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joanne
I’m Joanne and this is my story, not my life story but my story of motherhood and how it changed my life forever and gave me a why.
I’m a daughter, a sister, a wife, but most importantly a mother to two small boys. It is these little boys who inspire me everyday and the reason I am so passionate about capturing the beauty in motherhood for others.
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“ he would not only change my life forever but he would change me forever. Nothing or no one could have prepared me for this journey into motherhood I was about to undertake. ”
On the 20th of September 2019 a screaming Arlo Lemon entered this world, he would not only change my life forever but he would change me forever. Nothing or no one could have prepared me for this journey into motherhood I was about to undertake. I’ll not lie that first year was hard, really hard, one extremely unsettled baby mixed with postnatal anxiety and a global pandemic wasn’t really how I imagined becoming a mother would look or feel like, but even on my hardest days i never doubted for one second that becoming a mother was the best thing I had ever done, the love I had for this little person was like no other and being his mummy gave me purpose.
14th September 2021 a screaming Noah Lemon entered this world in what I can only describe as the most empowering moment of my life to date. Before this moment, I knew that motherhood could throw really high highs and really low lows at me, but I’d never truly looked at myself and seen myself for the strong, powerful mother that I was.
I came away from Noah’s birth and that empowered feeling coupled with all my past motherhood experiences with a burning desire to do more with it.
I wanted so desperately to help other mothers see their true beauty, you know that beauty that we as mothers stop seeing In ourselves, and I wanted to honour their stories, so I decided to take the leap into photography. Photography for me was something that I’d always loved, something I’d always dreamt of doing, but I could never quite see where I would fit in, but now I knew it was right here telling mothers stories. I’m extremely passionate about helping to empower mothers, I want to help each individual mother see her beauty, her strength, her vulnerability, her connection, and her love. I want to create magic with her in this time of fleeting moments and leave her with beautiful heirlooms of a love story from the heart.
now the why
a revelation
“But now I finally feel like I've found my calling: crafting mothers' stories into beautiful portraits that will last for generations to come.”
I think it's safe to say that most of us have had moments where we've felt lost in our careers and unsure of ourselves, but when you're a mother, those feelings can be particularly debilitating. It's hard to know who you are when you're busy being someone else—someone's mother.
But now I finally feel like I've found my calling: crafting mothers' stories into beautiful portraits that will last for generations to come. Through this work, I'm helping mothers find themselves again by reminding them of their true selves—strong women who are fierce protectors of their families and loved ones.
