Bobbi Jo Brooks Fine Art and Photography

09/15/2026

My As I Am Portrait Experience will be live this weekend at Creative Arts Guild | Dalton GA Arts Fest! Will you be there?

09/13/2026

Been silently working on a HUGE project and I’m so excited it’s nearly finished

09/12/2026

Ladies, I’ve been listening.

For the last two Fridays I’ve asked what keeps women from stepping in front of the camera.

You told me: money. Time. Not knowing how to pose. Not liking photographs of yourself. Wanting to lose weight first. Feeling like you need a special occasion.

So next weekend, I’m giving you a chance to simply come as you are.

I’ll be at ARTS FEST at the Creative Arts Guild next weekend, September 18–20, with my AS I AM Portrait Lounge, offering black and white portraits for a special $25 festival rate.

No posing experience required. No special occasion. No waiting for some future version of yourself.

You are already art.

Come find me at ARTS FEST and let me photograph you exactly as you are. Art Fest Details can be found here:
https://creativeartsguild.org/events/annual-events/festival

Bobbi Jo Brooks Fine Art and Photography

The mission of the Creative Arts Guild is to cultivate and sustain the arts in Dalton, Georgia and its surrounding counties.

09/07/2026

I found this large, sparkly matte black scrapbook paper and immediately thought, “Could this be a backdrop?”

So, of course, I built one to test it out.

The jury is still out on whether it will actually work the way I imagined, but this is one of my favorite parts of being creative. I love taking an idea, experimenting with it, and seeing if I can bring the possibility in my head to life.

09/04/2026

Okay ladies, you've given me some AMAZING answers the last two Fridays, so I have another question for you.

Finish this sentence:

“I would finally book a portrait session for myself if _______________________.”

No right answer.

I'm genuinely curious what you would put in that blank.

09/03/2026

When I photograph a woman, I'm watching for the moment AFTER she thinks I'm taking the picture.
The shoulders drop.
The expression changes.
She stops performing for the camera.
And for just a second, she's simply there.
Those are often my favorite frames.
Not perfect.
Present.

09/02/2026

One of my favorite moments in a portrait session happens at the very end, when we sit down together and look through the photographs.

Recently, I asked one of my clients, “Do you feel like you see yourself in these?”
“Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.”

As we kept looking, she laughed, got emotional, and stopped on different portraits:
“Yes, queen.”
“That brings emotions to me.”
“Oh, that’s like I’m talking to her.”

And looking at one image that seemed to hold part of her journey, she said, “I wouldn’t be where I am today, or who I am today.”

That’s what I want.

Not a photograph where you’re busy checking your chin, your stomach, your arms, or all the things you’ve learned to pick apart.

A portrait where, for a moment, you see the whole woman.

The personality. The strength. The history. The joy. The woman you’ve spent all these years becoming.

Sometimes my job isn’t to transform a woman for a photograph.
It’s simply to help her recognize what was already there.

Portrait of the amazing Eva Maria Rodriguez Alicea

08/31/2026

I asked women this weekend:

“If I photographed you exactly as you are RIGHT NOW, what would you want that portrait to say about you?”

I gave them a list.

Strong.
Beautiful.
Confident.
Becoming.
Enough.
Still here.

But then women started adding their own words.

Resilient.
Overcomer.
Present.
Capable.
Healing.
Fierce.
Happy with who I am.
Ready to tell my story.

And one woman simply said:

“This is me. Nothing more. Nothing less.”

I think THAT may be what I love most about photographing women.

There isn't one word that defines us.

And maybe a portrait doesn't need to show the woman you hope to become someday.

Maybe it should preserve the woman you are right now.

Because she has a story too.

If you've been reading these conversations and quietly thinking, “Maybe it's time for me to step in front of the camera,” I'd love to photograph you.

Send me a private message and tell me what you would want YOUR portrait to say about you.

Let's start there.

Portrait of Cyndi Arnette Rogers from her As I Am: Stories of Becoming session - more on this coming soon.

08/19/2026

Show and tell from the Throne showcasing Lisa’s beautiful handmade Storybook Album