JESSI // REAL CLIENT

”I’ve worked with Stephanie on dozens of boudoir shoots over the years, so I know first hand what it’s like to see a woman transform into her most confident self. And yet somehow I could never find it in myself to be one of those women. Every time Steph asked me if I was ready to do my first session, I put it off because I felt like my body wasn’t ready. I wasn’t fit enough, I wasn’t skinny enough. I wasn’t in the right mind set to feel confident enough to be half naked in front of a camera. I couldn’t do it.

Then 2020 happened. These past few months have been awful on my mental health and especially my confidence. I fell in a dark hole about it. Steph asked me again if I wanted to shoot.... and honestly.... I knew it was time. We can’t keep waiting for when our bodies are going to be the “better” version to love ourselves. I’m ready to love myself at all sizes and I wanted to be able to look at these pictures and still be able to say “Damn I’m beautiful” without feeling like I had to starve myself or workout like a nutcase just to feel good about myself. Just because you’re not the fittest you’ve been before or your waist is bigger than it usually is, does not mean we are not allowed to be appreciated. You don’t need to wait to get back to that size to finally love yourself. Absolutely do what makes you happy, but you have to remember you’re ALWAYS worthy of self love no matter what you look like. 

When we shot these pictures, I’ve literally never felt more fully myself. The amount of confidence that Stephanie brought out of me, coaching me through the poses, was incredible. I literally never once second guessed myself. I’m sharing this because I want every woman to experience what I got to on this shoot. There is nothing more empowering. To be able to let go and fully not give a fuck and just be yourself is an undeniable high. And to look at the photos after and say.... “Damn that’s me?” EVERYONE DESERVES THAT. “

-Jessi G

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