I felt lost. Utterly lost. I was spiraling. But my son, husband, family and friends kept me grounded. I grew closer with my relationship with God and picked myself up. Then, Molly offered her Black Friday Sale and I knew I needed it. I loved my first session, but it wasn't enough. 30 minutes is not enough for a full experience with Molly. I knew I had to save what I could to make it happen. And I did.

I have always been amazed with Molly's work but I finally got the courage to do a boudoir session a couple months ago! My body has been in pain every day for the last 2 years (that I can remember). It started with my hands and it spread everywhere else and I can honestly say that I don't remember what its like to have a physically good day. I let this get in the way of a lot of things that I usually love to do and I let myself go into a dark places.

I am always that person that does for others. As a mom and wife it was always about caring for others. There was little to no time left for me. During my marriage I kind of lost who I was. I used to always do my hair, dress up, etc and it felt like leggings and messy mom buns were taking over. Even my friends kind of (nicely) told me I was looking a little frumpy. I’ve been following Molly’s fb page for quite some time and decided to take the plunge and try out boudoir photography. I wanted to see myself as the badass I was and as I found out I still am!

To be honest I was dreading it. I originally booked it for over the summer but many unfortunate personal events led me to rescheduling. Between these times I put on a lot of weight and didn't think anything could make me feel good about myself. But I was so wrong. Molly did a phenomenal job of bring out my inner sexy image through these pictures!

I wanted to see myself as others see me. It’s difficult to accept compliments because sometimes I just think people are being nice. I’ve also had multiple surgeries on my hips and wanted to show myself and others that pretty comes in scarred packages as well. Molly is a wizard with that camera and her artistry is awesome. I fucking look so pretty! I had a mini meltdown in my car after my reveal, so overwhelmed with my pics.

I was a little nervous. I read all of the inspiration from other clients, and thought, "I won't feel like that. I won't go nude. I won't cry at my pictures. They will just look like regular old me." Needless to say, I was a little negative about how I would react. BUT Oh my gosh, I did almost cry when I saw the pictures of myself! Some didn't even look like me! And I did end up naked! Every single thing other woman have said were right!

You don't realize just how much there is to love about yourself, until you see it in the eyes of Molly and her magic talent. IT'S 100% WORTH THE INVESTMENT! You only get one body and one life in this world. Why spend time and energy beating yourself down, when there's so many amazing things about yourself to love!

so I didn't take any medications and figured if it was going to happen it would happen. SURE ENOUGH a week before we moved I found out I was pregnant, and now I get to capture this beautiful pregnancy with these pictures!

I don’t think I’m saying doing this boudoir was gonna answer my prayers to make me confident and powerful but to let me SEE myself through the eye of another and see that the person from 20 years ago is still in there.

The confidence, the spirituality, the "I don’t care what you think of me" is still somewhere in there.

AND I SAW IT....

First off, my initial reason for scheduling my session was because I was supposed to be getting married. And that just isn’t in the cards yet. Secondly I put on twenty pounds due to quarantine, which of course made me beyond self conscious. I was literally disgusted with myself. I had a mental breakdown and CRIED on the way to my session.

We are mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends. Our mission is to continue building and growing this incredible community while empowering women everywhere around the world. Boudoir photography is so much more than just beautiful images.

I’m a music-loving, 90’s anything obsessed, 29-year-old small business owner. I have 3 adorable dogs and a hunk of a husband. I’m so happy I’m finally able to be unapologetically myself after so many years of caring SO MUCH what I should do, wear, look like, act like, and all the other bullshit we convince ourselves matters.

I almost canceled everything I was going to do for myself. I fell into a deep depression in 2018. I was going through a lot medically, that I had just given up on the most important thing in life, ME.

I've always wanted to do a boudoir session but never felt "pretty enough" to do one. It wasn't until my separation that I got the courage to do it. I wanted to document a milestone of

taking back my life.

The entire day start to finish sticks out to me; from the moment I walked into Molly's studio until the minute I left. It was such a great day all around.

Zealous Stills is changing! We're growing, expanding and reaching more and more women. We are becoming a staple of the industry and taking our clients along

I felt sassy and beautiful for the rest of the day and even after. I was so proud of myself for doing something I've always wanted to do. Plus I was dyyyyying to see the final product!

Years ago I dreamed of doing something like this but never thought I could...