Branding photoshoot for Catarina Esteves
Catarina is a spiritual being living a corporate life and she is passionate about bringing ancient yogic technics to busy ambitious individuals - just like herself ! She wants to grow and scale her business and she needed the missing piece : a full personal branding photoshoot !
How to show up on camera with body dysmorphia
Are you recovering from eating disorders? Or perhaps you have a very negative body image? Or maybe like me you suffer from body dysmorphia? I have put on a lot of weight the past fews years as I started recovering from EDs. I am getting used to a new body, and I don’t really know what it looks like. I avoid looking at it most days, and I am not very keen on being photographed when I don’t expect it. I have cried more than once at the sight of an unexpected image of me and sadly that’s a reaction I know to be quite common. That being said, it is something that I’m working on, and being a photographer I sometimes put myself in a model’s shoes to understand what you are going through. So if you are scheduled to be on a photoshoot, here’s some advice I give to my clients.
Branding photoshoot for Axelle Calixte
Axelle is a tattoo artist living in Brussels who needed pictures to represent all sides of her as well as her business. We decided to create different concepts for her branding photoshoots. We worked together to find what atmosphere she wanted to convey and I’m so happy with the results.
Branding shoot for Angie Brand
Angie used to run a yoga studio at the heart of Deptford in London. I was lucky enough to teach there for a few month, before Angie made the decision to close it. She decided to pivot and develop her personal brand instead. She now specialises in pain management and injury prevention, because of how her practice transformed the last few years. She wanted to showcase the personal care she puts into her 1:1 consultations, and cover all sides of her business including what is going on behind the scenes. Here is the result!
How I practice the Niyamas as a yoga photographer
I’m continuing on my philosophical and spiritual exploration of how I use yoga in my business as a yoga photographer.
How to prepare for your branding photoshoot
Here are my top tips for preparing for your yoga business photoshoot to make the most of our time together.
How I practice the Yamas as a yoga photographer
I don’t think I ever expected to put “Yoga Photographer” as my job title - and yet here we are. I started yoga as a movement practice, and like many of us it became the gateway to what is now my spiritual practice. And if there’s anything to know about any spiritual practice, it’s that they are not separate from life: they ARE life. So I try to apply this philosophy to the way I conduct my life, and to the way I conduct my business. Here are some of the things I implement to work in line with my value system.
What does being photogenic even mean?
So I’ve been a yoga and wellness photographer for a little while now and I often hear people say "I'm not photogenic". It always comes back. It’s either that or people ask about their “good angles” (maybe I should do a post about that too). And I had to sit down and think about it because to me, everyone is photogenic. If you are in a photo, you are photogenic.
How to recognise your internalised fatphobia to deal with a photoshoot
We all have internalised fatphobia that we need to work on dismantling and when you are about to pose for pictures, it can manifest in many different ways. Fatphobia is damaging on many levels and working on our conditioning is extremely important to be more empathetic people and heal.When we book photoshoots quite often it tends to come up at the surface, particularly if you’ve been socialised as a woman.Recognising fatphobia in yourself will help you recognising it in others and advocate for fat people.