Empowerment

this one’s for the babes

I have a vision of photographing women in a way that portrays strength and beauty. In Empowerment Sessions, we incorporate elements to show both aspects.

empower: (a) give someone the power or authority to do something; (b) make stronger and more confident

These two ladies are beautiful human beings, who radiate joy and bless others around them. While these were my first boudoir type sessions, I view them as empowerment sessions. My passion behind photography has always been intentional, to show people, women especially, how beautiful they are! Many of us struggle with self-love, or as I like to say, self-kindness. We are overly critical, to the point where the form we see in the mirror is distorted  by our critical thoughts, and we come to have a very poor view of ourselves.

Over the course of my last five years, I struggled with severe depression, and still do on occasion. This among other cruel factors in my past three years of life, fooled me into maintaining one philosophy about myself-- that I am not enough, never enough, never good enough. I always strive to not only excel, but do my very best in everything. This is why it is easy to practice kindness on others, and hardest to practice kindness on myself.

Babes,

It’s time to be kind to ourselves.

I believe in loving on people, and investing in them, not for my own personal gain, but simply to bless them, because people are important and invaluable.

It is a joy to provide my gift and help other women view themselves in a kinder way. I'll never forget the feeling I had just a few months into weightlifting. Empowered. Because I had so much more power in my body than ever before. My hope is that ladies who book empowerment sessions will look back on their images and have a reminder of how beautiful and strong they are, physically and mentally, to feel empowered! And always, practice self-kindness.

xo Emily