HEART HAZE SESSIONS
MEMORIES OF MATERNITY LEAVE
An invitation to document your real life at home with your babies, after the newborn stage is over.
Lovingly referred to as my Mat Leave Memory sessions, these photo sessions are about celebrating you in your motherhood and matrescence journey.
Available to be booked in single sessions, or as a four session discounted bundle to ensure you capture your entire year of milestones and changing seasons, together.
Celebrating yourself and your baby.
Being seen in your Maternity Leave.
A year of transformation.
Of days that fly by but feel like they’ll never end.
Let me tell you about where
it all began…
These sessions were born from my own experience whilst on Maternity Leave in 2025 with my son.
After the excitement and adrenaline of the newborn stage wore off, I found myself confronted with the intense and all encompassing aspects of being a parent and a mother.
My life had completely changed. My husband went back to work, and now caring for my small child was my job, every single day.
Much of these days were invisible to anyone else.
Some were bliss, and some felt incredibly hard.
I wondered how could I feel so “high” one instant and so “low” the very next?
The passing of time felt bittersweet. I desperately wanted to remember the moments that were fleeting, but the Haze of Postpartum made them hard for me to grasp.
I found myself craving being seen in our everyday…in the “mundane” moments that, to me, felt filled with the most raw emotion and love I’ve ever felt.
I wanted photos of me rocking him to sleep, and to see how we looked when I held him in my arms.
Or how the light fell on our faces while standing in the sunlight of the kitchen.
Simple memories of us existing and growing, together.
When I could find the energy,
I’d set up my camera and take self portraits of us two. I cherish these photos even now…
But many times,
I wished that someone was there
to take the photo for me instead.
While sitting in the nursery rocking my son to sleep one night, I wondered if being seen in this way was something every primary parent and stay at home mother was craving?
I thought to myself… it’s definitely something everyone deserves.
So, I created a session to find out…
MATERNITY LEAVE MEMORY SESSIONS
A photo session intended to witness and photograph you in your motherhood.
Heartfelt, real and raw photographs of your life to help you:
- remember fleeting moments and milestones
- celebrate your hard work
- feel seen in the most transformational role of your entire life
The details:
- 45 minute sessions shot in your home or backyard.
- Weekday bookings (9am-2pm)
- Skin to skin (intended but optional)
- A mix of portraits and candid shots that embody your lived experience.
- A minimum of 30 high-resolution digital images, in a mix of color and black and white.
$325+GST for single sessions
$1100+GST for four seasonal quarterly shoots.
Shot at approximately 3, 6, 9 and 12 months.
Each session is organically unique and tailored to your personal experiences.
