Welcome to the World Kaiden! ~ Portland, OR Birth Story Photography

Last year Kim booked me to photograph her birth at Portland Providence Medical Center. Not only was I looking forward to documenting another birth story with another family, but my daughter was born at Providence and I was excited to return and reminisce! This would be Kim’s fourth child, and she already knew he’d be delivered via cesarean section. This would be another first for me, but I was totally up for the challenge and new experience!

And then… well… you all know what happened.

The world changed. Hospital policies changed. in my local area, photographers are no longer allowed in the birth space. So, things changed. We pivoted. And, instead of the full on birth story experience, Kim and her family met me one morning at Kelly Butte Nature Park in Portland for a "New Family” session.

With two big brothers and a big sister, this is going to be one loved on and cared for little man!

It was so fun to spend an hour with this family and hear them laugh, crack jokes, and just ENJOY their time together as a family. So often parents are concerned about how their kids are behaving for the photographer (and, often, I get great smiles from the kids, but the Moms/Dads aren’t looking at the camera instead. LOL). This family went with the flow, and allowed me to get some beautiful, powerful, and REAL images of them all together in a very strange, unusual time in history.

Thank you.