Becoming parents while running a full-time photography business has been the most life-changing (and honestly, challenging) chapter of our lives. In this episode of Say Cheese, we open up about everything from pregnancy struggles, birth stories, and postpartum recovery to what it really looks like balancing newborn life with destination weddings, editing, and building a business.

This isn’t a highlight reel, it’s the real, unfiltered truth about the transition from photographers to parents.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

– Our honest pregnancy + birth experience (including 60 hours of labor)

– How we prepared our photography business for time off

– Breastfeeding, pumping, and navigating postpartum recovery

– Balancing newborn life with wedding season

– What parenthood is teaching us about creativity, identity, and resilience

Timestamps

00:00 – Becoming parents while running a photography business

04:32 – Pregnancy struggles and birth story (60 hours of labor)

12:48 – Preparing our photography business for time off

19:55 – Postpartum recovery: breastfeeding, pumping, and healing

28:40 – Balancing newborn life with destination weddings

36:12 – Editing, travel, and sleep deprivation

45:30 – How parenthood shifts identity and creativity

52:47 – Lessons we’re taking into photography and life

If you’re a photographer, creative, or parent juggling business and family—you’ll relate to this one.