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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J’s sunrise boudoir session on the Minnesota north shore
When we first talked about her vision for this session, J shared that she wanted her pictures to feel romantic and confident and grounded, with an easygoing and natural energy. The three words she kept coming back to were: soft, calm, and peaceful.
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C’s stunning outdoor boudoir session full of self-compassion
C loved the idea of using this photoshoot as a way to slow down and to be fully present with himself. He talked about wanting to create art that would capture this season of life, while giving himself space to take a deep breath, feel vulnerable and open, and welcome in self-compassion.
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K’s joyful, confident boudoir portraits
K’s session was years and years in the making! She knew someone who did a boudoir session with me years ago, and had been following me for a long time, thinking, “Someday, I might do a session!” Then she recently got engaged, and for her that was the perfect motivation to finally make a boudoir session happen!
While K was so excited to gift these portraits to her future spouts, she realized while preparing for the photoshoot that she was most excited to do this session for herself.
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Anonymous portraits from a soft, joyful boudoir session
When this client booked her boudoir session, she said that she was coming into a time of her life that felt really good. She's been on a journey of learning to be herself unapologetically and is deeply enjoying the life she’s crafting for herself. She never wants to forget this time in her life, and she said that she wanted pictures that would “encapsulate her light” and the essence of who she is.
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Jawana’s joyful, confident, celebratory boudoir session
We really wanted these pictures to celebrate Jawanna and her incredible personality. She’s in a really exciting, powerful season of life, and I hope she always remembers how special this year was when she looks at these pictures. She wanted her portraits to feel confident, joyful, and full of life, and I think these pictures beautifully embody those vibes!
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“J’s” strong, natural, self-loving boudoir session
“J” loved the idea of documenting her body – what it has gone through for her, where it has carried her, and where it is right now. She wanted the style of her boudoir portraits to feel really strong. She’s so proud of who she is right now and wanted her pictures to show her strength while also feeling natural and beautiful.
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“S’s” confident, feminine, sensual boudoir session
“S” told me that she hoped to create a combination of some portraits that felt feminine and beautiful and others that felt more dramatic and sensual. Overall, “S” really came alive in these portraits and they feel super authentic to her!
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In Their Own Skin: "E"
I’m excited to introduce you to “E,” the final participant in the “In Their Own Skin” series. “E” talks about her connection with her body and how it’s changed over the years. She also shares powerful thoughts on how unlearning the patriarchy and leaning into her own queerness are informing her view of her body’s purpose and abilities.
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“RS’s” powerful, joyful, dramatic boudoir session
I’m so excited to share a few anonymous portraits from “RS’s” recent boudoir session with you! She first learned about boudoir photography on TikTok (how fun is that?!) and decided it would feel really special to have boudoir portraits of herself.
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“J’s” self-loving, elegant, romantic boudoir session
“J” loved the idea of doing a session to see herself in a different light, to celebrate her body, and to honor the life she’s crafted for herself. She felt like this boudoir session was a really meaningful piece of her story!
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“J’s” strong, grounded, cozy boudoir session
“J” said that she’s in a season of life where she feels really rooted, self-sufficient, and strong. She wanted her portraits to feel really homey and cozy – Sunday morning vibes all the way– and really bask in herself. I think this really comes through in the easygoing, grounded energy that her portraits have.
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