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Two things: . A) This is me... awkwardly posing for @teresa_vick while @witandwhimsycreative captures us. Im BEYOND grateful to be surrounded by such incredible talent. These ladies are the best at what they do. It takes a lot of work to make all of me not look like the new viral meme going around. 😂😂😂 . Which leads me to.... 2) If we have a session and I tell you I know EXACTLY how awkward it feels to be in front of the camera trust me.... I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL. 🥴
You have to choose yourself, even when others refuse to. Self love is choosing yourself and choosing yourself is self care. You’re entertaining the wrong things with the wrong people because you’re struggling with loving yourself. It’s ok to take a break, a moment for yourself. It’s okay to be selfish if it means rediscovering your own power and happiness • @r.h.sin
Happy Friday lovelies! 🖤✨ I get to hang with this sweet lady tomorrow and it couldn’t come at a more perfect time. Her energy always gets me motivated and inspired and I just love being around her. Have a great weekend everyone!
Connection • It’s the thing I crave most in life. I want to touch. I want to feel. I want to experience life being connected. . I recently removed the majority of notification from my phone and let me tell you... It changed my life. . Social media sucks me in and brings me down. I get lost in a sea of negativity and wishing I had things I don’t or a life that’s not really fit for me. . There’s so much good that has come from social media but in the end it brought more harm than good for me. So I removed it and it brought me back into the real world. Where I can see reality. Feel the tangible. It brought happiness. It brought more peace. I no longer feel as anxious. I’m more present in my life and in my relationship. I’m more grateful. I feel more connected than I have in a very long time.
Hi 👋🏻 it’s me. Ali, the girl on the other side of the camera. . I had a very powerful and thought provoking conversation this morning with another photographer about our industry and the business side of things. And it got me thinking. . The need to justify ourselves runs rampant in this industry and it needs to stop. It’s a cancer. What we do and how we do it should not have to be justified. This is art. This is passion. This is fun. Sure there are serious parts to it but when we start justifying ourselves (which comes from a place of feeling like we’re doing something wrong or in trouble, just like when we were kids) we start questioning ourselves which in turn devalues everything we do. This train of thinking makes us forget why we do what we do. We do this because we love it. . So not that you need it but here it is. Your permission to stop justifying your actions in your business. You don’t need to justify yourself to anyone but you. . I love you all and I hope your Wednesday is as amazing as you are 🖤✨
There’s nothing quite like being swept away in love 🖤✨

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