Headshot Photography

Before her session, she left a comment on one of my posts. “It would be lovely to see myself from a different viewpoint, and I might be pleasantly surprised.”

That’s exactly what this became.

Sometimes the surprise isn’t that you look different. It’s that you finally get to see what was already there.

When did you last really see yourself?

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She reached out at 39 weeks. Baby number four, so I wasn’t sure there was time left to book anything at all.

We shot the session, and that same afternoon, she went into hospital. He was born shortly after.

Sometimes it feels like a baby can sense what you’re hoping for, and holds on just long enough.

Dad wrote in his review that they walked in a little anxious, first time in a studio, but the whole process felt relaxed. He said every detail in the album made it perfect, an unforgettable memory.

This album is what came from those last hours before everything changed. Not rushed. Not almost missed. Just in time.

If you’re waiting for the “right” moment to book yours, this might be it.

Moments like this are the gems in a session. They don’t always come.

But when they do, I’m ready.

No AI image could give you this. Maybe a fake photo, but without the lived experience, it’s just another pretty picture.

Dad saw the smile happen. Mum was watching them both. It was real, and it lasted only a few seconds.

The print is what lets you relive it forever

Not just a digital file, something tangible, after something real.

What’s a moment you wish you had a print of?

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I’m definitely not a poet. I’ve never called myself a writer.
I’m a photographer.

But these lines came out of me almost on their own during the breastfeeding project. As if they’d been waiting for a page.

This is the third and last part.
Thank you for reading it with me. I hope you enjoyed it.

If you missed the other 2 parts check the previous reels.

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Part two of the poem I wrote while working on Milk Tales. If you missed part one, it’s on my page, or click on the reel.

It’s a raging storm,
and the calm sea at dusk.
It’s the sun that tempts you,
the rain that breaks you.

It’s burning fire
that stirs what words can’t say.
It’s a path of discovery,
lit in your own way.

A journey that strips you bare,
but clothes you in new grace.
Each drop of milk
a vow you won’t erase.

Third and last one coming soon. Don’t miss it.

Which line stayed with you? #breastfeeding #breastfeedingjourney #poemsofinsta

While I was working on my breastfeeding personal project a few years ago, a poem slowly grew in me, written in Italian.

This is the translated version, which became part of Milk Tales, a book of photography and stories from 25 mothers, including my own.

I never shared the poem publicly, until now.
Part one of three. Follow for more.