Belly of the moon imagery

Portrait photography serving the Nevada County, California Republic region.

Specializing in capturing natural beauty.

Maternity, birth, newborn, family

It feels truly fulfilling for me to capture the exquisite beauty and magic of motherhood.

Through pregnancy and a woman carrying two heartbeats within her body, to the birthing experience itself, as well as the undeniable and insurmountable love between a mother and her baby, and a mother and father between their children in the postpartum continuum.

It would be my absolute honor to provide timeless images of you in such a transformational and monumental time of your life.

Ceremonies, celebrations & heart creations

For the Heart-Centered:

Mother blessings and baby showers
Engagement and marriage
Women’s gatherings
Ceremonies
Events
Content for influencers
Creators branding & products
&& beyond

Maternity Motherhood Family Women’s Retreats

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

AMAWA - Water Ceremony

KINWEAVER Animal Husbandry & Fiber Art’s Women’s Retreat

Custom packages are available upon request.

Please note: for all packages, a signed contract and a 25% deposit is required to reserve and book your session.

All sessions include 35 miles of travel from North San Juan, California.

Ask me about my current discounts

T E S T I M O N I A L S

"As someone who typically feels nervous in front of the camera, I was amazed at how relaxed and confident I felt during my maternity session with Cheyenne.
Her warm, encouraging presence and gentle guidance made the experience feel natural and empowering.
I especially appreciated her minimal editing approach, Which allowed the photos to reflect my authentic self.
The final images are more than just pictures-- they're a beautiful celebration of this special chapter in my life.
I'm deeply grateful to Cheyenne for capturing these memories so thoughtfully."

"I loved working with Cheyenne! She has such an organic, loving and natural approach about herself and photography skills!
My husband is not someone who likes posing for photos and she let us just walk and be ourselves which helped bring out his true smile!
That being said we loved how our family photos turned out!! She was very thoughtful and let us care for our baby as needed when he wasnt having it. But also caught him smiling and laughing at his best moments!
I would absolutely recommend Cheyenne to anyone wanting photos being taken! She is a wonderful person and has amazing photography skills!"

“What i appreciate the most about the session was the natural, warm & discreet approach. Most of the time i would forget that we were being photographed. It was more like spending an afternoon with an old friend who welcomed us and saw the beauty of my daughter and i- as we are in this moment of life.
I love the result! I feel seen & loved, such heart warming images of my little one and i. It feels so nice to have good quality photos for our present & future as time passes so fast!
I would totally recommend Cheyenne’s work to other mommas, mothers to be and families out there. Especially if they value modesty &respect to our little ones privacy.
Thank you for portraying us with such delicacy and in a heartwarming way!”

“The result of my photo shoot was beautiful pictures that captured my pregnancy perfectly and made me feel so pretty.
The pictures turned out amazing with such great quality.
Definitely recommend Cheyenne’s services to others and am so glad i met her along my pregnancy and that she lives in this community.
Highly recommend!”

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bellyofthe.moon

𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 :
𑁍ᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋɪɴɢ
᯽ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴀʟ ɴᴜᴛʀɪᴛɪᴏɴ
𑁍ʙɪʀᴛʜ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴏʀsʜɪᴘ
᯽ɪɴ-ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴘᴏsᴛᴘᴀʀᴛᴜᴍ ᴄᴀʀᴇ
𑁍ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇ

Hi there, my name is Cheyenne! I am the woman beh

Hi there, my name is Cheyenne!
I am the woman behind the camera who is so pleased to announce my photography offerings with you all.
Since I was a child I was an avid photographer! My mom and dad would buy me disposable cameras to which i would take everywhere with me.
I've always had an eye for beauty. I love to capture the subtleties that may often go unnoticed.
My grounded and slow pace allows my mind and observation skills to be in its peak, while creating fluid nonchalant atmospheres for my clients to feel in peace and under-pressured.
It fills me with joy to capture your beauty, so thank you for following me along as I boldly extend this heart centered offering to you all.
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#nevadacity #nevadacityphotographer #nevadacounty #nevadacountyphotographer #maternityphotography #motherhoodphotography #familyphotography #portraitphotography

