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Me after a workshop and 8 sessions in 4 days…but

Me after a workshop and 8 sessions in 4 days…but also me. ✨

(always finding joy)

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One seat left – Palm Beach, August 6–7 One ses

One seat left – Palm Beach, August 6–7
One session left – New York, August 4

Two different stories.
One to guide you behind the lens.
One to hold you in front of it.

If it’s for you, reach out today.

#anyamaria #newyork #palmbeach #withinworkshop #familysession

Would you believe me if I said I walked away from

Would you believe me if I said I walked away from this session unsure?

The sun rose too quickly.
The light got too bright.
I didn’t feel like I got what I came for.

But now…now I couldn’t love these more if I tried.

The magic often happens in the in-between.
Not in the checklist we carry in our minds, but in the surrender. The presence. The realness.

You won’t always feel it right away.
But trust it.
It will stay with you.
And the meaning will come.

There are still a few spaces left,
for the ones who want to feel this too.
Sessions.
Workshops.
Stories that deserve to be held with care.

If you’ve been meaning to come, this is your moment. Message me.

Anya xx

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“Some moments blur in the rush of living. But lo

“Some moments blur in the rush of living. But love has always stayed in focus.”

Years gone in a flash. A thousand moments I lived, but didn’t always get to hold.

Sometimes I wonder if I gave the best years of my children’s lives to my business.
To airports.
To clients.
To chasing timelines and catching the light before it faded.

But the truth is…
I built something beautiful; for them.
I carried us. I showed them what it means to create, to care, to keep going.

Still, I feel the shift now.
The ache to be home more.
To let time pass more slowly.
To give back some of the presence I couldn’t always offer before.

Maybe the next chapter will look different. And maybe that’s the most loving thing I can do; for them, and for me.

Grateful to @sarahblack_was_here for holding this season with me, as she has so many times over the years.

“There were tears (and laughter) as we poured ou

“There were tears (and laughter) as we poured ourselves over every image.
We haven’t had photos like this since our wedding 12 years ago…
And looking at the boys, we felt this deep moment of gratitude for the family we’ve created.”

Jayde’s words reminded me why I do this. Not just to take photos; but to pause time for a moment. Forever.
To hold a mirror to everything good, real, and fleeting. To remind you that this season matters.

(And sometimes, that mirror includes a photo of your dog digging with his bum to the camera, destined for a toilet wall…Scout, you legend 😂).

Here’s what’s still ahead:

WORKSHOPS
→ Palm Beach – August 6–7
→ Los Angeles – September 2–3
→ Perth – October 13–14

SESSIONS
→ New York – August 4
→ San Francisco – August 31
→ Sydney – October 8–10 (sold out)
→ Melbourne – October 10–13 (sold out)
→ Perth – October 13–17 (sold out)
→ Hong Kong – November 1–3 (one spot left)

There’s still room.
If you’ve been circling this, I’d love to hear from you. Anya xx

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Seventeen. Still the little girl with the cutest

Seventeen.

Still the little girl with the cutest pigtails and deepest dimples, saying hippopomopamus like it was the funniest word in the world.

So much of you is me,
and yet you are doing better than I ever was at your age.
You amaze me.

You are strength, softness, wit, beauty and love.
You are mine.
And I am forever yours.

Happy birthday, my Mya.
Your last year as a child…and what a crazy busy one it will be.

I’m so proud of you.

#mine #mya #happybirthday

📷 my dearest @sarahblack_was_here

@2025 Anya Maria