A portrait session with me is for anyone. Regardless of experience, shyness, high or low self-esteem, gender, age, or sexual orientation. But why?
Because I’ve learned to read the unspoken objections. Almost every client who steps in front of my lens carries at least one of three: she thinks she doesn’t know how to “pose,” she tightens up when other people are watching, or she’s comparing herself way too much to what she sees on social media.
But underneath, all three come down to the same thing: she thinks she has to be a professional model, or that posing is a natural talent. And that’s where I come in.
And that’s where I come in.
When it comes to showing what to do, I’m the one who shows. And no, I’m not a professional model. I’m not the conventional good-looking type. Nowhere near a sculpted body. But whenever it’s needed, I show how the movement works, how the staging works, and only if we have to, the static pose we need for the shot. Yeah, me. I go there and I do it. Doesn’t matter if it’s “bold” or considered “feminine.” I do it first. After that it’s hard for her not to loosen up and think “I can do that too,” or we both crack up at the situation (a moment I take advantage of to shoot a few real smiles).
I can tell how the session is going to unfold from the first conversation and the first five shots. In another five, I show that the result is going to work. So: in ten shots we already have a reference photo that kills any doubt or anxiety from the start.
All of it happens in the first 10 minutes.
I guarantee with my eyes closed that every session with me delivers great photos. That’s the baseline of what I charge for. The real value is in the process. The more she gives in and allows herself to live the moment, to feel what it’s like to love who she is and just be herself right there, the more our encounter is worth.
That’s what I’m good at: making the session count. So that each photo she chooses later isn’t just “because it looks pretty,” but because she remembers the feeling she lived in that shot and relives it every time she looks at it. The feeling of being whole.