She's Here! | Journee's Arrival

It's so surreal... I'm usually shooting and posting pics of someone else's baby and now I am blessed to share some of my own lil angel. It's been a long time coming. God only knows... After losing my first child, Zaiyah, photography truly became my outlet and passion. It was my therapy and definitely a way to heal. Now today, 2011,  I have been given the chance to combine both. My talent (def God's gift) and my hearts desire (my daughter). I want to thank everyone who has been a part of this journey. And to those who have or havent yet met my JOURNEE, here she is :)

Its been tough recovering and getting adjusted to motherhood, but my photography instincts are a bit more keen and polished lol. So I did manage to shoot my baby girl.

My Journee| Essynce Photography and K.Dot (of K.Aesthetix) Collabo

It's been so exciting to take pics of my growing belly during this time and as a photographer you have tons of ideas going through your head, but a)I can't shoot myself and b) I could actually shoot myself if I knew where my remote was, hmmm. Any who it helps to have talented people in your life, especially when my goal was to have three different sessions and the last one at my peek (aka the big belly). The first two previous session were a joint effort between myself and my cousin Mel. And now for this last one it all came together for me and my cousin/stylist Kani, thanks to our combined vision. The whole concept is very dear and personal to me. It totally embodies what life obstacles I've gone through to finally reach this point in my journey. I am truly grateful and SO thankful that God has blessed me with such an opportunity.

Thank you Kani for being part of this journey, MY JOURNEE ;)

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MyJournee from Nys on Vimeo.