Top Shots To Capture During Birth

You want to be able to tell a story with your birth photography. Many times, if you’re taking your own photos or working with a birth photographer, you might not be clear in your mind about what kinds of photos you want to achieve. A quick Google search can be a bit overwhelming, so we came up with our own favorites that tell the story of your birth experience!

Home Labor

Get some shots of you and your support system at your home prior to things getting intense. This is a good time to get some calm, happy shots of you and partner, other family, your doula, and siblings.

Mom and Partner

As things begin to intensify, make sure you have plenty of photos of you embracing each other, supporting and showing your expressions from your vantage points.

Bands, Gown, Etc.

Similar to wedding shots, get pictures of clocks, the board announcing your birth team, your hospital bands, etc. These will be great place markers for different stages of your experience.

The Moment Of Birth

Whether it’s baby emerging, your expression, or the full effect, make sure you get those joyful and relieving facial expressions captured so you can reflect on the moment your baby came into the world.

Partner’s Face

One of my favorite things to see is the face of partner during birth. During labor, you won’t see or be able to share this joyful face, so make sure you have a picture of it!

Baby Bonding

During skin to skin, baby really acclimates to the environment. You’ll get lots of expressions, baby opening their eyes and more to share.

Newborn Stats

Grab shots of baby getting weighed, probably the first good pictures of all of baby! Great milestone shots, once again.

Partner Bonding

While you’re getting cleaned up and recovering, partner usually has some quiet moments with baby that often go unnoticed in the calm down of the commotion surrounding birth. These are priceless moments!

With a little mindfulness - and a great photographer - you’ll have the memories to share for years to come!

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