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Little Plum Photography

 

Birth Photography, Newborn Photography, Maternity Photography, Family Photography and Birth Doula Services

Los Angeles, CA

I would love to hear from you! Please fill out the form below with details of the type of photography or service that interests you. If inquiring about birth photography and doula services, please include due date, where you plan to deliver and if you are interested in adding any photography packages.

310.985.9985

stephanie@littleplumphoto.com

 

 

You’re outside me now but still I shelter you. You sleep heart against my heart. I am your earth, you eat from my breast, I am the river that nourishes you. Soon we start to dance, you, the seed springing forth. You, thick force at the center. I am the petals being sucked sweetly to the sun and away. You are so fresh and new and I grow wrinkly. All is well. I will live forever somewhere. Birth and What Came After~ Jessica Bates Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #postpartum #birthbecomesher #birthphotographer #birthwithoutfear #birthisbeautiful #documentaryphotography #birthphotogs #breastfeeding #breastfeedwithoutfear
At 5:45 am on the Friday morning of February 22, I got a text from Nadia saying “I lost my mucous plug and just wanted to let you know” to her doula and me. “It was six days later when I went into labor last time after I lost my mucous plug”. This was my second time documenting her birth. The first was almost three years ago with her first baby, a boy. Her due date wasn’t until March 5. I started my day preparing my girls for school. Then she texted again about 45 minutes later saying “I think something is starting you guys, I will keep you updated” I started texting babysitters, my girls dad etc. You see, I’ve learned over the years, fifteen years, that you don’t mess around when second time moms go into labor. So, I knew I should start preparing to head that way, especially since I knew I had at least an hour drive downtown LA to her hospital. She texted again saying it was getting more intense and that she was going to jump in an Uber to the hospital while her husband took their son to preschool. I made my way downtown with my youngest daughter in tow because I couldn’t get someone quick enough to watch her. I arrived at the hospital and she couldn’t go in with me. I called my brother in law and asked him if she could stay at his house with his parents who were watching my baby niece Ava. I quickly got my car back from the valet and he said “be back by 10:30 and I won’t charge you twice.” Anyway, I knew it had to be fast. It was 15 minutes there and 15 back. I arrived back just before 10:30, rushed up to the room and walked in as she was in the bath tub with her head down and she said “is Stephanie going to make it?” I said, “I’m here” as I’m peering through my camera. She got out of the tub and went straight to the bed. As I walked by the bed her water gushed and sprinkled around. The staff were rushing to get a doctor and prepared for her birth as she said “the baby is coming.” I circled around the bed to get the best position hoping it was the right one and that I wasn’t in the way of the rush that was happening. Three minutes later baby Maya was born to her amazingly strong and very stunned mom who couldn’t believe it all happened so fast. What a day!
My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. William Blake Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #birth #birthwithoutfear #birthphotography #birthphotographer #birthphotogs #birthisbeautiful #birthbecomesher #documentaryphotography
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you... George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #lookslikefilmkids #galleryoflightfeature #wildandbravelittles #thesincerestoryteller #siblings #sister #bigsister #littlebrother #letthembelittle #candidchildhood #childhoodunplugged #losangelesphotographer #newbornphotography
“These are the days you sleep on me, across my tummy with a milky face. These are the days I sip coffee cold or lukewarm or a thousand temperatures in between. These are the days of doing nothing except watching your face, learning you. You prop a loose fist on your cheek, your eyelids streak with purple lighting, blood pulses through the dome of your closed eye. Your sleeping eye dreams of things I’ll never know.” Birth and what came after~ poems on motherhood~Jessica Bates Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodunhinged #losangelesphotographer #newborn #storytelling #thesincerestoryteller #wildandbravelittles #galleryoflightfeature #dearestviewfinder #thebloomforum #lookslikefilmkids
On call for baby number ten for 2019! What a year so far. This birth work is not for the faint heart. It tests every part of your being and your life. So, why do I do it? Why do I lose sleep for two days and sleep next to my phone while I’m waiting to see when I will have to rush to the birth all the while hoping my babysitter will hear the call when I do? Why do I live in the not knowing if I’m going to make my daughters dance show or even birthdays. Last week, I had two births in one day and the first one happened so fast I left the house that morning without brushing my teeth or eating or bringing any clothes with me only to be called later that night to another birth. Two clients in labor at the same time. The first at 9 cm for almost 9 hours. The birth I rushed to ended up being another twelve hours longer than I thought. Or my clients thought. My mom often asks me why I do it and not just have something predictable. Well, firstly I’ve always known about myself that I am not an eight to five person and I have always wanted to be my own boss. Second, I am a creative being and thrive on the ability to have times of stillness while I work on my own creation and something unique that tells the story of each of my clients. The more work I do for myself the harder it is to do work for someone else, or a company and for their bottom line and not for mine. Thirdly, I do it because I love it. Amongst the chaos and unpredictability, I love what I do and when I give the images to my clients and they have this documentation of one of the most profound moments in their lives, and they share with me how much it matters to them, then well...that’s enough. And that’s everything. Meanwhile, I am grateful for the small village of people who step in for me and my kids and doggie when we need it most. While I’m hopefully making a difference for someone else with my work. Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #empoweredwomen #losangelesphotographer #birthphotographer #birthphotography #birthdoula #birthmatters #documentaryphotography #visualstorytelling #storytellingphotography #clickinmoms #womensupportwomen #entrepreneurlife #photographer #canon #sigmaart
Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child... There should be a song for women to sing at this moment, or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name the moment. Anita Diamant, The Red Tent Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #birthphotography #birthphotographer #birthbecomesher #losangelesphotographer #birthwithoutfear #motherhoodunhinged #clickinmoms #dearphotographer #birth
We are diamonds in the rough Through the thrust and toil, we come out strong We are the breath of the earth, Our wombs tell of humanity's birth We are seeds splattered on putrid soils Still we sprout, through every storm We are not here to survive, We are here to live... Inward and outward In the incandescence of our existence Yes, our voices may sometimes be broken But our spirit remains indestructible. We are women, unapologetically! Chinonye J. Chidolue Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #internationalwomensday #women #maternityphotography #clickinmoms #motherhoodunhinged #dearphotographer #losangelesphotographer #downtownlosangeles #losangeles #maternityphotography #empoweredwomen
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #life #maryoliverquotes #preciouslife #maternityphotography #venicebeach #pregnancy
most importantly love like it's the only thing you know how at the end of the day all this means nothing this page where you're sitting your degree your job the money nothing even matters except love and human connection who you loved and how deeply you loved them how you touched the people around you and how much you gave them Rupi Kaur Little Plum Photography | Los Angeles #love #family #connection #losangelesphotographer #clickinmoms #dearphotographer #venicebeach #maternityphotography
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