Brand Ambassador Mami
I had no idea what boudoir photography was when I saw the advertisement on Facebook about the brand ambassador for a boudoir photographer. I thought it was just a normal portrait photo session. At that time, I was about to build a website for my business, and I thought that it would be great if I could get a free photo session. Also, when I saw Marina’s profile photo on Facebook, I thought that she looks like a nice person and her eyes are so beautiful! I felt some sort of connection and I didn’t think too much, didn’t read the detail but I quickly sent the application form. I had never applied to anything like this before and it was almost strange that I sent the form like an instant reaction.
When I received the first email from Marina to tell me that she received my application, I realized what boudoir session is. I was shocked and overwhelmed when I saw some naked photos on her website and thought about writing her back to say that I’m not the right applicant and ask her to cancel my application. And then, I thought “Well, there will be so many applicants and I’m not going to be chosen. Don’t worry.” So, I stopped worrying and forgot about it.
A few days later, I received an email from Marinato tell me that I was chosen to be one of her brand ambassadors and she wants to have a meeting with me to see if we both are comfortable to go ahead. I was so surprised, and I didn’t know what to do. I told her that I didn’t know what boudoir session is about andI’m not going to be able to do a photo session with naked. She said to me that it’s totally up to me to decide how much I want to show, and I don’t have to be an ambassador if I’m not comfortable after the meeting with her. I felt that she was a caring and genuine person from her emails. However, I was still not brave enough and not sure about the boudoir session because I never felt confident with my body image especially after I had 3 children. Also, it’s embarrassing to show sensuality and sexuality in my culture. I was always taught that women who show sexuality is not classy. But, a part of me was excited to meet Marina as I felt a connection with her.
When I first met Marina, I felt she is very warm and genuine, and I can trust her. She told me about the purpose of her work to help women with their body image and self-confidence. And, she talked about her background, how she felt editing photos to make fake perfect photos and stopped it when she started to focus on boudoir photography. She told me that she thinks that woman’s beauty is not about the perfect look, it is about inner beauty and any body shape, size or age are beautiful. It is about self-care and every woman should feel good about themselves as a woman even they have a busy life as a mother, a wife, a businesswoman, etc… I really liked her concept and was so impressed that she has a passion to help people and I thought that I really want to help her!
With my job as a yoga instructor, I have a passion to help people in a different way, but I felt like our goals are kind of similar. I was not sure how my family, students, others feel about me doing this and I was a bit scared. But I thought that I could possibly send messages to people if I step out from my comfort zone. Marina’s work is not about just sexy perfect-looking photos and it is about loving your body as it is, self-love, gratitude towards the body we were given when we were born and how much the body has done for us. I really wanted to share this wonderful message to people and I decided to help her as an ambassador.
The day of the boudoir shoot, I was so relaxed and enjoyed the whole experience. I was very comfortable that I was wearing minimum makeup, as usual, a bra, underwear, and a dress the whole time and that made the session so easy for me. I felt like I was just having a nice time with a lovely friend in nature. I just follow what Marina tells me to do with where to stand and how to do posing. I could tell how experienced, talented and knowledgeable Marina is. She knows what I want, what my taste like, how much I’m comfortable to show. I enjoyed the sunlight, the smell of the beautiful forests, hearing birds singing. I was having fun and loved spending time just for myself as I used to when I was younger. I felt like I could continue forever even I had hundreds of mossie bites!
I had no idea how I looked in photos, but I was so excited to see our work on the day of the viewing session. When I saw the images, I thought “Wow, whois this lady?”. They were so beautiful, and I was so impressed with how Marina captures and brings out the inner beauty and sensuality. I couldn’t believe when she told me that she didn’t edit. I felt it was like magic.
I’ve never considered my body as sexy, sensual or beautiful but Marina showed me how my body looks when you look at it through loving eyes, not the negative filters I always had with my body image.
I feel so lucky to meet Marina and learned to see my whole body through loving eyes and I have more gratitude towards my body now. The whole experience was like a healing session. I would recommend the boudoir session with Marina to every woman. I would like to thank Marina. I couldn’t do this with anyone else.
Would you like to book your own boudoir experience? Get in touch with Mami to get a $100 voucher towards your boudoir session!