There comes a point in the birth process, where yo

There comes a point in the birth process, where you realize that the only way out,~ is through 😊
There comes a point when one might realize, "oh. This is what so many mothers before me have felt. Oh.. this is why so many women opt for numbing drugs, or scheduled c section surgery. Ahh, i understand now." And then there's the thought "this is the point where the mothers before me felt afraid, or unsupported, or unprepared for."
I imagine that if i was not rooted in my decision to birth with out any assistance at all, I could have came to the place of fear & transferring to a hospital.
I can imagine that if i didn't prepare myself for a bodily sensation that literally makes you feel you want to crawl out of your skin, i could have went for the epidural.
I can imagine that if i didn't have a deep spiritual connection to Great Spirit, that I would have felt completely alone and incapable.
And then that all sinks into my being and my heart unfolds like a blooming flower, each petal made of compassion and reverence for every mother before me.
Birth is so humbling. It's stripping. Its vulnerable. It's everything imaginable.
Motherhood is not for the weak, and it's certainly not for one woman to do alone.
This is why I am so passionate about supporting the women around me, to share unbiased information that way a mother may make informed decisions for her birth and so that she may build the birth of her dreams and feel supported along the way.
This is my motivation for creating a birth preparation guide to offer to you all.

Comment GUIDE to get added to my mail list that way you are the first to know of its pre-release.

#pregnancy #birth #motherhood #portal #wildpregnancy #wildmothering #freebirth #sovereignbirth #birthinpower #birthyourownway #homebirth #birthprep #birthpreparation #birthguide #childbirth #childbirtheducation #naturalbirth #informedconsent #loveyourmother

There's something so beautiful in a man when he tr

There's something so beautiful in a man when he trusts a woman to know herself and the embodiment of her feminine nature and innate wisdom

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#birth #birthinpower #men #sacredmen #empoweredcouples #trust

Happy Mothers day 🌸 what a gracious gift to all

Happy Mothers day 🌸 what a gracious gift to all of Creation you are

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#mom

Know better 😅 Humans are mammals. The same hor

Know better 😅
Humans are mammals. The same hormones that run through a bear or a lionness are the same hormones that run through a human mother.
After becoming a mother it's apparent most people have become completely oblivious to this 😅 please remember that a mama bear will eat you alive if you go near her cubs.
Put less stress on mothers and simply ask before you touch their babies. 😊
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#mothers #motherinstinct #motherhood #motherbaby #wildmothering #protectivemom

You got this mama! You are resourced & your inner

You got this mama! You are resourced & your inner knowing is one of the greatest gifts of motherhood. Trust yourself. Trust your body. Trust your brilliant baby. Trust God, the Creator, Great Spirit. Trust the unknown and surrender to what you cannot control 💛🌕
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#pregnancy #motherhood #intuition #innerknowing #wildpregnancy #wildmothering #fts #sovereignbirth #freebirth #naturalbirth #undisturbedbirth #motherbaby #birth #homebirth #homebirthsupplies #allyouneed

We can try to control. We want so badly to control

We can try to control. We want so badly to control. But we just simply can't. We are not God. But rather a vessel of Creation itself.
We are a channel for the divine.
For a spirit to come from there, through our bodies, to here.
We can try to use all the gadgets, the man made drugs, the man made theories, etc, but in the end Only one thing decides fate. And it's not us.
One of the greatest teachings of motherhood, if we so choose, is to surrender to what we cannot control. To surrender to Great Spirit, the Creator, and the Great Mystery.
To be in full devotion to a plan that is greater than our own. This includes loss. This includes death. This includes every possible outcome in existence. Choosing full self responsibility, the ability to respond, to be accountable for your decisions, the decision to Surrender & Trust in the unknown, in full devotion to life & Great Sprit is one of the greatest acts in life, and the biggest teaching available through the motherhood initiation (pregnancy/birth)
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#life #death #theunknown #thegreatmystery #creator #god #greatspirit #surrender #trust #pregnancy #birth #motherhood #freebirth #sovereignbirth #autonomy #responsibility #devotion

