"I remember sitting at home watching Law and Order and feeling contractions. Nothing crazy intense, just light cramping. I had been whining to my husband, Jared, because I had spent the better part of 2 weeks in prodromal labor....."

We are so pleased to share with the community our new labor of love, The Community Roots Collective. With this special space we are inviting families to come grow with us! We hope to create a space where families can come grow their roots by building community through education, resources, and most of all- LOVE! We celebrated our official grand opening on Sunday May 17th. Thank you to the 250+ families that came out to celebrate and bless our new space! We had such a fantastic time with all of you and look forward to making more memories in the years to come! 

As a kick off to our grand opening weekend at the Community Roots Collective we hosted an awesome babywearing ballet with the help of Diana from Wrap Your Baby. 

So many mamas with their little squishes came and it was so fun to have the babies entertained while mamas got a fun but serious workout. We cannot wait to have these ballets monthly at the Community Roots! 

It was amazing to be apart of the birth team for Andrea's family. 

The birth of Isla... 

This Family of three is about to become a family of five. 

J&J had their maternity on the beach so why not have their newborn session there too? 

Fred Howard Beach Maternity Session

Newborn twins!!! Double the cute, double the love. 

It's no secret that we're big supporters of Breastfeeding at Barefoot Birth. In fact, as of this World Breastfeeding Week, all of our members (save for the amazing Wes) are Certified Lactation Counselors (CLC). To say that our own experiences with breastfeeding, both as mothers and as service and care providers, have been life-shaping is an understatement.

Mama wanted some good images of her new baby and her adorable big sister. 

It was such an honor to capture Candy's day of birth with Jax. 

Candy's sister hired me to photograph her birth in Dec of 2012 and she gifted my photographic services to her sister for her birth. Such an honor. It felt like I was with family. 

This beautiful mama is due June 1st. She and dad wanted to do her maternity session on the beach. They picked one of my favorite beaches to shoot at. Reddington Beach is a great location. I love the pier and it is rarely busy. 

As a birth photographer I am on call for births from about 38 weeks until baby is born. This means I have my phone with me 24/7 and drop everything when mom is in labor so I can be there to capture the birth and the fresh baby meeting his family. 

Tampa Beach Maternity Photos

Star was looking for someone who could do both studio and a beach session for her maternity. She wanted both and I am lucky enough to live just 6 minutes from an awesome bay beach. 

I love meeting soon to be parents and capturing their excitement at what lies ahead. 

We met at Davis Island Yacht Club early in the morning. Such a happy mom and dad to be! Lots of laughter and love with these two. And in January I will get to actually meet baby boy for his newborn session.