I was asked if I’ve always been this confident and sure of myself and my business.
I thought about it and responded: “When I’m photographing a woman it’s the only place where my mind is quiet. I don’t think about anything else in my life. I don’t think about my child, my husband, laundry that needs to be done, bills that need to be paid, etc. My mind is quiet and it’s the only place in the world where I can truly let go. The women that I photograph have no idea how much they are therapy for me, so my ‘why’ is to give that therapy back to them through documentation and experience.”
What's interesting is I was reflecting on it this morning and my why of starting boudoir was because I was in a marriage where I felt invisible and unwanted. I started photographing women to give them what I couldn't get from myself or my marriage.
Now, it's evolved into helping mothers feel seen, validated, and to find themselves in their new skin. My clients went from being in their 20's, early 30's to now being mid 30's to 40's.
It's amazing to watch my why change. I also think it's important to talk about my why in my messaging because just like back then, women who are going through what I'm currently going through (or similar) are finding me. We’re holding spaces for each other and building that trust so that we can create true art together.
Art has a way of healing and that’s been the common thread throughout my years of this work. While my reasons for being passionate about it might change and take new shape, my voice has always been for women.
We need places to go where we feel seen.
We need others to tell our stories so that we don’t get lost. We need gifts of silence in the day-to-day chaos.
We deserve pockets of refuge in this vast existence.
What about your passions in life? Has your why transformed over time?
