What a treat to photograph 8-week old Inori Rose this past weekend. She is blessed with not just one but two awesome moms! It was such a pleasure for me to celebrate the new motherhood of Karen and Joanna and the joy of this new family. I love photographing in natural light and we were lucky enough to have scheduled the session in the afternoon on Sunday just after the sun broke through and the temperature warmed enough so Inori could enjoy the outdoor air on her beautiful bare skin. Between breaks for feeding and sharing mothering stories we captured the growing bond between mothers and daughter. Congratulations Karen and Joanna and thank you for this honor of creating your first family portrait! Click on the photo below to see some of my favorite photos from the shoot.
Mother Tongue
In the trailer park where diapers snap on clotheslines like flags in semaphore the child cradled in my arms lies swaddled in the rhythms of her world.
She hears a thrush song from the thicket and searches with her eyes. Bird I tell her and wish her wings.
And then she shivers in the breeze that shakes pine needles from their boughs I whisper wind and wish her grace.
She looks to me while sprinkles dance staccato on our metal roof. Rain I say and wish her gentleness.
She gathers all these sounds of life like nosegays edged in baby’s breath and stores them in her throat.
Then, in her voice as soft as summer showers meadow music and whiffs of wind she names me mama.
Regina Murray Brault
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