Lexi - Let's get vulnerable

This shoot was special to me for a couple reasons. To start, I met lexi in a hostel dorm on my first night of solo travels to Dublin, Ireland almost exactly one year earlier to date of the this shoot. She was from Guelph and I was Hamilton, so naturally, we had lots to talk about, connecting almost instantly! That night, we met up at pub crawl where we hopped around Temple Bar singing and dancing to all the live music along the way. The next morning, she got up and continued her travels while I continued mine. And here we are 1 year later, reconnecting over a boudoir. This kind of shit makes my heart happy. Truly universe tings!

The second reason this shoot was special to me was because Lexi taught me something during our hour long session together. I have shot almost 100 boudoir sessions over the past 2 years, and the way I create with every unique body is a never ending learning process for me but more in an artist way for me. The energy I surround around these shoots are typically super up beat and fun and a little glamorous because .

Lexi reminded me that boudoir sessions aren’t always going to be this. Boudoir sessions are sometimes going to carry a darker, heavier energy because it means getting vulnerable. After this bat shit crazy year that we’ve had, Lexi didn’t have the usual friendship she had with her body. She had some new curves and angles that she hadn’t gotten to know quite yet. Believe me when I say… I GET IT!!! I understand that getting half naked in front of a camera is NOT easy.

Amidst this shoot, Lexi and I shared some tears, talked about the self love process (and how f*ckin hard it is), shed some love on the parts of her body that she likes and acknowledge with peace the spots she doesn’t like so much. Believe it or not, no matter what body type… we ALL have our things that we don’t love and I think it’s important to know thats okay. We don’t have to love them. But we do have to live with them.

I promise to talk you through this entire process so you don’t feel alone. I promise to work with your not so loved places and allow you to see them in a new light. I promise to get vulnerable and honest with you so you can get honest and vulnerable with me. Trust me when I say I understand that this experience won’t always be easy. It takes so some serious ballllls to take this step and commit to a shoot. But I truly promise to be there every step of the way; smiles, tears, laughs, nerves. I’m there.

Thank you for allowing me to learn from something from this shoot Lexi. I loved working with you.