She wasn’t ready…until she was.
Torrie’s husband envisioned his beautiful wife doing a boudoir session with me and wanted to surprise her with a session. He called me, told me all the wonderful things about her and why she deserved to have her time in the spotlight.
After talking to him, I couldn’t agree more and was happy to have him give her a gift certificate. All went well… till she didn’t want it. She was thankful for the idea but couldn’t envision herself doing an actual boudoir session. And you know what? Nothing says I’m not ready more than someone saying I’M NOT FUCKING READY.
What happened in-between that day and the day of her shoot was pure magic. Boudoir was on her mind, but understanding why she didn’t want to do it was in the forefront and that was really important for her to understand.
Fast forward a short time and BOOM, this girl shows up- ready, willing and able. She had worked on herself just enough to know she was 100% worthy of having a boudoir shoot. Here’s the thing, when she was “ready,” she didn’t have all her shit figured out. She didn’t magically become a person she wasn’t, she simply embraced who she authentically was and stood up to the plate and said, I’ll give it a swing.
HOMERUN might be one way to describe Torrie’s boudoir photo shoot. Maybe grand-slam would be a better term. Not only did she slay her boudoir shoot but she created beautiful photographs that now exist in her home where she sees them every SINGLE day where she is loudly reminded of who that badass lady truly is.
Since here first shoot, I’ve photographed her 4 more times, each time different from the last, growing from the initial feeling of being enough and always building herself up to the truly showcase the best version of herself.
In Torrie’s words
“Learning to love my body and not apologize for it has been almost a life long process but there I was, unashamed and enjoying myself regardless of what flaws others could see.
That is the magic you will come away with after your shoot. You will never have the perfect body and it will never be the perfect time but you can choose to embrace who you are at this moment and stop apologizing for taking up space.”