Client Experience

I would like to very much thank my client and friend, J, for her honest and wondrous account of her recent photosession experience.
Here is what she had to say about her experience with our fabulous team:

“There are times when I call myself forth to do things that are ridiculously outside of my comfort zone and there are times when I want to hide under the bed with a blanket. Yesterday was a true combo-platter of these emotions. Maria, and her team of Merry woMen, had encouraged me to do this photo shoot as a reward to myself for losing a considerable amount of weight in hopes that I would “see” , and therefore feel, beautiful. Now that may be more of a comfort zone for you than for me, and as a person who has spent a majority of their career setting up the shots for celebrities, sports stars, explorers and politicians while always making sure to be out of the frame, the concept of this day was never even in my realm of thought. But something stirred in me when Maria brought this up–first of course it was pure, unadulterated fear, but then I thought to myself–what if this works? What if you could slay this dragon and see what you have heard yet not felt? What would be possible from this new place? (Guess what–I’m a life coach–so these are the annoying questions I pepper myself with all damn day). Yesterday morning, as I received a manicure and pedicure with trembling hands I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to do it. I had a cornacopia of excuses queued for Maria but there was this constant, nagging, issue–I trusted her to do this more than anyone I have ever known and I had seen her work bring out beauty so gracefully and naturally delivered that it was the ultimate, “I’ll have what she’s having” moment. I wanted this issue faced and I knew the only way out was in–so I was wired and chatty (such a vile, nervous habit), couldn’t sit still and she was like an elixir. Everything was beyond warm and welcoming. There were soundtracks of fabulous music playing. A make up artist who made me laugh and then cried (though she’ll deny it) when she saw the first few shots being taken, which had a profound effect on my ability to ‘feel” the experience as I saw beauty reflected in their eyes.
Now I don’t want to set up Maria to be the McDonald’s drive thru cure-all for this issue, wouldn’t that be nice– but the experience is so luxurious and she is so gifted, so unobtrusive and so damn much fun that you forget there is actually a camera in the room and you just start doing what she asks and seeing what she sees. My words feel very small explaining the impact that this very HUGE experience has had on me. Try it yourself—then be sure to let me know, as I promise you, you won’t look at yourself in your underwear the same ever again!”