09/07/2026
We recently had the opportunity to do a bo***ir session with a friend, and I think one of the things I loved most about it was that she came to us with ideas.
Lots of ideas.
She had outfits. She had inspiration photos. She had things she wanted to try. She had a vision of how she wanted to see herself.
And our job wasn't to throw all of that aside and tell her what a bo***ir session was "supposed" to look like.
It was to listen.
Then we started creating together.
Some ideas worked exactly the way we imagined.
Some became, "Nope. That's not quite it."
An outfit that looked great on its own didn't necessarily work with a particular set or lighting, so we'd try something else. A pose we liked in an inspiration photo didn't work quite the same way for her body, so we changed it.
She also had an injured shoulder, which meant some positions simply weren't comfortable or possible.
So we adapted.
Because the goal was never to recreate somebody else's photograph.
The goal was to create photographs of **her**.
And honestly, there was a lot of laughter involved.
There was changing clothes and comparing outfits and moving things around and looking at images and saying, "Okay, THIS works."
But there was something else I learned during the session that I think is important to talk about.
Bo***ir is work.
It can be fun. It can be exciting. It can be empowering. But you're also moving, holding unfamiliar positions, changing clothes, thinking about your body, being vulnerable in front of a camera and putting a lot of trust in the people on the other side of it.
Eventually I looked at her and said, "Okay. We've got another pose or two, and then we're done."
Not because we'd run out of ideas.
We hadn't.
But because **she was done.**
And that's part of my job too.
While Kenneth is looking through the camera and concentrating on lighting, composition and creating the image, I'm paying attention to the person we're photographing.
Are you comfortable?
Is something hurting?
Do we need to modify a pose?
Do you need a break?
Are you still having fun?
Or have we reached the point where we've gotten what we came for and it's time to call it a day?
Because more photographs aren't necessarily better photographs.
This session taught me a lot about what I want our bo***ir experience to be.
Collaborative.
Comfortable.
Flexible.
Fun.
And completely individual.
Bring us your ideas.
Bring the outfit you're dying to wear.
Bring the inspiration picture you've saved on your phone.
Bring the parts of yourself you're confident about—and the parts you're not so sure about.
We'll bring our ideas too.
And then we'll figure out together what makes **you** look and feel your best.
Because we're not trying to turn you into somebody else's idea of beautiful.
We're photographing you.
