Carrie Anne Kelly Studios

Carrie Anne Kelly Studios Body positive bo***ir experiences for women on a self love journey. Let’s face it, we only get one life to live. Why spend it focusing on the flaws?

I am a lifestyle portrait photographer who specializes in working with women & their families! It took me a while, but I recently discovered that I need to work with women because I am a woman myself and can identify with many of the challenges we face everyday. Whether we are dealing with extreme insecurities, self consciousness, or body image issues, I have been there. As a woman, I am sensitive

to those feelings and it is my goal to relieve you of any of those feelings for the time we spend together, and I can pretty much promise you that you will leave your session a different woman in one way or another. Whether you book me for your wedding, a bo***ir, portrait, family, or maternity session one thing always remains the same; I photograph you as you are in this moment and you are good enough. Life is too short to continue pushing off portrait or bo***ir sessions until you “lose the weight” or look the way you think you should. You are perfect the way you are, now let me capture that and help you embrace all those beautiful things that make you, YOU! Let’s do this.

I’ve thought long and hard about how to say what I’m about to say — here we go. A few years ago, a photographer asked me...
06/22/2026

I’ve thought long and hard about how to say what I’m about to say — here we go.

A few years ago, a photographer asked me if I was afraid of AI replacing photographers.

I said with complete confidence, “Nope. I actually haven’t given much thought to that at all. You cannot replace the human connection that comes with hiring a photographer.”

I still feel the same way.

What’s crazy is that my assumptions were right. I don’t personally feel that my job has become targeted by AI. What I do see is more AI ads. More AI-generated images. More artificial versions of people.

So instead of sitting here in fear of AI, instead of being angry at AI (a work in progress) I’ve been looking at my role and my responsibility.

AI isn’t going anywhere. We may not have a choice in how often we see it. We may not be able to escape it on our feeds.

But we have a choice to come back to ourselves.

To follow people, artists, creators, and makers who are doing real-life tangible s**t.

And we have the choice to buy from them. Support them. Lift them up.

A client once told me booking a bo***ir shoot was the most radical thing she’d ever done.

Holy s**t is that true today—even though it shouldn’t be.

Booking a bo***ir shoot. Seeing yourself as you are. Hiring a professional. Receiving REAL images of yourself.

What a fu***ng middle finger to AI.

And I love it.

Remember when bo***ir blew up in the 2010s?

I don’t necessarily think bo***ir as it existed then will blow up again. But I do think we’ll see more radical acts of self-love in the form of hiring photographers, booking the shoot, and investing in art.

Photographers, my question to you is:

Are you ready?

Are you ready to lead the way in your city and your market?

Or are you going to let what is unfortunately inevitable take you over?

The choice is yours.

As my boyfriend reminded me last week:

“Illusions promise another life. A wise person looks past it and lives the one in their hands.”

Do with this what you will. But I hope to see my peers leading the way beside me.

Photos from the 2020 blush & co. campaign 🫶🏼

I’ve thought long and hard how to share these thoughts, so here they are — A few years ago, a photographer asked me if I...
06/22/2026

I’ve thought long and hard how to share these thoughts, so here they are —

A few years ago, a photographer asked me if I was afraid of AI replacing photographers.

I said with complete confidence, “Nope. I actually haven’t given much thought to that at all. You cannot replace the human connection that comes with hiring a photographer.”

I still feel the same way.

What’s crazy is that my assumptions were right. I don’t personally feel that my job has become targeted by AI. What I do see is more AI ads. More AI-generated images. More artificial versions of people.

So instead of sitting here in fear of AI, instead of being angry at AI, I’ve been looking at my role and my responsibility.

AI isn’t going anywhere. We may not have a choice in how often we see it. We may not be able to escape it on our feeds.

But we have a choice to come back to ourselves.

To follow people, artists, creators, and makers who are doing real-life tangible s**t.

And we have the choice to buy from them. Support them. Lift them up.

A client once told me booking a bo***ir shoot was the most radical thing she’d ever done.

Holy s**t is that true today—even though it shouldn’t be.

Booking a bo***ir shoot. Seeing yourself as you are. Hiring a professional. Receiving REAL images of yourself.

What a fu***ng middle finger to AI.

And I love it.

Remember when bo***ir blew up in the 2010s?

