Boudoir isn't for everyone and neither am I

March 28, 2024 in boudoir

I want outrageous promises and to ask for outrageous demands. I want to create magic not for, but with my clients. I don’t want limitations based on based experiences or beliefs. I want to live in a world where we create our own, unique experiences. I’m not just offering an end product of art on their walls, I’m demanding we go on a journey together where there is no option other than growth and being uncomfortable at times. I want vulnerability that leads to courage. I want richness that we feel in our bones when we create together.

Boudoir Is Art

March 08, 2024 in boudoir

My goal is to merge the women I photograph with the fine art they would hang in their home.

Living in such a beautiful place like Palm Beach, most of my clients are art collectors. But, for some reason there is a disconnect for many of them. They are moved by a photograph of a nude stranger, in their home, but the thought of the woman in that photograph being them is uncomfortable.

Why?

Because vulnerability is uncomfortable and hard.

The "Why" Behind Boudoir Photography | Palm Beach Boudoir Photographer | Intimate Portraiture

June 20, 2023 in boudoir

As I learned to exhale and take care of myself, I was able to allow others to inhale and exhale even deeper.

My clients gave me that freedom. These women allowed me to find myself and praised me for doing so. They never called me a fraud. They held my hand through it without even knowing.

All of this happened because I found my “why” in my work.

When women contact me about the possibility of a boudoir session, I want to get to THEIR "why".

Why now? Why have you come to this decision? Why is this important to you?

Sometimes We Just Need Breathing Room to Create

December 16, 2020 in boudoir

I’ve been putting together a vision board for when I’m able to do another creative, personal expression through my art.

While my heart is photographing women and telling their stories, sometimes my soul needs to stretch and play so that I can reset and renew. This makes me better for the clients that I photograph.

Many creatives have gone into depression during this time because we haven’t been able to create like we usually do.

It’s our release. It’s our way out of darkness. It’s a way of telling other’s stories while telling our own.

Being a photographer is engrained in my being. To be able to document someone’s story that then becomes art in their home, it’s at times indescribable.

Boudoir During a Life Transition

December 02, 2020 in boudoir

I still get people who don’t understand boudoir. They think it’s purely sexual, vain, or pointless. I can keep putting up blog posts that explain why they are so much more than that. I can try to explain it in my own words (which I’ve done several times). But, what I think speaks the loudest are words from other women who have been photographed by me.

This one hits way too close to home for me. M (we’ll call her) isn’t sharing the photographs with the public because of her job. I reached out to her and asked if she would be willing to share her story, though. I told her that her words might really need to be read by someone who is in the depths of hell. I wish that more women had talked about their struggles when I was in my marriage. There were so many times I felt shameful and alone. E is allowing me to share one photo and her words.

I want to point out that not every woman that I photograph is “broken” or going through hard times. I photograph women who are engaged, married, divorced, have kids, can’t have kids, don’t want kids, have done boudoir sessions before, have never done boudoir sessions before, and so on. But, this is E’s story and it’s a pretty damn powerful one.