Especially on this beautiful Father’s day 2017, I wish I had that one picture I have in my head of my husband sleeping with my daughter on his chest, the very first night she was born at the world famous Ronald Regan UCLA Westwood hospital. I wish I could show you how natural this picture looked. Both exhausted ( and I too tired to even take that picture) and yet determined to be as close as possible to each other. He knew to be a father better than I would have guessed how to be a mother and in that sense I have learned so much from him. Today is he celebrated by three perfect children, who make him the best dad on the planet.

To all the Fathers out there, I see you and honor you. I am humbled by the tenderness with which you love your partners during the journey that make you both parents and the sweetness of your emotions when you first meet your babies and that I get to witness behind my camera, is truly what we need to make the world a gentler place.

Here are some of my favorite dads of 2017 so far. Happy Father’s Day 2017!

A day in the life Black and white image by Los Angeles family photographer Dear Birth
Beautiful Father’s day 2017
Beautiful Father's day 2017 as photographed by Los Angeles birth photographer Diana Hinek for Dear Birth
Beautiful Father’s day 2017
Black and white image of dad looking at his newborn on a beautiful father's day 2017 right after birth photographed by Los Angeles birth photographer and videographer Diana Hinek for Dear Birth

 

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