Dear Alaska

Wow, it’s been so long, I haven’t really journaled or written anything down this entire pregnancy so I am going to treat this blog post like a condensed entry. There has been so much feeling, most so beautiful and I don’t want to forget a thing about it.

It’s incredible, as I write this week 36 has just commenced. From the day of finding out you were alive in me I knew we’d meet, with two siblings in the heavens, you are the one chosen to see this life :) - (and I’ve never felt so blessed in my life to have the opportunity to be your mother). The closest I’ve felt to you has been walking along the sea. The first time you moved was the day before your fathers birthday, Rare clouds and double rainbows, you have been moving as I’ve seen some of the most beautiful sky-scapes! I never thought much of myself in the future, now I am trying to really see who I want to be, in community, and for you. As a mother I want to be such a pillar - and by God’s grace, He’s given me hope.

These pictures were taken in a place of great vision, family land. Our hope is to expand upon this vision while our family grows - Your very name means ‘Great Land’ :) We are so eager to see your gifts unfold throughout our life with you dear cherub, it is not long now <3

1924US X ONE CHILD PHILIPPINES PRESETS - KODACHROME

BASE -

LIGHT -

MID -

If you are interested to learn more I have some links below -

One Child / About -

https://onechild.org/our-work/philippines-child-rescue/

One Child / Video about osec and information about the ranch - https://www.instagram.com/tv/B7Lw0agnc3E/

International Justice Mission - Videos, testimonies, general information and statistics.

https://www.ijm.org/slavery

(I also recently spoke on the Radiant podcast with Kelsey Chapman and in this, we go into more detail about the Philippines Trip with One Child and some of our personal perspectives.

- I found these really helpful for myself to understand further. It is devastating to read / see the statistics of this, and the videos through these links are heartbreaking, however we truly believe in making a change and seeing freedom within the lives of everyone especially those who have lived through this kind of terror. I don’t really know how else to say it, or even what I can type feels like it will never hold enough weight to the sorrow going on in this, but we must begin and if it starts with some simple presets to share let’s go for it!! All proceeds of these presets go to One Child to help them care for these girls and their well being. 

You can also donate directly here:)

As always, thank you so much guys for taking the time and showing interest in what we do, we hope you really love this set and it can be of good use in your own photographic endeavors!

About the Presets -

This is a set of Three presets ‘Light’, ‘Mid’ & ‘Base’. Inspired by Kodachrome film, we made them specifically for travel / documentary style photography that have been taken with already quite a lot of color in them (they particularly look good with primary colors) - However, in testing them, They also work really well over neutral colored images (if you often photograph with a lot of neutral tones) - they then just take on a different feel, with a muted green / turquoise vintage flatness to them, the images become more cream based. Included are xmp & dng files, for simple import and use both on LR desktop and LR mobile.

Creating and selling these presets is particularly important for us because we came up with the idea when we were traveling through the Philippines with One Child - an organization who help children who are in poverty, with physical needs, educational and spiritual growth.

They also have several ranches for children who have been abused through sex trafficking or OSEC (online sexual exploitation of children). We were able to meet many of these girls who have been rescued from it and see the hope within their outlook and life now. Which to be honest, was one of the most inspiring moments in my life.

Christian and I have always aimed to have a triumphing outlook of overcoming - and seeing that to be something so important in each phase of life, through faith. One Child has truly stepped in, in a way that gives such hope and realization of potential in the darkest places. 

With Lena Klar & 1924us antiques

Self portraits bts

Ps, I added the playlist here also

I had hoped to make more videos at the end of last year, but so many great surprises kept happening this year, and really, we were just doing so much. Now we are a little more settled and sometimes it feels like ideas are going to explode out of my body. So I feel an excitement making this (although I am not the best teacher, and am still greatly learning how best to showcase what I feel and learn on every front - I hope you can still take some kind of inspiration from this, and hopefully go out and make something artistic, or fun or just practice at something yourself :)

Dusk + Dawn Presets & Textures kit

I am sharing a few images created with our own Lightroom presets and textures. This is something which I know is quite trendy at the moment however I connect so strongly with pictures. especially the layers in which are apart of images, particularly in older photographs I find. So whenever I am photographing portraits or landscapes myself, I try to showcase a moment both honestly and also with a personal lens in which I find beauty in basically every moment and nook of this earth! It’s hard for me to describe but I try to spend my life and time creating, to share this with whoever is open to it also :):):)

You can have a look at the full Dusk + Dawn Presets and textures kit here

New Zealand

Toby & Theresa - black and white

Just a few black and whites from Toby & Tree’s honeymoon - these were taken down at the beach closest to us, it was such a beautiful evening with them half dressed in some antique clothes we just had a spontaneous session of photographing together!

1924 Signature rings

The 1924 engraved signature rings are now ready to shop on the store! I had been planning these since last year and the style is heavily inspired by the beauty, simplicity and imperfection of nature. We wanted to create something sentimental, that could also have the option to be worn casually or made for the occasion of marriage / something symbolic, hence we have made the style in three materials also making them beautifully stackable with different textures and colour varieties. There is one 14 karat gold, one sterling silver with a golden bathe (this wears off over time leave a matte finish, and one lastly which is the most affordable made from copper and tin. Below I have made a gallery you can have a look at, and feel free to shop them on our store here :):):)

Shop progress

A quick update to show some shop progress, some recent shoots, outfit inspiration and of course the new TRUCK! Christian’s dad came out for the past month and had been helping us build the shop out, we are really excited to show you more but for now I don’t have much words just excitement to keep going and thought I would share some images here on my blog too :)

Podcast no.1 - Creative Foundations with Nyree & Elle

OUR FIRST PODCAST!

This post is something personal which I have been excited to create and share for some months now. My first Podcast with Nyree - We are two sisters from & currently based in Australia. We both started our creative endeavors from our teenage years, this is basically just a recorded conversation of what we end up talking about every time we see each other. There is a little bit on inspiration and maintaining a positive and creative mindset, some on our upbringing & a few practical tips from a Q&A we had through instagram :) ( Disclaimer: We are new to this haha and we can be kind of lame, but overall just excited to share!). Below are some funny pictures of us together as liittle babies :):):)

Nyree's clothing label - 
mymum-madeit.com/
mymum-madeit.com/