I don’t necessarily think bo***ir as it existed then will blow up again. But I do think we’ll see more radical acts of self-love in the form of hiring photographers, booking the shoot, and investing in art.

Photographers, my question to you is:

Are you ready?

Are you ready to lead the way in your city and your market?

Or are you going to let what is unfortunately inevitable take you over?

The choice is yours.

As my boyfriend reminded me last week:

“Illusions promise another life. A wise person looks past it and lives the one in their hands.”

Photos by me for the 2020 blush & co. campaign

I’ve been thinking long and hard how to share these thoughts — so here they are. A few years ago, a photographer asked m...
06/22/2026

I’ve been thinking long and hard how to share these thoughts — so here they are.

A few years ago, a photographer asked me if I was afraid of AI replacing photographers.

I said with complete confidence, “Nope. I actually haven’t given much thought to that at all. You cannot replace the human connection that comes with hiring a photographer.”

I still feel the same way.

What’s crazy is that my assumptions were right. I don’t personally feel that my job has become targeted by AI. What I do see is more AI ads. More AI-generated images. More artificial versions of people.

So instead of sitting here in fear of AI, instead of being angry at AI (a work in progress), I’ve been looking at my role and my responsibility.

AI isn’t going anywhere. We may not have a choice in how often we see it. We may not be able to escape it on our feeds.

But we have a choice to come back to ourselves.

To follow people, artists, creators, and makers who are doing real-life tangible s**t.

And we have the choice to buy from them. Support them. Lift them up.

A client once told me booking a bo***ir shoot was the most radical thing she’d ever done.

Holy s**t is that true today—even though it shouldn’t be.

Booking a bo***ir shoot. Seeing yourself as you are. Hiring a professional. Receiving REAL images of yourself.

What a fu***ng middle finger to AI.

And I love it.

Remember when bo***ir blew up in the 2010s?

I don’t necessarily think bo***ir as it existed then will blow up again. But I do think we’ll see more radical acts of self-love in the form of hiring photographers, booking the shoot, and investing in art.

Photographers, my question to you is:

Are you ready?

Are you ready to lead the way in your city and your market?

Or are you going to let what is unfortunately inevitable take you over?

The choice is yours.

As my boyfriend reminded me last week:

“Illusions promise another life. A wise person looks past it and lives the one in their hands.”

Photos by me for the 2020 blush & co. campaign 🤍

Is this image / pose weird? Good— it’s meant to be. I’ve been rebuilding my styling questionnaire this week and found my...
06/16/2026

Is this image / pose weird? Good— it’s meant to be.

I’ve been rebuilding my styling questionnaire this week and found myself scrolling through old self-portraits.

Swipe right for one from 2012.

I was in college. I had no photography business. No studio. No styling process. No clue what I was doing, honestly.

I just knew I liked creating images and I liked seeing different versions of myself through a camera.

Looking at this photo now makes me laugh a little.

The flower crown.
The denim shorts.
The giant piece of floral fabric I probably found somewhere in my apartment.

But it also reminds me of something important.

I’ve spent over a decade taking self-portraits, and the biggest thing they’ve taught me isn’t how to use a camera.

They’ve taught me that style evolves.

Who I was at 22 isn’t who I am at 35.

The things I feel confident wearing now would have never crossed my mind back then.

And honestly? That’s the point.

I think sometimes women feel pressure to arrive at a bo***ir session already knowing exactly who they are, exactly what they want to wear, exactly what their style is.

Most of us are still figuring that out.

I know I am.

That’s one of the reasons I’ve completely redesigned the styling experience for my clients.

Not because I think everyone needs to show up with the perfect outfits.

But because I think exploring what makes you feel confident is part of the experience itself.

The questions I ask now aren’t really about lingerie.

They’re about you.

What you’re drawn to.
What excites you.
What you’ve always wanted to try.
What version of yourself is showing up in this season of your life.

The photos happen in a single day.

But the process of discovering yourself?

That’s the part that stays with you. That takes years. And it starts with booking a photoshoot and seeing yourself.

Dahlia Grace Kelly 🤍I’ll miss you forever. 2 years without you and most days it still doesn’t feel real. What else is th...
06/12/2026

Dahlia Grace Kelly 🤍

I’ll miss you forever. 2 years without you and most days it still doesn’t feel real.

