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Be Present Studios 📸 Published & award winning photographer/videographer in DFW, TX! Wife & Mom
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She didn't think about her arms once.Didn't think about her stomach or her thighs or the way her body looks from this an...
06/17/2026

She didn't think about her arms once.
Didn't think about her stomach or her thighs or the way her body looks from this angle versus that one.
She just... lay there.
In the middle of the warm orange and the lush palms and the rainbow of color underneath her while the gold birdcage caught the light in that particular way that makes everything in its vicinity look like it was lit by someone who genuinely loves women.
And she existed.
Fully. Warmly. Without a single apology for any inch of herself.
That's what Electric Summer does.
Something about the warmth of it. The colors. The particular energy of a set that was built to feel like the best afternoon of the best summer you ever had.
It just... takes the armor off.
And what's underneath?
A woman who is so much more extraordinary than she's been giving herself credit for.
That woman is you too.
DM me. Let's create your Electric Summer.

06/16/2026

One year ago I unlocked the doors of The Velvet Noir Studio in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards and I genuinely didn't know what was going to happen next.

I knew the space was moody and beautiful. I knew the lighting was built for every body. I knew I believed in what I was doing. But I didn't know if Fort Worth was ready.

Fort Worth. Was. READY. 🖤

To celebrate one full year of women walking through that door and leaving as someone different — I'm doing something I've never done before. Our First Anniversary Summer Special is live and it is the most generous thing I've ever offered.

DM me to get the details. This one is worth it, I promise!!!

There is something about orange.Not a shy color. Not a careful one. Not a color that apologizes for itself or tries to t...
06/16/2026

There is something about orange.
Not a shy color. Not a careful one. Not a color that apologizes for itself or tries to take up less space than it actually occupies.
Orange is warm and bold and completely unapologetic.
Kind of like the women I photograph in it.
The Electric Summer set inside The Velvet Noir Studio was built for a specific kind of energy. The kind that lives in a woman who is done being careful. Done being measured. Done moving through her life in a way that minimizes how much of herself she lets the world actually see.
The orange doesn't let you hide.
And the women who choose this set?
They're not trying to.
They walk in and they sink into all that warmth and the tropical palms and the gold catching the light and something in them just... opens.
Like summer gives them permission to finally be exactly as much as they actually are.
And the camera catches every single bit of it.

Summer is the one time of year the world gives women permission to take up space in their bodies.And most of us spend it...
06/16/2026

Summer is the one time of year the world gives women permission to take up space in their bodies.
And most of us spend it worrying anyway.
Worrying about the swimsuit. Worrying about the angle. Worrying about whether we're too much or not enough or whether our body looks the way it's supposed to look when it's this visible and this unguarded.
What would it feel like to just... not?To lie in the middle of all that warmth and color and tropical lushness and just exist. Without the mental checklist. Without the careful management of how you're being perceived.
Just a woman. In her body. In the summer. Completely and unhurriedly herself.
That's what Electric Summer looks like inside The Velvet Noir Studio.Deep warm orange that feels like late afternoon light that never ends. Lush palms. Gold catching everything and making it glow. A rainbow of color underneath a woman who stopped worrying somewhere between walking through the door and lying down in the middle of all of it.
She looks extraordinary.Not because she performed it.
Because she stopped trying to.

You know that feeling right after you get out of the water?Salt or chlorine, doesn't matter. That particular state of wa...
06/14/2026

You know that feeling right after you get out of the water?
Salt or chlorine, doesn't matter. That particular state of warm and relaxed and completely present in your body that doesn't exist anywhere else quite the same way.
Nothing hurts. Nothing is tight. The mental load is quiet for once.
You're just... there. In your skin. In the sun. In the particular ease of a body that has been warm and moving and alive.
That's the feeling this set was built to capture.
Inside The Velvet Noir Studio the orange is deep and warm like the last hour of daylight. The palms are lush and full. The gold catches everything and gives it back warmer than it arrived.
And the woman in the middle of it...
She has that feeling.
That post-water, sun-warm, completely-at-home-in-herself feeling.
And we captured it.
That feeling belongs to you too.
DM me. Let's create your Electric Summer moment before the season disappears.

