Category Archives: birth

the first time ever i saw your face | newborn photographer | jen roberts

when mandy first inquired about booking several sessions to capture her pregnancy and newborn experience, she asked if i might be willing to come and photograph her two older children meeting their baby brother for the first time.  willing?  oh yes.  i was thrilled.  being in a labor and delivery unit at the hospital was...

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remembering ella | phoenix birth photographer | jen roberts

last night my sister amy and her husband bret welcomed her first child into the world. tragically sweet ella’s call home came much too soon. ella was born with a severe heart defect that was even more complex and catastrophic than we knew. at her birth it was evident that her time with us was...

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labor of love | mesa birth photographer | jen roberts

there is nothing like the miracle of birth.  i have seen it many, many times as a labor & delivery nurse and it still never ceases to amaze me how a tiny perfect little person can suddenly arrive in this world…separate and distinct from his mama. a brand new life full of possibility. i was...

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