Behind the Lens
The Hearts Behind the Keepsakes
Some chapters take longer to start than others. But they are worth the wait.
I am Ramisha. For a long time, the thing I wanted most felt just out of reach. We tried for a baby for what felt like forever. The months blurred into each other. Hope and heartbreak took turns. There were days I could not imagine this story ever having the ending I wanted.
Then in September 2025, everything changed. Our son Yahya arrived, and suddenly the years of waiting made sense. Not because they were easy. They were not. But because they taught me something I carry into every session I do now. When you have waited a long time for something, you do not take a single moment of it for granted.
I could not stop documenting him. Every yawn. Every tiny fingernail. The way his fingers wrapped around mine like they had been waiting to find each other. The creases on the soles of his feet. The fuzzy newborn hair that I knew would not last. I wanted to freeze every detail before it slipped away.
That is how Chapter by Chapter Keepsakes was born, alongside my sister Sobia. First came the photography: natural light, no stiff poses, just the real moments. Then I discovered 3D life casting. Taking a mould of those tiny hands and feet and turning them into a finished cast in gold, bronze, or classic white. Something you can actually hold. Something that stays exactly the same size even as they grow.
I know what it is to hold your breath through a pregnancy. To finally hold your baby and feel like the world stopped. To watch them change day by day and wish you could press pause. I know how fast it goes. And I know how much it matters to have something to hold onto when it does.
That is why we do this. Not for perfectly posed shots or the Instagram aesthetic. For the mothers who waited. For the ones still waiting. For every parent who wants to remember exactly how small they were, right now, before the moment passes.
Every family's story deserves to be told. We would be honoured to help tell yours.
Start Your ChapterYou blink, and suddenly they are walking into nursery. And your heart is not quite ready.
I am Sobia. I am a mum of two, and if there is one thing I have learned, it is that the days are long but the years are short. I still remember when they were so small and delicate, when their whole hand could barely wrap around my finger. The weight of them asleep on my chest. The soft rhythm of their breathing. The way they needed me for absolutely everything.
And then one day, you are packing their little bag for nursery. You watch them walk through that door, tiny backpack and all, and a wave hits you that you were not expecting. Pride, yes. But something else too. The quiet ache of knowing a chapter just closed without asking your permission first.
That feeling is what drew me to this work. Because I know now that those early days do not wait. The newborn scrunch. The milk-drunk smiles. The tiny toes that curl when you kiss the soles of their feet. They are here and then they are gone, replaced by the next version of them that you love just as fiercely.
Joining my sister Ramisha in building Chapter by Chapter Keepsakes felt like the most natural thing in the world. Between us, we have lived the full spectrum of motherhood. The waiting, the arrival, the letting go. We know what these moments mean because we have lived them ourselves.
That is what we create. Little anchors to the most precious chapter of your life. And I would love to help you hold onto yours.