This is what it looks like when a woman decides summer belongs to her.Not the idea of summer. Not the Instagram version ...
06/13/2026

This is what it looks like when a woman decides summer belongs to her.
Not the idea of summer. Not the Instagram version with the perfect everything and the effortless everything and the "I woke up like this" energy that nobody actually wakes up with.
Real summer.
Warm skin and tattoos and a rainbow towel on an orange floor and tropical palms doing exactly what tropical palms do when the light hits them right.
And a woman in the middle of it all who is not trying to be anything other than exactly what she is.
Seggsy without performing it.
Confident without announcing it.
Completely, entirely, gloriously herself.
That's Electric Summer at The Velvet Noir Studio.
And there are still spots available for women who are ready to have their own version of this moment.
DM me. Summer just started!!!

Here's a question nobody ever asks you.Not your doctor. Not your partner. Not your best friend on the phone while you're...
06/13/2026

Here's a question nobody ever asks you.
Not your doctor. Not your partner. Not your best friend on the phone while you're both doing three other things.
How are you actually doing?
Not "fine." Not "busy." Not the version you give when you don't have the energy to get into the real answer.
Actually.
Because I think if you sat with that question long enough to give it an honest answer... it would surprise you a little.
I think you'd realize you've been running on a level of empty that you've gotten so good at managing that you stopped noticing it.
I think you'd realize the last time you did something that filled you back up — something real, something that touched the actual depleted part and not just the surface — was longer ago than you want to admit.
I think you'd realize that somewhere in the middle of taking care of everything and everyone... you stopped taking care of her.
The woman underneath all of it.
She's not asking for much.
Just one day.
One whole unhurried day at The Velvet Noir Studio where the only question anyone is asking is what do YOU need right now.
And for once... you get to answer it.

She stopped worrying about her stomach somewhere around the second week of July.Not because anything changed. Because su...
06/12/2026

She stopped worrying about her stomach somewhere around the second week of July.
Not because anything changed. Because summer happened.
Because the heat arrived and the layers came off and at some point she just... stopped. Stopped sucking in. Stopped angling. Stopped thinking about whether she was taking up too much space or showing too much or whether her body looked the way she thought it was supposed to.
She just existed in it.
Warm and easy and completely present.
That's what Electric Summer captures inside The Velvet Noir Studio.
Not a body performing for a camera.
A woman finally exhaling into herself.
The orange is warm like late afternoon sun. The palms are lush and unapologetic. The gold catches the light the way summer light always does — like it's specifically trying to make everything it touches look extraordinary.
And her?
She just lies there in the middle of all of it.
Like she belongs exactly there.
Because she does.

Join us on Wednesday, July 15th from 11 AM to 2 PM at The Velvet Noir Studio in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards for a...
06/12/2026

Join us on Wednesday, July 15th from 11 AM to 2 PM at The Velvet Noir Studio in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards for an intimate content day built around the art of sh***ri.

Think dramatic light, sculptural rope against skin, two beautifully styled models, moody studio sets, and endless opportunities to create rope and bo***ir content your dream clients will fall in love with.

🪢 3 full hours of shooting
🪢 Small group rotations
🪢 Two models in separate styled areas
🪢 Floor ties by our rigger, Daisy
🪢 Studio lighting provided — just bring your camera
🪢 Behind-the-scenes content shared with everyone
🪢 Rope work designed to elevate your portfolio
Whether you're looking to attract higher-end bo***ir clients, build publication-worthy content, or simply spend a morning creating with fellow photographers, this shoot was designed for you.

Spots are limited to just 6 to keep groups small and shooting opportunities plentiful. Book early and use code ROPE50 to save $50 — $175 through July 1, then $225. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly.

Tickets are linked below!

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You know what's interesting?You can tell me exactly what everyone in your life needs right now.Your kid's practice sched...
06/12/2026

You know what's interesting?
You can tell me exactly what everyone in your life needs right now.
Your kid's practice schedule. Your partner's stress levels. Your best friend's situation with that thing she's been dealing with. Your coworker's workload. Your mom's health stuff.You are dialed into everyone around you with a level of attention and care that is honestly remarkable.
But if I asked you what YOU need right now...You'd have to think about it.
And that pause... that moment of genuine uncertainty about your own needs... that's the thing I want you to sit with today.
Not with guilt.
Not with a to-do list about how to fix it.
Just with honesty.
You have been so focused outward for so long that the inward signal got quiet.
And quiet doesn't mean gone.
It means she's been waiting for you to tune back in.
One day at The Velvet Noir Studio is tuning back in.
To yourself.
Your body.
The parts of you that exist completely outside of what you do for everyone else.
She has been trying to get your signal for a while now.
DM me. Let's answer her!!!

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