The Layers of You Experience

The Layers of You

We are all made up of layers that have been added over time. We have labels that we have put on ourselves and that society has added. I am a woman, a daughter, a mama, a math teacher, a photographer...I am a survivor, I am angry, I am grieving, I am celebrating, I am proud…. and the list could go on. We are multitudes and that is what makes us exactly who we are today. But, we rarely take a moment to honor everything we are. We oftentimes lose ourselves - lose our identity - as we bury ourselves into one certain role.

But it’s high time to take a moment out of your day and honor those layers and give yourself some love for every part of who you are. During the The Layers of You experience, you will have that opportunity to see yourself in a variety of ways. One of my favorite parts of this experience is that as you shed the physical layers of your clothes, you can’t help but also shed your emotional layers. As your wardrobe changes during the photoshoot, the vulnerability increases. It is not uncommon to feel very real and very raw emotions and for many, this journey ends up feeling just so incredibly freeing and relieving, as you peel off the layers and find yourself digging inward.

The Experience.

To begin, we’ll have an Initial Consultation where we’ll discover the layers of self that you’d like to explore. Sometimes the layers are a positive piece of yourself that you’d like to celebrate. Sometimes, the layers may be toxic parts of yourself that you are ready to acknowledge and say good bye to because they are no longer serving you. It’ll be a photographic journey, so we’ll work through multiple layers, typically around 4-5.

As an example, if you choose to honor your professional self., you’ll wear your professional best - whatever that means for you - and you will have the opportunity to take headshots and branding photos to use for your professional social media sites (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc) and however else you see fit.

Perhaps you’d like to celebrate the you that is a friend. For this layer, you’d change into your “night out” attire. What would you wear for a night out with friends? Here we’d honor your social side.

As the experience continues, your journey could take you to the sensual side of yourself. During this part of the photoshoot, you’d wear clothes that make you feel sexy and alive, flirtatious and fabulous. Whether it’s a nice pair of boxers or briefs, or lingerie, this is the time that you thank your body for everything. Your body is beautiful simply because it is the vessel that has brought you to this very moment. Every scar, every wrinkle, every stretch mark, every bit of cellulite - it is all honored in this moment - as well as every smile, every muscle, every curve of the body. You are an exquisite piece of art and you deserve to give yourself honor and love just as collectors of rare pieces of art do for their collection.

We oftentimes forget everything we ask our bodies to do for us and when we take a minute to realize what our bodies have been through, one can’t help but be in awe. It is in this moment that some people choose to have photos taken fully nude. It is important for me to fully express that your body is art and this part of the photoshoot is done by your direction and with immense respect for you and the human form.

For many clients, there’s just nothing quite like experiencing the purposeful vulnerability of feeling your own power while wearing next to nothing or going “full monty.”

This experience is more than a photoshoot - it is a purposeful remembering of who you are, deep down inside, when there are no expectations on you. When you can fully BE who you really are deep down inside, your public mask finally set aside for a couple hours, while relaxing into your photographic journey in a completely safe environment.