Thank you Life. Thank you Thank you Thank you for

Thank you Life. Thank you Thank you Thank you for another day to wake up to. Thank you for another moon to look up to. Thank you for the sweet rains, the fresh air, the singing birds out our windows. Thank you for the warmth, the fire, the sun, the light. There is so much light everywhere. Thank you for family, connection, friendships, relational beings, sensorial bodies. Thank you for the incredibly nourishing and abundant foods. The spring water up the road from our home that we pray in gratitude for as we hydrate our bodies. Thank you bodies and for everything you do for us to live. Thank you for the continuation, the teachings, the learnings. Thank you for this beautiful daughter who has come into our lives and who guides our future. Who brings so much joy to our hearts and beings. Thank you ancestors for protecting us. For your living wisdoms in our DNA, in the lands and in the waters. Thank you great spirit and thank you great mystery.

gratitude #thankyoulife #giftoflife

Yesterday was the first day I felt this little one

Yesterday was the first day I felt this little one moving in my womb, so I felt the call to share that our family is growing 🥹 so fast. Èmoon Ìleyah is going to be the best big sister 🌸🌞🌱🙏🏽
Feeling so blessed & blissed inside my heart. Full of life. Literally..

Here is a taste of the glorious nourishment i have

Here is a taste of the glorious nourishment i have the honor of making for women in their early postpartum time 💛

I have a limited amount of openings for the rest of this year for my postpartum care 🙏🏽🌸🌕

L!nk in bio to schedule a call with me about how I may serve you in this special time

#postpartum #postpartummeals #postpartumnourishment #the4thtrimester #fourthtrimester #thefirst40days #stewardship

I want to extend the invitation of this offering t

I want to extend the invitation of this offering to you women,

A birth story sharing circle that i will facilitate.
This will be a private, safe and confidential container of women to either witness or be witnessed in sharing the story of their babies birth.
The birth of our little ones are monumental moments of our lives and it is so healing to share and be heard.
I find that many women never get to tell their story where others find relief in sharing it.

This is for all types of birth stories. Whether it be in the hospital, with a medical midwife, with a sovereign midwife, or unassisted. There is no discrimination, only support & the medicine of witnessing and being witnessed.

• Babies in arms welcomed, but due to the nature of the intimacy in the stories, it's best older children stay with a care provider .
• I kindly suggest it is not a space for pregnant women, or first time mothers who are pregnant, in case there are traumatic stories shared. However, this is up to each woman herself.
• This is also an open invitation for maidens interested in hearing the profound and diverse expressions of birth.

I hope to meet you in the circle💛🌕🌸

Mic drop.. . . . . . #sovereign #borntobefree #so

Mic drop..
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#sovereign #borntobefree #sovereignliving ##bodyautonomy ##undisturbedbirth #physiologicalbirth #freebirth #sovereignbirth #sacredbirth #thebodyknows #birthinpower ##birthinreverence #thankyougreatspirit #guidedandprotected #wakantanka #wopila #techichila

"JUST AS A WOMAN’S HEART KNOWS HOW AND WHEN TO P

"JUST AS A WOMAN’S HEART KNOWS HOW AND WHEN TO PUMP, HER LUNGS TO INHALE, AND HER HAND TO PULL BACK FROM FIRE, SO SHE KNOWS WHEN AND HOW TO GIVE BIRTH.”

VIRGINIA DI ORIO

Trust birth. Trust life.

