Can a name stigmatize an experience

Can a name stigmatize an experience

Can a name stigmatize an experience?

I get people who say, "Oh, I don't think I'm the type of person to do a boudoir session. It's just not me."

Then, I tell them it will be an experience they can make all their own. “You can wear your favorite dress. You can wear nothing at all. You can be in the ocean or on a mountain. You can be rolling around in a bed or the dirt.”

I say it over and over and over…THESE SESSIONS ARE MORE THAN JUST NUDE PHOTOS OF YOURSELF.

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Vacation Family Session in Rosemary Beach

Vacation Family Session in Rosemary Beach

What better time to take photographs of your family then when you are on vacation! Everyone is relaxed, having fun, and in good spirits. It’s such a great way to document your family’s travels. I’ve talked to clients that hire a photographer every new place they visit and fill their home with prints of each place. I can’t think of a better way to fill your walls.

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When Will You Value Yourself Enough to Tell Your Story?

When Will You Value Yourself Enough to Tell Your Story?

Imagine what it would be like to walk away from an experience where you felt beautiful, worthy, important, powerful, and valued.

What would it be like to be able to pull out your album every time you needed that self-assurance?

How would you feel if you walked into your bedroom and were able yourself at your most beautiful, on your own walls?

Imagine loving yourself enough to invest in your own photographs.

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How to boost your child's self-esteem during Covid

How to boost your child's self-esteem during Covid

What I’m hearing from so many parents is that one of the hardest parts of this pandemic is their children’s loss of social interaction. Playing with other children helps develop their personality, as well as create self-esteem. What do you do when your child can no longer be social and play with friends? How do you encourage that grown and build self-worth in them?

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how to make a beautiful floral arrangement from plants in your garden | Alys Beach Wedding Photographer | Shannon Griffin Photography

how to make a beautiful floral arrangement from plants in your garden | Alys Beach Wedding Photographer | Shannon Griffin Photography

I teamed up with the incredible Brian, from Myrtie Blue, to demonstrate how to make a beautiful floral arrangement from plants in your garden. He makes it look so effortless, and honestly, it is pretty easy! Brian's work is truly art, but his goal was to show that you are more than capable of doing some simpler arrangements, yourself. You can see the full write-up on Style Me Pretty.

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