Why Boudoir Photography

I have been a photographer since 2017 and I can't image doing anything else.

Seeing as you’ll be vulnerable with me during your session, I feel it’s only fair I share my story with you as well.

At 20 years old I gave birth to twins. I went from loving my body to watching it grow so quickly that my stretch marks started to split open. My body never “bounced back” in fact after giving birth to our third child my Diastasis Recti was so bad that I had to have multiple surgeries to fix my abdomen. I now have a scar from hip to hip and from right below my sternum to my pubic bone.
This wasn’t the body I used to love. This wasn’t what I expected. I was so overly critical of my body through each pregnancy, postpartum, and post surgeries. My body became something I was ashamed of. I covered everything and truly shut down. Until I noticed my daughters and son watching me. Watching how I looked at my own body. Listening to how I talked about myself. THIS is when I realized the importance of self love.

I decided to change the narrative I gave myself. Whether I whole heartedly believed it at first or not.

I went back to therapy and started working on myself. I started changing the way I talked about my body. I started thanking it for what it has done for me. I rested my hands on the stretch marks that covered my stomach, and I just held them. I stood in front of the mirror, no clothes and would just look at myself. I started walking around the house in a sports bra and shorts to show my kids what a normal body looked like. And then... I realized I wasn’t alone in the slightest.

So many people lack confidence in their bodies due to a multitude of reasons but many involving unfair beauty standards. I want to change that. Everyone and every BODY deserves to be seen and embraced no matter what phase it’s in. So, I pushed myself. With some help from friends, I got in front of the camera and tried something new.
WOW! That’s me?!
I quickly realized the importance and the healing power of that experience and wanted to provide that for others. That’s why I do what I do.

Our bodies change through the seasons of life. Sure, some are much easier than others but every season deserves recognition.

Boudoir helped change my life and it could change yours too.