Client Session | Catherine | Oceanside, California boudoir photographer
“Allowing myself to feel good in my body is an act of resistance in a culture that only taught me shame”.
That’s just a snippet of what Catherine shared with me in her inquiry last August.
All clients are special, but some clients leave you with your jaw on the floor and changed forever. That’s Catherine.
I am not sure who healed who. I left her session feeling completely renewed and like I somehow got something deeper and more powerful from it.
“I have spent years in my mind, wanting and shaming my body to be different (thinner, younger, etc)-”
“- and yet, the body is where the essence is … the messages,
the reminders, the gifts, the knowingness … all in the body.
I am realizing that part of the healing is to stand face to face with the
shame and instead choose to celebrate my body where it is. Right now.
And to celebrate in a way that encourages a sensuality that I know is there.
I started looking at boudoir studios awhile ago and I knew you were the
right person when I read your story, your website and your thoughtful reviews. It seems you have an incredible gift – not only for taking beautiful
pictures but for creating a sacred safe space for women to heal.
And that is what I want.”
I think almost everyone can relate to those feelings of inadequacy.
& the only way you can work through any of that is through acts of self liberation. A boudoir photoshoot is just one wonderful way to work through those feelings.
Catherine said of her time working with me,
“Carrie Anne has an innate ability to communicate with such thoughtfulness, caring and protective nature. She encourages honesty and vulnerability through the process so once you're in front of the camera, you are much more comfortable and relaxed because you've already built a connection with her.
It's very apparent that she does this work for deeper reasons than just taking beautiful photos. She cultivates safe spaces for her clients to transform. It's her passion and you immediately feel taken care of by her.
The actual photo shoot (as nervous as I was) became a beautiful reintroduction to myself and my body. Carrie Anne models celebration, empowerment and confidence through the whole shoot. I literally felt myself profoundly shift from nervousness to empowerment through the photo shoot.
Once received the "absolutely beautiful cannot believe that is me, blown out of the water "photos, they became a bridge and reminder to my present day. That I can feel this empowerment, this connected, this deserving every day, not just the day of my shoot.
I am a therapist as well as have been in therapy for years, but working with Carrie Anne was one of the most healing, profound moments and I encourage everyone to work with her. A few of my other friends have done
boudoir before but the process felt more transactional versus personal.
Not with Carrie Anne. She is a gift. I'm am forever grateful for finding her.”
