photo story

By: Nataliya Khan August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 Celebrating, Friendship, Photo Stories"Featured"Leave a Comment

prologue : I have done this trip with Anya & this mom + kids girlfriends getaway but doing something on my own with friends has always been something very out of my comfort zone.. I don’t like leaving Anya behind (my friends here know that about me too hehe), it’s just deeply ingrained in me.…

nana nani // an anniversary photo story

By: Nataliya Khan June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Celebrating, Family, Photo Stories"Featured"Leave a Comment

June 25th, 2016. a photo story of nana nani’s 60th wedding anniversary. How lucky are we to have had their love & presence for all of our lives. One day I’ll write more but for now going through these photos that fill my heart. ALSO : I wrote about it here one time. Also these…

Motherhood Stories : Fatima on raising older boys, self care & work that fulfills us

By: Nataliya Khan June 3, 2022June 4, 2022 Motherhood, Motherhood Stories, Photography"Featured"Leave a Comment

So excited to share with you the next mama in this Motherhood Series; Fatima is a mom of boys; a tween + a teen. I often get nervous when I’m taking photos of older kids but this was one of those sessions where I left feeling so warm in my heart because of the beautiful…

Orange orchards and memories

By: Nataliya Khan May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Another Pakistan, Courage, Family, Memories, Photo Stories"Featured"Leave a Comment

(This was a post I started writing a week after my sister in law passed away in 2020 but only finishing it now.) Our trip to Pakistan in December 2019 had felt really special for so many reasons one of them the fact that Bilal had gone with us for the first time after 4…

Motherhood stories : Saadia on raising kind kids, grief and art

By: Nataliya Khan May 7, 2022June 4, 2022 Motherhood, Motherhood Stories, Photo Projects, Photo Stories, Photography"Featured"

Motherhood Stories is a new series on the blog with heart-to-heart chats with some of the beautiful, inspiring women I have the honor to have infront of my camera… I hope these will always leave you encouraged in your journey in life & mothering – And help us all feel seen in one way or…

An Art Wall update. Part 1

By: Nataliya Khan March 29, 2022April 28, 2022 Living, Nataliya Khan Photography, OUR HOME, Photo Projects"Featured"Leave a Comment

I’m so excited to finally put this this out into the world (if you were waiting on this, I’m so sorry it took this long). If you weren’t following along (or maybe forgot; I dont blame you haha), let me tell you that this took years to happen & then it’s taking me another year…

Starting conversations with our kids about body changes, puberty & more..

By: Nataliya Khan March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Motherhood, Muslim in America, PAKISTANI-AMERICAN"Featured"Leave a Comment

Anya is 11 now but I started to talk to her a little bit about puberty, body changes & even periods a few years ago. I started in very basic ways, mostly just telling her how her body is going to go through changes soon just like all of ours did around that age, girls…

Anya is ELEVEN (mashallah)

By: Nataliya Khan February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Birthdays, Celebrating, DEAR ANYA, Gatherings, Photo Stories, Simple Celebrations, Traditions"Featured"Leave a Comment

Celebrating our beti at home. A simple low-key birthday at home that turned into more because I’ve been telling Anya however much I want to keep her birthdays low key Allah finds ways to make her feel extra special always. mashallah :):) My Anya, I hope you always find happiness in small things, in books…