Meet the women behind Utah’s luxury boudoir experience.

A Letter From Our Founder

Why I built a studio for every body.

Nineteen years ago, I was specializing in maternity and women’s portraiture when I photographed a woman who was so unkind to her body — to everything pregnancy and babies had changed about it.

Then her pregnancy turned high-risk, and she was told she could lose her baby, and lose herself. Something shifted in her instantly. All of that criticism turned into the fiercest self-love I had ever witnessed. She asked if we could honor her body in the healing water, with glitter on her stretch marks.

We got so lost in that moment — her loving her body, almost being reborn — that when we finally looked up, an entire crowd had gathered at the water’s edge, just witnessing it with us. It was surreal and beautiful. We both cried. Her baby made it. For years afterward she told me I had changed her life — but the truth is, she changed mine. I knew, in every part of me, that this was my calling.

When I decided to go all in, I didn’t see my own body represented anywhere. The message was loud: boudoir wasn’t “meant” for a bigger body. Instead of letting that stop me, I made it my mission. I was never going to be the photographer who only showcased society’s idea of a perfect body to make her portfolio look impressive. Every woman who walks into my studio learns to love the skin she’s in right now — to stand a little taller and give herself a whole lot more grace.

If we spoke to our best friends the way we speak to ourselves, we’d have zero friends. So why do we accept talking to ourselves that way?

I want my daughters and my sons to see how I speak about myself and the women around me — to know that bodies are meant to fold, bend, wrinkle, and stretch. Those aren’t flaws. They’re the roadmap of our lives, imprinted on our skin.

— Shanna, Founder & Lead Photographer