Birthday wishes, bonds that tie.
As an occasional event photographer I get to witness wonderful moments in people's lives, weddings are amazing as you watch the beauty of love unfold in an amazing celebration. I've shot birthdays, baptisms, anniversaries - you name it. But one left a distinguishing mark. A birth.
This was not the birth of my own children but that of a dear friend. I was honored to be present, and as the time passed and I shared and documented Beth's pain and amazing composure through a natural birth I also was party to be an observer to something unique and beautiful. A witness to a new life, one birthday I will never forget. My sweet goddaughter Audrey. I guess technically she wasn't born until July 15th, but at 1 o'clock in the morning it all blurs together.
These images always bring a smile to face to know I was there, like a proud daddy to welcome a new face. To bad more moms don't get the chance to know it feels just as amazing to just be there. I think we forget so much about childbirth, (thank god) that those moments are lost on our own stories, and by being an observer I have a birth story to tell much more amazing then my own.
This was not the birth of my own children but that of a dear friend. I was honored to be present, and as the time passed and I shared and documented Beth's pain and amazing composure through a natural birth I also was party to be an observer to something unique and beautiful. A witness to a new life, one birthday I will never forget. My sweet goddaughter Audrey. I guess technically she wasn't born until July 15th, but at 1 o'clock in the morning it all blurs together.These images always bring a smile to face to know I was there, like a proud daddy to welcome a new face. To bad more moms don't get the chance to know it feels just as amazing to just be there. I think we forget so much about childbirth, (thank god) that those moments are lost on our own stories, and by being an observer I have a birth story to tell much more amazing then my own.
posted by jen hogan at
6:22 PM
2 Comments:
I bet you got to understand more of what Dad's go through. The anxiety, the sense of helplessness because you can't DO anything other than be there.
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$ugarDaddy, At
4:41 PM
Totally amazing all around. I wish I could have observed my own births in a non-painful and objective way (and have some beautiful pictures as well). I'm sure it was an incredible experience.
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Mother in Chief, At
9:33 AM
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