As a mother who went through a c-section myself, when Kseniia contacted me to cover the birth of her second baby, I was over the moon at the fact that she was trying for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Csection) Many people falsely assume that just because you had one csection, it is guaranteed that you will always have to do that, which is not true. 

I watched Kseniia labor so gracefully and when it was time for Sanad to make his entrance into the world, I watched Kseniia ROCK her VBAC! As usual, my tears were flowing; the energy in the room was stupendous!

I LOVE BIRTH!

..can I say that again? I LOVE BIRTH!

Here's looking at a small sample of her incredible story. Thank you Kseniia for allowing me to be there on this amazing day!

This is part two of my session with Zaura, who booked my favorite package (only second to Birth, of course :), the Maternity and Newborn combo package! I always get really excited when I get to see sessions come full circle. Click here to see Zaura's amazing Maternity session, and how we decided to switch things up and shoot more lifestyle for the newborn session.

Shooting newborns is not an easy task, and I have major respect for all photographers who do that on a daily basis. Not only do you first have to get past your oooohhh's and aaahh's and lovey dovey eyes enough to focus on actually taking pictures (ehem, totally guilty of that..hey! I love babies! Can't help it!) but you also have to work around their temperaments. Babies love to eat, sleep, poop, cry and repeat, and during lifestyle sessions all of this stuff happens, and then some :) so I always like to remind my families to just go with the flow of the baby, not to have too high expectations of the baby "performing" to their expectations. Trust the process, trust your photographer, and watch the magic happen :) With that said, baby Amaya was a true rockstar. Don't believe me? Check her out for yourself!