Sarah T.

First, I was expecting to feel super nervous and awkward during the session since I've never done something like it before. But I felt completely calm and at peace! And excited! And I know this isn't kind to say about myself, but I wasn't expecting to LOVE my photos. I've spent so much time picking apart the things I don't like about my body or covering up but Amy did such a great job encouraging me and capturing incredible photos

I think my initial reaction was, "damn, I do look good!" It was an incredible confidence booster. I was also so proud of myself that my first response to my photos was "wow" and not picking apart things about myself.

So there's two major parts to my story. 1 - I grew up pretty conservative Christian and raised in the purity culture. I was taught to cover up (to this day, I still always flip my hair in front of my shoulders to cover up any potential cleavage), not wear certain things, and definitely not able to view my body as sexy. 2 - I've also never been a skinny girl. Between what the media shows as beautiful, subtle comments from family or doctors, and never dating until my mid-20s, I associated my body with my worth, value, and beauty so I've never been loving to my body. I've spent so much time picking apart everything I don't like about it instead of loving it.

This experience was so important because it's helping teach me that I can be sexy and wear lingerie and that I look good while wearing it!