A little about me..
I am a :
Body Image Activist and Body Image Boot Camp Facilitator
LGBTQ+ Ally
Fur Mom To Sophie, Liam, And Sadie
Love Hazy IPAs, Strong Coffee, Hugs From Friends, And The Perfect Red Lippy
Slightly Obsessed With Iceland, The Avett Brothers, The Ocean, The Moon And The Stars
I rediscovered my love for photography in 2005 after borrowing a friend’s DSLR on a trip to Charleston and photographed my first wedding two years later. I continued shooting part-time while maintaining a retail management career until the roles switched in 2012 and left retail completely in 2014 and never looked back. I had found what I was meant to do. I loved people, I loved to love, and being able to capture the two simultaneously made my heart full.
One of the first things you should know about me. I shoot completely and thoroughly with my heart. I shoot intimately and sensually. I love the texture, shadows, natural smiles, and quiet unsuspecting moments.
I booked my very own first boudoir session in 2017 with Cheyenne Gil as a “celebration” of myself and how far I had come rebuilding myself after years of living a life that wasn’t favorable to my well-being. While waiting for my session date to arrive, Cheyenne released seats to her workshop and I was curious. Could this be something I could do? I had over the years photographed boudoir sessions for a few brides and really enjoyed them but I wasn’t sure this was the right fit for me so I thought a workshop would be the perfect way to see if I wanted to add this to my wedding and lifestyle portrait business.
I walked away from the workshop curious but with so much more.. a realization that I personally had a TON of work to do before I could offer this to others. I was not in a good body/mind place with myself and the workshop and then my session really turned me into a tailspin. Not because the images weren’t amazing (photo credit: Cheyenne Gil Studios ). They were beautiful but I wasn’t in the right headspace to view them. At the workshop, I connected with a fellow photographer Sarah Gill of Sarah Ann Photography and while following her feed on Facebook she posted about “Body Image Boot Camp’ with Teri Hofford and I was reading this splashy website with a beautiful fat babe in a pool on a flamingo float living her best life and I was halfway into the website and I was SOLD. This is what I needed.
Meeting Teri, experiencing Body Image Boot Camp CHANGED MY LIFE and I walked away with 9 new sisters and knew in my bones this was my mission: