I had the wonderful pleasure of photographing the birth of baby Michael last September. I had never witnessed a birth in person prior, so I decided to watch as many TLC’s “A Baby’s Story” and “Bringing Home Baby” as I could.
The birth was occurring in Houston and our office is centrally located in Austin so I packed my bags about a week and a half prior to the expecting date. I’ve never been so jumpy from hearing the phone ring as I was those two weeks. But fortunately when the call came in I was able to make it in time to Houston with 2 hours to spare.
The entire event was so very beautiful. Far beyond my wildest exceptions. I’ve never seen a man look so lovingly at his wife like Paz did to Kacey the moments prior to birth. (I’ve photographed well over a 100 weddings and no look a groom has given his bride as she walks down the isle can compare to that moment…and I’ve teared up from many a wedding due to that look.)
I hope to get the chance to photograph many many more births in the time to come. I had such a amazing experience photographing Kacey, Paz, baby Michael and their entire family.
~Courtney
