Product pickup day for a beautiful client 💕
This. This is the day.
This is, without a doubt, my favorite part of the entire process.
It’s not the day of the shoot—though I love the energy, the laughter, and the “aha!” moment when a client sees their own power in the back of my camera.
It’s not the editing day—though I love sitting down and, in the quiet, watching their story come to life in the images.
It’s today. The day the box is on the table, tied with a ribbon, waiting. The day my beautiful client comes to pick up her finished art.
We live in such a digital, temporary world. We have thousands of pictures living in a “cloud” we’ll never visit, or lost in the endless scroll of our phones. We swipe past our own memories. We “like” a photo and forget it exists two seconds later.
That’s why this day is so sacred.
Because in my hands, I’m holding something real. This isn’t a file. It’s a handcrafted, heirloom album with a leather cover. It’s a folio box filled with thick, matted portraits that feel like velvet. It has weight. It has texture. It has a presence.
When my client walks in, I’m not just handing her “pictures.” I’m handing her tangible, physical proof.
This is why I use the hashtag #Affirmations.
Because that’s what this box is. It’s a collection of physical affirmations for my client.
It’s for the days she wakes up and doesn’t feel like “enough.”
It’s for the days the world is loud and has made her feel small.
It’s for the days she’s forgotten her own magic.
She can go to this box. She can untie the ribbon. She can run her hand over the linen. She can hold a #photograph in her hands and have undeniable, tactile proof that she is strong. That she is radiant. That her light is blinding.
These portraits are a whisper on her good days and a roar on her bad days.
This is her “I am” statement.
“I am beautiful.”
“I am powerful.”
“I am worthy.”
“I am here.”
This is the legacy she will one day pass down. These are the images her children and grandchildren will hold, learning her story not from a 1-inch square on a screen, but from a piece of art they can touch.
She’s on her way here now. My heart is so full, I can barely stand it.
This is why I do what I do. It’s not just photography. It’s the business of forever. It’s the business of truth. And today, I get to watch her see her own. 💕
