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Maternity Portrait Wildfire Sunset Light Toddler on Belly Whitefish, MT.
Maternity Portrait River Kalispell
Birth Doula, Birth Photographer, Photography, Home Birth, Hospital Birth, Water Birth, Doula Support Kristen Fortier Birth Doula, Birth Photographer, Photography, Home Birth, Hospital Birth, Water Birth, Doula Support Kristen Fortier

Can you really take birth photos and be my doula at the same time?

It's one of the most common questions I get. Here's an honest look at how I balance doula support and birth photography at the same time, and why for many families it works beautifully.

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View fullsize Arms full. Heart full. Two boys. Both in blue. 🌙 #flatheadvalley #kalispellmontana #montanaphotographer #birthphotographer #newbornphotographer
View fullsize We almost lost the light. Clouds settling in over Flathead Lake sent us to Lone Pine and then golden hour showed up anyway. Savannah. Moss on stone. The kind of backdrop Montana just hands you if you’re willing to move for it. 🌙 #maternity #mo
View fullsize Doulas support partners too. So many of my clients tell me afterward that my support during their birth was as much for their partner as it was for them. I will never take the place of your person in that room. But I can guide them — so that th
View fullsize Amanda wanted birth photography but hadn’t booked it. Her water broke and her husband texted me — can we add it on? We did. I was already there as their doula. I just got my camera bag ready too. That text was such a quiet act of love. Hi
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