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THE POETRY OF PORTRAITURE By Anita Rachelle Roe
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elcome to the final edition of EYS Magazine for 2021. At this exact moment, I am asking myself where the year has gone, and what a year it has been! I am so fortunate that the light restrictions here in Queensland haven’t had much of an impact on day to day life, however it has been a trying time for small businesses with most of us experiencing a massive drop in sales over the last eighteen months or so. Saying that, it has been an intensely creative time for me personally and creatively. I have released some new jewellery collections that truly absorbed my heart and enjoyed extra photo shoot sessions with creatives and like-minded people. In particular, my recent home studio portrait session with a dear friend and her sister, may just be my favourite so far. Utilising another of my latest backdrops and jewellery collections for a glamour style studio shoot was refreshing and I absolutely love the results. 52 | eYs Magazine, Summer 2021
When your contributors share the same passion, it truly is reflected in the results. I felt so passionate about this last collaboration that it led me to invite my model sisters Kaitlin Lee and Bianca Hall to be paid ambassadors for my brand. I tuned in to a recent podcast for jewellery designers which suggested involving real women to represent your brand and it truly made sense. Sometimes a vision can seem too unrealistic. Working with Kaitlin and Bianca is an absolute dream. We have best friends, an aspiring model and a beautiful Mother of two with realistic lives and dreams of their own. There are seventeen years of friendship between us and I never thought I would see the day that we would be creatively working together, growing our confidence and reaching for our personal goals. It really doesn’t get any better than this and I cannot wait to see where our journey takes us.
