International Women’s Day Gratitude Sale
This is a thank-you, and an invitation.
This International Women’s Day, I’m offering something deeply intentional, agratitude sale.
For all the women I’ve met, worked with, celebrated with and cried with. I am so incredibly grateful for each encounter and every opportunity these last 14 years have created.
Why International Women’s Day matters to me
14 years photographing women, and here’s what I know: we’re taught to wait.
Wait until confidence shows up. Wait until our bodies “look right.” Wait until everyone else is taken care of.
IWD is a reminder that power doesn’t live in waiting. It lives in choosing yourself.
Every time a woman steps in front of my camera and allows herself to be seen, fully, honestly, with a little cheeky grin—something shifts. She remembers she is powerful. She remembers she is worthy of being witnessed.
That’s what this sale is really about: giving you a chance to step into that moment and maybe even sneak a little mischief into the mix.
After the session, women tell me:
“I feel bolder.”
“I feel confident, like in my body, not just my head.”
“I feel primal AF. Sexual. Alive.”
“I am a badass!”
The change happens in the doing, in the act of creating confidence, first when you book and heck yes to choosing you, and then again at your session, and again when you see the images we created! This experience is full of hype energy and it’s all coming your way!
Before the session, it often feels like this:
“I want this… but I’m scared.” “I don’t look like the women I see online.” “What if I freeze?” “What if I don’t like what I see?”
Feelings like this? Totally normal. Nerves included.
I’ve photographed over 1,000 women in the last 14 years, and almost every single one has walked in feeling some version of this.
Feeling nervous doesn’t mean you’re not ready. Showing up anyway? That’s powerful. That’s bold. That’s flipping the script.
That moment, heart racing, stepping into the studio, choosing yourself anyway, it’s often the first time a woman feels her power in her body again.
And that moment changes something.
The International Women’s Day Gratitude Sale
As a thank-you to the women who trust me with their stories:
$99 session fee (normally $500)
20% off any session package (Packages range from $1,500–$5,500)
Flexible payment plans up to 12 months
My signature approach
Body-positive direction with a fuck yes attitude. No shrinking require, no fixing, no pretending.
I don’t photograph who you think you should be. I photograph who you already are.
And yes, many clients come back again and again. Once you’ve been seen like this, it changes the way you see yourself everywhere.
What I bring to your session
You’ll never be left guessing. I’ve got your back, front, and sides.
Clear guidance and direction
Calm, grounded, hype-as-hell energy
An all-female team
A best-friend experience from start to finish
Wardrobe support + access to my client closet
Posing coaching that honors your body
Nervous system regulation, safety, and pacing
Proofing, reveal, and ordering support
Custom album and artwork options
This space is intentional
The environment is calm. The energy is supportive. The container is safe.
Take your time. Feel everything. Be celebrated.
Words from women who’ve been here
YOU deserve to be celebrated and documented through all your seasons.
I went to my appointment “for my husband”. But instead, I walked away from the experience with a different view of myself as a woman. The female form is so graceful, so beautiful, so strong, so resilient and it deserves to be celebrated and documented in all its seasons.
YOU deserve to be celebrated and documented through all your seasons. And we, as women, are so often on the other side of the lens, that we forget that our stories need to be told too. Make the booking.
Hearing my husband say, when he opened his album, “Now can you see yourself the way I see you?” made me realize I probably should have done this a lot earlier.
And I should do it again! Ms. J
Our 3 step booking process
Complete the intake form below
Pay the $99 session fee
Choose your session date and start planning
Complete the intake form to start your IWD celebration now.
This is your moment
International Women’s Day isn’t about becoming something new. It’s about honoring what already exists.
Your body. Your story. Your power.
If you feel the pull or even with fear, that’s your knowing.
Save 20%. Book with $99 down. Choose yourself.
Yes, I’m ready to be seen.
You don’t have to do this alone. I’ll guide you, hold space for you, and celebrate every layer of who you are.
You are powerful. And I’ve got you.
Meet your photographer
Hi, I’m Brooke 🤍
Founder of Captured Essence Photography / Nanaimo Boudoir
I’m a body-positive, empowerment-focused, intuitive boudoir photographer with:
20 years of photography experience
14 years specializing in boudoir
This shoot exists because I believe:
You don’t need to change your body to deserve to be seen.
You don’t need permission to take up space.
And when women gather without comparison, something powerful happens.
Hosting this collective for the third year is one of my greatest honors.