Pittsburgh Boudoir Photography that empowers YOU to love yourself!

May 10, 2018

I Can See Me

When a client says to me that they can see themselves clearer, I consider that a successful boudoir session! Today’s client has been through so much that it was time to see herself – time to remind her of who she is – time for her to embrace the woman she is! I’ll leave the rest of this post in her words!

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1) Why did you decide to invest in a boudoir photo shoot? I decided to invest in a boudoir photo shoot for myself, to help me grow in self confidence and boost my self-esteem. I did this to see myself from others eyes, to see the beauty I forget that exists within me. I did this as a gift for myself because I have overcome a toxic relationship and I’m worth it and I now know that!!!

2) How did you feel about yourself before your photo shoot? Before this shoot, wow, I felt negative, not worthy, I felt ugly, unlovable, I hate parts of my body, there’s so much. I felt like I’m nothing. I felt fat. I felt like I didn’t deserve anything or anyone.

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3) How did you feel about yourself after your photo shoot? After the shoot, I feel amazing. I can see me, I can see this woman who is gorgeous. I’m not fat I have incredible curves. I feel like a weight has been lifted from my head, heart and shoulders. I feel like I can hold my head high and yes my confidence isn’t where I want it but its growing. I feel comfortable in my clothes instead of worrying is this shirt to tight. I feel beautiful, like if someone cant see my worth its there loss not mine. I found my worth and I know now in my heart I’m never settling because I deserve more. I feel like God gives Maura the gift to give women hope, joy, happiness and the overall best gift is to see yourself for who you are! It more than looking at a picture, its soul searching, its digging deep and relearning yourself. And it makes you smile and be positive, this experience encourages you to help other women and compliment others!

4) Describe your session in 3 words? exhilarating inspiring charismatic

5) What was your favorite part of the boudoir photo shoot? Can there just be one? If i had to choose one it was getting to know Maura and opening up and sharing some of my past and overall the comfort that she gave to me, her encouragement and the fact that she wanted me to see myself and the beauty inside and out!

6) What would you say to other women who are considering a boudoir photo shoot? Do it! Best experience of your life! You wont regret it and don’t be nervous, don’t think about it because in the end of this experience you are given the best gift from Maura and that’s to see yourself.

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May 3, 2018

Empowering, Fun and Sexy

You are the owner of your own story. YOU have the power to say enough is enough. YOU can stand up and say, I LOVE MYSELF! Shout it from the rooftops. Tell the world. YOU CAN!

In our world, we are labeled as conceited, narccistic and selfish if we decide to stand up and praise ourselves. I personally think that more praise is needed! We stifle ourselves constantly by not recognizing the amazing and wonderful things about us. We think it’s better to remain silent, and this is what I’m fighting against daily. I will not let the women in my life reject the praise I give them. They will acknowledge and accept it, they will thank me for it, and they will start to point out all the great things about themselves. It’s time we take this back. Stop apologizing for being good to yourself, for making yourself a priority, for recognizing the amazing woman you are! It’s time to SHOUT IT OUT! This is one of the reasons The Self Love Club is so important to me!

Ok, off my soapbox for now. I included the above photo because I now make every client stand in front of it at the end of their session. This perfectly describes how I view them. They beauty of your soul is a wonderful sight!

I leave the rest of this post in the words of my client as she shares about her experience!

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1) Why did you decide to invest in a boudoir photo shoot? As a wedding gift for my fiancée

2) How did you feel about yourself before your photo shoot? Pretty good

3) How did you feel about yourself after your photo shoot? Looking at those photos, fabulous!

4) Describe your session in 3 words? Empowering Fun Sexy

5) What was your favorite part of the boudoir photo shoot? Towards the end not even caring what I was (or wasn’t) wearing

6) What would you say to other women who are considering a boudoir photo shoot? Do it!!!!!

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April 26, 2018

Once in a Lifetime Experience

It’s time to share another beauty with you and this blog post is in her own words, so I’ll leave it to her!

1) Why did you decide to invest in a boudoir photo shoot? The reason I invested into doing a boudoir shoot was a surprise for my fiance, which the day of the shoot he actually found out, however, while doing the shoot it became something that I needed as well. It had become an empowerment moment for me as a woman.

2) How did you feel about yourself before your photo shoot? Well, this is kind of tough to answer because we never truly can say out loud how we feel about ourselves. Mostly all the flaws we feel or think we see is in our head and its so hard to type down because after you actually sit down and start thinking about what you may think is so imperfect, someone else actually thinks is perfect. So before the shoot, I just felt worn down and beat up. I have 3 beautiful kids, that get all my attention and I really don’t have a lot of time to give to myself or my fiance because everything begins and ends with my kids. My body isn’t perfect, and I have flaws that I need to work on, so I would constantly pick with myself every time I stand in front of a mirror and see all these imperfections.

3) How did you feel about yourself after your photo shoot? Like WOW!!!! It was the best feeling ever! Words can’t even describe the boost and confidence I felt after walking out of your door that day! I felt like Superwoman and that I just walked out of modeling for Victoria Secret! LOL It was that boost of confidence every woman should experience, If I could tell everyone woman I walk past on the street to at least do a boudoir shoot once in their life and convince them to do it, then that is something because It was the best feeling ever.

4) Describe your session in 3 words? Breathtaking, Self-love, EXCITING!

5) What was your favorite part of the boudoir photo shoot? There was not one thing that wasn’t my favorite, from walking in the door with the greeting that Maura makes you feel like you have been friends forever. Then getting your makeup and hair done, and starting the shoot it just makes you feel alive and like a woman again.

