Meet Kaitlyn
Colorado Springs Birth & Motherhood Photographer
Hello, friend, and welcome! I’m Kaitlyn, a people-loving nerd of a soul, Christ-follower, and girl mama of three (all of their birth stories are linked below in the history section) I serve families in Colorado Springs, southern Denver, and the surrounding areas, providing them a photography experience unlike any other: luxurious support, an emotional embrace, dual photo-video documentation, doula support for birthing families, and meaningful, tangible art to hold onto daily for the rest of your lives.
My Firm Beliefs
Loss families are fully worth supporting…
and deserve to have meaningful images of and with their babies to hold onto throughout their grief journies. We don’t use trigger warnings when talking about loss and death here.
Jesus wants me to be a loving, powerful doer of good…
and thank goodness He and my Heavenly Parents are here to help. I mess up often, but try my best to keep learning, hear you when you say I mess up, and then do better.
Birth is at its best when…
providers and families share decision-making and trust. We need each other to keep our babies and birthers wholly safe and supported.
The best kinds of friendships involve…
…cookie dough, board games, and deep conversation. (Ben fully agrees with all but one – our extensive board game collection might tell you which!)
A Glimpse into KMP’s History
Birthed my oldest, Eleanor…
…and felt a deep, profound call to birth work (though I’d just graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree and began what was intended to be my “small” photography side-hustle earlier that year).
Eleanor’s birth was powerful, mixed in with many points of trauma and aloneness. The glorious golden hour was worth the wait after the 28-hour-long indication, just after 41 weeks (yes to pitocin, no to the epidural), but goodness both Ben (my husband) and I could’ve used better support.
Photographed my first birth
…3 months postpartum for a dear friend (and now repeat client). I left her birth knowing that I’d never be a “fly on the wall” birth photographer, and started saving up for doula certification right then and there.
Photographed my first bereavement
Later that year, I also photographed my first bereavement; a sweet little girl with a known heart condition who passed shortly after her birth. Stepping into that tender space felt profoundly sacred, and started my (ongoing) yearning to give loss families meaningful images of and with their angel babes to hold onto in their grief.
Certified as a birth doula and birth photographer
I attended my doula training the days right before the shutdown; honestly, being a new doula during COVID was really hard, and though I learned what I needed to know, the training wasn’t the best fit for me.
I invested more thoughtfully into my certification as a birth photographer through Birth Becomes You later that year – that was an excellent fit and BBY has by far been the best support network and resource over the years.
I birthed my 2nd girlie, Sofie, at the end of that year (after moving for the 2nd time in business). She came into my arms shortly after midnight, the day before her sister’s birthday at the birth center down the street; I felt much more supported (we also invested more thoughtfully in our birth team this time around), while also so confused by how so, so hard not-pitocin-induced contractions were to manage.
Moved to Colorado Springs
(…aka the 6th – and final! – time moving my business). We’re so happy to be here, and look forward to watching our family and this business grow in this beautiful mountain city so close to home (both my husband & I grew up in the Littleton/Centennial area).
And, of course, lots happened in those three years! Early 2021 brought videography, the Client Wardrobe, and full-service support (including art planning and designing) to the KMP Experience. 2022 connected me with many loss families and birthing Emma (our youngest). And we hope 2024 will bring a bereavement non-profit to better serve loss families here and to better support bereavement photographers.
Certifications
Chelsea, birth client
“Kaitlyn seemed to know intuitively how to support me. She respected my space while still offering her everything.
What I Offer
Embracing and honoring the most tender transitions with you.
From pregnancy, through birth and into postpartum, I’m here to honor the most tender transitions and sacred milestones with you.
Do you crave this kind of photography experience? Want to also provide meaningful bereavement photography? Come connect and share your heart with me.
Our Family, Documented over the Years
Our Family Films
Photographers & Videographers: Danielle Wilstead (Wild Oak Birth), Monet Nicole, Rebekah Williams, Brittany Gamblin, Eva Irene, Julie Francom, Elizabeth Ashdown, Brenna Hoffman, and myself (some images edited by me).
Want to get to know me more?
Come follow me on Instagram (I’m on Facebook, too)!
Instagram is where I share little glimpses into what’s on my heart – from daily mom life to serving loss families, resources I’ve found and client’s stories and advice, I would love to have you join the conversation.
@kmcentirephotos
Also, if you hang out on Insta long enough, you might spy me birthing little baby Emma in reels everywhere (going viral was and is still WILD).