Can a name stigmatize an experience

July 29, 2020 in boudoir

Can a name stigmatize an experience?

I get people who say, "Oh, I don't think I'm the type of person to do a boudoir session. It's just not me."

Then, I tell them it will be an experience they can make all their own. “You can wear your favorite dress. You can wear nothing at all. You can be in the ocean or on a mountain. You can be rolling around in a bed or the dirt.”

I say it over and over and over…THESE SESSIONS ARE MORE THAN JUST NUDE PHOTOS OF YOURSELF.

When Will You Value Yourself Enough to Tell Your Story?

July 15, 2020 in boudoir

Imagine what it would be like to walk away from an experience where you felt beautiful, worthy, important, powerful, and valued.

What would it be like to be able to pull out your album every time you needed that self-assurance?

How would you feel if you walked into your bedroom and were able yourself at your most beautiful, on your own walls?

Imagine loving yourself enough to invest in your own photographs.

Finding a New Normal

May 20, 2020 in family, boudoir, headshots, maternity, newborn, Seniors, travel, weddings, engagement

The world is beginning to open back up and I’m feeling…sad.

I know, that sounds crazy, but hear me out.

Let me start by saying that I know how privileged this statement is. People have been without income, not able to see family, sick, dying, working overtime, caring for the sick and dying, living with their abusers, missing their senior year or school, and living in their depression.

I have been able to work and still provide services to my clients (past and new) through this quarantine. I don’t take that lightly.

I feel hopeless and hopeful

April 01, 2020 in weddings, maternity, headshots, family, boudoir

There is beauty in pain. There is light in darkness. There are so many people out there losing their lives, losing their jobs, unable to quarantine, forced to work through all of this because they need it to feed their family, those unable to feed their family, 3rd world countries without medical help, and so much hurt. I am so privileged right now and I refuse to take that for granted. I refuse to complain about the unknown because at least I get another tomorrow. I have and will continue to donate where I can. I will count every single second as a blessing. I will be stronger when this is all over because I was given a fighting chance.

I'm Writing This Because I Have To

March 11, 2020 in boudoir

I’m writing this because I have to.

I’m writing this because yesterday I spent 30 minutes in my car, in the grocery store parking lot, crying and unable to move from my seat.

I’m writing this because the last two weeks consisted of me struggling to get out of bed and some days, I didn’t.

I’m writing this because the past 5 weekends were spent photographing people’s joyous occasions and I didn’t feel any of it.

I’m writing this because I spend most of my days alone, beating myself up because I’m the only one to blame if my business fails.

I’m writing this because I know that I really have no reason to be so sad, but I do.