Brisbane Birth Photography | by Selena Rollason

**2016 QLD Birth Photographer of the Year **
**2015 & 2016 AIPP Australian Professional Birth Photographer of the Year**

Selena from Brisbane Birth Photography, current holder of the 2016 QLD Birth Photographer of the Year and the 2015 AIPP Australian Professional Birth Photographer of the Year, is one of the most skilled and qualified birth photographers in Brisbane. Selena Rollason, Birth Photographer, Brisbane Birth Photography, Childbirth, hospital, maternity, birth, home, pregnancy, labour, newborn, family, baby, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, surrogate, stillbirth, loss, miscarriage, hospital

About Brisbane Birth Photography

Brisbane Birth Photography is founded and run by internationally award winning professional photographer – Selena Rollason.

Selena services all areas of south east Queensland from Brisbane, to the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Ipswich and Redlands (see the list of hospitals that she services).

Selena and her supporting photographers have a combined experience of more than 25 years. Selena herself has been photographing births since 2011 and has more than 15 years experience in the photography industry.

She has an excellent reputation Australia wide and is well known within the hospital system and home birth community throughout in Brisbane. This reputation and her excellent relationships with obstetricians, medical staff, midwives and doulas opens doors and bring opportunities often not afforded to other photographers.

Selena has a group of photographer that supports her as needed. These photographers have won more than 30 International, National and State awards for their photography work and are all hand picked for their professionalism, skills and personality and ability to capture your day beauitfully browse around this website.

Selena herself has received:

  • 2016 AIPP Australian Professional Birth Photographer of the Year
  • 2016 AIPP QLD Birth Photographer of the Year
  • 2015 AIPP Australian Professional Birth Photographer of the Year
  • 1st and 2nd Place winner in PhotoJournalism at the 2016 Wedding and Portrait Photographer International (WPPI) print competition in Las Vegas
  • 6 International Photography awards
  • 21 National and State Photography awards
  • 2015 Queensland Documentary Photographer of the year runner up
  • 2014 Highest Scoring Birth Print (2014 Australian Professional Photography Awards)
  • 2014 Australian Birth Photographer of the Year – runner up (2014 Australian Professional Photography Awards)
  • 2014 Moran Photographic Prize finalist

I truly love what I do!! I get to create beautiful treasured and long-lasting memories for parents and families all over South-East Queensland. Not only that but I meet the most amazing people, who invite me into their most sacred moments and permit me to celebrate their journey with them.  Needless to say – I LOVE my job !! Birth and babies are my passion…. and this passion is my work !! It doesn’t get much better than that really.”

The Brisbane Birth Photography promise to you!

Our promise to you is to provide you and your family with  amazing photos AND an amazing experience. We are committed to:

  • Creating beautiful images that you will treasure for life.
  • Ensuring that all clients are comfortable with having us present and are treated with sensitivity, respect and professionalism at all times.
  • Respecting client privacy and confidentiality.
  • Providing exceptional customer service.
  • Ensuring that all photographers are accredited and experienced professionals.
  • Delivering a diverse range of only the highest quality products and prints.
  • Working respectfully and collaboratively with other industry professionals such as medical facilities and birth workers (doulas, midwives, doctors etc).
  • Upholding only the highest safety measures when handling our babies and children.

Now that you know a little more about Brisbane Birth Photography, please make yourself a cup of tea, sit back, relax…..and enjoy looking through the website.

The best place to start is to have a look at some of our photos and slideshows or read through some of testimonials from previous parents.

Thanks for stopping by, I look forward to capturing some amazing memories for you and your family.

Selena Rollason, Brisbane Birth Photography
0421 031 007
www.brisbanebirthphotography.com.au
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/brisbanebirthphotography

 

Twin girls Daniella and Emilia | Brisbane twin newborn photography

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timeless memories of their beautiful miracle girls while they were still little. We spent a number of hours with the
family and did a range of different poses and set ups where we could include them both (and separately) in the images.

This is the stunning result.

Introducing Daniella and Emilia

Keen to see the birth? Check our the birth slideshow here….

Brisbane Birth Photography | Selena Rollason

Brisbane Maternity, Birth and Baby Photographer
0421 031 007    |     www.brisbanebirthphotography.com.au    |    [email protected]

Caesarean Birth of Eleanor | Brisbane Birth Photographer

Brisbane Birth Photographer, Birth photography, caesarean, cesarean birth, delivery, fresh48, lifestyle, natural, baby photoshospital, greenslopes, theatre, baby girl, baby photographer, professional, pregnancy, maternity, delivery, baby, mother, father, gold coast, brisbane, sunshine coast, ipswich, redlands, maternal-assisted, section, photos, beautiful, amazingRecently, we captured the beautiful caesarean birth of baby Eleanor – arriving on a lazy Sunday afternoon in Brisbane.

It had been a long journey for this family to welcome their baby girl and whilst a caesaren birth was not the preference,
the day couldn’t have gone smoother for them and we got some precious photos.
The gender of their baby girl had been left as a surprise, so when she arrived safely in the world, the tears flowed all round.

