Category archives: Birth Photography
- I honestly thought 2013 would be impossible to top. Such an incredible year. So many highs! And now that 2014 has ended, I am feeling blessed beyond measure. I photographed 21 babies, 41 breastfeeding mamas, received the People's Choice Award for birthphotographers.com's Image of the Year Com[...]
- Stefanie contacted me early in her pregnancy. So it was very exciting when her day finally arrived! It was a beautiful but brisk morning and the fire was on when I got to her cozy home out in Killeen. I walked in to find Stefanie concentrating during her contractions, her midwives surrounding her[...]
First ever Small Business Saturday sale at PhotosByLei.com! Don't miss it, sessions are $500 OFF! Take advantage of the opportunity to work with someone with over 3 years experience in home, birth center and hospital births. Leilani specializes exclusively in birth photography, has [...]
- This birth story is so beautiful and empowering that I wanted the mother's own thoughts and feelings to accompany it. Read about Cynthia and Aidyn's homebirth experience, and then watch their slideshow below. "There are so many layers to our birth story, it's hard to know where to begin. The big[...]
- It was such a pleasure to photograph Christine's birth. This was her first, and she so calmly passed her "edd" and waited for her baby to arrive. Christine was fortunate to give birth during the day at the ever beautiful Austin Area Birth Center. While I enjoy the challenge of a dark midnight birt[...]
- I met with Kathryn pretty early in her pregnancy. We got together for coffee and chatted up a storm about our similar birth histories and about being NICU mamas. I just love learning more about my clients and what brought them my way. Kathryn felt like she was going out on a limb hiring a birth p[...]
- It was 3:50 p.m. and Jen was on day 2 of signs of early labor. Since her body had been warming up for a couple days, it didn't take long for things to progress. I arrived at their home about 5:30 p.m. When I walked in, the kids greeted me with smiles and excitement. Jen and Clint had never left[...]
- When I arrived at this birth, everything was pretty quiet. It was about 9:00pm. The other children were asleep and Mama was cheerfully chatting with her midwives. Every now and then she would move to her birth ball, or walk around the house, but she pretty much stayed in the same frame of mind ri[...]
When Brooke and I first met, she wasn't sure how much of her birth experience she wanted photographed. She did know that she wanted to preserve those first moments with her baby, as well as when baby met big brother Emerson. But the whole labor experience captured? She just couldn't decide. So s[...]
I posted some sneak peeks of Asher's birth last month. What an amazing mama Krisha will be! Congratulations to you and Collin both; Asher is blessed to have you as parents! Here is the full birth story... a lot of laughs and a lot of love. Enjoy! http://youtu.be/u4uflPaixzQ
- Good afternoon, everyone! What an exciting week this has been. I have entered my caul image into the "Image Of The Year" competition with www.birthphotographers.com. This week they've held a "People's Choice" portion, and all the entrants are campaigning for votes for their image! I am thrilled [...]
- I'm finally blogging my beautiful niece's birth story... I might be biased but I think her pictures are just divine. Because she is such an angel (really how can you not think that looking at her first moments earth side?) Interesting side note: Her big sister, Sophia, was the FIRST birth I ever p[...]
