52 Selfies Challenge!

Hello Ladies!


In my last Blog post I mentioned that things are changing here at the studio and I made the hard decision to no longer be the Bellies and babies photographer.  It really was a hard decision after specializing in it for the past 13plus years, but the time has come to make the change.


It's funny because I realized that in each "stage" of my life through the years I had a favorite store.  Yes, Store, that I would frequent.  What does this have to do with my business change now, well, I will get to that.  But when I was getting married it was ALL about finding THE wedding gown and THE invitations, and THE locations, THE photographer and THE caterer. After I got married my favorite store was Victoria's Secret.  When I had my son it became Carter's that I would frequent, when I bought my house it was Home Depot. Now I love TJ Maxx and Homegoods!  


You are probably still wondering what on earth this has to do with Bellies and babies.  Well I began my Bellies and babies business when I was pregnant with my daughter (and my son was 9 years old).  My life revolved around my pregnancy and children.  Specializing in pregnancy, babies and children's photography seemed perfect.  And, it was.  But now, my son is 22 (gasp!) and living on his own and my daughter is 13 (gasp again!).  Really? Where does the time go?!  And, I am "over" the baby stage both in my business and my personal life. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every family that I watched start their own families. I loved watching all these babies grow and change through their first year of life and beyond and the families expand.  But this year I had to make a hard decision to change or stay the same. I chose change.  So, now is time to move on in my business.   


But, I needed to figure out what to do.  After lots of thought I knew I still wanted to work with women (pregnancy portraits) but I wanted to expand too.  It seems only right with my daughter turning 13 that I begin there.  So, I have decided to focus on Women's Photography beginning with the tweens and teens all the way through to their grandmothers and all the women in between!  I started to do some research and I have discovered many things which we will discuss in future posts.  But the main thing that keeps coming back is that most women have an issue with Body Image!  I say most, because there are a few woman that don't, but the majority of woman have at least ONE THING (sadly sometime more than one) they don't like about their body.  What started out as the next step in my photography business has become a driving force of sorts.  Something much bigger than that. You might even call it a mission!  How far will it go?  I don't know.  But I want to be the change that helps women see themselves in a better light.  Show them that who they are right now is ENOUGH!

You ARE good ENOUGH just as you are today!


I want to kick this off with you and your friends and your daughters, moms, sisters, cousins, aunts, and nieces!  If you are interested in joining me on this journey to help empower all women, all ages, and feel better about who they are, please join my Private Facebook Group "52 Selfies with Photography by Nylora". Let's have some fun with this and let's spread the word! 


One more thing... I have an event that I started for a screening of "Embrace" (I talked about it a bit in my last post).  It will be on November 29 at Regal 10 in Concord.  You can find the invite here https://www.facebook.com/events/342230772795250/
I invite you to watch the trailer.  I saw the movie this past Monday night with my daughter and we both LOVED IT!  So much so that I immediately came home and signed up to host one here in Concord!   If you are a woman or know a woman you must see this movie!  You owe it to yourself.  We do need 60 reservations for them to have the screening actually happen.  When you reserve your ticket they will take your cc# but you will not be charged until we have the minimum of 60 tickets sold (which we have 20 more days to hit the goal!).  Please feel free to share this with your friends!  Better yet, make it a girls night out!  


#bethechange
#existinphotographs
#positivebodyimage
#embrace




See you soon!


Nylora :)