I was a bit apprehensive about getting in front of the camera for a photo shoot again! 

Anyone I mentioned this to are surprised by this seeing as I put myself out there on my socials all the time…but it’s mainly selfies and talking to camera and I’m in a comfort zone of sorts as I’m picking what you see and doing this in a space and time that feels safe for me.

Photo shoots are more involved. Picking what to wear and what will look good on camera (I never need to think too hard of what I will wear usually!) Getting makeup done which is a rarity for me and I have to hope and pray they listen to me and give me the most natural look possible! And they did! Thankyou Megan 🙏

Megan Dent from Megan Dent Make Up Artist

And of course, I’ll be asked to do certain things to get the right shots and sometimes feel completely unnatural in the process which may be reflected in my face and then that makes me worried too! I want to look calm and happy and warm and loving and not stressed about what to do with my arms! 😆

My last profesh shots were done about 8 years ago because even though updated pics are generally needed when you run a website and online platform because you are showcasing yourself as part of your brand and products…I managed to get away with it for as long as I could! 

So I had booked and paid for this shoot back in 2021 and honestly kept finding reasons not to do it until now….

What got me here again?

A nudge from marketing (actually it was more of a push but thanks Ellissa! 😉) 

And a chat to various friends and family about why I was so hesitant…554,and then of course talking about it helped me get to the aha realisations.

I don’t care about how my body will look on camera and how I’ll be perceived if I focus on the real reasons I want to get these new pics out there. 

Naughty Naturopath Mum and Wild Flower Essence products are all about helping people like myself (mums, women, people who struggle, sensitive people, parents having a hard time helping their kids with their emotional regulation) and so that’s all these photos are for.

The Only Photographer I will Ever Use! Michelle from Eyes of Love Photography 

They are for helping me express with who I am that’s it’s ok to be messy, imperfect or not coping with life sometimes!

I want to show up for me and for my customers and audience and I want you to see that I see you, that I get you and that I understand you.

And I want to be someone who can model putting yourself out there even when all is not how you’d like it. Because I don’t think that exists. 

We will never have everything look just how we would like as that’s not life is it? We wouldn’t be here on Earth going through all we go through and have things look picture perfect would we? That’s for whatever comes next maybe but it’s not for this time. 

We are here to be messy, a work in progress, learning and loving ourselves through it all and that’s where I finally got to with this shoot. 

And I was helped by you guys! So thankyou 🙏 

And another massive thanks to my Self Love blend which I took twice daily in the lead up to and during that shoot and I kept drawing towards me everything I love about myself. And theres a lot to love ❤️ 

I know there is a lot to love about you too so I hope you can work on seeing this more and more and we can keep modeling this self love for our kids.

They are watching us and feeling us all the time so we have an incredible potential to be able to help them while we help ourselves! Having kids is kind of like the most advanced self help course there is and aren’t we lucky to be the teacher and the student at the same time? 

Alisha x 

I was a bit apprehensive about getting in front of the camera for a photo shoot again! 

Anyone I mentioned this to are surprised by this seeing as I put myself out there on my socials all the time…but it’s mainly selfies and talking to camera and I’m in a comfort zone of sorts as I’m picking what you see and doing this in a space and time that feels safe for me.

Photo shoots are more involved. Picking what to wear and what will look good on camera (I never need to think too hard of what I will wear usually!) Getting makeup done which is a rarity for me and I have to hope and pray they listen to me and give me the most natural look possible! And they did! Thankyou Megan 🙏

Megan Dent from Megan Dent Make Up Artist

And of course, I’ll be asked to do certain things to get the right shots and sometimes feel completely unnatural in the process which may be reflected in my face and then that makes me worried too! I want to look calm and happy and warm and loving and not stressed about what to do with my arms! 😆

My last profesh shots were done about 8 years ago because even though updated pics are generally needed when you run a website and online platform because you are showcasing yourself as part of your brand and products…I managed to get away with it for as long as I could! 

So I had booked and paid for this shoot back in 2021 and honestly kept finding reasons not to do it until now….

What got me here again?

A nudge from marketing (actually it was more of a push but thanks Ellissa! 😉) 

And a chat to various friends and family about why I was so hesitant…554,and then of course talking about it helped me get to the aha realisations.

I don’t care about how my body will look on camera and how I’ll be perceived if I focus on the real reasons I want to get these new pics out there. 

Naughty Naturopath Mum and Wild Flower Essence products are all about helping people like myself (mums, women, people who struggle, sensitive people, parents having a hard time helping their kids with their emotional regulation) and so that’s all these photos are for.

The Only Photographer I will Ever Use! Michelle from Eyes of Love Photography 

They are for helping me express with who I am that’s it’s ok to be messy, imperfect or not coping with life sometimes!

I want to show up for me and for my customers and audience and I want you to see that I see you, that I get you and that I understand you.

And I want to be someone who can model putting yourself out there even when all is not how you’d like it. Because I don’t think that exists. 

We will never have everything look just how we would like as that’s not life is it? We wouldn’t be here on Earth going through all we go through and have things look picture perfect would we? That’s for whatever comes next maybe but it’s not for this time. 

We are here to be messy, a work in progress, learning and loving ourselves through it all and that’s where I finally got to with this shoot. 

And I was helped by you guys! So thankyou 🙏 

And another massive thanks to my Self Love blend which I took twice daily in the lead up to and during that shoot and I kept drawing towards me everything I love about myself. And theres a lot to love ❤️ 

I know there is a lot to love about you too so I hope you can work on seeing this more and more and we can keep modeling this self love for our kids.

They are watching us and feeling us all the time so we have an incredible potential to be able to help them while we help ourselves! Having kids is kind of like the most advanced self help course there is and aren’t we lucky to be the teacher and the student at the same time? 

Alisha x