Zoe Bin Adoption!

I’ve been a long time advocate for adoption and have always planned on adopting at least one child in the hopefully-not-so-distant future. So it was a real joy for me to be asked to document this incredible occasion. Needless to say it was dramatically emotional. As just the photographer I had to bite back tears; I can’t imagine the emotional tidal wave the participants must have endured. But the overall emotion of course was joy. Zoe Bin has found a new home with a beautiful (literally too, they’re quite the lookers) set of parents.

What really struck me, and what I wasn’t prepared for, was the difficulty of the family giving away the baby. I suppose I’ve always concentrated on the happiness of the family receiving, but have never considered the pain of having to give up something you’ve spent so long caring for. But of course, as parents are, I’m sure they’re happy that Zoe Bin will be happy and cared for.

And Zoe Bin, what a girl. Seriously, she’s not even two and she looks four. Her eyes are sharp, her language is good, and she’s more curious than my cat. She is obviously incredibly intelligent, dangerously cute, and knows what she wants. She’s the whole Korean girl package. I seriously fell for her. Anddddddddd, she would not let those cameras go. She’s going to be a photographer. I’m just going to call it early.

Congrats! Thanks again for sharing this moment with me!

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Shot with Nikon D700 | Nikon 35/1.8 | Nikon 24-70/2.8
Processed with VSCO and Lightroom