What else is there to say? Grief is love with no place to go and I’ll always have a Dahlia shaped hole in my heart.

I miss your big warm soft donut belly. I miss your Disney princess eyelashes. I miss walking around with you pretending we were on some big great adventure when really we were just enjoying the warm breeze and sun. I miss how you would call out for me when you heard me pull into the ranch. I miss the purpose you gave me in this life.

I hope you’re eating all the neigh nibblers and hay and grazing until you’re nice and full. Running wild and free and rolling in all the warmest sand. I miss you Big D.

Dahlia and CAK forever 🤍

A non bo***ir post: hello from Moab!!!We accidentally left a day early on our trip and realized 4 hours in that we had n...
06/09/2026

A non bo***ir post: hello from Moab!!!

We accidentally left a day early on our trip and realized 4 hours in that we had no place to stay on Thursday night. So what does a Sagittarius do? Find an air bnb in Moab for half the price it normally cost on a magical little ranch property with the best star gazing smack dab in between Canyonlands and Arches. We only had time for one so we chose Canyonlands and it did not disappoint.

Z and Charlotte were definitely taking in the sites 🤍 so special to travel with our dogs!

Still not over this set, and if you’re not either, I have 6 spots left for my Hot Summer Night mini sessions on this set...
06/03/2026

Still not over this set, and if you’re not either, I have 6 spots left for my Hot Summer Night mini sessions on this set called “Heartbreaker”. Join me on June 19th, 25th or July 3rd and book your own 30 minute experience on this set ❤️

The cool thing about it is you can literally go in any direction worn the styling. You can choose to go with vintage inspired lacy lingerie or something more punk / chic / editorial. You can be n**e or wear your favorite badass dress. This set is truly so cool. I am so proud of the lighting. The set design. Everything. I am proud of myself for taking self portraits and fully committing to the styling of not one but two different looks. For styling my own hair and makeup. Designing the light. And posing myself while figuring it all out so I could explore something new. The response has been so cool — this is definitely one of my favorite sets and offerings to date.

It takes A LOT to take self portraits and it was not easy — this too days to prep for. But it was so worth it. I learned so much about myself and feel even more inspired to keep pushing myself and my self portraits practice further and further ❤️

If you wanna book a mini just DM and I’ll send you the info + link.

WELCOME TO HOT SUMMER NIGHTS ✨For those of you who have been here for a while, you may remember a time when one of my fa...
06/01/2026

WELCOME TO HOT SUMMER NIGHTS ✨

For those of you who have been here for a while, you may remember a time when one of my favorite parts of my work was building little worlds.

Dreaming up concepts. Designing sets. Testing new lighting. Creating experiences that transported my clients somewhere else entirely—a place where they could step outside of everyday life and become the main character for a moment.

Over the years, I took a step back from that work as I recalibrated, evolved, and found my way back to what inspires me most.

Hot Summer Nights feels like a return to everything I used to love creating—but through the lens of who I am now.

More intentional.
More cinematic.
More soulful.

Not only have I grown as a photographer and a human, but I’ve evolved my skill set to include trying out actual set design and set building. I am learning a lot about myself and how to build a world within the constraints of a single room, but oh my god I am so in love. When I build the Heartbreaker set, I took a step back and actually felt really fu***ng proud of myself for the first time in a while. I have a hard time with restraining my impulsivity and my impulsivity sometimes stops me from doing the things I want because I get overwhelmed by the process.

This was one of the first times I researched materials thoroughly. Had a blue print of sorts for the set plan. And then ex*****on wasn’t perfect — I was humbled a ton. But when I actually went into design mode, it didn’t take much time.

Hot Summer Nights is a collection of little worlds inspired by vintage Americana, rock & roll romance, and the women who leave a lasting impression wherever they go.

❤️ Heartbreaker - a low light, leopard print adorned lounge vibe that feels like a scene from a Tarantino film.

🚐 Little Runaway - my 1970 VW bus is the set. We’ll use lighting that mixes early evening delight pouring through my garage and a warm orange glow that feels like sunset on the coast

I’m so inspired and excited and happy to share this with a select few of you who decide to book this experience.

Booking is officially open. ✨DM me for the link.

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Tuesday 9am - 12pm
Wednesday 9am - 12pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

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