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You maybe have heard the quote that says, “We take pictures as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone”. It sounds a little bit cheesy, but it is so true. I can never say how thankful I am to have so many beautiful moments frozen in time for me to revisit. Like the moment I held my firstborn for the first time ever. In the present, everything felt like a blur. I was exhausted after 15 hours of unmedicated labor, and still felt the pain of it. But suddenly time stopped as my midwife put my baby on my chest, and he looked up at me with his big, cherry eyes. It is impossible to explain the feeling of meeting your own flesh and blood for the first time. But time moved on too quickly, and he’s now walking and talking. But I never want to forget the magic of that first moment. Thanks to Suli, I have a beautiful picture of that exact moment, and I cannot tell you how much value it has to me. People sometimes ask me if I felt uncomfortable having a photographer in the room when I was giving birth, or breastfeeding in the shower. And honestly, no, I didn’t. Suli is one of the most uncomplicated people ever, and always makes me feel comfortable and beautiful in front of the camera. And every time when I get to see the finished pictures, it fills my heart to know that these memories are somehow set in stone. Time has permission to move one. And I think this is what photography should be all about: maybe not always when we’re perfectly dressed and posing, but capturing the exact moments we are living in—the feel of your living room when your kids are playing, the way your body looks when it is growing a baby, or being in pyjamas with your partner. These are the moments you’re going to want to revisit when you’re older and different. And Suli will not disappoint.