Coming home to the work I love (and why I stepped away).

Well hello friends - it’s been a while.

A long, long, loooong while 🙃.

So what happened?

At the beginning of 2024, I made the decision to step away from my photography business. I’d been photographing your love stories for close to a decade, and while I was so proud of my work, something inside me was asking for change. 

My world had shifted so much after COVID, I know that story isn’t unique anymore - but it’s true. I felt like I had grown so far and so fast that this business just simply hadn’t kept up, and I could feel myself pushing through on momentum rather than intention.

There are moments in life where you realise you need to pause — not because something is broken, but because you care too much to let it break. I have walked down the pathway of burnout once before and I recognised the warning signs, so I chose to pause.

I knew that if I didn’t step back, I risked burning out completely — and I never, ever, wanted to end up resenting something I love so deeply. 

And honestly? It was so, so hard.

I grappled with indecision and guilt for months about it - but looking back now I can say for sure it was the right decision.

During that time, I poured my creativity into building a website design business, and I had so much fun doing it. I loved learning something new, solving different problems, and helping other small businesses bring their ideas to life online. It reminded me that creativity doesn’t disappear — it just shifts shape.

Then in June 2025, everything changed again.

We welcomed our son, Teddy, into the world — and with him came a perspective shift I couldn’t have anticipated.

I’ve always known, intellectually, that babies grow fast. I’ve said it to clients for years. But knowing it and living it are two very different things. One minute he’s brand new and impossibly small, and the next he’s changing before my eyes. In the space of weeks he went from being in 0000 clothes to being in size 00 clothes - I genuinely couldn’t keep up!

More than anything, it’s made me want to slow time down as much as I can.

And that’s brought me right back to my core truth:
I photograph the little moments.
The quiet ones.
The blink-and-you’ll-miss-them ones.

The joy that lives in the in-between moments.

Becoming a mum has reminded me exactly why I picked up a camera in the first place — not for perfection or performance, but for connection. For memory. For proof that this love existed, exactly as it was.

So I’m coming back — gently, intentionally, and with clarity.

It’s going to look a little different around here.

I am quite literally throwing us into a time-turner, and taking this business right back to the beginning. For the next little while, I’ll be focusing on capturing families, bumps, and babies.

Unfortunately I’m no longer offering my studio newborn sessions 😭 - while I adore these sessions, we have repurposed my old studio room into a functional, liveable space for our family. Instead, I’m going back to where I starterd and offering in-home lifestyle sessions. Real homes. Real light. Real life. The spaces where your days actually unfold.

While I still love photographing couples and weddings, I also no longer have the capacity to commit to full-day events. This shift isn’t about loss — it’s about alignment. About choosing depth over breadth, and presence over pressure.

This version of my business feels like coming home. Capturing families is how this whole thing started way back when, and I feel excited to pick up my camera again - which is honestly very relieving.

If you’ve been here for a while, thank you for your patience and trust. 

If you’re new here — welcome. I’m so glad you found your way.

I’m officially open for bookings again, and I can’t wait to create with you — to help you slow time down, just a little, and hold onto the moments that matter most.