01/11/2026
🩰✨ A little girl, a big dream, and a whole lot of growth. 🤍
There’s something incredibly special about being a photographer and getting to capture your own daughter doing something she loves so much.
But sometimes, it’s hard to see through the lens when you’re also the proud mum behind it. 🥹
This year has been an enormous year of growth for my beautiful ballerina. Not just in her dancing, but in her confidence, determination, resilience and the way she carries herself.
Watching her blossom into the little dancer she is becoming has been one of the most beautiful things to witness.
To her incredible dance teachers, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for the patience, encouragement, dedication and love you pour into these little dancers. For seeing their potential, pushing them to grow and believing in them, even when they might not believe in themselves.
The impact you have goes so far beyond teaching dance steps. You’re helping shape confident, strong and passionate little humans, and that is something truly special. 🤍
As a photographer, I get to freeze these moments in time, but as her mum, I get to treasure the journey behind every single one of them.
Forever proud of my little ballerina. 🩰🤍
Here’s to the beautiful journey of watching her grow, one dance step at a time. ✨
Leisa Payne School of Dance Leisa Watkin Coaching with Mrs Dx Kiara Watkin