Because she is loved
Because her peachy perfect skin and rosebud lips are something to be treasured
Because she made my day better, brighter and more full of wonderful heart
Because at six weeks of age, she was so good to give her gorgeous mama the photo she was so hoping to get…
Let’s make this a wonderful
Let’s make this a powerful
Let’s make this a Beautiful Day
It’s a Beautiful Day
- India Arie
He reached out and curled his little fingers around my own. In that instant, I knew we would be friends.
He cared only for love, for connection, for what was comfortable and familiar.
He taught me worth.
He made me peaceful.
He brought me a genuine and present joy. An organic relationship founded on a considered and thoughtful reciprocal tenderness.
He.
My new friend.
Lucas.
Babies are miraculous little people.
They are so much greater than the sum of their parts.
I am so grateful each and every day as a newborn photographer to share in the uncomplicated joy and soulful exploration of these wonderful tiny humans for the first time. And, this time, I felt even more grateful for the fact that this is the second baby for this beautiful family that I have had the good fortune to photograph.
Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
- Sri Chinmoy
Keep on smiling
Cause when you’re smiling
The whole world smiles with you…
Sometimes there are no words to express what you feel as a newborn photographer when you are surrounded by moments of such love and such beauty… simple. beautiful. love.
I watched each day as baby Will got bigger, grew stronger, formed connections and bonded lovingly with those around him. Every.single.day I felt thankful to be near him. There was a peacefulness in his breath, a quietness that confirmed everything that was pure and honest in the world.
By the end of my stay we had already learned of his little personality traits – his preference to have his hands by his face to comfort him while he slept, his ability to sneeze multiple times in a row followed by a cute sigh of satisfaction, his inquisitive one-eyed slumber… it was all beautiful.
A showcase of just a a sprinkling of the amazing 10 days we spent together… (and trust me friends, the best is still yet to come. My last and final day in Canada deserves a post all of it’s very own for so many reasons, so be sure to check back in soon)
Will Courtney Brown was welcomed into the world at 2:17am on the 23rd of June, 2010 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I felt life at that moment. I experienced it deep within. It moved me on a level far to great for me to even comprehend at the time. It was (as my friend Lana puts it so perfectly) nothing short of soul nourishing. I feel so blessed to have been asked to be present as a photographic storyteller at his birth.
He breathed life into his lungs and his journey began. His cries of the unknown cut through the air and bounced off the adrenalin and joy that was so tangible in the room that night. Then there was silence… a beautiful silence. Although his eyes were already open, he was truly seeing for the first time. The electrcity between him and his gorgeous mama was palpable as she held him tightly still not quite believing he was hers. “I want to see his face” she kept saying over and over as she tried to turn him around and lift him up to eye level. Next, his daddy held him tight and kissed his little fingers that had wrapped around his own. Time stood still.
Baby Will’s future is infinite – a blank page, an amazing story yet to be written, filled with endless possibilities and dreams. At that moment, that beautiful moment, he entered the world surrounded and protected by love. The magnificence of that ocassion made me feel deeply alive and humbled me in a way I will never easily forget.
Welcome Will…
Music by the gorgeous Amy Seeley (licensed with permission).
The child must know that he is a miracle,
that since the beginning of the world there hasn’t been, and until the end of the world there will not be,
another child like him
- Pablo Casals
Hello, friends.
Stay tuned for my beautiful journey to Canada and my story in images of the wonderful human beings I was fortunate enough to connect with.
