Emma Freney Photography

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There is a certain kind of magic woven into the young years.Not the polished kind. Not the quiet kind.But the real kind....
09/05/2026

There is a certain kind of magic woven into the young years.
Not the polished kind. Not the quiet kind.
But the real kind.

The kind found in sleepy newborn stretches, children talking over one another, bare feet racing through the house, toys scattered across the floor, and parents learning to hold both exhaustion and overwhelming love in the very same breath.

These years are tender and untamed all at once.
One moment you are rocking a baby in the middle of the night, wondering if you’ll ever sleep again… and before you know it, they are taller, older, more independent, and the little things you thought would last forever have quietly disappeared.

That’s why photographs matter…

Because long after the noise settles and these fleeting seasons have passed, you will still be able to return to these moments, to remember the feeling of tiny hands in yours, the way your children looked at you, and the beautiful chaos of building a life together.

The young years are not perfect.

They are better than that….

They are alive with love šŸ«¶šŸ»šŸ„¹ā¤ļø

04/04/2026

There are some words that don’t just sit on a page… they stay with you, they follow you, they become part of you.

In my last birthday card, Mum wrote,
ā€œI’m so proud to be your mum, love Mum ###.ā€

I don’t think she ever realised just how much those words would come to mean. So I had them engraved into a ring, in her handwriting…A ring made from the pieces of her, all of the beautiful jewels she gave me over the years, each one holding its own memory, its own moment, its own piece of her love. Melted down and brought together into one, so that I can carry her with me, always.

Close to me.
Constant.
Unfading.

Because the truth is… I miss her in a way that doesn’t really have words…

I miss her steady presence.

Her listening ear.

The way she just knew.

But more than anything, I miss her love.

That kind of love… a mother’s love, is something I don’t think I will ever feel again in the same way. It was safe, unwavering, and quietly powerful… the kind of love that holds you together even when you don’t realise you’re falling apart. 🄹

Wearing this ring feels like holding onto a piece of that.
A reminder that her words are still with me.

That her love didn’t leave, it just changed shape.

And in the middle of all of this, while I’ve been unwell and finding my way through another hard season, my beautiful best friend quietly organised this for me. No fuss, no need for recognition, just love, shown in the most thoughtful and gentle way.

A surprise that held both so much beauty and so much ache.
Something that has brought me to tears..

Thank you for seeing me, for holding me, and for honouring something so deeply personal in a way I will treasure forever. ILY šŸ«¶šŸ»

Some things we carry not because we have to…
but because they are too precious to ever put down.

I love you so much Mummy darling x
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08/12/2025

Today, standing inside this exhibition at the Sydney Maritime Museum, something shifted in me.

I’ve spent the year teaching digital photography to junior school students at school, guiding them through conversations about art, why it moves us, why it speaks to some and not to others, why a single image can feel like a whisper to one person and a lightning bolt to another.

We talk about how art is subjective because we are subjective… layered, complex, feeling-filled humans who carry our own stories into every image we view.

And yet, even knowing this, there are days when wearing so many hats drains my creative energy, when I feel that spark flicker a little.

But today… today it reignited.

A conservation photograph stopped me in my tracks and brought tears to my eyes. A macro image of a tiny crustacean left me breathless in its detail. Every photograph became more than a picture, it was a story, a plea, a reminder, a feeling.

This gallery didn’t just display art; it moved me. It woke something up. 🄹

As I walked away, I was reminded of something I tell my students but sometimes forget to tell myself:
Art matters because it connects us, to the world, to others, and to the deepest parts of ourselves.
Today reminded me to immerse myself in my art again. To return to the place where I feel most grounded, most alive, most ā€œme.ā€

Because creativity isn’t just something I teach, it’s something that shapes who I am.

Six weeks of firsts,of late-night whispers and quiet miracles.Of love that expands and settles,filling every corner of y...
03/11/2025

Six weeks of firsts,

of late-night whispers and quiet miracles.

Of love that expands and settles,

filling every corner of your world.

Time may be moving fast,

but right here… in this moment… everything slows,

and all that exists is love. šŸ¤


In those little fingers lies a whole world of wonder, trust, and new beginnings.Every wrinkle, every grasp, every gentle...
01/11/2025

In those little fingers lies a whole world of wonder, trust, and new beginnings.

Every wrinkle, every grasp, every gentle touch is a story just beginning to unfold….

And for a moment, we get to pause… and simply marvel at the beauty of it all šŸ¤

Finalising this beautiful gallery today and a few others that I have been working on over the past few weeks! Please rea...
01/11/2025

Finalising this beautiful gallery today and a few others that I have been working on over the past few weeks!

Please reach out if you’re looking to capture some precious memories over the next few months.

I would love to hear from you šŸ«¶šŸ»

Em x

Came across this beautiful capture today taken a few years ago and couldn’t ā€˜not’ share. The innocence, and joy I feel l...
09/09/2025

Came across this beautiful capture today taken a few years ago and couldn’t ā€˜not’ share.

The innocence, and joy I feel looking at his expression is infectious 🄰

He arrives as the softest whisper of eternity, all curled fists and fluttering breaths,wrapped in the hush of beginnings...
14/08/2025

He arrives as the softest whisper of eternity,
all curled fists and fluttering breaths,
wrapped in the hush of beginnings….

Ten years ago,the world met you far too soon for the battles you would face.Six weeks old, barely here,when the word Leu...
11/08/2025

Ten years ago,
the world met you far too soon for the battles you would face.

Six weeks old, barely here,
when the word Leukaemia shattered the air around us.

We held you close in a blur of hospital walls and whispered prayers,
watching your tiny chest rise and fall,
begging for just one more breath…one more day.

You fought before you even knew what fighting meant.
And you won.
Remission became your crown,
a quiet badge of honour for the bravest soul I have ever known.

But life didn’t stop testing you there.

Autism.

Neuro Pathway damage.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

An intellectual Disability.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder.

A severe speech delay.

A permanent low vision impairment.

Labels the world might see as limits,
but I have seen them become the colours of your strength.
Your challenges are many
and yet, so are your triumphs.

We have weathered storms together I never believed we could survive.
Days when the weight of it all felt too much.
Nights when hope felt like a thread I could barely grip.

But you, my boy,
you always pulled us forward,
even in your silence, even in your struggle,
teaching me that strength isn’t loud or proud
sometimes it’s simply showing up again tomorrow.

Today, you are ten.
Ten years of miracles stitched together with determination and grace.
Ten years of proving the world wrong.
Ten years of taking life’s sharp edges and somehow making them your own.

Baxter, you are my greatest teacher.
You remind me every single day that the measure of a life is not in ease or perfection,
but in courage and the will to keep going.

You have turned hardship into testimony,
and pain into proof that beauty still blooms in the harshest of soil.

I could not be prouder of the boy you are,
and the young man you are becoming.

Today, I celebrate more than your birthday.
I celebrate your spirit, your fight,
and the miracle of watching you live another day.

Happy Birthday, my beautiful son.
You are my heart, my hope and my reason why.

Every step you take, every heartbeat you gift this world,
is proof that miracles don’t just happen,
sometimes, they grow up right in front of you.

We actually made it. How nice it is to meet you 10. šŸ„¹šŸ’š

In his arms, the world feels safe.A father and his boy…learning from each other,growing together, sharing life together....
24/07/2025

In his arms, the world feels safe.

A father and his boy…

learning from each other,
growing together, sharing life together.

This is everything.

Not just a photo.

A forever.

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