Everyone has their own reasons for getting Beyond Boudoir-style shoots. Sometimes it is for the experience. Sometimes as a present. Sometimes it’s just to prove to yourself you can do it. Here are a handful of reasons you might want to consider as an excuse—I mean valid, logical reason—for your own session.

You’re Getting Married

Congratulations! Boudoir images make awesome gifts for your fiancé.

You’re Getting Divorced

Congratulations! Boudoir images make great presents for yourself. Or for your new lover, or just as a way to celebrate your freedom.

You’re Having a Baby

Congratulations! This is a special time in your life, and deserves to be captured.

You Had a Baby

Congratulations! Your body has changed and it’s okay to celebrate it.

You Lost Weight

Congratulations! You’ve hit your goal weight. Time to show off how great you look.

You Gained Weight

Congratulations! There’s no ideal body, and it’s okay to celebrate who you are where you are. Weight is just a number. Sexy is an attitude.

You Have No Idea How Much You Weigh

Congratulations! You’ve hit peak “screw societal preconceptions”. You are who you are, and that’s beautiful.

You survived physical/mental/emotional abuse

Congratulations! You are stronger than all that. Let’s celebrate your strength and reclaim your power.

You’re another day older

Congratulations! You lived another day. Considering what days have been like recently, that in itself is an accomplishment.

It’s Monday

Congratulations! You don’t need any reason to celebrate and share how beautiful you are.

You’re young and beautiful

Congratulations! You will never be more beautiful than you are today.

You’re not so young, but still beautiful

Congratulations! You will never be more beautiful than you are today.

You survived cancer

Congratulations! You are stronger than all that. F that S, as they say. You rock.

You want to have fun!

Congratulations! Photography can be a lot of fun. I’ve had people ask if I had ever considered taping a shoot and selling it as a stand-up routine, so….

You want to love your body

Congratulations! We as a society have such a terrible relationship with who we are as people; I’m so glad you’re taking this step.

You want to Love your body

Congratulations! We as a society have such … wait. You mean... Oh, hey. That’s cool too.

You bought some new lingerie

Congratulations! Let’s capture how good it looks on you.

You bought a new car

Congratulations! Let’s capture how good it looks on you.

You want to climb a mountain and run around the alpine in your underwear

Congratulations! I love shooting #epic outdoor boudoir.

You discovered you like being tied up

Congratulations! Let’s celebrate what turns you on!

You’re beautiful on the outside

Congratulations! Let’s take pictures that capture that beauty.

You’re beautiful on the inside

Congratulations! Let’s take pictures that capture that beauty.

The wildflowers are in bloom

Congratulations! I love shooting in wildflower meadows. Let’s go make some memories.

The canola is in bloom

Congratulations! Make like a farmer and go stand out in the field.

You got a tan

Congratulations! Let’s celebrate melanin!

Your alabaster skin is allergic to the sun

Congratulations! Let’s celebrate your unique pigmentation (or lack thereof) with an indoors or after dark shoot!

Because you are who you are…right now

And there will never be another person who is more you than you. There is only one of you, and you deserve to be celebrated, pampered, and captured for posterity. Your smile, your laugh, your passion, your strength, your sensuality…there will never be the same combinations of traits and emotions and cells as there is right now. To paraphrase Heraclitus: No picture of a woman will ever be the same, for each moment, she is not the same woman as she was before.

Because no matter your age, shoe size, skin colour, creed, or personal opinions about pineapple on pizza, now is a perfect time to do a Beyond Boudoir shoot. The reason? Isn’t as important as the person.