“Why not now?” A’s dynamic, self-loving, and brave boudoir session
In addition to waiting for the right photographer, A had also been waiting for the right life moment to do boudoir. During our planning session, A shared how a younger version of herself had been waiting for a moment where she looked and felt “enough,” yet she realized the unhelpfulness in that framework and began asking herself: why not now? Looking for the enoughness already in her life, A recognized how celebratory this season of life has felt, especially as she awaits her wedding later this year. She decided boudoir would be a beautiful way to document how she looks and feels right here, right now.
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Priya’s joyful, self-assured, and sensual boudoir session
Priya brought so much vision, joy, and energy into her photoshoot. She wanted her portraits to feel confident and strong– reflecting the authentic groundedness she felt in this season of life. Priya is a naturally upbeat person, and she wanted her playfulness and levity to shine through. She also wanted to balance this levity with portraits that felt sensual, sexy, and artful.
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E’s settled and self-loving boudoir session
E is one of my clients who considered boudoir for many years and waited to schedule a session until it felt right. When E reached out to me, she was in a reflective season of life, able to look back on the past decade or so of her life and feel truly proud of the life she had made for herself and her family. E wanted to schedule a boudoir session as a way of celebrating her body and all that it has done for her.
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AJ’s bright and blissful tulip boudoir session
AJ is someone who loves tulips. During our planning session, she asked for brightly colored tulips to complement the happy vision she had in mind for her floral boudoir session. She wanted the portraits to capture her genuine joy and groundedness in this season of life.
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An empowering and impactful boudoir session
While there’s no one right time to do a boudoir session, it feels extra magical when a client reaches out to schedule a session because they know in their heart “this is the moment.” This client had been contemplating doing a boudoir photoshoot for literally years. This winter, she reached a powerful chapter in life where she felt immense pride for the person she had become. She knew in her heart: this was the moment she wanted to document and celebrate with boudoir.
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A gift for you, and for me: Tory’s romantic and self-loving boudoir session
While many of my clients do a boudoir session just for themselves, I also have clients who schedule a boudoir session with the intention of giving their portraits to someone as a gift. When Tory reached out to me, she initially wanted her portraits to be a gift for her husband. Tory saw her boudoir session as a way to celebrate this special chapter of life with and for her husband. Yet as Tory moved through her boudoir session, she felt the purpose of the day slowly expand.
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Gentle and Grounded: An inspiring flower boudoir session
This client brought beautiful inspiration into our planning conversations. She liked the idea of taking time from this full season of her life to pause, honor, and celebrate her body. She wanted the portraits to capture the strength and softness she sees in herself, and she wanted to feel warm, authentic, gentle, and grounded in her pictures.
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S’s joyful and strong boudoir portraits
S found me through a friend of hers who was a past client, and though she had been interested in doing a boudoir session for some time, she kept asking herself, “when will be the right time?” When S reached out to me, she was in a season of life where she was celebrating some big professional and personal accomplishments. She had found some spaciousness in her life to pause, look around, and say “I’m really proud of myself.” She decided this was the right moment to do a boudoir session to help her celebrate the joy and strength she felt in this life chapter.
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A tender, organic motherhood boudoir session for M
M is a past client who I photographed several years ago for a boudoir session. Since then, M has been through several big life changes including getting married, moving and living in multiple places, and most recently, having a baby! Wanting to document these impactful chapters in her life, especially becoming a mom, M reached out to me to schedule a motherhood boudoir session. While M is trying to keep her baby’s digital footprint minimal, she gave me permission to share the more anonymous baby portraits from her session.
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Unapologetically me: A’s vibrant, dramatic outdoor boudoir session at Black Beach
A is a client I’ve worked with several times before, reaching out to me about once a year to schedule a session to document the prominent themes in her life at that time. Her first session had posed, self-reflective energy. Her second session was outdoors at Tettegouche State Park and had an effortless and epic vibe. For A, 2022 was a year filled with self-discovery and empowering change, so she wanted this third session to capture her feeling confident, unencumbered, and “unapologetically me.”
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Marisa’s creative and bold boudoir session
One of the highest compliments I receive as a photographer is having a past client want to come back and work with me again to document a new chapter of their life. Marisa is one such client, and I’m thrilled to share her portraits today! I met Marisa back in 2020 when I photographed her first boudoir session, which was part of the “In Their Own Skin” series where clients reflected in their own words on their boudoir experiences. I was delighted to work with her again, in a totally different season of life.
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Documenting change, celebrating love: Elizabeth’s maternity boudoir session
It's a time of year when we celebrate love in all its forms, and I am so excited to share Elizabeth’s maternity boudoir session. Elizabeth reached out to me during her pregnancy to schedule a session before she delivered her baby. She wanted to document the meaningful changes that her heart and body were going through during her pregnancy. Her portraits capture the many forms of love she was nurturing in this season of life as she anticipated and prepared for motherhood, including a growing reservoir of self-love.
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Celebrating N’s courage, authenticity, and joy
Many of my clients choose to do a boudoir session as a gift to themselves to celebrate their strength, to document their current season of life, or just to practice radical self-love. N chose to do a boudoir session for these reasons, and I’m so excited to share her story and her photos today!
Here’s how she reflected on her session: ”My experience was exactly what I wanted - a settling into myself filled with vibrancy, joy, and empowerment. There's something magical about knowing someone is dedicated to helping you be your most authentic and beautiful self for a few hours. I wish everyone could have this experience - it's life changing!”
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Walking the walk: M’s powerful self-love portraits
M found her way to a boudoir photoshoot first by watching her friend go through the process. She saw how impactful the experience was for her friend and became curious about experiencing it herself! Also, as someone who works in a caregiving profession empowering others to live with self-compassion, M was excited to have an opportunity to gift herself a photoshoot and send some radical love back to herself. In her words, “I wanted to walk the walk” of self-love.
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Anne's romantic outdoor boudoir session in Grand Marais
When Anne and I started planning her boudoir session, she shared a really beautiful intention for her photoshoot experience. We were talking about the feeling and energy she wanted her portraits to have, and she said that she wanted to use her boudoir session to embrace her soft and romantic side. “I already know that I’m strong”, she shared with me, explaining that she had spent part of her career as a nature guide had a solid sense for both her inner strength and physical strength, “but I don’t often give myself the chance to see my sensual, soft, romantic side… and I want to see it.”
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"A liberating way to shed toxic diet culture" -- a boudoir session for S
S brought incredible intentions into her boudoir session - she wanted to use her photoshoot experience as a ‘liberating way to shed toxic diet culture’ and to document and appreciate her body. She wanted her portraits to feel natural, romantic and confident.
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M's compassionate, romantic boudoir portraits
As we talked about what she wanted to capture in these portraits, M reflected on how much she has changed in the ten years since her previous session; she talked about the confidence she has gained and how proud she is of herself and the life she has created. She wanted her portraits to feel romantic and special, while also capturing her relaxed and easygoing side.
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Cat's joyful, grounded boudoir portraits
In Cat’s words: “ I think my takeaway for all of you is that boudoir photography is a great way to meet yourself and your body in a really specific way. I haven't done anything else that has helped repair the broken bridge in the same way that this has. The whole point of a boudoir session is to cultivate more self-love.”
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