i have been thinking about this for a while. and before i start. let me say. i am GUILTY as charged. and its something i am planning on changing this year.
i started this journey into photography not just because i love it. but because i madly wanted to capture the essence of our daughters everyday life. just as it is. unscripted. so that when i flick through the captured slides i see what is truly real.
nearly every family i meet. every mum i meet. tells me this.
no. no. i don’t want you to focus on me. just the children. its all about them.
and i agree. to a point. it is about the children.
but its also about you with your children. its about how they have completely turned your world on its head.
its about how you never thought. in a million years. that you could ever love another person. such an enormously crazy amount.
its about how they drive you nuts. reduce you to tears. then offer you a crooked daisy with the dirt and roots still attached. that literally melts you into a huge melted gooey mess.
its about when i look through my lens. i see how your eyes go all soft. how you drink in the smell of them. how you wrap your arms tightly around them.
and how incredibly. insanely. breathtakingly. beautiful you are. when you are lost in a moment with them.
truly you are.
so i am now offering “JUST MUM AND ME” sessions.
week days.
you and your beautiful children. lets get those photos of you. with them. no more excuses.
and you know the excuses i am talking about.
cause trust me. i know!
i want your crooked smiles, your children’s mud pie hands wrapped tightly around you.
i want you in your home. or at the beach. or on your bikes.
i want you laughing. holding your arms out.
and just embracing. what and who you are right now. with your beautiful beautiful children.
