If you’re a new mom, you most likely have tons of expectations about how motherhood will go. Ask any seasoned mom and they’ll admit that there are things they wish they knew before becoming a mom. While I can’t provide you with an exhausted list (but if you DO want one, check out this Tik-Tok […]

Trying to figure out how to write a birth plan? Wondering if it’s really even necessary? Learn why you should, even if you don’t need it.

7 years ago when I started NBP, my marketing efforts were piecemeal at best. First it started with establishing myself on social media, then I decided to get myself a logo and then, finally, a website. At the beginning I didn’t really have much to say, just images to display. My website reflected that. Even […]

When Covid shut the world down a year ago, I thought I’d be back photographing births by June! But June came and went, then school started virtually in September, then it was Halloween and then it was Christmas! I missed my birth clients so much, but I REALLY missed the birth community. I missed the […]

More than any other year, moms deserve to be really, truly CELEBRATED this Mother’s Day. Why? Because a year ago, without any warning, you went from being a mother to being a mother, teacher, playmate, social director, referee, short order cook and maid. You were forced to kick your already super hero bad-assery into high […]

When I wrote my last blog post two weeks ago, I can assure you that Coronavirus, Covid-19, and homeschooling were not on my short list of future blog posts. I’ll be honest—two weeks ago the virus, to me, was a horrible disease that was only afflicting people in China and a small pocket of people […]

When my friend Jamie told me she was pregnant and asked me to capture her baby boy’s first hours with a Fresh 48 session, of course I said “YES!”. Jamie is the mom to two exuberant, fun-loving, passionate little girls, and she was thrilled when she found out their family would be rounded out with […]

I feel like all my blog posts lately have been talking about the unpredictable nature of birth and this one was no different! When I met Alice at our initial consultation, she told me she was a first-time mom who was originally from China and excited to document her birth story for herself and her husband, […]