We have some beautiful images taken during preparation for theatre, throughout the delivery and in the hours afterwards.

Gorgeous little Eleanor and her parents also spent some special moments together in the days after her birth,
getting to know each other and bonding as a new family. We went back a couple of days later to capture
some Fresh48 natural baby and family photos in the comfort of their hospital room at Greenslopes Private Hospital.

Welcome to the world beautiful baby girl. We know that you will make your adoring parents very happy.

Welcome Earthside ELEANOR xx

Selena Rollason, Brisbane Birth Photography

Brisbane Maternity, Birth and Baby Photographer
0421 031 007    |     www.brisbanebirthphotography.com.au    |    [email protected]

VBAC Birth of Samuel | Brisbane Birth Photography

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Aiming for a VBAC can be a hard thing in today’s modern world where hospitals and doctors put
tremendous pressure on women to have a repeat c-section. Doing your research and knowing the options
and risks is crucial to attempting a VBAC – as is having a fully supportive birth team – especially a Doula.

Having had 2 successful VBAC’s myself, Renee approached me to not only photograph her birth but support
her as a friend and stand in doula.

Armed with information, support and a belief in herself and her body she headed to the birth suite to deliver her son.

Despite ongoing pressure from her medical team, everything went great and she had a very successful and empowered vbac birth.

Samuel was born perfect and Renee walked out of her birth suite with a fist pump and an “I did it!”

I’m incredibly proud of you Renee. You worked hard before and during to achieve this outcome.
Relish in that post-baby, post-vbac high!! You’ve earned it.

Selena Rollason, Brisbane Birth Photography

Brisbane Maternity, Birth and Baby Photographer
0421 031 007    |     www.brisbanebirthphotography.com.au    |    [email protected]

 

Introducing Maci-Sue | Lifestyle Newborn Photographer, Brisbane

Darling little Maci-Sue and her family visited the studio recently for a lifestyle newborn photo shoot. This beautiful family have been through so much to have their darling little girl and she is certainly a much loved blessing!! Check out this beautiful story and photos by an Austin photographer (Lifestyle Newborn Photography), Selena Rollason.

Let me tell you the story of the very special bassinet that appears in these photos…..

A number of years ago, this young Dad’s Mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Knowing that she may not live to see the day her son and his wife became parents, she went out and purchased them some very special baby gifts – ones that she hoped would one day be used for her grandchildren. It was her way of supporting them and their family even after she was gone.

This amazing lady passed away around 18 months or so ago….only months before her son found out that they were expecting their first child. She was never given the opportunity to meet her Granddaughter or see her sleeping in her special bassinet…let alone cuddle and kiss her or congratulate her son.

So when we were planning this photo shoot, I asked the family if they had anything special to bring (not knowing the story at this point). I suggested that they bring their bassinet if they had one. Dad managed to bundle it up and fit it into the back of the car so we could include it in the photos.

During the shoot, the story of the bassinet came out and we all ended up in tears. I was determined to create some ‘extra special’ memories for this family!

Little Maci-sue now shares a very special connection to her Grandmother and these memories of her in this bassinet will always be incredibly special for this family.

I feel very honoured to have captured these!

*Story shared with the permission of the family

~ Selena Rollason, APP AIPP
2016 QLD Birth Photographer of the Year
Brisbane Birth Photography
0421 031 007
[email protected]

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A birth, a baby and a bag of forewaters | Brisbane Birth Photography

This is the story of a birth, a baby and a bag of forewaters……one that left everyone in awe in the birth suite (together with (initial) confusion, fascination, intrigue and whatever else we were all thinking at the time).

Now we all know that unborn babies live happily in a very watery bag of amniotic fluid from early in pregnancy until the day that they are born.
And that that bag of waters generally breaks at sometime during labour and delivery.

Well sometimes it doesn’t…..and we are left with interesting moments handed to us thanks to the humans body’s anatomical mechanisms.

The images that follow, so a large bag of forewaters that arrived, trickled out slowly (when the membranes burst) and marked the beginning of the final stages of delivery.

** See Selena’s new book “Capturing Birth: A Complete Guide to the Art of Birth Photography”, visit www.capturingbirth.com

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Forewaters? Please explain?!?!

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Diagram showing forewaters. Source: Midwife Thinking (midwifethinking.com)

The mechanism seen here is described and depicted beautifully by Dr Rachel Reed from Midwife Thinking:

“During labour forewaters are formed as the lower segment of the uterus stretches and the chorion (the external membrane) det

aches from it. The well flexed baby’s head fits into the cervix and cuts off the fluid in front of the head (forewaters) from the fluid behind (hind waters). Pressure from contractions cause the forewaters to bulge downwards into the dilating cervix and eventually through into the vagina. This protects the forewaters from the high  pressure applied to the hind waters during a contraction and keeps the membranes intact. The forewaters transmit pressure evenly over the cervix which aids dilatation.”

 

Selena Rollason, Photographer APP AIPP
Brisbane Birth Photography
0421 031 007
www.brisbanebirthphotography.com.au

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