Sep 2, 2021

Self-Love Boudoir Photos In Columbia, South Carolina
Dani

Self-Love boudoir photos in Columbia, SC featuring model in red lingerie

Self-Love Boudoir Photos In Columbia, South Carolina

Being a boudoir photographer in Columbia, South Carolina is more than just a gift to your partner. Boudoir photos can be 100% about your self-love journey and be a total gift to yourself. Today’s blog is about the self-love journey that Dani has taken after giving birth to her daughter. Her hope with having these boudoir images taken of her was to inspire other mothers to do this for themselves. It is so common for mothers to reject self-care, to not allow themselves to think of their self as “sexy” anymore, or to fall out of love with their rapidly-changing body. Mom’s are powerful and all these powerful bodies should be celebrated.

So friends, today you will get to see some STUNNING self-love boudoir photos in Columbia, South Carolina at the Jessica Hunt Boudoir studio of Dani and read about her self-love experience!

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In Dani’s Own Words

I grew up in 90s diet culture, so I am still working on overcoming my remaining internalized fat-phobia. When I’d lose weight, I was paid compliments and celebrated for it. I was taught weight-loss was success, so weight-gain must therefore be failure. At my lowest weight as an adult, I was the least happy. If our bodies tell our stories, mine was telling the story that it finally fit society’s standards at the expense of all else. I measured success by calories and pounds.

Now my body tells the story of a full and still-healthy life. It says that it is well-nourished, strong, confident in-itself, and making the most wonderful memories everyday in this extremely special time in my life. I measure success by the number of smiles my daughter gives me a day, the length of time we spend together, and the decibels of our laughter.

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Self-Love Dani Style

As with all love, self-love is a CELEBRATION. If you truly love someone, you don’t take every chance to criticize them. You celebrate them, oftentimes especially celebrating their imperfections, or the things that make them unique. It should be the same way for ourselves and our bodies. Things that I would’ve criticized before, I now see as unique and special.

I am at almost my heaviest-weight ever, with more scars and stretch marks than ever before, and I have NEVER BEEN MORE IN LOVE WITH MY BODY. My near-death cesarean surgery really put things in perspective. My body created a life, endured multiple traumatic incidents back-to-back, survived an experience it should not have, then immediately went on nourishing the new life it created and healing during a global pandemic while getting zero sleep. Who CARES about some cute fat rolls when my body can do all THAT? I love it for what it’s done and given me, and this self-love boudoir photoshoot was my love song back to my body.

“this photoshoot was my love song back to my body”

Self-Love boudoir photo in Columbia, SC

Self-Love boudoir photo in Columbia, SC

The Goal For Self-Love Boudoir Photos

The PRIMARY purpose of this self-love boudoir photoshoot was to advance my self-love journey. I lost who I was in motherhood early on. I did not feel beautiful anymore, not did I think I was allowed to be. This experience was about reclaiming that part of myself, and thanking my body for carrying me through childbirth, trauma, a pandemic, and healing. I decided that if I wanted to feel confident, I needed to PRACTICE confidence. And this boudoir shoot was a self-love exercise to build that confidence. I did not expect it to work so well, so fast. It’s gonna take me a little while to come down from my hot girl shit.

I wanted to get some self-love boudoir photos to celebrate my ever-changing body and the new chapter of life I’m in. Post-pregnancy is such an odd time where your body is no longer celebrated by others, and you’re expected to “bounce back” after a few months. You’re also expected to “not be too sexy anymore because you’re a mom” – which is kinda odd considering how most babies are made.

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So this photoshoot was to fight against all that. To celebrate how my body looks at this extremely special time in my life, to capture its current magic, and to reaffirm to myself that I’m still hot and strong AF. The fact that my husband gets the benefit of having that whole experience in a beautifully curated album is just the cherry on top.

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My God, Have You Seen These Photos?

In post-partum, it is so, so hard to love your body. It’s unrecognizable. Most of the time, the best I could do was love it for was it has done, given, and endured. But my God, have you SEEN these photos? I really do love how I look! The bits that “look postpartum” are HOT.

When I look back on these photos, it’ll remind me of the things that I’m not reminded of with other photos. I’ll remember what my sex-life with my partner was like at this time and how he made me feel loved, how I did eventually heal from my traumatic childbirth and felt strong and confident again, and I’ll remember a rare, wonderful day of self-care with Jessica Hunt and how fun it was.

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Self-Love Boudoir Photos In Columbia, South Carolina

Jessica’s main priority is your comfort and trust. Literally nothing is done without consent, everything is catered specifically to you, no photos will be released without your permission. And Jess doesn’t pressure you at all. She doesn’t shame or judge; in fact, she hypes up every single thing about you. It is so fun and transformative, and you get great pictures at the end of it all!

It’s OK to be nervous for self-love boudoir photos. Jessica knows that most of her clients coming in will be a little nervous. There’s no need to hide anything or put on a facade. She loves to help! Always be honest in what you want. You’ve already come this far and gotten this vulnerable. EXPRESS YOUR NEEDS AND WANTS. Whether that’s “can you turn the AC up? I’m sweaty.” or “I kinda wanna do this really naughty pose.” There is no room for shame at JHuntbodies.

Prepare to fall in love with yourself and leave with a giant smile on your face. It’s impossible not to.

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Simply Self-Love

Thank you for looking through these gorgeous images of Dani at my studio and reading about her experience. If your reason to want self-love boudoir photos in Columbia, South Carolina is because you’re a mother or parent looking for powerful and uplifting photos, Jessica Hunt Photography is here to capture every moment of you in a body that’s perfect.

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