Feeling Beautiful, It IS important!

Over the past 10 years of being a professional photographer, I have heard so many statements like “I don’t like taking pictures, “I hate being in front of the camera”, “My face looks so fat in pictures” and “I don’t know how to pose”. The list could go on. And it is normal to feel this way!

I have realized it all ties into wanting to be captured the way she wants to be seen and wanting to be seen as beautiful.  After all, isn’t that something we all want?  A trillion-dollar beauty industry globally – from makeup to hair to fashion to weight loss – confirms that.

But doing what I do, I can’t help but dig a little deeper to reflect on what actually makes a woman beautiful and why it matters that we as women feel beautiful at all!

I believe it goes beyond nice hair, good looking makeup or great clothes. These all help of course but the beauty I seek to celebrate in the women I photograph goes a little deeper.

I believe the true beauty of a woman lies in the way she carries herself, the confidence in her eyes, the beautiful curve of her lip as she smiles. The most beautiful women embrace their imperfections knowing that these so called “flaws” make her the unique and special human being that she has been created to be.

Every time I have a woman in front of my lens, I like to dig a little deeper to allow a simple photoshoot to become a process of self-discovery, self-reconnection and increased self-confidence.

The 40 Over 40 Women’s Revolution has been celebrating women over 40. They come in to celebrate where they are in life with a personalized, magazine style photoshoot.

What are YOU waiting for? What is your biggest obstacle for getting in front of a camera? YOU are worth this!