My Business Goals, Not Just For This Year, But Forever.
New Year's resolutions, we make them, we break them. That’s why I hadn’t planned on making any new goals moving into this year (besides my personal goal of wearing larger old lady underwear). For me, goals need to be set when the time is right, when you’re ready to change and not just when the calendar hits a certain day.
Boudoir – The Whole Story
Earlier this year I started shooting boudoir full of energy and excitement...then it stalled. Read more
What I’ve Learned – My Body and Having a Daughter
I didn’t think it would be that different having a girl, but this fat little baby has totally changed how I see myself.
This year I failed…twice
So this is hard to write, what I really want to do is hide under a rock and never tell anyone about my failures. But who does that help? I still will have failed and other people who've failed too will feel alone. Other failures of the world I'm here to publicly join you!
My Birth Story (number two)
If you read my last birth story you would know that I had three false starts with my labour and so going into this one I thought 'my body had done this before, it knows what it's doing...when my labour starts it will be starting for real'. Boy was I wrong.
Weddings Are Only The Start
One of the things that bothers me the most about being a wedding photographer is 'wedding jokes'. Read more
What I learned: Keeping Your Identity
I hear a lot of Mum's talking about 'losing themselves' since having a baby and it's very common to feel swallowed whole by becoming a parent. I thankfully have not had this experience. Yes there are moments when everything is a little overwhelming but I'm a strong believer that you can keep your identity and that you're more than a Mum.
What I Learned: Comparisons
I don't know if it's the same for you, but comparing myself to other people takes all the joy out of life. Unless I'm better than that other person, then I feel awesome...for like five minutes.
What I Learned: Baby Body
I should preface this post by saying I've never had a hot body. When many of you look back to your teen years and reminisce about your tiny bod I think back to an awkward body, pear shaped and a little pudgy. Once I reached my twenties I lost a little weight and got healthier, but I still wasn't skinny. It's just not in my genetic makeup and let's be honest I'm not going to starve myself so I can look how other people think I should, I'm very comfortable in my own skin. I've always been more interested in my character and personality than in the way I look, but all that said I still want to look nice, well fed and nice.
What I Learned: The First Few Months
Like with both labor and pregnancy being a parent is such a personal thing, I can only tell you what I learned and what worked for us...not what's best for you.
Baby Stuff – My Top 5 Favourite Things
I admit I'm a snob, I like pretty things and most baby things are ugly covered with weird embroidery...so when I found out I was pregnant I started to search the internet for the not ugly stuff. A few of my friends who don't have babies asked me to post a list of what I found and purchased (I cheated and had nine things instead of five).
Walt Six Weeks
By now you probably have heard that I've had a baby, because I've become on of those crazy Mum's who takes millions of photos of their babies and gets excited when he burps.
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What I Learned: Labor
For a long time before I was pregnant the idea of something as large as a baby exiting my body completely freaked me out, but something funny happened when I got pregnant, all that fear left me and was replaced by anticipation.
What I Learned: Pregnancy
It's been almost three months since I was pregnant and I wanted to record my experience before I completely forgot what it was like.
Cards With Empathy
A few weeks ago I came across these cards by Emily McDowell designed for people who are seriously ill and they're perfect.
My Birth Story
Warning: This post contains my birth photos. They're very tasteful, but they're still of me giving birth...in other words there is a lot of my skin exposed.
If I got married today (2014) – Wedding Three
Option three is a little sparkly and a little girly, I love the idea of having gold leaf in short blond hair!