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"The hug I didn't know I needed". Read Gillian's s

"The hug I didn't know I needed". Read Gillian's story about how this photograph I captured was a turning point for her. She approached the photo shoot as a reclamation. A way to see herself again after her life experiences marked by separation—forced adoption, the rupture of kinship ties and the loss of cultural continuity.

"I approached the shoot as a kind of reclamation.
A way to see myself again.
A way to allow others to see me, too.

On the day, Brisbane’s heat and humidity wrapped around us like a thick cloak.
But I felt calm. Trust settled in my bones.

And when Mel gently suggested I hug myself, I did.

It felt awkward. Foreign. But it also felt… real.

When I was selecting which images to print, I paused on that self-hug portrait.
Then I skipped past it.

But Mel hadn’t.

Weeks later, when I returned to collect the final prints, she gifted me that very image.
She’d seen something in it I wasn’t quite ready to name.

Now, I keep it where I can see it.

That photo is more than a portrait.
It’s a turning point.
A self-hug.
A new story."
Gillian.

You can keep reading Gillian's story here https://h3rst0ry.substack.com/p/the-hug-i-didnt-know-i-needed

Every now and then I ask a client to reward themselves with a hug at the end of their photo shoot to celebrate themselves. It is definitely a foreign feeling when it is new experience but something magical starts to happen when you let go and connect with your touch and self compassion.

Transformation isn't possible if we care too much

Transformation isn't possible if we care too much about what people think of us. Be yourself and don't be held back by other people's opinions. This is FREEDOM.

This is what it looks like celebrating 60!!

#LiveLifeBoldly #trueself #nomakeup #brisbaneportrait #brisbanemum #blackandwhitephotography

She called me “The Ali Whisperer” because nobo

She called me “The Ali Whisperer” because nobody can connect and capture her like I did.

“Everything about ME is here in these photographs”.

Listen in to @atkinson.ali (local Nambour artist) talk about her experience.

Want to see you in your photographs?

#nambourartists #sunshinecoastartist #sunshinecoastentrepreneurs #thisisme #iamhere #iamanartist #Iamalive #cominghometome #brisbaneartist #brisbanewomeninbusiness

‘Raw self. Strength in baring all”. I love th

‘Raw self. Strength in baring all”.
I love the reveal of wall art when I can get to unwrap and inspect the portrait to make sure the print is beautifully balanced with highlights and shadows. I am always in awe and stand in silence while I take it in.

#wallportrait #wahine #wahinemāori #bareall #healingscars #blackandwhiteart #grainisgood #nomakeupneeded

“This is me. I am here” 🥰 No makeup Portr

“This is me. I am here” 🥰

No makeup Portrait Experience. Just you showing up as you are.
Be seen. Be seen by you.

#brisbaneportraitphotographer #brisbanestudio #blackandwhiteportrait #brisbanemums #nomakeupphotoshoot #breastcancer #scarsarebeautful #breastcancersurvivors

“I love them!” Listen in to @inalignmentwithk

“I love them!”
Listen in to @inalignmentwithkinesiology share her viewing experience to select her photographs 🥰

#nomakeupphotoshoot #viewing #viewingexperience #brandingshoot #brandingshootsbrisbane #inalignment

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