Newborn, Baby and Wedding Photography in Melbourne :: Kristen Cook {The Blog}

Looking out of my office window this morning, I sighed as I saw patches of overgrown lawn and weeds outside in my backyard - a product of both a lazy husband and a lot of rain we’ve been experiencing here in Melbourne. Everything shoots up so fast when it’s had such a lovely drink after so long.

I was about to sigh once more over this dreadful infestation, when I stopped and looked again.

Peeking out through the long grass strands were tiny little yellow flowers.
Weeds.

Yet… they were so pretty. Aren’t weeds supposed to be hated, even loathed? Why was I drawn to them? They were so beautiful – I’d seen them a hundred times before, they’re not an uncommon sight, so why was today any different? Was I looking at them with a different heart?

I saw them differently because I looked past the fact that they were weeds and therefore supposed to make me feel anything other than beauty. I knew in that moment I could feel whatever I wanted to feel… about anything. That was my choice. There was nothing good or bad about what I was looking at – it was only the way that I was feeling about what I saw that made it good or bad. I saw beauty. I wanted to go out and look at them, admire them, enjoy them. So, I did.

I too often forget, personally, how it’s the little things like this that can make such a huge impact in the way that you feel, love and be. I photographed the beauty that I saw today, for me – to remind me that there is beauty in everything. These flowers are not any less deserving of my attention or love for them just because they are weeds – it is my choice alone how I choose to look at them.

I do this constantly with those I am fortunate enough to photograph – every.single.client.is.beautiful. I am constantly in awe of the beauty that surrounds me when I photograph my clients – every moment, every breath, every whisper. Today my challenge was to go beyond the beauty that I see in my clients, and look for it where I might not have noticed before. 

So remember friends – you are important, you are loved and you are beautiful.

Find the beauty in small things, and the most unexpected of things.