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Fortnightly Photos VII

| Rohana Aisha Dewfall

Hello!

I started this at the end of summer and although winter isn’t here yet, I am definitely feeling the cold! I am trying to keep up with everything on my to-do list, but often I find the list gets longer and longer and I am less able to tick things off.

One thing I have kept up with is my photos! I had my first paid clients this month – 3 of them! And I have learned a lot, and really enjoyed myself. I have invested a lot into this business and am looking at investing more – both of myself personally and financially.  But baby steps, I have found myself incredibly busy just doing mum things so I am going to give myself a few weeks of taking it slow before upping any game.

I converted my living room entirely into a studio, thanks to my lovely husband agreeing to move all our furniture around, and so now I can put up my backdrops and take them down as needed. It’s made a big difference!

Here are my  top photos from the last couple weeks:

These are from our family photoshoot – I love them and have made our Christmas cards with them too!

These are from shoots with other people as well, and I have a couple with myself and Theo Prana in them from our practice sessions. I have accumulated a LOT of props now, for sitter and newborn sessions and I have been learning a lot about them so I am educated on what I am offering.

In honesty, while I haven’t blogged and I have let this slide a lot, I haven’t given up on this project, and I haven’t let myself put the camera down so I am proud of that. I love the studio sessions, and it makes so much sense in the winter because it is so very cold, but I still love the outdoor sessions most, and I know that there will be lots of fun when we do venture to some muddy fields, or our on an adventure with the camera; just need to wait and see what happens.

I’ll try to post on time at the end of this month.

Thanks for sticking with me,

Xoxox

R

Fortnightly Photos VI

| Rohana Aisha Dewfall

Hey,

I am backdating a couple of posts because my manic life has meant that I completely lost track of time and space, and my dedication to myself and this blog has been at a level 0. I have been taking photos, of my son, my husband and clients, but finding the time to write hasn’t been a priority, and so I have let is slide.

My last post was in the middle of October, and so now, these are my top photos from the end of October.

It was a busy month, after Theo Prana’s sickness bug, H’s friend Charley came up to visit, and H had a few surprise days off work so we had a few really good days out. He went away for a few days afterwards, and since we were preparing for his sea time, I decided to try to do a “See you soon Daddy” photoshoot with bubba – I even made DIY bunting!

The end of month has zoomed round and now we are over halfway through November, which has also been a busy month for photos – but that is for my next post.

Thanks for sticking with me,

xoxo

R

Fortnightly Photos V

| Rohana Aisha Dewfall

This is a full week late now but I am still catching up from Theo Prana’s sickness bug. We had lots of cuddles and days indoors last week and the weekly schedule got away from me.

For my own benefit, I am posting my 5th round of (almost) fortnightly photos, as I learn things and watch myself grow.

Here is this batch:

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Thanks for keeping up with me if you are!

Xox

R

Fortnightly Photos IV

| Rohana Aisha Dewfall

Wow, the last 2 weeks have been insane! I have been doing photoshoots of kids around the local area now and have been non-stop editing and trying to up my game. I’m building my portfolio so as of yet this has all been free – I don’t mind one bit, I’ve loved it – but my god it’s an incredible amount of work to fit in only when baby sleeps! Watching different tutorials on YouTube for inspiration when I can, and practising as much as possible.

I now have a logo! And a business page, and am meeting a lady about starting an actual proper business tomorrow. Life feels like it’s going at warp speed!

Anyhow, here are my top 5 from recently… there are lots and lots more, but I’m keeping the ones on these blogs either family or close friends, so there are less to choose from then.

I’ll update this in a few weeks. Looking forward to seeing what they bring.

Xoxo

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This one needs a LOT of work I know, but he was helping me with all our stuff and I got the basket for smaller babies… couldn’t resist putting him in it!

I’ll update this in a few weeks. Looking forward to seeing what they bring.

Xoxo

R

Turning to TED

| Rohana Aisha Dewfall

Hi Everyone,

This weekend my son has had a rough few days, teething plus swollen tonsils have left him feeling pretty crap! As a result, I haven’t had much time to sit and write. Admittedly, I’m not sure what I’d have written about because after a couple of days with him in pain, I’m feeling uninspired and a little useless. Obviously this too shall pass, but anyone with babies knows, when you’re in the moment, you just want to make it better for them.

Today I decided to pick myself up and motivate myself, because starting off the week well is important. I’ve opened my laptop and found myself listening to TED talks… not ones to inspire, but ones about parenting. I listened to a lot of these when I was pregnant, but somehow I’ve looped back and am listening to them again and I find a whole new appreciation for them.

I have binge watched a few now (baby’s had a long nap) and so I thought I’d share the ones I liked (links below); for anyone who needs to get our of their own heads today:

For Parents Happiness is a Very High Bar

  • Talks about the economics of parenting
  • Talks about preparing kids for the future
  • Talks about the crisis of parenthood, which often leads to the crisis of marriage
  • The issue of work-life crisis
  • The conflict of wanting children to be happy… and the harsh reality that there is no real way to teach this

How to Raise Successful Kids – without over parenting

  • Talks about academic pressures and parental praise
  • A checklist childhood

What we Learn Before We Are Born– I loved this one when I was pregnant!

  • Talks about how babies learn in the womb
  • Talks about the mother’s voice travelling to her baby while it grows – and the language it will be born into
  • Talks about food preferences

What We Don’t Know About Mothers Milk – This is informative and funny!

  • Talks about the time and effort it takes to produce milk
  • Talks about support systems for mothers and babies
  • Talks about the components of breastmilk – as food, medicine, hormones, comfort etc
  • Talks about how society fails mothers

The Lies We Tell Pregnant Women

  • Talks about the objectification of women
  • Talks about dismantling systems of inequality to help raise our kids in a better world
  • Talks about sexual behaviours of pre/postpartum couples (particularly focusing on women)

There are literally hundreds of talks I could share but these are a hand-picked few. 

Enjoy xoxo