{"id":12598,"date":"2018-03-18T15:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=12598"},"modified":"2018-03-18T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:57:38","slug":"photos-of-the-day-bris-for-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2018\/03\/18\/photos-of-the-day-bris-for-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the day: Bris for twins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class = \"drop_cap\">T<\/span>aking photographs at family events is always a treat, but for once-in-a-lifetime events, it can be a little stressful, too. This week I was honoured to be asked to document the Brit Milah (Bris) of <em>twin<\/em> baby boys! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/40842771472\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4779\/40842771472_685b5bec73_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was a little nervous about making sure I got the key elements of the ceremony, but having photographed a baptism and a bat mitzvah as well as a few weddings now, I knew I&#8217;d be mostly good if I kept my head up and my hands steady. A story is a story, and I do love to tell a story in photographs. (A bit of research on Google ahead of time helped me know what to expect, as well.)<\/p>\n<p>It was a warm, lovely ceremony &#8211; times two! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/26012535727\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/817\/26012535727_ff47236213_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/40177323774\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/797\/40177323774_a2a7250fe0_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/40842769972\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/795\/40842769972_f2829fd6cd_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/26013806677\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/818\/26013806677_2f007faa1c_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two proud big brothers and a big sister helped to welcome these new babies into the world. This big brother is clearly taking his responsibilities with baby brother seriously!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/40842770782\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/784\/40842770782_ca55840804_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Mothership Photography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were lots of friends and family nearby to help celebrate. Lots of amateur photographers, too! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/40842770432\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4772\/40842770432_22763c7344_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Mothership Photography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/27015010668\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/799\/27015010668_06e677a0ab_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Mothership Photography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even as an experienced mom of three, I was in awe of how easily this busy Mama tucked two babies into her wrap and got on with her business, arms free and a beautiful smile on her face. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/39074849020\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/814\/39074849020_c23673c481_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa family photographer Mothership Photography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t pretend to know which baby is which, but hello Koby and Jonah!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/26012536207\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/796\/26012536207_f9bda2d13a_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/39074849810\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Brit Milah\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4778\/39074849810_20d799276f_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Brit Milah by Ottawa photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mazel tov<\/em>, beautiful boys! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking photographs at family events is always a treat, but for once-in-a-lifetime events, it can be a little stressful, too. This week I was honoured to be asked to document the Brit Milah (Bris) of twin baby boys! I was a little nervous about making sure I got the key elements of the ceremony, but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2018\/03\/18\/photos-of-the-day-bris-for-twins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Photos of the day: Bris for twins!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mothership-photography","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12600,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions\/12600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}