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A New Life | When privacy is priority hiring your birth photographer
Another new life last week entered the world. She shields her face, clearly understanding her parent’s request for 100% privacy. While I love to share birth stories to empower other women and celebrate life, I’ve got an expansive enough portfolio that I don’t need to share if a family would prefer not too. I have […]
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Gentle Csection at Vincent Pallotti {Gisele} | Cape Town Birth Photographer & Video Storyteller
I’ll never forget Millisa and her husband sharing with me that if it had worked out as they hoped, they would have had many more children by now. Being married five years and longing for a baby, Gisele is this unbelievable gift to them. Their words stuck with me. The history and hopes that are […]
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Starting the New Year and A Commitment to Protect The Birth Space | Cape Town Birth Photographer
I’m back after a refreshing break. Creatively ready to go for a new year of chronicling birth stories. Also feeling completely restored after my car accident, regaining full strength in my shooting arm after alot of therapy. Thank you for your kind concerns and well wishes. As I begin the year, this image struck me. […]
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What Happens When your Birth Photographer Gets in a Car Accident? | Real Life Thanksgiving Story
Earlier this week I was at a red light when a flatbed truck drove into the back of our car. Thankfully he hit me at an angle and I went up the curb into the island and not into the car in front of or a nearby tree. I was discharged from the hospital with […]
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Natural Birth at Mediclinic Durbanville {Léa} | Cape Town Birth Photographer
Sometimes when a woman is about to give birth, all kinds of emotions come up and the heart processes things that “seem” unrelated to birth. But that’s not true. Its a mystery how a woman’s heart perpares for her baby, but a mystery to be respected none the less. As Bronté laboured, she told me […]