Mira’s mum met me while I was toting my gear through the St. Paul’s maternity ward after doing a session with another family. I was happy to come back just a few days later and meet this little bundle!
Newborn photography
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Aug 10
In-Hospital Newborn Baby Orest :: Vancouver Birth Photography
I was delighted to be called in to St. Paul’s Maternity in Vancouver to see little baby Orest today. His mum is the doctor who delivered my son and we did her new baby’s portraits in the exact same room. It was really lovely to revisit that room where my wife and I spent over a week and now meet with this brand new family, still tired from the birth, but so happy to be together.
Here is Orest, just two days old, skin-to-skin with dad…
We checked out of the hospital and went over to Nelson Park for a few images in the grass.
And here is Orest with mum.
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May 10
Newborn & birth photography project: The final Skin-to-Skin images for St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver
I was thrilled yesterday to drop off the final 12 prints from the Skin-to-Skin photography project made for St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. The images were done with the cooperation of some fantastic participating families over the course of a few weeks where I was “on call” to come to the hospital as soon as the babies were born. I was lucky enough to meet these new bundles very soon after they met the world.
The photographs are meant to encourage new moms and dads to focus on “skin-to-skin” contact and natural breastfeeding with their newborn. We made sure to include dads in this as their role is very important in both aspects; even more so when the woman undergoes a C-section as it is the dad who gets to do the first skin-to-skin while the mom recovers.
The 20 x 30 Lightjet C-prints, mounted on Dibond, will be on display permanently in the hospital’s Labour & Delivery ward.
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Feb 10
In-hospital birth photography, twins, newborns, and growing families
My series of in-hospital birth photography continued last week with some very lovely families. I’m called to come in to the maternity ward’s delivery and recovery rooms soon after the babies arrive and the parents are just getting to know their new arrivals.
I have a special place for the skin-to-skin photos with dads:
And we had an amazing delivery of twins! They were barely four hours old when I got to make these photos:
Here are my other favourites from three more of these special events:
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Jan 10
Just born: Charlie! {newborn & birth photos}
Charlie (or “CoCo” as her dad called her) was born yesterday at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. I was honored that I got to meet her and her family a few hours after her grand entrance. She made a wonderful subject.
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Jan 10
Owen: a few hours old {hospital and birth photography}
Owen was my amazing first subject for a much larger project that I’ll be showing on the blog as it progresses. He was born yesterday at St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver and I got to meet him and his lovely mum early in the evening.
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Jan 10
Four-day old baby T — {newborn photography in Vancouver}
I will admit… being around newborns makes me want to have another. Check out little baby T below — he is four days old in these, his first newborn photos, and he is absolutely perfect. We kept him nice and warm in between pictures but he could only last 20 minutes at a time without going back to Mom for a refill.
