Maternity Session, Detroit Michigan

The longer that I do this work, the better I am at putting myself and my personality onto my website and social media outlets. The more I reveal my own truths, the more clients reach out who are similar to me. These clients become friends. It makes my job less about work, and more about serving a friend through one of the greatest trans-formative journeys of their life; pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

When Emily first reached out to me and we chatted on the phone, she was on her way to take an injured baby bird to a rescue center. Immediately, I liked her and knew that we’d jive well. When she chose me to document her entire birth journey, maternity through birth and postpartum, I was honored and excited to be there!

Emily invited me to her Detroit, Michigan home for her documentary maternity session. She had picked a space in her home, her birthing space, to take photos. The space was where she planned (and did) give birth. We spent time talking through her birth plan, meeting her family including her husband, mother and daughter and photographing all of them in their own space.

Take a minute to look through some of my favorite photos from her maternity session in Detroit.

You can also check out her birth journey here.