New Year, Same Me Only Better

It’s time for me to reintroduce myself, as it’s been a while and I don’t feel that any of my previous introductions really captured what was needed about myself and Express Yourself Photography. I started my professional photography journey in 2012; though I had done a lot before then in different programs as well as helping other photographers in their sessions and studios. In 2012 I decided it was the time for me to start my own journey. I will be honest I don’t really remember how I found boudoir photography but that is where I started; I started as a boudoir and pinup photographer from the beginning. It did not take me long to pick the name “Express Yourself Photography” because even then, when it was still taboo, I felt that boudoir was one of the best ways for a person to express themselves as they are and how they want. 

Throughout the years I have tried to offer other photography services like families and children’s portraits, I have even tried my hand at pets and events. None of this really felt like what I wanted for my business. Group sessions like families, corporate parties, or club groups really felt like people weren’t expressing themselves. They were expressing who or what they were a part of but none of that captured the individual person. So I niched back and stopped offering families, groups over four people, and children. Why not capture the children though? They do nothing but express themselves, and you are correct. However, when boudoir is my passion it’s hard for me to keep children and boudoir on the same platform and to be honest, even though I have children of my own I don’t have the patience for posing children like I do adults. I get frustrated at my own daughter’s photos and I’m not even the one taking them! So yes, I also stopped offering children’s photos. However, this past year I’ve done a lot of reflecting on my business and how I am providing images that are true to the name.