Photoshoots are stressful enough, but removing your clients autonomy during a session has the ability to really thwart our intended outcome of empowerment and confidence building. Here are 3 ways to improve autonomy in your client sessions.

Yesterday Attieh and I headed up to the top of the parkade at the Forks to create some magic inspired by a red hat and old Marlboro ads.

Seeing oneself through curious and compassionate eyes is a journey worth pursuing.

I am sharing one of my favorite self coaching phrases to help you work through some of your thoughts and get past the Top Level of Thinking!

Miss T and I connected at a boudoir summer camp a few years ago and when I asked if I could photograph her, she said yes!

Self portrait photo dump: The day I got my vintage floral chair from FB marketplace!

The heat is here and your insecurities may be popping up - but I promise you - WATER DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE WAY YOUR BODY LOOKS/IS! She simply wants to support you!

The number one excuse I hear about not doing a session is the fact that people have to lose weight - so you asked, and I listened! Here are 7 Step to help you lose weight before your photo shoot!!

Self portraits taken 5.22.20 - a handful of the beauties I created.

The results of a virtual body image campaign organized by body positive influencer Kayla Logan!

What it still stings when people negatively attack my body.

Why I focus on body image more than body positivity…

Grab your sunglasses - this may just be the brightest, most effervescent photoshoot I have done to date!!

If you respond to a model call, you just might find yourself shirtless with a pocket full of flowers…

A letter to creatives who always come last.

Post Partum shoots can be a really important part of the healing process for humans as they navigate life with their new little being. Our society is so fixated on birth being a celebratory experience that moms aren’t given the space to explore less than desireable aspects of the experience and all of the complicated emotions that come along AFTER baby is born. Kylie wanted to do a “9 Months Out” session and while it was beautiful to capture the bonding with her and Bowen, I think she also appreciated the opportunity to talk about her experience with motherhood.

We live in an amazing time where you can get anything you want almost instantly - but what has this done for our ability to get the things that we truly desire?

In this last installment of The Mindset Tools for Creatives we are talking about the importance of implementing movement into your daily routine! In this post I am going to share some of the benefits as well as a few of my favorite methods of movement!

Today we are talking all about questions and curiosity and how shifting your mindset away from judgmental thoughts to curious thoughts will help you come up with creative solutions to prevent you from feeling stuck! On the blog I share my top 4, but then give you a list of others to keep you going!