I want you to stop thinking of your portraits as headshots. They’re not the same thing – and when you understand the difference, it changes what you think you deserve to document about yourself.
The Difference Between A Headshot and A Portrait – and Why It Matters Read Post »
Most women are the default documentarians – the ones behind the camera, holding the history, missing from their own frame. This is about naming the lie that keeps us there, and what it looks like to finally show up.
The Invisible Woman: Why So Many of Us Are Ghosts in Our Own Stories Read Post »
I stood on a bungy platform in New Zealand for three full minutes, silently begging someone to push me off. Nobody did. That turned out to be the point.
Nobody Is Going to Push You Off the Bridge Read Post »
You don’t hate those pictures because of how you look. You hate them because the camera didn’t feel safe. Here’s what actually changes that.
Why You Hate Pictures of Yourself Read Post »
There is a version of you that exists right now that will never exist again. She is fully present. And she is almost entirely undocumented.
Leaving Evidence That You Were Here Read Post »
We tend to only want to be photographed when we feel ready. When we’re thinner, or more rested, or healed. And so we wait. What that means is our visual record ends up full of the good days, and practically devoid of the harder times. The seasons that actually changed us.
But here’s what I know now: the images from our hardest seasons don’t freeze us in the worst moment. They prove we had the strength to survive it.
The Photos You’ll Be Grateful For Later Read Post »
Ask a woman to find ten photos of her children in under 30 seconds. She’ll have them. Ask her to find three photos of herself that she actually loves? That’s an entirely different conversation.
You Could Be Missing From Your Own Story, and Not Even Know It Read Post »
Moms are the default documentarians. We capture everything. We just have a habit of stepping out of our own story while we do it. Here’s what one client conversation taught me about the cost of disappearing – and what to do before the details fade.
Why Moms Disappear from Their Own Story Read Post »
Kelly is a lifelong endurance athlete who came into motherhood thinking her training would carry her. It got her some of the way. What she didn’t realize is that athletic endurance and parenting endurance are two very different things.
The Marathon Nobody Trains For Read Post »
AI headshots are fast, accessible, and easy. But if you’re using one as your primary professional image, it’s worth asking what it’s actually communicating on your behalf – because people can sense the difference, even when they can’t name it.
Your AI Headshot Costs More Than You Think Read Post »
