Dear Perry, Angie, and Jessica,
I wanted to take some time today to let you know how much of a positive difference you have all made in my life. Sounds like a big statement for the start of a letter, but ever since I met with you, I have been making bigger and bolder statements regularly!
I loved my comfort zone, in fact I had been loving it for almost 40 years! Mother of 3, wife, homework helper, housekeeper, day home operator, dog walker, you get the picture...sweatpants had become my second skin and a pony tail my best friend. I could always be found doing a crossword puzzle or watching a movie with the kids on a Friday night, and my contribution to a conversation in public started with "hello" and ended there. Oh but I was so comfortable, and happy with my life....until you 3 came along!
My husband and I decided to stroll through the sex show in November, it was Friday and the kids were busy...lol....when we happened to stumble upon your booth showcasing your Boudoir Photography. As I was flipping through the pages of the albums, I felt a little twinge, could I do this? No I thought to myself! BUT …….Jessica has obviously seen this look before………..and proceeded to tell me not just about the women they have photographed but the careful and respectful way they conduct their photo shoots. Perry was there to offer his professional flattery about how great the pictures would look, listening to them made me feel at ease, and certainly interested. Then the next step was coming in to talk about expectations, the studio...& that is when I got to meet Angie.
I had decided before making the appointment that if I was going to do this, it would be a Christmas gift for my husband. So making up a story about Christmas shopping make this meeting just a bit more exciting! The studio was so cool, and Angie was waiting for me to arrive. We sat down together and talked like friends would over a coffee. She showed me some of the collections other women had put together, the work, the pictures, the professional level all blew me away...what was I thinking? I would look just silly trying to do this, I hate having my picture taken in my own home for crying out loud. Being the intuitive artist that she is, Angie talked to me about my expectations, what sort of things I would feel comfortable with, kinds of music I like, what sorts of advertising caught my eye, when all of a sudden I could hear myself actually talking about ME, and I was liking what I was hearing. Angie had managed to help me paint a picture in my head of how I might look with my husbands tie on draped across a bed....and in my head....I looked not too bad. I booked a photo shoot right away!
Another chance to sneak out of the house made for some butterflies the day of the photo shoot, waiting for me at the studio were Perry, Angie and Jessica all very excited and full of support. We did hair and makeup at the studio, I looked at myself in the mirror and felt incredible. Angie and Jessica went through the outfits Angie had helped me pick out and arranged everything neatly and in order. Perry was buzzing around with compliments and humor. It was time to take some pictures. I was nervous, I won't lie, but I wasn't afraid of how the pictures were going to look, Perry's portfolio is full of pictures of all different women of different ages, sizes and shapes and they all look HOT, I was really just nervous about letting go. Letting all the things I hold back out of insecurity, or fear just melt away in that room with the lights and the music and 3 very positive, very creative, and very professional people that day had changed something in me that I am certain is for good. And I have to say, I love it!
The pictures of course are amazing, the album was ready for me to proof in a matter of days, and the finished product in my hands a week sooner then promised. Perry's talent is unmatched, his staff a true compliment to his art. My husband was blown away, not at my physical beauty in the photos, he tells me I am the most beautiful woman in the world all the time, but he could see that I had finally come to believe him in those pictures. For that gift, and for letting me feel like the sexiest woman in sweat pants every day since I thank you all.
Yours truly,
Kandi
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