Jovana Rikalo photography

12/06/2026

Imagine planning a photoshoot in a poppy field. 🌸

You visit the location in the morning, everything looks perfect, and since poppies bloom for such a short time, you know you have to act fast.

Then, in the evening, when it’s time to shoot and your model has arrived for a paid project, you realize the poppies are gone. Completely gone. 🥹

That moment when you know you have no choice but to move forward because cancelling isn’t an option.

That moment when Plan B has to take over.🫢

The kind of moment that reminds you to grow as a creative and accept that not everything is within your control. Sometimes nature has plans of its own.

While editing these images, I caught myself thinking:
Well, everyone has photographed red and purple poppies. But how many people have photographed a poppy field after the poppies disappeared? 🍀

And somehow, that’s exactly what makes these photos special to me. 😄

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01/06/2026

🧚🏼‍♀️What if we protect our love from the voices of people who never even stepped through our door, yet still speak about it?
What if all we truly want is to live — because living also means fighting for what matters.

💃🏻 We chose to dance among flowers and under the rain. Sometimes beauty and pain exist together, close enough to touch, yet never destroying one another.
After every thunderstorm, the fields bloom even brighter because they needed the rain to grow.

Maybe love is the same. 🫂
Maybe we need both the storms and the softness to become stronger.
And that is why we will fight for it and wear our wings of love. 🦋

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22/05/2026

✨ Don’t let your old self stay trapped inside the same bubble for too long.
The longer you stay in one place, the more comfort turns into habit, and habit slowly becomes your reality. Days pass quietly. Then years. And one day, you realize life moved forward while you stood still.

Be present. Change your routine.
Try new things. Meet new people. Go outside. Create memories. Take risks. Allow yourself to grow beyond the version of you that only survives instead of truly living.

📷 Because one day, you will meet your older self in the reflection of your own life. And that version of you will either thank you for trying… or remind you of all the time you lost being afraid to begin.

🫂 Don’t wait until it feels too late.
Life keeps moving whether you move with it or not.

We always carry three versions of ourselves:
the person we used to be,
the person we are today,
and the person we are becoming.

Make sure your future self can look back and feel proud of the journey you chose.

NO AI! ‼️

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14/05/2026

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13/05/2026

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12/05/2026

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11/05/2026

🍀 Still taking it all in… the people, their stories, the energy that somehow became one. I’m amazed how so many photographers can gather in one room, all driven by the same passion and filled with ideas, dreams, and ambition.

What stood out the most is that we all started from the same place — inspiration and motivation.

❤️ Thank you, .newbornphotography , for inviting me to be part of such a beautiful event that truly connects people.

🧚🏼‍♀️ Thank you to the model Diana who brought the vision to life so effortlessly.

👗Thank you for the dreamy dress that added magic to the scene.

🌫️ Thank you for the backdrop that completed the story.

📸 I also had the chance to be a speaker and do a live demo shoot on stage — with only 15 minutes to create three different moods: a clean, minimal look focused on posing, a dreamy feel with flowers in the hair, and a more cinematic atmosphere using smoke and light.

05/05/2026

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