7 Reasons to Celebrate your Love with a Photoshoot
“Gabby is amazing at what she does! ... With my fiancé and I, she definitely captured the love between us! The pictures turned out amazing!”
February is a month that makes us take a step back and think about Love. It takes on so many different forms. We love our parents and our siblings in a way that only family can. We love our kids. We love our dogs like they are our kids. (let’s be real, they are just furry kids, and sometimes we even spoil them more than the human variety). We love our friends, we have love for the things we do and the places we go, and we try our best to love ourselves.
We love all these people and all these places, but this month, it’s time to celebrate being IN love. It’s for the best friends that became life long lovers, the one person you can’t imagine life without, the soulmates. It’s for those who choose to love each other with all their hearts, every. single. day.
No matter where you are on this journey call life, you’re doing it together. Your story deserves to be told, your love celebrated. So do it! Celebrate the love that brings you laughter when you need it, dance parties in the kitchen, late night conversations, a life full of adventure, and a heart full of happiness.
Here are the top 7 reasons to remember your love exactly as it is. Right here. Right now.
Photo Courtesy of Corey Rourke Photography
1) You’re Dating!
Your story doesn’t start with your engagement. It starts the moment you meet. It’s the awkward flirting and the first kiss, the excitement you feel when you get to spend time together, it’s the road trips and adventures, the fun times and the hard times. It’s everything that has brought you together, and it’s everything that has kept you together. Your story is about how you fill each other’s souls with fire and hearts with love. That’s a story worth telling.
Ethan and I have been dating for 6 years, and other than a couple shots during family pictures, and some snapshots here and there, we never took the time to actually have our pictures taken together. We waited 6 YEARS to finally celebrate our journey together and document it properly, and I cannot tell you enough how much I wish we’d done it sooner!
Photo Courtesy of Corey Rourke Photography
2) You’re Engaged!
This is a huge milestone in your relationship. You’ve decided that this person you love is, without a shadow of a doubt, the person that you want to spend the rest of your life adventuring with. This is the person you want laugh with and cry with, build a life with, and side by side, take on the world with.
Even if you already have had engagement pictures taken, or you plan to have them taken soon, a mini session in February is a fun way to celebrate, especially if you JUST got engaged and you haven’t picked out your wedding photographer yet! Plus, you’ll need lots of pictures to decorate your home with each season!
3) You’re Newly Married!
You did it! You got married! It’s been a whole year, or a few months, or maybe even just a couple weeks, but oh, what an amazing time it’s been, taking on this wild world with your best friend by your side. There’s simply nothing better! Document how your love has grown and how your story has evolved since the big day! Besides, fun dates are still important!
4) You’re Celebrating a Big Anniversary!
Maybe you’ve been married for awhile now! 5 years, 10 years, 20, 25, 35, 43, 50, 62, whatever the number, it’s a milestone, and every milestone is worth celebrating! With each passing year, your lives change and your love grows. You happily welcome new members to your family, you unwillingly say goodbye to others. Babies, grand-babies, fur-babies. You buy your first house, move across the country, change jobs, start a business… whatever life takes you, you’re on this adventure together, and every part of that journey is worth commemorating!
5) You’re Expecting a Baby!
A really fun reason to do a couples photoshoot is that you’re expecting a baby! Maternity sessions are all about your love and this new little love you’ve created. You guys made a baby! CELEBRATE that!!
6) You’re Settling into an Empty Nest
All the kids are gone. You’ve raised them to be incredible humans, and now they’re off building their own lives, remembering the things you taught them. You’re settling into the quiet, into the slower pace of things, and getting used to it being just the two of you again. Its the perfect time for a photo date to reconnect to who you were before kids and remember all the little things that made you fall in love.
5) Just Because, You’re In Love!
There’s no right or wrong reason to couples photoshoot. It’s all about celebrating the fact that you have your person. You have your person, you love your person, and your person loves you back. Cherish that and Celebrate that!
Bottom line, cherish this love with the time you have. You’ll never know how important these photographs truly are until they’re all you have left.
Are you thinking about your person and the love you share? Are you ready to celebrate that love!? Are you ready to give the perfect gift? Click below to get started!
5 Reasons to Do a Boudoir Photo Shoot
Gabby has the ability to not only make you feel at ease and comfortable in such an unfamiliar and intimate setting, but also empower you at the same time. She captured all of the quirks and expressions that are unique to me... which in turn made for the perfect picture. It was a sexy confidence boost that I will always remember!
-Ali A.
Boudoir is a very intimate experience, and it can be intimidating. Trust me, I get it. Before I decided to add boudoir as a service for my wonderful clients, I thought long and hard about it. I thought of all the reasons I wouldn’t want to do one myself. “I don’t want to get undressed in front of a stranger.” “I need to hit the gym first, I’m too weak.” “I don’t really have any assets to show off.” “I have too much acne.” “I’m too pale.” I’m too this.” “I’m not enough that.”
The list could go on, and on, and on. But then I realized that most women would probably respond this way, too. I realized that I was looking at it all wrong. Boudoir isn’t about making you feel self conscious and not good enough. It’s about empowering you, making you feel strong, and beautiful, and confident, exactly as you are.
So why WOULD you want to do a boudoir photo shoot? Here are my top 5 reasons.
1) It’s Empowering
You are incredible, you are vivacious, and you are beautiful. These images hold so much power. We all have hangups, and insecurities, and things we don’t like about ourselves. But when you allow yourself to step out of your comfort zone, you grow. Allow yourself to feel beautiful exactly as you are. Allow yourself to be loved on and pampered for a day, and when you see these images, you will be blown away. You’ll see the beauty that everyone else sees, and when you look back on them 10, 20, even 50 years down the road, you’ll be reminded of just how stunning and confident you really are.
2) It’s an Excuse to Buy New Lingerie!
We’ve all seen that adorable lingerie set but didn’t buy it because there was no real reason to. Here’s your reason! Take a day with your girls to go pick out the perfect set!
Maybe lingerie isn’t your thing. That’s okay too! your favorite PJ set, your husband’s oversized t-shirt, a silky robe, anything goes! It’s whatever makes you feel your very best!
3) You’re Getting Married!
If you’re getting married, this is the perfect little surprise for your hubby-to-be. This is the man who sees you at your highest highs and your lowest lows. He’s the one who loves you and chooses you and thinks you are beautiful, no matter what. Create a little keepsake for him, and give it to him the morning of your wedding. His reaction will be priceless, and it’s something that he will cherish forever!
4) It’s great gift for yourself.
Maybe you’re celebrating a big milestone like a birthday, a promotion, an anniversary. Or maybe you’re working on loving yourself better! Celebrate your growth. Celebrate your confidence. Celebrate YOU! Remind yourself now and always just how incredible you really are.
5) It’s the Perfect Valentine’s Gift For Your Significant Other
Valentine’s Day is all about love. Loving each other and loving ourselves! There’s nothing more intimate than giving someone a piece of yourself, so share something extra special and meaningful with your love or yourself this year! With options like fine art prints, pin-up posters, mini leather wrap albums, calendars, and matted folios, there’s a perfect gift option for that special someone in your life!
Are you ready to feel strong, and beautiful, and empowered? Are you ready to celebrate YOU!? Are you ready to give the perfect gift? Click below to get started!