of that stage of labour filmed by Ottawa Birth Photographer Breathe In Photography.

Beautiful baby born at Montfort Hospital in April. She was born surrounded by so many loving family members and friends. Learn the story behind one of the well-known Breathe In Photos.

Birth Photography is about YOUR unique story - the little moments, the connections, the details that make your family yours.  Ottawa Birth Photographer, Breathe In Photography, will capture your child's birthday as it unfolds.

How long does it take to see my birth photos? Why wait 6-8 weeks before looking at your birth images? Insight from Jennifer Gillean of Birth Story Healing in Ottawa Gatineau.

Ottawa Home Birth Story:  A precipitous birth and some questions and answers with Mom one year later.

Labour and birth is a dynamic process - almost a choreography between mom and baby. Baby instinctively knows what they need and mom responds, moving her body in a way to help baby...

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr. Seuss wrote it perfectly.  Birth Photography is about more than the moment a baby is born - it's the details, the nuances, the connections.  Here are 12 images that show how the moments fill the story of your baby's birth.

Quite a few months ago, I met with a potential client to get to know each other and to chat about her interest in birth photography. She walked in with that beautiful glow that pregnant women have and she asked me a really important question.

Are you curious about water birth?  Are you curious about using water to manage labour?  Learn more and explore a resource list of birth pool suppliers in Ottawa and Gatineau.

...just as Baby is drawing their first full breath and releasing a lusty cry, she is chock full of knowledge about what this moment MEANS.  I AM Mother. You are MINE. We can do this.