Hi there! I'm Lauren (she/her)!
A creative soul from the eastern shoreline, I call the mountains of Salt Lake City home.
I’m an open minded visionary, a birth worker (trained doula), a birth advocate, a photographer and videographer who documents the peacefully intense, empowering, humbling, grounding, beautiful, momentous event of childbirth. When you hire me, you are assuring that your space be kept sacred, respected, and honored; as my approach is gentle, genuine, and heartfelt.
I have two little humans who call me mama, August and Esme. Both were born unmedicated with midwives. Both were caught by my steadfast husband. Both births brought me to the most primal edges of humanity, asked me to dig deep, and step forth as my most authentic self. I call August's birth my metamorphosis. Esme's birth had the energy of a phoenix rising.
Birth is life changing - no matter how these little humans get here. Whether the plan goes as you had wished, or things changed in small ways or big ways, the birthing-persons life is forever changed, evolved. My job as a birth photographer is to capture this complexity - the layers upon layers that make our birth days some of the most memorable moments of our lives.
My images are not just images, I fully believe they are life in art form. It is something I take much pride in.
I believe:
Birth is ART
Most days, I can't believe I get to do this incredible work. Birth is always something I have been innately interested in; noticing the power of birth and babies since I was 4 years old. I am passionate about not only documenting birth stories for my clients, but also about changing the narrative and culture around birth.
You matter.
Your birth story matters.