6) What would you say to other women who are considering a boudoir photo shoot? I would honestly say, DO IT! We lose touch with ourselves as Women because we tend to take on so much responsibility. And we forget how important we are and that we are gentle people, we need to be taken care and make sure that we take care of ourselves as well, because the only person that truly knows how to take care of you, is YOU :-). So if you ever considered doing a boudoir shoot, then stop second guessing, don’t worry about the cost, just do it, because you will not be disappointed, and this is a ONCE in a LIFETIME experience that you will not walk away disappointed.

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April 19, 2018

The A-ha Moment Bullsh*t

You’re waiting for it. You may be expecting it. You want that moment. That A HA moment where everything magically makes sense. You have a moment of clarity, and POOF – your life is magically transformed. I hate to burst your bubble but ….

A-ha moments are bullshit.

There I said it.

We sit back and wait. Thinking that some day it will just hit us. That all of the sudden we’ll stop being so hard on ourselves. That we’ll magically love ourselves after years of intense hate. That we’ll instantly accept who we are instead of trying to change. That overnight we stop fighting with ourselves and just embrace the beautiful soul we have inside.

It doesn’t happen overnight. You don’t have an A-HA moment when the change happens. After all the years of putting yourself down and feeling inferior, you have I’M DONE moments.

I’m done being so negative….

I’m done feeling like I’m not enough….

I’m done hating my body…..

I’m done hiding myself….

I’m done letting my inner mean girl run the show…

I’m done self sacrificing myself to the point where I’m last in the priorities….

I’m done putting myself down…..

I’m done living up to an unrealistic expectation……

I’m done. I’m done. I’m done. I’M DONNNEEEEE!!!!!

We eventually get to a point that we are DONE with putting ourselves last. Done being so negative towards ourselves. Done living a life where you think you constantly have to change to be loved and accepted. Done hiding behind a bunch of masks to protect yourself from being seen for who you really are.

Most importantly, we’re done loving everyone else without condition but we can’t do the same for ourselves. We so freely give love to other people that we need to start turning that love inward to ourselves. When you can love yourself without conditions, you become free from the chains that have been holding you back. You don’t need to change who you are or what you look like to love yourself. You just need to acknowledge, accept, embrace and love yourself, unapologetically.

Sounds easy right. It’s not. You don’t wave a wand and AHA, everything is set straight in your heart and mind. You can’t expect to change immediately when you’ve been so hard on yourself for (dare I say) DECADES!

The point comes, though, when you decide to make yourself a priority, it hits you that you are just as important as everyone else. Its time to stop putting yourself last. It’s time for you to work on yourself. It’s time for you to love who you are, what you look like, the soul you have!! But, it takes constant work, practice, encouragement and inspiration. And, it helps when you are with people who are on the same journey as you.

And, this why I’ve decided to start a SELF LOVE CLUB. A club where we are going to constantly work on this self love journey because it needs to be nourished DAILIY. Not sometimes, not every week…every damn day. It’s hard work. But, work that is worth the effort, as this journey isn’t just for you – it’s for all the women and young girls around you.

We have to FIGHT to love ourselves, because we live in a society that preys on the fact that we are unhappy with who we are. My goal is to replace the negative we’ve been feeding ourselves with the positive. Our inner voice will be loud, happy, joyful, soulful, encouraging and loving!

WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP AND SHOUT THAT WE LOVE OURSELVES!!

And there’s nothing wrong with that!

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April 5, 2018

Fulfilling A Dream

I hear from many clients that they could only dream of a boudoir session. Today on the blog, I share a client whose dream it was to have these images taken – to see herself as a work of art! I’ll let her share the rest….

1) Why did you decide to invest in a boudoir photo shoot? My photo shoot was a gift given to me to fulfill a lifelong dream.

2) How did you feel about yourself before your photo shoot? I felt fairly self confident and beautiful, but had some hang-ups that made me wonder how well I’d look in professional photos. Concerns about facial expressions, hand positions, etc. Things I’ve disliked about my candid photos, that I hoped would look better having a professional position me.

3) How did you feel about yourself after your photo shoot? A lot more confidence, happiness, and gratitude that the beauty I feel inside can be translated to photo keepsakes with the guidance and artistic direction of a professional.

4) Describe your session in 3 words? Whirlwind, fun, unexpected

5) What was your favorite part of the boudoir photo shoot? I loved the opportunity to showcase so many beautiful outfits that were all gifted to me. It’s one thing to wear outfits for inspiration in the bedroom (and quickly remove them), but to have someone else’s vision to capture those outfits fitting perfectly is really something special to me. It gives me much more appreciation for the work that went into those clothes, and how well they can accentuate beautiful bodies. It makes me feel that much more beautiful for someone else’s art to look good on my body (also art), and be captured by yet another artist. I think it really gave me a stronger appreciation for art, as a whole.

6) What would you say to other women who are considering a boudoir photo shoot? Ignore all of your hesitations and just do it. Seriously, don’t even bother telling me about your hesitations! If you don’t do it on your own, I’m going to tie you up kicking and screaming and force you to do it. My aunt and uncle pretty much did that to me when I was 13 to take my first ride on a rollercoaster. I’m so glad they did. It opened up a whole new world for me. I still don’t often take risks, but some leaps you know deep down you just HAVE to take, and you’re so happy you did. This is one of those risks worth taking. There are absolutely ZERO chances of any losses or failures. You are guaranteed to reap only good benefits from this experience.