#birth #naturalbirth #womenswisdom #motherinstinct #trusttheprocess #trustlife

It doesn't take much 😊 . . . . #homebirth #hom

It doesn't take much 😊

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#homebirth #homebirthsupplies #minimalistmama #sovereignbirth #freebirth #wildmothering #naturalbirth #wildpregnancy #undisturbedbirth #motherbaby

The juxtaposition of modern & traditional midwifer

The juxtaposition of modern & traditional midwifery
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#midwife #midwifery #traditionalmidwifery #sovereignbirth #wisewomen #birthoutsidethesystem

Yum yum yumm. Follow the link in my bio to learn m

Yum yum yumm.
Follow the link in my bio to learn more about my postpartum stewardship services 💛🌞🌼
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#postpartum #nevadacity #postpartumnourishment #postpartummeals #postpartumbliss #postpartumsupport

Anything other than spontaneous birth is premature

Anything other than spontaneous birth is premature birth.

There is a cultural obsession with evicting babies before they are ready to be born.

I feel this stems from a rooted lack of trust in Great Spirit/God, a lack of trust in the intelligence of our bodies and our babies' bodies , and in divinity itself.

Perhaps its related to our wish to play God, and to try to control fate.

There is an obvious influence & push from the medical system, including medical home birth midwives, who are threatening women that if they do not birth within a certain arbitruary time frame, they would be submitted to the hospital, or if in the hospital scheduled for invasive surgery.

No, babies do not expire. No, our babies' placenta does not expire.

Yes, our babies will be born when they are ready.

No, if there is a true emergency, surgury would be automatic, and an immediate response.

Rushing birth is completely opposite of what our primal biological bodies require to birth.

Inductions, medical and "natural" (i dont believe in natural inductions, simply because rushing birth is not natural itself) are harmful to both mother and baby and can be life threatening! (Yes even the "natural" ones).

Inductions are the beginning of a cascade of interventions.

And as we understand through physiological birth, birth works best when left undisturbed.

The more that we trust in our bodies, trust in our babies, trust in great spirit, trust in the creator , and trust in the great mystery- the more peacefully our little ones will be brought into this world, and the more peace will ripple into the world and for future generations.

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#trust #intrustwegod #trustlife #trustbirth #undisturbedbirth #unassistedbirth #divinebirth #birthinpower #birthinreverence #sovereign #sovereignbirth #freebirth #birthonyourownterms #motherbaby #motherledbirth spontaneousbirth #inductions #naturalinduction #naturalbirth

The greatest act a midwife can do, is to hold sacr

The greatest act a midwife can do, is to hold sacred space in full embodiment of trust to the birth process as the birthing mother herself initiates the most powerful experience of her life.
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#trust #trustbirth #trustlife #ancestralwisdom #sovereignbirth #traditionalmidwifery #truemidwifery #undisturbedbirth #physiologicalbirth #birthinpower #birthyourownway #birthoutsidethesystem #motherbaby #motherledbirth #radicalbirthkeeper

of course emergencies do happen, although they are

of course emergencies do happen, although they are VERY rare.
the medical industrial complex profits off of unnecessary fear driven interventions and women out of their power and innate wisdom.
There is a rise in women awakening to this and women are taking birth back into the hands of the birthing mothers.
I'm honored to be of service in this revolution through my virtual sovereign birth mentorship.
if you're feeling a call in your heart to birth in reverence and absolute trust , reach out to me and let's make it happen. 🌼💛🌞✨️🏵🕊🙌🏾
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#freebirth #sovereignbirth #wildmothering #wildpregnancy #naturalbirth #sovereign #fertility #sovereignliving #sustainableliving #trust #trustbirth #trustlife #motherbaby #motherledbirth #familycenteredbirth #undisturbedbirth #bodyautonomy

What is your dream birth?! Id love to know!! Drop

What is your dream birth?!
Id love to know!! Drop it in the comments of you feel inspired.

My first dream birth , that was more an intuitive vision,
Was me birthing alone in darkness by a fire.
Every time I asked my body and baby what our birth would be like, this vision kept reoccurring in my mind.
And eventually this is exactly how our birth came to be.

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#birth #dreambirth #freebirth #sovereignbirth #wildmothering #birthinpower #yourbirth #birthyourownway #intuitivebirth #naturalbirth #homebirth #primalbirth

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