Happy Mother’s Day from Brown Eyed Photography

Happy Mother’s Day! As the face behind the camera for Brown Eyed Photography, I get to meet many many mothers. Some visit the library every week. A few are entrepreneurs. Others sit on non profit boards. Some play a musical […]

CVPH VBAC Birth :: Brown Eyed Photography

Rachel and Jacob have two births under their belt and showed their experience, research, and commitment when they were ready to birth their third baby. They knew the vbac rate for the local hospital is low, but it wasn’t their […]

5 Reasons to Write Down Your Birth Preferences

As a Plattsburgh Birth Photographer, I have the privilege of documenting a variety of birth stories. Some families choose to birth at home with a midwife and some choose to birth at the hospital. And birth is amazing and powerful […]

Lifestyle Newborn Photography :: Baby Wallace

After documenting my sister’s pregnant belly over Christmas in the Adirondacks and the first few days of parenthood in the hospital, I was able to act as postpartum doula – everyone should have one of these! – and took time […]

15 Reasons to have a Home Birth

I tell people that I was pro-home birth before having a home birth myself. I had two perfectly wonderful-minimally-invasive hospital births before having a homebirth. After having one … I will passionately support any and every low-risk family to pursue […]

Doulas ~ the Power of Continuous Labor Support

Extensive review of recent studies, including over 15,000 women, shows that families benefit dramatically from continuous labor support during birth. Interesting. Because this is how we’ve traditionally birthed. Surrounded by the support of our friends and family. In a typical […]

Winter Fun :: Brown Eyed Photography Maternity

I am so excited whenever I have the opportunity to do a maternity session outdoors in the winter! So when my sister came for Christmas … I convinced her to get her Florida-based behind outside into the snow and promised […]