Category Archives: Births

March 20, 2012

The Birth of Haley | San Jose Birth Photographer | Personal

Our sweet baby girl has finally arrived! Before delivering I decided that I really wanted to have a birth photographer present for this birth. I actually never thought this would be something I would want as I am a pretty modest person but since photography is such a huge part of my life and I really just value everything a picture has…I knew that I wanted those memories and not just in my head but also in some kind of print form so that I could always go back and look…and never forget. And maybe one day, share them with Haley and Lilly.

I am SO beyond happy that I decided to have a birth photographer present. These pictures mean the absolute world to me and I am SO SO happy to have them. Tami Lacome, whose work you can see at www.tamilacome.com, did an amazing job and I am so glad that she was there to document this amazing day for us. I e-met Tami through a photography forum that we both frequent and that is how we came together and I am forever grateful for that forum as this connection has given me a precious gift…a gift of memories that will never be forgotten! If you aren’t already a Facebook Fan of hers, you should be…go on and “like” her page! https://www.facebook.com/TamiLaComePhotography.

So now that I have gushed about how much I am in love with my birth photography experience, I want to share those pictures with you. I went ahead and created a quick video with the images and posted some of the still images for those of you who like to look at an image a little longer than a couple seconds!

All photos were taken by Tami Lacome Photography and all of the photos and video production were edited by myself of Heather Avrech Photography.

Newborn photos of Haley will be coming up on the blog shortly! A couple of sneak peaks have been posted on my Facebook fan page already. If you aren’t already a fan of Heather Avrech Photography, come on over and “like” me to see some of the sneak peeks!

First, the video!

http://www.youtube.com/get_player

And some of the images!

San Jose Birth Photographer

The birth of Haley

November 29, 2011

The Birth of Lucas | Heather Avrech Birth Photography | San Jose Birth Photographer

This may be my very longest blog post. I am officially an auntie and am so so so in love with my handsome little nephew!!

My sister went into labor late Saturday night when her water broke….she stayed at home and even baked cookies for her nurses while she labored at home until her and my brother in law, JC went to the hospital. They got to the hospital at about 7am and they checked her and she was only about 1-2cm dilated. Kelly had called me, so I got up, got ready, grabbed my camera and headed over to the hospital with my mom.

I have never photographed a birth but have always wanted to and so it was really great to be able to do this for my sister. I knew she didn’t want pictures of the actual delivery but I knew that she would love to have the laboring pictures to look back on. I showed her the pictures today and she just cried as she looked through them. Happy tears.

Labor is such a crazy thing. It’s something you almost can’t explain and everyone’s labor is so different. Kelly was a rock star during labor and pushed through the tough contractions, remembered her yoga breathing and relaxed in between when she could.

And I even got to get in there and help her through some contractions (obviously no pictures of that but it’s something I’ll never forget. She was having some really bad back labor, so during a contraction, I’d be using every muscle I had to really dig into her back to apply counter pressure for her to try and help relieve the back pain even just the slightest….it really seemed to help her and it was a very special moment for me.

After we left to try and let Kelly rest a bit, I kept snapping pictures…things Kelly wouldn’t get to see. The waiting room….the calling, the text messaging, all the people that love her and JC. And of course, some shots of all the loved ones meeting the sweet new baby!

Lucas was born on 11/27 at 6:17pm at 7lbs 3oz and 18.5 inches long. He is just as perfect as can be and we already love him so so very much!