I recently launched a mothers day mini session day and met some beautiful mothers as a result. I’m just taking a moment to celebrate the win that this has been for me, and decided to share it.

I know Mothers day is for some incredibly important, for others incredibly painful, and for others something they couldn’t care less about  – and all of that’s okay. I wanted to get creative, to give something that was meaningful and to celebrate mothers in whatever stage of their journey they were when we met.

Of course, it’s been timed to fit mothers day, and I wanted to make sure I got everyone their gallery beforehand, but deeper than that, it was a celebration of mothers in their every day, and that’s exactly how it felt actually.

I need to say it was an honour to meet, share and capture the wonderful mothers who came.

We went to the woods and walked and captured moments of their relationship with their beautiful tiny people. I wanted it to be natural, relaxed and away from the whole “pose for a photo” vibe that comes with a random stranger and their camera being around you.

I think there’s absolutely a place for that kind of photo, but I’m not the one to be taking it and that’s okay. I’m really grateful that I live somewhere that I can say let’s meet at “xyz” and the people who are cool with it come.

With all my heart I am so grateful this is a reality I am living where I can do this. The version of me who was hopeful, afraid and eventually gave up trying 6 years ago is part of who I am today, and without her I wouldn’t have been able to offer this, create in this way or share, but here we are.

Capturing motherhood not in a posed “smile for the camera” kind of way, but in the twinkly smiles and excited hugs kind of way.

All my love,

Rohana x