Photographing my first Birth

Hello Everyone,

The first time that I photographed a birth it was really emotional. I had a friend that was pregnant with her second child and one day I worked up the courage to ask her if I can photograph her birth. I really thought that she was going to say no because it was really out of the blue but she said YES! I was so excited and also so nervous. There were so many times that I got the what IF’s, What if I don’t do a good job? What if something goes wrong? Because of these what IF’s I was hoping that she would say that she changed her mind or forgot about me, but she didn’t. The day finally came when I got a phone call saying that I need to go to the hospital. I grabbed my equipment and hopped into the car a went, I was so nervous. After the birth was over I took a step back a realized that I just took photos of a birth and I just cried uncontrollably. I couldn’t believe that I just did it and everything went so well. I then gave her the images and they love them! At that moment I realized two things. First, I will not EVER let those what IF’s get in the way of what I love to do. Second I LOVE taking images of births, it was such an amazing experience. Now every chance I get I will take images of a birth.

Thank you so much for letting me be apart of this amazing experience. If it wasn’t for this first birth I may have never realized how much I love my job and how much I want to keep taking photo’s of birth’s.

Isabelle