It’s not just a photo shoot, it actually means so much more.
This clip is from a recent session with our long time client, Donna. She shared with us during hair & makeup why this experience means so much to her. Donna has been fully blind since her early twenties, but this is her 4th session with us in the last 10 years. She loves the experience and they way she feels during and after her sessions, she also loves hearing the feedback from all of her friends and family about what they see in her images.
After losing her Mom this past November, and receiving a new cancer diagnosis herself she wanted to do a session as a gift to herself. She chose strength, femininity and agency as the three words she wanted to embody during this experience. Watch this clip with some thoughts she shared while getting her hair & makeup done.
Everyone deserves to feel this kind of joy!
“I have been putting off a boudoir session for years! I’ve wanted to get to my goal weight and I thought that then I would do it. Well… my ten year anniversary was approaching and I was still far off from my goal weight and with fear and trembling i booked my appointment. What I thought was a gift for my hubby turned out to be the biggest gift for me. Brooke & Lindsay made me feel so comfortable and were so encouraging. I honestly felt like a supermodel! I did not want my session to end I had so much fun. When I saw my photos I cried. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The women in these photos was so beautiful, the light coming from her eyes was captivating. I felt at peace with my body for the first time. The biggest compliment I received from my hubby was that I looked so confident and comfortable and that was the way “he sees me”.Stop waiting till you are a certain size honestly it is the best thing you can do for yourself !
Ms. K
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
YOU deserve to be celebrated and documented through all your seasons.
I decided to do my first session with Brooke after I had gotten out of a toxic situation. I was feeling pretty low about myself, searching for something to make me feel better and to get my power back. I had always wanted to do a boudoir photoshoot, so when I found Captured Essence Photography and what Brooke stood for and how she uplifted women, I knew it would be the right fit for me. I was nervous about how the photos would turn out, if I was going to look silly, and if I would get the feeling I was looking for. I felt so comfortable and felt so good about myself. It gave me everything I was looking for and more! I was so excited to show my friends my photos. It was completely worth it and I would recommend it over and over again. I loved it so much, I jumped on the second opportunity.
Ms. E
After the shoot- I felt exhilarated. Brooke and Lindsay are so insanely friendly that they felt like friends I had known for years. The experience itself was a lot of fun, and worth it - even without images. It was awesome to try on so many different types of lingerie and move around and determine what feels good on me. I felt special and pampered as my makeup and hair were done - and walked away with a renewed sense of self confidence and reduced insecurity. Their personalities and effort led me to feeling amazing about myself- even before I saw the proofs. I was shocked at how many of the proofs I loved!
Ms. L