31/08/2026
What some of you lovely mums see when you open your gallery: your body not looking how you remember or prefer it to look; lines around your eyes; nails that you forgot to paint; the “wrong side” of your face (IYKYK); an extra chin.
What your children see?
The body that grew them, birthed them and gives the best cuddles.
Laughter lines from playing, giggling and having the best time with them.
Nails with playdough under them from when you made that amazing playdough monster yesterday and maybe a broken nail or two because you’re the best at separating those thin Lego pieces.
Your face. Which they love. Because it’s yours. (And let’s face it, nobody else notices which side of our face is “better” because nobody looks as critically at our faces as we do ourselves.)
And the chins? The chins probably form the view of our face that they see and love the most because, as the incredible Teri Hofford pointed out to a wonderful group of photographers I had the pleasure of spending a weekend with last year, our children spend a huge proportion of their time seeing us looking down towards them, whether we’re holding them against our chest as newborns, holding their hand while they take wobbly toddler steps or walking with them to the park belting out songs from their favourite film. The chins are there. At least two of them. Our children don’t see them. They just see mum.
They see the way you smile when they bring you a flower they found during your shoot. They see the way you close your eyes and breathe them in when you hold them. They see the way you smile at your fellow parent in that moment of calm and still during your photoshoot after one of their siblings had had a 15 minute meltdown.
So do me a favour.
When you get your gallery, don’t critique how you look. Instead, show the photos to your children and watch their reaction. It’ll completely change how you look at those photos, especially the ones with you in.
Liv Moore Photography - Salisbury family and motherhood photographer offering maternity, newborn and family shoots in studio, outdoors and in your own home.
