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Blackburn Family

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Meet Jacqui and her boys…. She recently contacted us for one of our Mother’s Day shoots. These cheeky and adorable kids kept me on my toes and laughing throughout the session.
After the shoot we chatted all things COVID from working from home to homeschooling. It certainly was a new world at the time, and we were learning to adjust.
I knew these guys had been impacted by COVID-19 directly, I decided to let them know about “this project” I was working on and asked if they would be interested being a part of it. (At this stage I hadn’t shared it with many people)

The unique part of this time right now is, that it is certainly different for everyone and we are all going through it together!

How would you describe what is happening right now in these COVID-19 times?
Very surreal. This is certainly something we never would have thought would happen in our lifetime. But in saying that, it has also been an opportunity for us all to slow down from our crazy busy lives. It has also provided an opportunity for our earth and environment to heal.

How has this affected your family?
Unfortunately, this has hit our family quite hard. My father and mother in law were both diagnosed with COVID-19, and unfortunately my father in law, Des, passed away from the virus.

What is one thing that has surprised you about this event:
positively or negatively?

I am very surprised with how well our country has banded together and listened to what our political leaders are saying and staying home and self isolating. Because of this, our country is doing so much better than a lot of other countries, and we are flattening our curve a lot quicker, because Australia is doing the right thing.

What is one thing you will always remember about this time?
How it makes us appreciate things more. For example, a hand shake, a hug, going to the movies, or out to dinner, or even going to friends houses for a catch up.

What do you think is really important right now?
Listening to our political leaders and taking their advice and doing what is right for our country.

What have you done to stay in touch with others?
Zoom!! Zoom our friends. But we have also created a few group chats on Facebook to catch up with everyone who is on there as well.

What is one thing that you miss right now?
Not being able to just get in the car and go for a random drive. Whether that be to the coast, Brisbane, or even motorbike riding with my family.

What have you been doing to keep yourself and your family busy?
We have been finding jobs to do around the house that we haven’t had a chance to do because of our busy lives. We have painted half of our front fence, and have done more gardening.

Does this scare you?
It did at first. At one stage, I did lay awake at night worried about how/what could happen. But after seeing how well our country has responded in such a short period of time, it doesn’t worry me any more.

What is one good thing that you hope will happen after this is all over? ​That we will continue to be cautious with our hygiene, and continue to practice self distancing, and washing our hands regularly.

What is the first thing you are going to do when it is all over?
​Go shopping!!!!

Pattison’s

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The Pattisons’s are our next family. At the time of the photos and answers was around the two mark of the lockdown. At the shoot we were discussing all things COVID especially the craziness of all the panic buying but also how we all were adapting with new ways of life.
Looking back at some of these stories now, it amazes how much has changed and what a great job we have all done to flatten the curve.

How would you describe what is happening right now with COVID19?
Absolutely mind-blowing!

How has this affected your family?
Working and doing school from home has been quite challenging. Not been able to get normal groceries like toilet paper has been something I never thought would happen.

What is one thing that has surprised you about this event – Positively or negatively?
How people have tried to find funny/positive ways to handle it all (like what you are doing). How people have come together to help those around them in any way they can.
Although the negative side is watching how selfish people have behaved with the mad shopping. Never would I have thought in my time something like this would happen. So many businesses that won’t recover is just heartbreaking. Stores closing, necessities not available, schools shutting…. its just so hard to get your head around.

What is one thing you will always remember about this time?
Just the time the world stopped! I don’t think you can forget any of it.

What do you think is really important right now?
Keeping your mental health in check, keep your family active where you can and get outside (whether a walk or in the yard). Checking on the people around you.

What have you done to stay in touch with others?
Have learnt about ZOOM pretty quickly, it allows you to connect with multiple people at once. This has been great! And also helped me keep my exercise up 😄

What is one thing that you miss right now?
Just been able to catch up with family or take the girls to the park. Oh and schools!

Does this scare you?
To be honest, I didn’t think much of it at the beginning but yes it definitely does now. And also been a small business owner, it scares me what will happen if they do a full lockdown.

What is one good thing that you hope will happen after this is all over? People will appreciate what is around them a bit more. Still take time to spend with family.

I asked Emma if she would ask her 4 year olds what they liked about being at home with mum (Jamie was still going to work)
Ellie – cooking and not missing you when I’m at school
Lexi – I love when you make donuts with me that have chocolate in them 🤣