Find a Photographer Near Me in Hampton, VA

If you are considering a home birth, desiring a more peaceful and personalized birth environment, or dreaming of welcoming your baby in the comfort of water, you deserve care that honors both safety and experience. My name is D. Starr Robins, CPM, and I bring over 15 years of experience supporting birthing people and families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period with calm, informed, and compassionate care. I am a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) providing holistic, evidence-based midwifery care rooted in respect for physiologic birth, informed choice, and family autonomy. I serve families throughout the Hampton Roads area with comprehensive care that integrates clinical skill, emotional presence, and culturally responsive support. My professional background includes four years of formal midwifery training along with extensive experience as a birth and postpartum doula, monitrice, and perinatal wellness specialist. This foundation allows me to combine skilled clinical assessment with continuous, relationship-centered care throughout pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum transition. I am currently awaiting state licensure and accepting clients with anticipated care beginning upon licensure approval. My approach centers on safety, education, and partnership, ensuring families feel confident, respected, and deeply supported throughout one of life’s most transformative seasons. My goal is to provide personalized midwifery care that honors the physiology of birth while meeting the unique needs of each family I serve.

Hi, I’m Lyleanne — a DONA birth doula, certified bereavement doula, and birth photographer with a passion for holding space through every kind of birth story. I believe birth is powerful, sacred, and unique to every family. Whether your journey leads to a joyful, planned hospital birth, Home birth or birth center birth. Weather you’re navigating grief or uncertainty, I walk beside you with heart, evidence-based knowledge, and steady support. As your doula, I blend hands-on comfort techniques, evidence based information, emotional grounding, and partner guidance — helping you feel safe, seen, educated and truly supported. As a bereavement-trained professional, I also bring deep compassion and care for families facing loss, honoring those moments with dignity, presence, and memory-making when it matters most. And as a birth photographer, I capture the raw, real beauty of your sacred story — without ever taking away from the moment. This is your birth. I’m here to help you feel empowered in it. Let’s make sure you feel informed, respected, and not alone — every step of the way

I’m a Coastal Virginia mama with a deep love for supporting families. My journey started as a nanny, caring for little ones and walking alongside parents through the early years. That experience sparked a dream—to one day become a doula and support mothers through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Until then, I’m pouring my heart into capturing the real, raw, and beautifully messy moments of motherhood. From growing bellies to tiny fingers wrapped around yours, I’m here to tell your story—start to finish.

Hi mama! I’m Arabella a doulatog (doula + photographer.) I believe birth is sacred — not just a medical event, but a deeply personal, spiritual, and transformative experience. Every woman carries the wisdom to birth within her. My role is not to direct or manage your experience, but to gently support you as you listen to your body, trust your instincts, and move through birth in your own powerful way. I believe in honoring birth as a physiological and primal process — one that thrives with movement, safety, warmth, and love. I draw on nature-based wisdom, traditional postpartum care, and hands-on comfort measures to create a cocoon of support where you can soften and surrender. Whether you're birthing at home, in a hospital, or somewhere in between, I center your voice, your values, and your vision. Birth is not something to be feared or controlled — it’s something to be witnessed, held, and honored. I walk alongside you — offering calm, steady presence, holistic care, and heart-led advocacy — so you never feel alone on this journey.